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Opera Diary: Vienna: Otto-Wagner-Spital / Klinik Penzing and The “Parsifal” Connection

July 13, 2020 By Guy St. Clair

Let’s have another look at the beautiful site where Otto Wagner’s stunning Kirche am Steinhof is located. It’s an iconic Art Nouveau structure I’ve written about before (last December in fact), and many readers commented positively when I described Wagner’s church, located at the top of the hill overlooking the district. So I’m now happy to …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, History, Travel Tagged With: art nouveau, Central European University, Hermanis (Alvis), Jugendstil - Vienna, Kirche am Steinhof, Laurson (Jens F.), Parsifal (opera), Pöhn (Michael), Vienna, Vienna Klinik Penzing, Vienna Staatsoper, Wagner (Otto), Wagner (Richard)

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