The splendor of the 'fin de siècle'
Vienna at the turn of the century: it is ball season, people from all corners of the empire meet at the festivals and bring their dances, traditional costumes and uniforms to the dance floor. The rhythms and harmonies of folk dances from these rich cultural regions in south-eastern Europe inspired numerous great compositions.
And hardly any era was more brilliantly depicted than in the colors and forms of Art Nouveau - which has always carried the mood that a long epoch is experiencing its final, radiant climax here. In the summer of 2026, "Die Csárdásfürstin" comes to the Schlossgartenfestspiele - let us immerse ourselves in this world together and revel in the splendor of the 'fin de siècle'...
