Strauss & Mozart Concert

From May to October, the Vienna Hofburg Orchestra plays the best-known works of Johann and Josef Strauss, lively operas and operettas, and duets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emmerich Kálmán, and Franz Lehár. The orchestra accompanies internationally renowned opera singers and ballet soloists from Vienna’s popular opera houses.

Just as Johann Strauss planned, and according to the tradition of all great Viennese orchestras, the musicians have prepared some musical jokes to delight the audience once again every evening!

The ceremonial hall of the Vienna Hofburg was built from 1802 to 1806 under Emperor Franz I by the court architect Ludwig Montoyer in the classical style.

In 1810 Napoleon I chose the Ceremonial Hall for his courtship and to ask Emperor Franz I for the hand of his daughter Archduchess Marie Louise. Under Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth, large gala evenings such as the “Ball at Court” were held here which was reserved only for the court and the high aristocracy.

The ceremonial room served as a throne room until the end of the monarchy in 1918.