New Year’s Eve Ball, Hofburg Palace, Vienna

• 3 night luxury package spending New Year’s Eve in Vienna
• Private table for parties of 10 ( couples or a group) at the Sylvester Ball in the Hofburg Palace
• New Year’s Day brunch whilst watching the live televised broadcast of the famous New Year’s Day concert live from the Musikverein
• Luxury hotel within walking distance of St Stephen’s Cathedral

Please contact us if you are interested in making up a party for next New Year’s Eve.

New Year’s Eve Silvester Ball, Hofburg Palace, Vienna

The Hofburg put on an evening that surpasses even the most impressive corporate event and the former Imperial winter palace truly comes into its own. The staterooms are transformed into a beautiful sea of flowers and laid out for a silver service ‘royal’ banquet. Later world-class soloists from the Vienna State Opera and Volksoper perform memorable melodies from famous operas and popular operettas, and international debutantes from the Elmayer Dance Schooltake to the dance floor for the opening ceremony.

Your evening commences with horse drawn carriages from the hotel to the Hofburg Palace for a drinks reception in the foyer before making your way up to the one of the state rooms via the Grand Staircase for the gala dinner.

The opening ceremony commences around 2230 hours with the Elmayer Dance School performing classical dances. Champagne corks pop as the countdown to midnight starts and the Pummerinat St. Stephen’s cathedral – the largest bell in Austria – rings in the New Year. A fantastic firework display takes place on Heldenplatz, which can be enjoyed from the roof gallery of the Hofburg.

The midnight show that follows includes arias from well-known operas and operettas performed by soloists from the Vienna State opera and the Volksoper. Join dancers of the Vienna State Opera Ballet Association for the first waltz of the New Year – Johann Strauss’s Blue Danube. Then there’s the popular public quadrille, led by an instructor from the Elmayer Dance School.The evening continues with a mix of traditional waltz and jazz, and light-hearted catchy rhythms and salon music played by a variety of ensembles, bands and duos. There are also live DJ’s in the disco and chill-out lounge. As you wander through the state rooms the atmosphere is electric.

Please join us and celebrate a New Year’s Eve full of extravagance, fun and laughter and immerse yourself in to Vienna’s charming ball traditions.

Sample Programme

6.30pm

Guests arrive

Cocktail reception, Hofburg Foyer

7pm

Opening of the Grand Staircase

Soloists from the Vienna State Opera Ballet Association Wo man lacht und lebt, Eduard Strauss

8pm

Gala dinner

10.30pm

Grand opening

Elmayer dance school debutantes committee Fan Polonaise, Carl Michael Ziehrer Austrian national anthem Anthem of Europe Beate Ritter Voices of Spring waltz, Johann Strauss

Soloists from the Vienna State Opera Ballet Association Waltz of the Flowers – The Nutcracker, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Elmayer dance school debutantes committee Pizzicato Polka, Johann Strauss Roses from the South, Johann Strauss

Midnight

Ringing of the Pummerin (at St. Stephen’s Cathedral), the largest bell in Austria

Fireworks on Heldenplatz

Dancers from the Vienna State Opera Ballet Blue Danube Waltz, Johann Strauss

12.05am

Midnight show

Series of arias, Georges Bizet to Johann Strauss performed by soloists from the Vienna State Opera and the Volksoper Alle maskiert – Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice), Johann Strauss O Rose von Stambul – Rose von Stambul, Leo Fall Roses Duet – Der Vogelhändler (The Bird Seller), Carl Zeller Das ist der Frühling in Wien, Robert Stolz La fleur que tu m’avais jetée – Carmen, Georges Bizet Flower Duet – Lakmé, Léo Delibes Im Feuerstrom der Reben – Die Fledermaus, Johann Strauss Wien, Wien nur du allein, Rudolf Sieczyński

12.30am and 2.00am

Public quadrille with the Elmayer Dance School

4am

Close

Sample Banquet

The four-course gala dinner is served on beautiful porcelain by waiters in tails. Your meal will be accompanied by fine wines from Austria, and a glass of genuine French champagne to see in the New Year. The New Year’s Eve gala dinner has been carefully crafted with outstanding attention to detail by Gerstner Catering:

Appetiser

Salmon tartare and tender avocado pieces with lime crème fraiche, fresh herbs and edible flowers

***

Soup

Cream of arugula soup with roasted pine nuts

***

Main course

Sirloin of Austrian organic beef with snow peas, sweet potato terrine and smoked Zweigelt sauce

***

Dessert

Chocolate tartlets coated in gold flakes and decorated with stars, candied lemon and citrus caramel ***

Petits Fours

Selection of Viennese confectionery

Wines

Kellermeister Privat, Grüner Veltliner, 2012  Winzer Krems, Kremstal valley Kellermeister Privat, Blauer Zweigelt, 2011 Winzer Krems, Kremstal valley