[1] The magazine was first published in 1973 as "Informationsmagazin rund um die Oper" and celebrated its 45th anniversary in 2018.
Over the years it has been revised several times and updated continuously both in terms of content and structure.
[3] After the sudden death of the magazine founder Clauspeter Koscielny in spring 2017, the Viennese culture journalist Stephan Burianek took over as editor-in-chief at short notice.
Since the end of 2019, cultural office publisher Iris Steiner has worked as editor-in-chief and replaced Stephan Burianek in this position.
The magazine reports on the national and international opera scene on topics in front of and behind the stage, introduces newcomers and talks to stars as well as book and CD releases.