“Blame it on the champagne, tra la la la la !” That’s the half-truth that the protagonists in Johann Strauss’s THE BAT sign up to at the end of a drink-fuelled night of mistaken identities and erotic escapades. But alcohol is only partly to blame; the confusion is largely due to the wiles of the humiliated Dr Falke, who was once exposed to small-town ridicule dressed in the costume of a bat and is now seizing his chance to avenge himself on his ‘good pal’, bon vivant Gabriel von Eisenstein. And so it is that the maid disguises herself as an actress, the wife as a Hungarian countess and Eisenstein himself as a French marquess and off they trot to Prince Orlofsky’s masked ball. That they end up bewailing their fate in jail early the next morning is less down to champagne than to the natural course of events. In THE BAT Johann Strauss pulled off a work that proved to be the prototypical Viennese operetta, bursting with waltzes and polkas and oozing wicked irony. Inspired by Offenbach’s opéras buffes from Paris, Strauss’s work was merciless in the way it held up a mirror to the bourgeois salon-going public - and many audience members recognised themselves in the absurd antics onstage.

Die Fledermaus

Deutsche Oper Berlin

A delightful collection of your favorite Christmas carols and light classics, including music by Johann Strauss, Bizet, Puccini, Mancini, Sousa and others. Soprano Kristin Vogel returns to celebrate the season with inspiring holiday songs and famous operatic arias. Acclaimed for her powerful lyric voice and onstage intensity, Soprano Kristin Vogel has been lauded for roles that require dramatic passion and sensitive musicality, such as Puccini’s Tosca, Mimi in La Bohème and Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Performing regularly in Europe and the United States, she divides her time between Vienna and the Pacific Northwest.

Holiday Pops

Edmonds Center For the Arts

Celebrate the festive season with an array of gorgeous light-filled music with our special guests, the Blackhawk Chorus. Rising-star violinist Simon Hagopian delights us with Vivaldi’s “Winter” and Beethoven’s glorious “Romance.”

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Home for the Holidays: Winter Lights

Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church

What could be better than magical fairy tales and romantic orchestral sounds at Christmas time? That's right: when "Die Gruaberin", Bavaria's funniest comedian, guides you through the world of fairy tales in her own unmistakable way. Don't miss this world premiere, in which Monika Gruber's cabaret Christmas program merges with symphonic masterpieces! Contemplative fairytale music and humorous, atmospheric stories about the Christmas season await you. We look forward to getting in the mood for the most wonderful time of the year together with you!

Monika Gruber Symphonic - Christmas program

Mozarteum Foundation

Be someone else for a night? It’s not just frustrated Rosalinde and her employee Adele, who would much rather have been an artist, who dream of it. Together with Gabriel von Eisenstein, who has just been sentenced to prison, and Dr. Falke, who is bent on revenge, they go to Prince Orlofsky's crazy ball. Here, of all places, all the masks drop. Austrian director Anna Bernreitner stages this most Viennese of all operettas in costumes by renowned fashion designer Arthur Arbesser. It’s an evening with champagne moods, missed opportunities, and the lightness inherent in darkness, musically directed by the Swiss conductor Lorenzo Viotti.

The Bat

Zurich Opera House

The Quatrâmes quartet's repertoire is vast, from baroque to classical, including arrangements of tangos, opera arias, and film music. These musicians, members of the Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie, will offer you unforgettable musical moments and share with you their passion and love for music.

Quatrâmes Quartet

Espace Culturel François Calvet

A Vienna New Year's Celebration

Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church

He loses his heart and she loses her shoe – with magical consequences… That’s how succinctly and concisely the climax of one of the most adapted fairy tales in world literature can be summarized. The story of the exploited and humiliated Cinderella has touched and captivated people of all ages since time immemorial. Whether as a film, opera, or ballet – this tale of love, hope, and the unshakable belief that dreams can come true never ceases to fascinate.

