The ballet Ein Reigen by choreographer Ashley Page and designer Antony McDonald opens tonight at the Volksoper Wien.

It is based on Arthur Schnitzler’s play La Ronde, however it features a wide cast of characters – ranging from Gustav and Alma Mahler to Arnold Schönberg, Sigmund Freud, Alexander Zemlinsky, Gustav Klimt and Schnitzler himself. Gerrit Prießnitz will conduct the Volksoper Symphonieorchester, Alban Berg’s Lulu-Suite and 3 Orchestral Pieces will be among the works performed.

Find out more on the website of the Volksoper Wien.

Further performances take place on 2., 26. May and 5., 20., 26., 29. June 2014