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Hofburgkapelle

Address: Hofburg, Schweizer Hof, 1st District, Vienna | Map It
Phone: 01/533-9927
www.hofburgkapelle.at/

Chapel of the Imperial Palace

Category: Religious Sites
Location: The Hofburg: An Imperial City

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Fodor's Review:

Fittingly, this is the main venue for the beloved Vienna Boys' Choir (Wiener Sängerknaben), since the group has its roots in the Hofmusikkapelle choir founded by Emperor Maximilian I five centuries ago (Haydn and Schubert were both participants as young boys). The choir sings mass here at 9:15 on Sunday from mid-September to June (tickets, ranging in price from EUR 5 to EUR 29, are sold to hear the choir). Be aware that you hear the choirboys but don't see them: soprano and alto voices peal forth from a gallery behind the seating area. In case you miss out on tickets to the Sunday performance, note that just to the right of the chapel entrance a door leads into a small foyer. Here a television screen shows the whole mass for free. September through June, on Friday at 4 PM the boys also perform in the Musikverein/Brahmsaal. below.