The annual Vienna Philharmonic Ball anchors a winter calendar of some 450 dances across the city that open a window into ...

Why the waltz? What gives with this senescent New Year's tradition of still waltzing 200 years since the birth of the dance's greatest maker, Johann Strauss II? One simple answer is that this ...

A century ago quadrilles and cotillions went out of vogue and every café orchestra in Vienna played its music in three-four time because a nervous little man named Johann Strauss had started writing ...

Australian Russell McGregor has lived in Vienna for thirty years and inspires fans of the Viennese waltz with his ensemble and violin playing. For Johann Strauss' 200th birthday, he is coming to ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A still from a scene "2001: A Space Odyssey," which famously used Johann Strauss II's "Blue ...

With its soaring arias, effervescent ensembles, and lush orchestral score, Die Fledermaus is pure joy from start to finish.

In their first performance of 2016, the artists of the Fort Bend Symphony bring glorious waltzes, marches and traditional dance selections designed to transport the audience to Vienna, Austria during ...

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For most people, the mere mention of a Viennese operetta conjures up a waltz of post-Johann Strauss composers—Franz Lehar (The Merry Widow), Oskar Straus (The Chocolate Soldier), Emmerich Kalman ...