- 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 Ball, Hofburg Palace, Vienna
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New Year’s Eve Silvester Ball, Hofburg Palace, Vienna
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.
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
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Soup
Cream of arugula soup with roasted pine nuts
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Main course
Sirloin of Austrian organic beef with snow peas, sweet potato terrine and smoked Zweigelt sauce
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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