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Imperial Gala Concert
14.01.2026 - 30.12.2026 | 20:00 | Palais Auersperg Wien
Imperial Gala Concert – Vienna
Classical Concert in the Historic Palais Auersperg
Experience one of Vienna’s most magnificent concert evenings in the splendid Palais Auersperg, one of the city’s most important Baroque palaces.
The Imperial Gala Concert is the only concert series held exclusively in these historic surroundings – where Mozart, Johann Strauss and many other masters of Viennese classical music once performed.
In this unique setting, a complete artistic experience of classical music, vocal performance and ballet awaits you.
The soloists of the Vienna Mozart Orchestra present masterpieces of Viennese classical music – including works by Mozart, Johann Strauss, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Pachelbel and other great composers.
Festive concert waltzes, virtuosic orchestral works and selected arias combine with expressive ballet to create an evening of imperial elegance and musical perfection.
This concert experience exists in Vienna only here – exclusively at Palais Auersperg.
Ticket Categories
VIP – Premium seating with optimal view, maximum comfort and elegant atmosphere
Superior – Preferred seating with excellent view of stage and orchestra
Category A – Centrally located seats with perfect overview
Category B – Elegant concert experience in classic atmosphere
All categories are also available as Dinner & Concert tickets.
Dinner & Concert – Begins at 6:15 PM
Your evening begins at 6:15 PM with an exclusive dinner in the elegant setting of Palais Auersperg, followed by the concert.
Dinner Menu – Imperial Dining Experience
Classic Menu
Bread Service
Oven-fresh organic bread with salted butter and a selection of fine spreads – the perfect beginning of a delightful evening
Starter
Clear beef broth from prime boiled beef with delicate pancake strips – a refined overture of Viennese cuisine
Main Course
Juicy roast pork with fluffy napkin dumpling, fine sauerkraut and aromatic roast gravy – a composition of classic flavors
Dessert
Chocolate fondant with fresh berries and raspberry sauce
Vegetarian Menu
Bread Service
Oven-fresh organic bread with salted butter and a selection of fine spreads – the perfect beginning of a delightful evening
Starter
Velvety potato soup – a gentle prelude to the culinary experience
Main Course
Homemade cheese spaetzle with golden roasted onions – hearty and harmonious like an orchestra
Dessert
Chocolate fondant with fresh berries and raspberry sauce
Children’s Menu & For Everyone Who Remains Young at Heart
Bread Service
Oven-fresh organic bread with salted butter and a selection of fine spreads – the perfect beginning for young and grown-up gourmets
Starter
Pasta with fruity tomato sauce – simple, yet full of melody
Main Course
Golden fried chicken schnitzel with potato–lamb’s lettuce salad – a classic that never fades
Dessert
Chocolate fondant with fresh berries and raspberry sauce
Book your tickets now and experience Vienna’s musical imperial era in its most beautiful form.
Place
The Palais Auersperg, earlier called Palais Rosenkavalier, is a baroque palace at Auerspergstraße 1 in Vienna's Josefstadt district.
HISTORY
The Palais Auersperg was built in the years between 1706 and 1710 on the plot of the former Rottenhof with the plans of the two well-known architects Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt for Hieronymus Capece de Rofrano, to whom the former name "Rosenkavalier" refers. The middle part of the Palais was altered between 1720 and 1723 by Johann Christian Neupauer.
In 1749 Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen started to use the Palais as his winter residence. He hired Giuseppe Bonno as musical conductor of the palais. Between 1754 and 1761 weekly music courses were held during the winter months. From 1759, he rented the Palais and hired Christoph Willibald Gluck as head conductor of the concerts held there.
In 1777 Prince Johann Adam of Auersperg, friend and confidant of Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresia, bought the Palais, at that time still called Palais Rofrano. From 1786 the Palais was renamed Palais Auersperg and was the setting for a series of important and well-known musical events, notably Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Sieben Worte des Erlösers am Kreuze by Joseph Haydn were performed there. As Johann Adam of Auersperg's second marriage stayed childless and the children of his first marriage had already died, he adopted his nephew Carl Auersperg (1750–1822). Carl accepted his inheritance in 1795. Unforunately, the marriage of Carl and his wife Josepha also remaineded childless, so in 1812 they adopted Prince Vinzens Auersperg, who accepted his inheritance in 1817. In the time between 1827 and 1837 Prince Wasa stayed at the Palais Auersperg with the Swedish Royal Family because his inheritance had been contested in Sweden. In 1864, on the orders of Vinzens Auersperg, a ballroom building was built along the Lerchenfelderstrasse. After his death in 1872 his widow Wilhelmine commissioned further alterations to the ballroom building in order to rent the facilities to the Geometric Institute. In 1878 Franz Joseph Emanuel (1856–1938), son of Wilhelmine Auersperg, and his wife Wilhelmine Kinsky took possession of the Palais Auersperg. Wilhelmine Kinsky organized many charity events for the benefit of the organization called Vereinigung zur Errettung verwahrloster Kinder. Pieces of theatre and music were performed in the Rosenkavaliersaal, partially with the participation of members of the aristocracy. In 1901 Franz Joseph Auersperg returned the ballroom building to its initial use. Unfortunately, in the course of the Second World War the ballroom building was completely destroyed and the remains were therefore removed.
Between 1923 and 1935 the Palais Auersperg was temporarily rented to the Bundesdenkmalamt and a film company. In 1940 Ferdinand Auersperg (1887–1942) inherited the Palais and in 1942 his sister Christiane Croy accepted her inheritance. She lived with her family in the upper rooms of the Palais during the Second World War. They also hid members of the resistance there during the Second World War and there is a sign near the entrance of the Palais which commemorates this. In 1944 the organization „Provisorische österreichische Nationalkomitee“, better known as O5, was established in the Palais. In 1945 the Palais was seized by the Alliierte Kommandantur, the police force of the Allied Control Council, and was subsequently used as their headquarters.
Konsul Alfred Weiss, founder of Arabia Kaffee, bought the Palais in 1953. In 1953 and 1954 it was extended by the architect Oswald Haerdtl who added the orangery, the winter garden and more functional rooms. Alfred Weiss opened a large café for 600 guests in the Palais, with a terrace next to it. After his death, his descendants sold the Palais to a company called General Partners A.G..
In the beginning of 2006 the Palais was sold again to an old European family. The State Apartments remained the same and are still used for musical purposes. In the upper floor most areas have been changed into office rooms. In the next few years the Palais will be restored and a small museum is planned. Currently the Palais is used for balls and musical events of various kinds; it has eleven rooms and can accommodate up to 1000 guests.
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