Vienna Hofburg Orchestra: Christmas Concert at the Hofburg
The Christmas concerts of the Vienna Hofburg Orchestra take place in the Hofburg Festival Hall during the Christmas holiday period, traditionally from 25 to 27 December. Mozart arias and duets join Viennese orchestral and operetta favourites in a festive concert program. This is a classical concert, not a Christmas-carol service or a complete opera.
The Vienna Hofburg Orchestra performs with four vocal soloists, combining orchestral music with arias and vocal ensembles. The repertoire draws on the Viennese tradition of waltzes, polkas and operetta, including music by the Strauss family, Franz Lehár and Emmerich Kálmán. The setting is the Hofburg Festival Hall, a monumental hall of almost 1,000 square metres with ceiling paintings bearing Emperor Franz Joseph’s motto, Viribus Unitis. The pieces listed below come from an illustrative program: they are not a guarantee of the running order or individual performers on your date. Check the selected performance time and ticket category when booking.
Sample program excerpt
The program varies by performance. Examples include:
- Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus, overture
- W. A. Mozart: “Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio” from Le nozze di Figaro
- W. A. Mozart: “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from Die Zauberflöte
- W. A. Mozart: “Papageno – Papagena” from Die Zauberflöte
- Josef Strauss: Ohne Sorgen, polka
- Franz Lehár: “Dein ist mein ganzes Herz” from Das Land des Lächelns
- Emmerich Kálmán: “Heia, heia in den Bergen” from Die Csárdásfürstin
- Johann Strauss II: Frühlingsstimmen, waltz
- Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut
- Johann Strauss II: An der schönen blauen Donau, waltz
Program and performers are subject to change.
