HOFBURG SILVESTERBALL
Celebrate the 50th anniversary on 31 December 2019
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Celebrate 50 years of HOFBURG Silvesterball
According to the motto “Time to Celebrate”, we have another impressive ball programme in store for you on 31 December 2019, brimming with countless highlights at the 50th anniversary of the ball in the Hofburg. Savour the culinary delights that await at the four-course gala dinner, the Viennese coffeehouse, the chill-out lounge and the various New Year’s buffets and bars and be prepared for exciting attractions as well as national and international artists and uniquely talented dancers wearing exclusive ART for ART costumes at the big anniversary.
https://www.hofburgsilvesterball.com/assets/7a32d2dfd7/Ballprogramm-HOFBURG-Silvesterball-2019.pdf
PROGRAMM / PROGRAMME Erleben Sie „Time to Celebrate“ und lassen Sie sich von unseren KünstlerInnen verzaubern. 18.30 UHR Entrée der Gäste zum Galadinner Eingang Heldenplatz Cocktailempfang 19.00 UHR Eröffnung der Feststiege TänzerInnen der Vereinigung Wiener Staatsopernballett „Fanfare und Zeitvariationen“/Pavel Singer 20.00 UHR Galadinner 21.15 UHR Entrée der Gäste zur Balleröffnung Eingang Heldenplatz Cocktailempfang 22.00 UHR Eröffnung der Feststiege TänzerInnen der Vereinigung Wiener Staatsopernballett „Fanfare und Zeitvariationen“/Pavel Singer 22.00 UHR Eröffnung im Zeremoniensaal Jungdamen- und Jungherrenkomitee der Tanzschule Elmayer „Fächerpolonaise“/ Carl Michael Ziehrer Österreichische Bundeshymne Experience ‘Time to Celebrate’ as our performers work their magic on you. 06.30 PM Admission for gala dinner guests Heldenplatz entrance Cocktail reception 07.00 PM Opening of the Grand Staircase Dancers from the Vienna State Opera Ballet Association Fanfare and Time Variations, Pavel Singer 08.00 PM Gala dinner 09.15 PM Admission of guests for grand ball opening Heldenplatz entrance Cocktail reception 10.00 PM Opening of the Grand Staircase Dancers from the Vienna State Opera Ballet Association Fanfare and Time Variations, Pavel Singer 10.00 PM Grand opening in the Zeremoniensaal Elmayer Dance School debutantes Fan Polonaise, Carl Michael Ziehrer Austrian national anthem 6 PROGRAMM / PROGRAMME Premiere of ‚Happy Birthday HOFBURG Silvesterball‘ / composition of Pavel Singer Vienna State Opera Ballet, choreography: Lukas Gaudernak Ilona Revolskaya Musette Walzer – La Boheme, Giacomo Puccini Elmayer Dance School debutantes Ohne Sorgen! – Polka Schnell, Johann Strauss Hereinspaziert, Carl Michael Ziehrer Let’s waltz! 10.30 PM Ball opening ceremony in the Festsaal Elmayer Dance School debutantes Fan Polonaise , Carl Michael Ziehrer Austrian national anthem Anthem of Europe Premiere of ‚Happy Birthday HOFBURG Silvesterball‘ / composition of Pavel Singer Ilona Revolskaya, Boris Pfeifer and Dancers from the Vienna State Opera Ballet Association, choreography: Lukas Gaudernak Divertimento Viennese & Stereoparty Conducted by: Vinzenz Praxmarer Elmayer Dance School debutantes Ohne Sorgen! – Polka Schnell, Johann Strauss Hereinspaziert, Carl Michael Ziehrer Let‘s Waltz! Uraufführung von „Happy Birthday HOFBURG Silvesterball“ / Komposition von Pavel Singer Wiener Staatsballett / Choreographie: Lukas Gaudernak Ilona Revolskaya „Musette Walzer“ – La Boheme / Giacomo Puccini Jungdamen- und Jungherrenkomitee der Tanzschule Elmayer „Ohne Sorgen! – Polka Schnell“ / Johann Strauss „Hereinspaziert“ / Carl Michael Ziehrer Alles Walzer 22.30 UHR Eröffnung im Festsaal Jungdamen- und Jungherrenkomitee der Tanzschule Elmayer „Fächerpolonaise“ / Carl Michael Ziehrer Österreichische Bundeshymne Europahymne Uraufführung von „Happy Birthday HOFBURG Silvesterball“ / Komposition von Pavel Singer Ilona Revolskaya, Boris Pfeifer und TänzerInnen der Vereinigung Wiener Staatsopernballett Choreographie: Lukas Gaudernak Divertimento Viennese & Stereoparty Dirigent: Vinzenz Praxmarer Jungdamen- und Jungherrenkomitee der Tanzschule Elmayer „Ohne Sorgen! – Polka Schnell“ / Johann Strauss „Hereinspaziert“ / Carl Michael Ziehrer Alles Walzer PROGRAMM / PROGRAMME 11.58 PM Countdown to midnight
