On January 21, the Ball Royale of the City of Baden entitled "Vive La France" marked the beginning of an extremely successful ball season for the Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra. At the midnight interlude, the orchestra played immortal chansons from the world of the bohemians in arrangements by Pavel Singer. 

A special ball event was the Vienna Coffee Ball on February 3 at the Vienna Hofburg. The highlight of the opening was the ballet performance by the Vienna State Ballet in a choreography by Lukas Gaudernak and costumes by Christof Cremer. With brass reinforcement by the Bernd Fröhlich Orchestra, the "Bacchanale" from Samson and Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns became a fantastic feast for the eyes and ears!

The Vienna Opera Ball took place for the first time under the new management team on February 16. The ORF and other television stations from all over the world presented our new chief conductor Laszlo Gyüker and showed in numerous shots our brilliant Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra performing with a lot of feeling. The dance-loving audience gave us a full parquet until shortly after 5.00 am.