Salute to Vienna
For more than 25 years, Salute to Vienna New Year's Concert has been a favorite holiday musical tradition throughout North America. The series combines the brilliant talents of The Strauss Symphonies of Canada and America with stellar European maestros, tenors, sopranos and dancers to perform and celebrate the glorious, uplifting music of Vienna’s “Waltz King”, Johann Strauss Jr.
, and his contemporaries. Salute to Vienna is delightfully reminiscent of Vienna’s famous and beloved NEUJAHRSKONZERT, performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for over 70 years and televised annually to 1.3 billion people around the globe. In 1995, STV premiered in Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall. By 2004 the show was presented in 33 major concert halls over a 5 day period across the continent, including sold-out performances in Los Angeles (the Walt Disney Concert Hall), Philadelphia (the Kimmel Center), Washington (the Kennedy Center), New York (the Lincoln Center), Boston (Symphony Hall), Montreal (Place des Arts), Vancouver (Orpheum, Theatre) and Calgary (Jack Singer Concert Hall) Some of this season’s hosting cities include: Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, , Toronto, Quebec City and Montreal, in Canada, as well as, Chicago, Clearwater, Coral Springs, Fort Myers, Los Angeles, Miami, New Brunswick, New York, Sarasota, Washington and West Palm Beach in United States. Bravissimo
Opera aficionados and newcomers alike have embraced this innovative opera extravaganza since it premiered at Roy Thomson Hall in 2007. A lighthearted start to New Year’s festivities—the concert always starts early (7 pm), leaving plenty of time to get to a festive party long before midnight or have a nice quiet dinner. Bravissimo is a sparkling holiday presentation always featuring an all-star international cast of singers performing famous arias, duets and overtures from some of the world’s most popular operas, such as Carmen, Der Rosenkavalier, Aida, Turandot, Tosca and many more. This exciting performance brings Opera’s world famous hits to life on the acoustically admired stage of Roy Thomson Hall.
