STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at Stephen Schwartz's New Musical, SCHIKANEDER, in Vienna!

Stephen Schwartz's new musical, SCHIKANEDER - The turbulent love story behind The Magic Flute is a romantic musical comedy about the actor, singer, director, writer and impresario Emanuel Schikaneder and his wife, Eleonore Schikaneder made its world premiere on 30 September 2016. It continues the VBW's tradition of creating new in-house productions - the autumn production of SCHIKANEDER will be the Raimund Theater's twelfth world premiere musical. Check out a sneak peek below!

This is the story of the unconventional marriage between the actor, singer, director, writer and stage manager Emanuel Schikaneder and his wife Eleonore, the relationship between them and their impact to the artistic scenes of the time.