At the Vienna Opera Ball, the Vienna State Opera is transformed into the world’s most famous ballroom. This ball of balls creates opportunities for encounters between artists, politicians, businesspeople, and ball enthusiasts.
The calendar of the Viennese ball season is filled with more than 450 balls. The Opera Ball at the Vienna State Opera is the most glamorous of them all, reaching an audience of millions at home and abroad through TV broadcasts. This makes the Vienna Opera Ball the most famous ball in the world. Anyone who cannot celebrate on-site with the 5,150 ball guests can enjoy the opening ceremony, music, dance, and interviews on TV.
The Vienna Opera Ball is a major musical event that combines high culture with entertainment and takes place every year at the end of Carnival. The committee, consisting of approximately 150 pairs of young men and women in white ball gowns and tails, ensures a glamorous opening of the Opera Ball.
20:40: Admission of the ball guests
22:00: Opera Ball opening (duration: approx. 50 minutes):
– Fanfare, Austrian National Anthem, European Anthem
– Procession of the committee of young men and women
– Artistic performances by the Vienna State Opera
– Opening waltzes: The Blue Danube Waltz
24:00: Midnight quadrille
2:00 and 4:00: Quadrille
5.00 End of the Opera Ball
Around 150 musicians create a wonderful atmosphere in eight different dance areas at the Vienna Opera Ball in the State Opera. The Viennese waltz in its characteristic three-four time is the main element. Contemporary music also guarantees that the dancing will carry on into the early hours.
The Vienna Opera Ball has a strict dress code. Ladies are required to wear a long, floor-length evening dress, while gentlemen must wear a black tailcoat with a white bow tie and black patent leather shoes.