Cinderella

Globe Coburg

A concert to transport your imagination through storytelling and tall tales - from the romp that is Strauss’ Overture to Die Fledermaus, relating the farcical misadventures of a man dressed as a bat, to romantic tales of the Arabian Nights in Rimsky Korsakov’s Scheherazade. En route, drift off to a place of great calmness and tranquillity with Barber’s sublime Adagio for Strings and hear the tumultuous life story of an imaginary soldier in Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kije Suite.

Basingstoke Symphony Orchestra

The Anvil

The Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia presents Dvořák's Mass

Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia - Masterworks 2 - DVOŘÁK MASS

Charlottesville High School

University of Virginia

The Brevard Symphony Youth Orchestra (BSYO) joins the BSO for an exciting side-by-side performance of Strauss’ On the Beautiful Blue Danube. The BSO then continues with Brahms’ passionate Symphony No. 3 and acclaimed violinist Sirena Huang returns for a rousing finale with Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. In addition to this matinee performance, there will be a 7:30 p.m. evening performance later in the day.

Beethoven, Brahms, and the Blue Danube

King Center for the Performing Arts

Coffee Concert No. 2 »On the Road Through Europe«

Volkshaus Jena

Concert of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna

Musikverein Wien

Konzert zum Nationalfeiertag

The operetta A Night in Venice, composed in 1883, drew on the overflowing enthusiasm that Vienna held for the Serenissima — an affection that reached another peak with the opening of the “Venice in Vienna” theme park in the Prater in 1895.

The plot revolves around the pleasure-seeking Duke of Urbino, a notorious womanizer, who wishes to take advantage of the Carnival season to pursue a romantic conquest under the cover of colorful masks and disguise… Specifically, the Duke sets his sights on Barbara, the wife of Venetian senator Delaqua. Several schemes — some aiming to thwart the Duke’s plan, others to support it — intersect and clash, and in the end, the Duke finds himself facing not one, but three Barbaras!

A Night in Venice

Volksoper Wien

„Alle 100 Jahre wieder“

Vienna Music Society

Homage to Johann Bouquet

Anniversary concert «200 Years of Johann Strauss II»

Congress Center

Opera for everyone: BMW Classics Concert

Sportanlage Sendling-Westpark

It is probably the most popular, but certainly the most Viennese of all operettas: Johann Strauss' immortal Fledermaus. Parties that get out of hand, erotic mix-ups, conspiracies, intrigues and a large portion of schadenfreude: the climax of the classical Viennese operetta era offers ambiguous entertainment in waltz rhythm. And if the social façade crumbles too much, you can still blame everything on the effect of champagne. 

The Volksoper is considered the most Viennese opera house in the city. So it is not surprising that Johann Strauss' masterpiece is practically family silver here. No work has ever been performed more often at the Volksoper. At the beginning of Lotte de Beer's directorship, the performance was carefully refreshed, and a female "Frosch" has since provided a fresh look at a well-known piece.

Kick off our 72nd season with a thrilling mix of classical masterpieces like Bernstein’s Candide Overture, Sibelius’ The Swan of Tuonela, and Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre, plus iconic film scores and a nostalgic journey through ’50s and ’60s hits, including a Beach Boys medley. From the depths of the ocean with the ABZU Fantasia to the Silver Screen with the Hollywood Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra, get ready to Expect the Unexpected!

Opening Night: Expect the Unexpected

1st Philharmonic Soirée

Graz Congress

When it comes to festivity and elegance in the world of music, few names shine brighter than Johann Strauss II. This year marks the 200th anniversary of his birth – celebrated with a concert brimming with sparkling waltzes and whirling polkas.

Masters of the Waltz

Stockholm City Hall

Hans Graf brings “a brave new world of music-making” (The Straits Times) to Schubert’s romantic Symphony No. 8, the great “Unfinished” masterwork that packs a lifetime of hope, suffering, and joy into just two perfect movements. “Spellbinding soloist” Renaud Capuçon performs Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto—a mysterious, autumnal farewell “to the memory of an angel.”

