BODYGUARD - The Musical will celebrate its Austrian premiere at the 27 September 2018 at the Ronacher.

Soul diva Rachel Marron will be played by the singer, dancer and actress Patricia Meeden, known for her collaboration with Xavier Naidoo in “The Voice of Germany”. Her bodyguard Frank Farmer will be played by the popular actor, presenter and TV star Jo Weil – a hit with audiences in film and TV roles alike (such as “Verbotene Liebe/Forbidden Love”, “Tatort/Crime Scene”, “Alles was zählt/All That Counts”). 

Spectacular choreography, songs from the Grammy-winning film soundtrack, and many other global chart-toppers – sung in English – guarantee the audience an outstanding live experience. The musical’s exciting and emotional storyline and songs like One Moment in Time, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, I Have Nothing, Queen of the Night, The Greatest Love Of All and Saving All My Love will give theatre-goers goose bumps. This unforgettable show is topped off with one of the most moving ballads of all time, I Will Always Love You.

As of the 2022/2023 season, the Norwegian opera director Stefan Herheim will take over as artistic director of the Theater an der Wien. The present artistic director, Roland Geyer, will stay in place at the stagione opera house until Herheim takes over. The artistic director of musicals for the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien (VBW), Christian Struppeck, has had his contract extended for a further five years as of the 2020/21 season.  This appointment reaffirms the VBW’s commitment to an innovative programming concept for its opera house and to continuity within the nationally and internationally successful musicals division.

I AM FROM AUSTRIA, the musical by Titus Hoffmann (book & idea) and Christian Struppeck (book & creative development), featuring Rainhard Fendrich’s greatest hits, had its world premiere on 16 September 2017 at the Raimund Theater in Vienna.

DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES – the rehearsals have started

In a few weeks the cult musical DANCE OF THE VAMPIRE comes home. On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES returns to Vienna on the 30th September 2017, the city where it was first performed.

On 25 June 2017 DON CAMILLO & PEPPONE celebrated its last show. The audience hailed the cast with standing ovations. After, artistic director Christian Struppeck raised a glass to the success of the performance with the ensemble, all members who contributed on and back stage and the guests of the final performance.

Rainhard Fendrich’s greatest hits are to be transformed into a musical. Artistic director Christian Struppeck presented the production, leading team and the almost Austrian cast today. On September 16, 2017 I AM FROM AUSTRIA will celebrate its world premiere at the Raimund Theater in Vienna.

LIVE CD of DON CAMILLO & PEPPONE is out now

DON CAMILLO & PEPPONE celebrated its Austrian premiere January 27, 2017 at the Ronacher! It lovingly recreates the tales centred on the pugnacious Catholic priest Don Camillo and his no less bellicose antagonist Peppone as a joyous, light-hearted musical.