Recent Articles
Vienna (Austria)
22 articles
Friday, December 28, 2007
Vienna honors yet another composer
Entertainment |
December 28, 2007
VIENNA – Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart – Korngold? Read more
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Apparent bomb attempt at U.S. mission
World |
October 2, 2007
A Bosnian who tried to enter the U.S. Embassy in Vienna with a
backpack filled with explosives, nails and Islamic literature was
arrested Monday after the bag set off a metal detector and the man
ran away, authorities said. Read more
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Vienna is skirting this issue
World |
January 11, 2007
The posters around Vienna’s neo-Gothic town hall set tongues wagging:
In place of the traditional “Construction Work Ahead” symbol showing
a man in pants and helmet, they depicted a ponytailed woman wearing
rugged-looking boots and a skirt, and hefting a shovel. Read more
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
In Mozart’s spirit
Entertainment |
November 21, 2006
“WELCOME to Vienna and this special edition of ‘Alternative Radio,’ ”
the MC proclaims to an eager late-night crowd in the hip concert
space of Austrian Radio. Read more
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Teen Who Fled Captor Recalls 8-Year Ordeal
World |
August 26, 2006
Natascha Kampusch is a sad, withdrawn-looking young woman, a lifetime
apart from the ruddy-cheeked 10-year-old she was when she disappeared
eight years ago. Read more
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Russian diva, Vienna opera split
Entertainment |
June 24, 2006
Olga Borodina will no longer be singing at the Vienna State Opera,
according to a statement by the company. Read more
Thursday, February 2, 2006
Vienna Opera director falls ill
News |
February 2, 2006
Seiji Ozawa has canceled his remaining performances with the Vienna
State Opera this season after being hospitalized with a bronchial
infection and shingles that affected his vision. Read more
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Buried treasure is recovered
Entertainment |
January 24, 2006
A $60-million sculpture will go back on display at Vienna’s Art
History Museum next week after police arrested the thief who stole it
almost three years ago and found the work buried in a forest. Read more
Friday, December 16, 2005
Art center director sticks to his guns
Entertainment |
December 16, 2005
If you were strolling the clean streets that surround it, you’d be
tempted to turn away – and not just because of the bad memories it recalls. Read more
Saturday, August 13, 2005
Austrians prepare for ‘Elvis Week’
Entertainment |
August 13, 2005
Mozart would be mortified. Read more
Saturday, July 30, 2005
A Work Titled ‘Nude, With Free Admission’
World |
July 30, 2005
Naked or scantily clad people wandered among the marble nudes at
Vienna’s prestigious Leopold Museum, lured by an offer of free entry
to “The Naked Truth,” an exhibition of early-1900s erotic art, if
they showed up in a swimsuit or nothing. Read more
Monday, December 27, 2004
Bucking a Trend, Austrians Prefer Coffee Their Way
World |
December 27, 2004
It seemed so brash and, to many Viennese, so American when Starbucks
arrived three years ago bearing Frappuccinos and caramel macchiatos
into this proud capital of coffeehouse culture. Read more
Friday, November 5, 2004
Exhibit observers perplexed by sign language
Entertainment |
November 5, 2004
“Empty your purse and start a new life!” Read more
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
A desire for beauty
Entertainment |
January 27, 2004
This city today is best known for its impeccably preserved remnants
of the Habsburg empire: Baroque residences and monumental palaces. Read more
Sunday, November 9, 2003
A Jewish cultural gem
Entertainment |
November 9, 2003
In 1930s Vienna, art fought a nightly war against prejudice at the
Nestroyhof theater. Read more
Monday, September 1, 2003
A museum’s artful update
Entertainment |
September 1, 2003
In 1976, a young college student who had just moved to Vienna to
study art went to hear a lecture at the Albertina, a grand
neoclassical palace in the city’s historical center that houses one
of the world’s great collections of graphic art. Read more
Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Museum May Negotiate for Stolen Sculpture
World |
May 14, 2003
Vienna’s Art History Museum said it would consider negotiating with
whoever stole a 16th-century, gold-plated sculpture by Florentine
master Benvenuto Cellini, valued at $57.5 million. Read more
Monday, May 12, 2003
Masterpiece Is Stolen From a Vienna Museum
World |
May 12, 2003
Climbing scaffolding and smashing a window early Sunday, thieves
slipped into Vienna’s Art History Museum and – despite high-tech
motion sensors and round-the-clock guards – disappeared with a 16th
century gold masterpiece sculpted by Benvenuto Cellini. Read more
Sunday, December 16, 2001
New Perspectives From Old Vienna
News |
December 16, 2001
When he was a boy, Matthias Peschke’s mother often told him stories
about his grandfather, Ferdinand Schmutzer, a well-known and much
sought-after artist in the early 20th century and a member of Viennese
high society. Read more
Sunday, June 21, 1998
Now He’s the Pride of Vienna
Entertainment |
June 21, 1998
Christian Meyer speaks very good English. Read more
