Top 5 Salute to Vienna Favourites
Out of all the music performed in the repertoire of Salute to Vienna New Year's Concert, here are the Top Five Audience Favourites.
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Jan 8, 20191 min read
Gypsy Princess
► Salute to Vienna New Year's Concert ► Viennese music with Strauss Waltzes & Operetta Hits, Singers, Dancers & Full Orchestra in one New...
Dec 4, 20181 min read
Wiener Blut
► Salute to Vienna New Year's Concert ► Viennese music with Strauss Waltzes & Operetta Hits, Singers, Dancers & Full Orchestra in one New...
Nov 6, 20181 min read
The Land of Smiles
► Salute to Vienna New Year's Concert ► Viennese music with Strauss Waltzes & Operetta Hits, Singers, Dancers & Full Orchestra in one New...
Oct 9, 20181 min read
Gypsy Baron
Johann Strauss II’s The Gypsy Baron (1885) is the first Viennese operetta set in Hungary. It was born out of Strauss’ visits to Budapest...
Sep 11, 20181 min read
The Merry Widow
Lehár’s The Merry Widow takes place in the early 20th century, both in Paris and in the expatriate community of Pontevedro, a fictional...
Aug 14, 20181 min read
Giuditta
In Giuditta, Lehár bridges the gap between the genres of opera and operetta. It was his last operetta and a personal favorite. While...
Jul 10, 20181 min read
Friederike
Franz Lehár’s Freiderike, set in 1770, tells the true story of the “Sesenheim Idyll,” a brief, but intense love affair between young poet...
Jun 12, 20181 min read
Merry Wives of Windsor
Otto Nicolai’s Merry Wives of Windsor is based on the Shakespeare play of the same name. Nicolai was not the only composer to create an...
May 15, 20181 min read
A Night in Venice
Johann Strauss Jr.’s A Night in Venice (1883) tells the story of one eventful evening in 18th-century Venice. Among the Viennese, Venice...
Apr 18, 20181 min read
Die Fledermaus
The score for Johann Strauss Jr.’s most celebrated and popular operetta, Die Fledermaus (1874), was composed over just 42 days in the...
Apr 18, 20181 min read
Countess Maritza
In Emmerich Kálmán’s Countess Maritza (1924), Maritza, owner of a large country estate on the Hungary/Bulgaria border, is overwhelmed...
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