VIENNA 〓 This year’s “Opernball” is conducted by Bertrand de Billy and features Sáenz, Garanča and Beczala

2024/01/23

The Vienna State Opera has announced that the 66th “Opernball” of 2024 will take place on February 8, 2024, with Bertrand de Billy conducting and singers Serena Saenz, soprano, and Elīna Garanča, mezzo-soprano, tenor Piotr Beczala will be featured.

The “Opernball” organized by the State Opera is an annual event held on the Thursday before “Ash Wednesday” in February. Founded in 1877 during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it is one of the most prestigious dance parties in Europe.

The event was cancelled for two consecutive years in 2021 and 2022 due to the global outbreak of the corona pandemic, but was revived in 2023. Every year, more than 5,000 people, including guests from abroad, participate in the event, and approximately 2.5 million people are said to watch the broadcast that is relayed to the entire world.

PHOTO：Wiener Staatsoper / Michael Pöhn


　　Click here for details　▷


How about this ?

  1. LOS ANGELES 〓 Los Angeles Philharmonic appointed Zubin Mehta as Conductor Emeritus

  2. LONDON 〓 The general vote of “Orchestra of the Year” by the British classical music magazine “Gramophone” has begun

  3. Salzburg Festival 〓 Salzburg Whitun Festival has announced its 2019 season

  4. STUTTGART 〓 Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra announced that it will welcome François-Xavier Roth as chief conductor

  5. MUNICH 〓 Czech conductor Petr Popelka named next General Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera

  6. PARIS 〓 James Galway was awarded the Order by the French Minister of Culture

  7. R.I.P 〓 Grace Bumbry（86）American Mezzo-soprano Singer

  8. LONDON 〓 BBC Symphony Orchestra will get new home base

  9. BERLIN 〓 Merkel administration has announced that concerts and other events will be banned until the end of August

  10. NEW YORK 〓 Composer John Williams donates all his own scores etc. to the alma mater Juilliard School of Music

  11. HAMBURG 〓 Anne Sofie von Otter objections to #MeToo movement

  12. LONDON 〓 Aušrinė Stundytė Substitutes in “Elektra” and Makes Royal Opera Debut Ahead of Schedule

  13. ROME 〓 Jakub Hrüsha has been appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Santa Cecilia National Academy Orchestra

  14. TORONTO 〓 Canadian Opera Company has announced its performance lineup for the 2024/2025 season

  15. BERLIN 〓 Berlin Philharmonic’s First Female Concertmaster, Vineta Vineta Sareika-Völkner will leave Orchestra

  1. No comments yet.

  1. No trackbacks yet.