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The Vienna Opera Ball (Wiener Opernball in German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
) is an annual Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
n society
High Society

High Society is musical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in VistaVision and Technicolor with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. It was directed by Charles Walters and produced by Sol C....
 event which takes place in the building of the Vienna State Opera
Vienna State Opera

The Vienna State Opera is an opera house - and opera company - with a history dating back to the mid 19th century. It is located in the centre of Vienna, Austria....
 on the Thursday preceding Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday

In the Western Christianity calendar, Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and occurs forty-six days before Easter. It falls on a different date each year, because it is dependent on the Computus; it can occur as early as February 4 or as late as March 10....
. Together with the New Year Concert
Vienna New Year's Concert

The New Year Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is a concert of classical music that takes place each year in the morning of January 1 in Vienna, Austria....
, the Opera Ball
Ball

A ball is a round object with various uses. It is usually sphere but can be ovoid. It is used in ball games, where the play of the game follows the state of the ball as it is hit, kicked or thrown by players....
 is one of the highlights of the Viennese carnival season
Carnival

Carnival is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during January and February. Carnival typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus , masque and public street party....
. The dress code is evening dress
Evening dress

The term evening dress can refer to:* Full evening dress, or white tie, the most formal civilian dress code, especially in the United Kingdom...
: white tie and tails for men; floor-length ballgowns for women.

Each year, almost overnight, the auditorium
Auditorium

An auditorium is where the audience is located in order to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens....
 of the Vienna State Opera is turned into a large ballroom
Ballroom

A ballroom is a large room inside a building, the designated purpose of which is holding formal dances called ball s. Traditionally, most balls were held in private residences; many mansions contain one or more ballrooms....
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The Vienna Opera Ball (Wiener Opernball in German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
) is an annual Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
n society
High Society

High Society is musical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in VistaVision and Technicolor with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. It was directed by Charles Walters and produced by Sol C....
 event which takes place in the building of the Vienna State Opera
Vienna State Opera

The Vienna State Opera is an opera house - and opera company - with a history dating back to the mid 19th century. It is located in the centre of Vienna, Austria....
 on the Thursday preceding Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday

In the Western Christianity calendar, Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and occurs forty-six days before Easter. It falls on a different date each year, because it is dependent on the Computus; it can occur as early as February 4 or as late as March 10....
. Together with the New Year Concert
Vienna New Year's Concert

The New Year Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is a concert of classical music that takes place each year in the morning of January 1 in Vienna, Austria....
, the Opera Ball
Ball

A ball is a round object with various uses. It is usually sphere but can be ovoid. It is used in ball games, where the play of the game follows the state of the ball as it is hit, kicked or thrown by players....
 is one of the highlights of the Viennese carnival season
Carnival

Carnival is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during January and February. Carnival typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus , masque and public street party....
. The dress code is evening dress
Evening dress

The term evening dress can refer to:* Full evening dress, or white tie, the most formal civilian dress code, especially in the United Kingdom...
: white tie and tails for men; floor-length ballgowns for women.

Each year, almost overnight, the auditorium
Auditorium

An auditorium is where the audience is located in order to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens....
 of the Vienna State Opera is turned into a large ballroom
Ballroom

A ballroom is a large room inside a building, the designated purpose of which is holding formal dances called ball s. Traditionally, most balls were held in private residences; many mansions contain one or more ballrooms....
. On the eve of the event, the rows of seats are removed from the stalls
Stall (enclosure)

A stall is a small enclosure of some kind, usually less enclosed than a room....
, and a new floor, level with the stage
Stage (theatre)

In theatre, the stage is a designated space for the performance of theatrical productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point for the members of the audience....
, is built. Austrian businessman Richard Lugner
Richard Lugner

Richard Lugner is a successful Austrian entrepreneur in the construction industry, a Vienna society figure, and a former political candidate not affiliated with any of the Austrian political parties....
 has attracted famous people as his guests to the ball. Among them have been Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren is an Academy Award-winning Italian people film actress. She is widely considered to be the most popular Italian actress of her time and is also famous for being a major international sex symbol....
, Geri Halliwell
Geri Halliwell

Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell is an England pop music singer-songwriter, children's author, actress and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund....
, Carmen Electra
Carmen Electra

Tara Leigh Patrick , professionally known as Carmen Electra, is an United States glamour model, actress, celebrity, dancer, entertainer and sex symbol....
, Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson

'Pamela Denise Anderson' is a Canada-born actor, sex symbol, model , Television producer, author, and former show girl. Anderson is best known for her roles on the television series Home Improvement , Baywatch, and V.I.P....
, and, in 2007, Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton

