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Vienna State Opera House - stage door?


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As someone who lived in Vienna for a few years, let me tell it like it is. Yes there are two stage doors: one is the major one, the other being more of a sneaky side door although superficially similar in look.

 

The form is simple: one goes to the proper stage door (out by the side doors by the new cafe inside the house / to the square where the outdoor projections take place / where the staff tell you the "Buehnentuer" - stage door - is) Those performers who leave that way know that people may be waiting for them. If you go to the other door, you will ambush those performers who have chosen that door precisely because they don't want to meet anyone (maybe they have something to do, aren't feeling great or whatever)

 

By the way, by waiting patiently by the correct door my (then) 7 year old daughter got not only an autograph, but a picture and a nice conversation with the charming Polina Semionova, who she subsequently met up with in London. Happy days!

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