I got lucky when I was walking by the Vienna state opera house (browsing through downtown) and some scalper tried to sell me some tickets to the Macbeth play that was sold out that evening. Normally I just say nein danke and pass on by but this time I actually took the time to check out the flyer of the play before I came back to the scalper. I knew it was supposed to be impressive inside so I said ok lets see if I can game up this guy. He was selling the tickets for 30eu a piece and I told him he could let the tickets go to waste or he could have 20eu now. He gave in and I had my tickets.
Once I was inside I played tourist and took some pictures of the inside. After I was done admiring the inside I used my broken German to find my seat...as the people kept on telling me further back, upstairs, to the right to the left...I was starting to think I was the one who got had by the guy outside.
I finally found my seat waiting for me inside the one of the rooms on the 3rd floor.
When I entered I was taken back because I have never had boxed seats for anything let alone the state opera. Then as the show started there was an open seat at the very front of the balcony and I asked the others if they would mind if I took the seat and they let me go ahead (probably because I put on the charm haha jk).
The show was amazing, they had a live orchestra (no electronic amplifiers), amazing sounds, and they even had little lcds that showed the translated text.
TIP: If you want to see a play or show at one of the Vienna theaters go at the last second and find someone selling an unused ticket or grill a scalper for a good price.