Paris Whitney Hilton is an United States socialite, celebutante, heiress, Model , media personality, singer and occasional actress.She is known for her appearance in a 1 Night in Paris in 2004, her appearance on the television series The Simple Life, her several minor film roles , her 2004 tongue-in-cheek autobiography, her 2006 album...
. This year, Lugner's guest was Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series, created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios and Marc Cherry....
 star Nicollette Sheridan
Nicollette Sheridan

Nicollette Sheridan is a Golden Globe-nominated United Kingdom-born American actress. She has appeared in soap operas, movies and television series, and is perhaps best known for her roles as Paige Matheson on Knots Landing and as Edie Britt on Desperate Housewives....
. In a joint venture, ORF
Orf

Orf can refer to:*Orf , a disease found in sheep and goatsORF can refer to:*Open reading frame*Oral reading fluency*ORF , ?sterreichischer Rundfunk...
 and BR
Bayerischer Rundfunk

Bayerischer Rundfunk [Bavarian Broadcasting] is the public broadcasting authority for the Germany Freistaat of Bavaria, with its main offices located in Munich....
 broadcast live from the ball for several hours each year.

The Opera Ball was first held in 1936, but was suspended during World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. It was revived after the war; it has been held annually ever since, with the exception of 1991, when it was cancelled due to the Persian Gulf War
Gulf War

"Persian Gulf War" and "First Gulf War" redirect here. For other uses, see Persian Gulf War .The Persian Gulf War was a United Nations-authorized military conflict between Iraq and a Coalition of Gulf War from 34 nations commissioned with expelling Iraqi forces from Kuwait after Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait of Kuwait in August 1990....
. Since 2008, Desirée Treichl-Stürgkh has been the chairlady (supervising organizer) of the Vienna Opera Ball.

In recent years, the Opernballdemo, a left-wing
Left-wing politics

In politics, left-wing, leftist, and the Left are terms applied to Social progressivism and Egalitarianism positions. Originally, during the French Revolution, left-wing referred to seating arrangements in parliament; those who sat on the left opposed the monarchy and supported Political radicalism reform....
 demonstration
Demonstration (people)

A demonstration is a form of nonviolent action by groups of people in favor of a political or other cause, normally consisting of walking in a march and a meeting to hear speakers....
 along the Ringstraße
Ringstraße

The Ringstra?e is a circular road surrounding the Innere Stadt district of Vienna, Austria and is one of its main sights. It is typical of the historical style called Ringstra?enstil of the 1860s to 1890s....
 against the kind of capitalism
Capitalism

Capitalism is an economic system in which wealth, and the means of producing wealth, are private property and controlled rather than commonly, publicly, or state-owned and controlled....
 represented by, as the protesters see it, many of the well-to-do guests at the Opera Ball, has regularly taken place on the same night. There have been occasional outbreaks of violence.

In 1995
1995 in literature

The year 1995 in literature involved some significant events and new books....
 Austrian writer Josef Haslinger published a novel
Novel

File:2009 stapelweise Neuerscheinungen im Buchladen.JPGA novel is today a long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern Romance and in the tradition of the novella....
 entitled Opernball
Opernball (novel)

Opernball is a 1995 in literature novel by Austrian writer Josef Haslinger in which thousands of people are killed in a Neo-Nazism terrorist attack taking place during that Vienna Opera Ball....
 in which thousands of people are killed in a Neo-Nazi
Neo-Nazism

The term neo-Nazism refers to post-World War II far right political movements, social movements, and ideology seeking to revive Nazism, or some variant that echoes core aspects of Nazism such as Ethnic nationalism or V?lkisch movement integralism....
 terrorist attack taking place during that society event. The novel was the basis of a 1998
1998 in film

The year 1998 in film involved some significant events....
 made-for-TV movie by Urs Egger
Urs Egger

Urs Egger is a Switzerland film and television director.From 1974 to 1997 he worked for the Swiss Neue Z?rcher Zeitung and the Australian Cinema Papers as a correspondent from Los Angeles, responsible for reporting about the film industry....
 with the same title.

The only ball officially associated with the Vienna Opera Ball is the Dubai Opera Ball
Dubai Opera Ball

The Vienna Opera Ball Dubai is part of the Vienna Opera Ball series, and has taken place on two occasions in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates....
. A similar ball
Viennese Opera Ball in New York

The Viennese Opera Ball in New York is an annual charity gala held annually under the auspices of the US-Austrian Chamber of Commerce.Dignitaries, Diplomats and Debutantes ?Open? the international Ball, long regarded as one of New York?s ?greatest annual events,? garnering worldwide media coverage for over five decades....
 takes place in New York City, but it is not affiliated with the Vienna Opera Ball.

See also


  • Opernball (disambiguation)
    Opernball

    Opernball can mean any of the following:* any ball which takes place in a theater where operas are performed;* in particular, the Vienna Opera Ball , an annual society event held at the Vienna State Opera;...


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