Opening Programme

Fanfare
by Karl Rosner

Musical direction Markus Henn
Stage orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Austrian National Anthem

Musical direction László Gyükér
Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra

European Anthem
by Ludwig van Beethoven

Musical direction László Gyükér
Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra

Polonaise in A major op. 40/1
by Frédéric Chopin

Entry of the opening committee
Musical direction László Gyükér
Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra

Imperial Waltz Concert Waltz op. 437
by Johann Strauss (son)

Choreography Martin Schläpfer
Musical direction Cornelius Meister
Costumes Ida Gut
Dancers of the Vienna State Ballet
Elena Bottaro, Natalia Butchko, Sonia Dvořák, Olga Esina, Alexandra Inculet, Hyo-Jung Kang, Sinthia Liz, Katharina Miffek, Ketevan Papava, Claudine Schoch, Timoor Afshar, Rashaen Arts, Jackson Carroll, Andrés Garcia Torres, Masayu Kimoto, Marcos Menha, Kristián Pokorný, Duccio Tariello, Arne Vandervelde, Géraud Wielick
Students of the Ballet Academy of the Vienna State Opera
Natalia Gabriela Ivan, Filippa Pelikan, Davide Culmone, Christopher Krasnansky
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Csárdás from Knight Pásmán op. 441
by Johann Strauss (son)

Musical direction Cornelius Meister
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Spring Voices Waltz op. 410
by Johann Strauss (son)

Musical direction Cornelius Meister
Nadine Sierra
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Bella enamorada from El último romántico
by Reveriano Soutullo & Juan Vert

Musical direction Cornelius Meister
Juan Diego Flórez
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

All masked from A Night in Venice
by Johann Strauss (son)

Musical direction Cornelius Meister
Nadine Sierra, Maria Nazarova, Juan Diego Flórez, Daniel Jenz
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Excerpt from the Polonaise in A major op. 40/1
by Frédéric Chopin

Line-up of the opening committee
Musical direction László Gyükér
Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra

Violetta Polka-française op. 404
by Johann Strauss (son)

Choreography Maria Angelini-Santner and Christoph Santner
Musical direction László Gyükér
Opening Committee
Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra

On the beautiful blue Danube Waltz op. 314
by Johann Strauss (son)

Musical direction László Gyükér
Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra