André Rieu World Stadium Tour

The largest travelling stage set ever, the largest number of artists (250 to be precise), and the biggest logistics operation ever in the performing arts world. Even with André Rieu, whose shows are always stunningly spectacular, it can always be even bigger and more impressive. The André Rieu World Stadium Tour will burst loose on 14 December 2007 in Toronto, Canada. After that, it is sure to leave many thousand visitors in Düsseldorf and Leipzig (Germany), Paris (France), and Brussels Belgium) breathless with pleasure from a full-evening music and show spectacular that both literally and figuratively knows no equal. The setting for the World Stadium Tour is the world-famous Schönbrunn Castle in Vienna (Austria), popularised by the Sissi films.

We are talking about a colossus that is 136 metres wide, 34 metres high, and 30 metres deep in the middle. Another interesting thing to know: it takes a technical crew of around 250 people working full time for 24 hours to set up the entire show, and they will do that five times during the tour. The setting of the André Rieu World Stadium Tour includes two ice rinks, each with an area of 300 square metres. The great thing about the rinks is that they are built interlinked with the setting. The skaters can thus step onto the ice backstage and skate toward the audience, just as though they were skating through the castle. Why was Ice-World chosen for this role? According to Pierre Rieu, son of André Rieu and Production Manager of André Rieu Productions: “Because they were the only ones who could fulfil our wishes, both technically and organisationally. They look after everything even remotely related to the ice rinks, so all we have to do is to provide the platform and the water. And even if this is the first time that we are taking the plunge with Ice-World - or should I say stepping out onto the ice? - I truly have full confidence that we will have two wonderful ice surfaces at our disposal evening after evening and show after show. That’s one of the things that lets us present a breathtaking spectacle evening after evening and show after show.”