The Viennese Opera Ball has announced that it will return in 2026 on May 8. The ball will celebrate its 70th anniversary and will be held at Ciprani’s in New York. The ball has brought the elegance, history, and grandeur of Vienna to New York City for seven decades and is one of the last remaining white-tie galas in the {…}
(Credit: © Wiener Staatsoper / Michael Pöhn) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced the cancellation of its traditional Opera Ball in 2022. The ball was canceled following a decision by the State Secretary for Art and Culture Andrea Mayer. In a statement, the opera company’s director, Bogdan Roščić, noted that the current wave of COVID-19, and particularly the Omicron variant, has {…}
Speranza Scapucci will conduct the Vienna Opera Ball on Feb. 23. The Italian conductor will fill in for the originally scheduled Semyon Bychkov, who is ill. The Italian conductor Scappucci gave her acclaimed debut to the Viennese Staatsoper last autumn and had been a solokorrepetitor at the Vienna State Opera for several years before she started her international career as a conductor. The {…}