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 traditional Kaffeesiederball at the Vienna Hofburg for the first time. The Ball Royale of the City of Baden was, as usual, under the direction of Laszlo Gyüker.

In Austria alone, an audience of millions followed the live TV broadcast of the Vienna Opera Ball. Radio Wien aired an extensive interview about the Opera Ball with Managing Director Prof. Herbert Fischerauer. In addition to the anthems and the traditional Blue Danube Waltz, this year’s opening also featured the Fächer-Polonaise by C. M. Ziehrer and the Bitte schön Polka by J. Strauss. The Fledermaus, Orpheus and Masked Ball Quadrilles once again delighted the ball guests until five in the morning, under the choreographic direction of Maria Santner and to the music of the Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra conducted by Chief Conductor Laszlo Gyüker.

The next traditional ball featuring the participation of the Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra is the Concordia Ball on 22 May 2026 at Vienna City Hall.