Großer Saal

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Großer Saal is the famed main concert hall of Vienna’s Musikverein, renowned worldwide for its exceptional acoustics and as the venue of the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concert hall
music venue
alsoKnownAs Golden Hall NERFINISHED
Goldener Saal NERFINISHED
Great Hall NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture
city Vienna
country Austria
designedBy Theophil Hansen NERFINISHED
floorCount multi-level auditorium with galleries
hasAcousticType shoebox concert hall
hasBalcony yes
hasFunction chamber music concerts
choral concerts
orchestral performances
recordings of classical music
hasInteriorDecoration classical columns and statues
gilded ornamentation
hasMainMaterial gilded stucco
plaster
wood interior surfaces
hasNotableEvent annual Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert
recordings by leading international orchestras
hasOrgan pipe organ
hasOwner Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien NERFINISHED
hasReputation one of the best concert halls in the world
world-famous acoustics
hasStage elevated stage for symphony orchestra
hosts Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert NERFINISHED
subscription concerts of the Vienna Philharmonic
inaugurated 1870
isTouristAttraction yes
knownFor Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert NERFINISHED
exceptional acoustics
languageOfName German
locatedIn Austria
Vienna
locatedInDistrict Innere Stadt NERFINISHED
opened 1870
partOf Musikverein building complex NERFINISHED
Wiener Musikverein NERFINISHED
primaryGenre classical music
seatingCapacity about 1744
translationOfName Great Hall NERFINISHED
usedBy Vienna Philharmonic NERFINISHED
usedForBroadcast international television broadcasts of New Year’s Concert
radio broadcasts of classical concerts

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Brucknerhaus hasMainHall Großer Saal
Musikverein hasMainHall Großer Saal
Wiener Musikverein hasPart Großer Saal