MIDNIGHT Happy New Year! Ringing of the Pummerin from St. Stephen’s Cathedral, the largest bell in Austria. Blue Danube Waltz, Johann Strauss Midnight performance 12.05 AM Festsaal
Congratulations and Celebrations Number one hitsfrom the first years of the first HOFBURG Silvesterball embedded in the overture from the operetta Die Fledermaus with Tanja Petrasek, Boris Pfeifer, Stereoparty and Divertimento Viennese Conducted by Vinzenz Praxmarer
12.20 AM Zeremoniensaal Musical entertainment with the HOFBURG Silvesterball soloists 12.30 AM AND 02.30 AM Public quadrille in the Festsaal with the Elmayer Dance School
04.00 AM Close
23.58 UHR Mitternachtscountdown MITTERNACHT Willkommen im neuen Jahr! Glockenläuten der Pummerin aus dem Stephansdom, der größten Glocke Österreichs „Donauwalzer“ / Johann Strauss Mitternachtseinlage 00.05 UHR Festsaal „Congratulations and Celebrations“ Nummer 1 Hits aus den Jahren des ersten HOFBURG Silvesterballs eingebettet in die Ouverture der Operette „Die Fledermaus“ mit Tanja Petrasek, Boris Pfeifer, Stereoparty & Divertimento Viennese Dirigent: Vinzenz Praxmarer 00.20 UHR Zeremoniensaal Musikalisches Feuerwerk mit den Solisten des HOFBURG Silvesterballs 00.30 UHR UND 02.30 UHR Publikumsquadrille im Festsaal mit der Tanzschule Elmayer 04.00 UHR Ballende
50. HOFBURG SILVESTERBALL / 50TH HOFBURG SILVESTERBALL
Am 31. Dezember 1970 fand der erste Silvesterball in der Wiener Hofburg statt. Bereits zu dieser Zeit in den Ballsälen der HOFBURG Vienna, damals noch als Kaiserball, wurde das Jahr 1971 eingeläutet. In den vergangenen Jahren ist viel passiert und der Ball hat sich zu einem Fixpunkt zum Jahreswechsel entwickelt. Mit 2.500 Gästen aus über 50 Ländern wird 2019 das Jubiläum gefeiert. Gleich zur Eröffnung wird das eigens zum Jubiläum komponierte Stück „Happy Birthday HOFBURG Silvesterball“ uraufgeführt. Das Silvester-Highlight verspricht in den historischen Räumlichkeiten einen Mix aus Tradition und Moderne, gepaart mit viel Charme und Esprit. Durch die moderne Ausstattung wird erneut deutlich, dass die HOFBURG Vienna Geschichte und Innovation gleichermaßen atmet. Um all dies zu präsentieren, kreierte das Organisationskomitee wieder ein erlebnisreiches Gesamtkonzept, vom Blumenschmuck über die Künstler bis hin zu unserem HOFBURG Silvesterball Erlebnis-Parcours. Erleben Sie eindrucksvolle Momente – etwa beim Pflücken von Glücksklee oder beim Durchschreiten der Ball-Kunstinstallation. Nicht zu vergessen ist der beliebte Wunschzettelbaum. Seit vielen Jahren arbeiten wir mit unseren Partnern und Sponsoren eng zusammen, worauf wir sehr stolz sind. Wir möchten uns sehr herzlich für die langjährige Zusammenarbeit bedanken und freuen uns auf die kommenden Jahre. 50. HOFBURG Silvesterball: Nirgendwo tanzt man so schön in das neue Jahr! The first ever HOFBURG Silvesterball took place at the Hofburg on 31 December 1970. Revellers welcomed in the new year, 1971, in the ball rooms of the HOFBURG Vienna when the event was still known as the Kaiserball. A great deal has happened over the past years and the ball is now firmly established as a major New Year’s Eve attraction. In 2019 some 2,500 guests from more than 50 countries will celebrate the ball’s golden anniversary. And the opening ceremony will feature the world premiere of Happy Birthday HOFBURG Silvesterball. The New Year’s Eve highlight promises a mix of traditional and modern elements in the state rooms of the former imperial palace, coupled with no end of charm and esprit. The venue’s state-of-the-art fixtures and technical equipment shows that the HOFBURG Vienna lives and breathes both history and