Opera Days Are Back! Vienna Holds 'Window Concert'

Published June 3rd, 2020 - 05:52 GMT

Deserted by tourists, a hotel in Vienna gave itself a temporary one-night-only makeover, turning itself into an outdoor concert hall.

The guest bedrooms, which have stood empty during the coronavirus lockdown, were transformed into opera boxes for an evening, and the hotel courtyard into a stage to create a rare moment of joy in the city of music on Saturday.

Two opera singers and a string ensemble were invited to play at the Hotel Zeitgeist, according to AFP.

Paid bookings for the "window concert" were sold out in three days, hotel director Andreas Purtscher told AFP.

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Monika Medek (L) and Dagmar Dekanovsky (R) and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, perform for guests of Zeitgeist Hotel during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels and cultural events have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP

Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen from their rooms to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP

Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen from their rooms to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP

Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP

Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP

Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen from their rooms to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP

Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen from their rooms to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP

Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen from their rooms to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP

Monika Medek (L) and Dagmar Dekanovsky (R) and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, perform for guests of Zeitgeist Hotel during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels and cultural events have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen from their rooms to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen from their rooms to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen from their rooms to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen from their rooms to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen from their rooms to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Monika Medek (L) and Dagmar Dekanovsky (R) and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, perform for guests of Zeitgeist Hotel during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels and cultural events have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Monika Medek (L) and Dagmar Dekanovsky (R) and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, perform for guests of Zeitgeist Hotel during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels and cultural events have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen from their rooms to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen from their rooms to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen from their rooms to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen from their rooms to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen from their rooms to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen from their rooms to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen from their rooms to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen from their rooms to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen from their rooms to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Guests of Zeitgeist Hotel listen from their rooms to singers Monika Medek and Dagmar Dekanovsky and the Camerata Carnutum orchestra, during a window concert (Fensterkonzert) in Vienna on May 30, 2020, as hotels have reopened in Austria amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. JOE KLAMAR / AFP

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