Review of the 2026 Ball Season
With the Opera Ball at the State Opera, this year’s ball season has come to a successful close for the Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra. With great success, our Deputy Chief Conductor Andreas Spörri conducted the …
Guest Appearances Switzerland 2026
On 8 and 10 January 2026, everything at the KKL Lucerne and the Stadtcasino Basel revolved around the Viennese music of the “Golden Age.” The Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra performed under the direction of …
Austria's cultural calling card in Tunisia with a social background!
The Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra under the direction of Laszlo Gyüker impressed the Tunisian audience in the sold-out amphitheater in El Jem with a firework display of the most beautiful compositions by Johann Strauss. The...
CONCORDIA BALL 2025
Under the motto “The celebration for independent journalism”, around 3000 guests from all over the world celebrated at Vienna City Hall until the early hours of the morning - with waltzes, words and appreciation...
Successful ball season 2025
The Vienna Opera Ball marked the successful end of the ball season for the Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra. Over 1.36 million viewers watched the live broadcast of the Opera Ball in Austria alone. In addition to the...
Festive New Year's concert at the Stadtcasino in Basel
Melting strings, brass fanfares, bel canto and dancing at the festive New Year's concert with the Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra in Basel's Stadtcasino Who can experience such an original, dignified Viennese evening these days as a musical...
The sounds of Vienna at the El Jem World Heritage Site - Tunisia
The Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra performed for the 26th time in the third largest amphitheatre in the world. The building, erected in 238 AD, has been one of the venues for the Tunisian Summer of Culture for decades. With...
Concordia Ball 2024
A celebration of press freedom On 24 May 2024, Vienna City Hall was transformed into the venue for the 124th Concordia Ball, where the media industry, artists and cultural professionals as well as an international ball audience...
Debut at the Stadtcasino Basel
Successful debut of the Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra at the sold-out Stadtcasino on 13 January 2024 in Basel The Deputy Principal Conductor of the Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra, Andreas Spörri, performed with verve and passion, together with...
25th Anniversary at the International Festival of Symphonic Music in El Jem 2023
In keeping with a long-standing tradition, the concert by the Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra as part of the International Festival of Symphonic Music in the Roman amphitheatre of El Jem is one of the most important cultural events in...