Name: Vienna State Opera House – The Ring of the NibelungenDate of Issue: 2 May 2009Country: AustriaDenominations: 1.00 EUR Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883), with his both famous and complex works, was amongst one of the most important innovators in European music in the 19th century. “The Ring of the Nibelungen”, a cycle of four [...]

Name: Fred ZinnemannDate of Issue: 29 April 2009Country: AustriaDenominations:0.55 EUR Fred Zinnemann was born in Vienna on April 29, 1907. As a child, he was a close friend of Billy Wilder, who like himself was later to become a famous Hollywood director. After finishing school in 1925, Zinnemann initially began to study law before taking [...]