innovation. And to ensure that everything is cast in the perfect light, the organising committee has drawn up an action-packed concept for the night, covering everything from the floral decorations and artists to our HOFBURG Silvesterball trail. Experience unforgettable moments including picking your own lucky four-leaf clover or simply taking in the art installations at the ball. And that’s not to mention the ever-popular wish tree where you can hang your New Year’s resolutions and wishes. For many years we have been working closely together with our partners and sponsors, which we are very proud of. We would like to thank them very much for the many years of cooperation and are looking forward to the coming years. 50th HOFBURG Silvesterball: There’s nowhere better to dance into the New Year!
Aida Garifullina⭐♫ Quando men vo ♫ ~ aus "La Bohème"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hDJF9gvPb8
La bohème (2015/16): "Quando m'en vò"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddifY_UsCJE
"Quando m'en vò" la nit d'estrena de 'La bohème' de Puccini al Gran Teatre del Liceu. Olga Kulchynska (Mussetta), Eleonora Buratto (Mimì). Saimir Pirgu (Rodolfo), Gabriel Bermúdez (Marcello), Isaac Galan (Schaunard), Fernando Radó (Fernando Latorre)
The Beautiful Blue Danube - André Rieu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDaJ7rFg66A
André Rieu & his Johann Strauss Orchestra playing "The Beautiful Blue Danube" (An der schönen blauen Donau) by composer Johann Strauss II. Recorded live at Empress Sisi's castle; Schönbrunn Palace Vienna, Austria with dancers from the famous Austrian Elmayer Dancing School. Clip from the DVD "André Rieu At Schönbrunn, Vienna". One of André's biggest and most beautiful special ever.
Johann Strauss - Overture ‘Die Fledermaus’ (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2lrKuZKV-Q
From the Heldenplatz in Vienna, 29. May 1999 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Wiener Philharmoniker) Zubin Mehta - conductor Johann Strauss II - Overture "Die Fledermaus"
Johann Strauss II (October 25, 1825 – June 3, 1899), also known as Johann Strauss, Jr., the Younger, the Son (German: Sohn), Johann Baptist Strauss, was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas and a ballet. In his lifetime, he was known as "The Waltz King", and was largely then responsible for the popularity of the waltz in Vienna during the 19th century. Some of Johann Strauss' most famous works include "The Blue Danube", "Kaiser-Walzer", "Tales from the Vienna Woods", and the "Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka". Among his operettas, Die Fledermaus and Der Zigeunerbaron are the best known.
Die Fledermaus (in English: The Bat;' in French: La Chauve-souris') is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genée. The original source for Die Fledermaus is a farce by German playwright Julius Roderich Benedix (1811--1873), Das Gefängnis (The Prison). Another source is a French vaudeville play, Le réveillon, by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. This was first translated by Carl Haffner into a non-musical play to be produced in Vienna. However, the peculiarly French custom of the réveillon (a midnight supper party) caused problems, which were solved by the decision to adapt the play as a libretto for Johann Strauss, with the réveillon replaced by a Viennese ball. At this point Haffner's translation was handed over for adaptation to Richard Genée, who subsequently claimed not only that he had made a fresh translation from scratch but that he had never even met Haffner. The operetta premièred on April 5, 1874 at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Austria and has been part of the regular operetta repertoire ever since. It currently appears as number 19 on Opera America's list of the 20 most-performed operatic works in North America.