Schubert’s “Unfinished” Capuçon plays Berg

Kennedy Center

Tired of the ignorance and conservative mindset of establishment types, critics and celebrity musicians of the time, Schoenberg dreamed of a new counter-culture.

Paraorchestra: Dance Like Nobody's Watching

Southbank Centre

19th Wind Music Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic

Felsenreitschule

What does this calculation result in: 60 fingers plus 270 keys plus 600 buttons plus virtuosity times six? Clearly, it's a more than explosive mixture of sounds. Martynas Levickis's trademark is to seek out musical partnerships where the sonic distance from the accordion is as great as possible. But with the Ensemble Axos, he relies entirely on his own family of instruments. He founded the ensemble with five outstanding accordion colleagues, and together they demonstrate how easily a six-piece can compete with even a large orchestra. If an accordion on its own already has a seemingly endless palette of colors up its sleeve, then this special six-pack delivers even more beguiling sonic surprises. In the Johann Strauss year, Martynas Levickis and his Ensemble Axos will embark on this unique evening into the wonderful world of dance, bringing everything from the Baltic Sea to Vienna and the Balkans to the Rheingau that goes straight from the ears to the legs.

Martynas Levickis, accordion ensemble AXOS

Schloss Johannisberg

Marking 200 years since the birth of ‘Waltz King’ Johann Strauss II, a celebration of the opulence and enchantment of Vienna’s Golden Age. The Prom also includes works by Lehár, Kálmán and others, and pieces by later composers inspired by the most popular dance in three-time. American soprano Erin Morley joins Anna-Maria Helsing and the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Viennese Whirl

Royal Albert Hall

An Evening in Vienna will be an unforgettable night of arias, waltzes, bon-bons, and violin favourites by J. Strauss, R. Strauss, Lehár, Kreisler, Mozart, and more. Let us take you on a magical journey through the “City of Music” for a celebration of the Viennese masters! 

TSM presents An Evening in Vienna

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Johann Strauss composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, and mazurkas over the course of his life—not for nothing is he nicknamed the "Waltz King." But he not only composed dance pieces; he also wrote thrilling operettas for the stage, including "Die Fledermaus." To mark his 200th birthday, the program includes waltzes and arias from the popular operetta, as well as other works with dance-like, celebratory verve by Alexander von Zemlinsky and Richard Strauss. Accompanied by a magnificent fireworks display, Vinzenz Praxmarer and the Divertimento Viennese Orchestra will transform the lakeside palace of Monrepos into an atmospheric, expansive Viennese ball scene of the fin-de-siècle.

Monrepos Open Air

Monrepos Lakeside Palace

Summer@SFCM: Vocal Academy Ensemble Recital

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Summer Pops Concert

Golden West College

Put on your platform shoes and polish those disco balls! ✨🎭
Dylan F. Thomas’s Die Fledermaus is strutting into the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood for one glittering weekend — June 21 & 22, 2025!

El Portal Theater

Arguably the greatest operetta of all time, Die Fledermaus gets the royal treatment with gorgeous 1920s designs, an all-star ensemble cast, and a witty English translation. This new production, sparkling with melody, mischief, and masquerade, will be directed by Paul Curran and designed by Gary McCann, with lighting design by Johanna Town. Paul Daniel conducts the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

The Grange at Northington

Prince Orlofsky is throwing the costume party of the century, and everyone is determined to be there. Dr. Falke invites his friend Eisenstein for a gentleman’s night out on the town. Little do they know that Eisenstein’s wife, Rosalinde, and her maid, Adele, each have their own mischievous plans. What starts as a harmless prank soon escalates into an epic battle of the sexes, filled with disguises, flirtations, and comedic deceptions. No matter how the evening ends, one thing is for sure — you can blame it on the champagne!

Die Fledermaus (2025)

Webster University

It has an inherent majestic strength: Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony, composed in 1886 - one of the first non-sacred organ works for orchestra. With Saint-Saëns' powerful sounds, the Philharmonie Salzburg will first make the Stadtkirche Hallein tremble on this evening, before paying homage to Johann Strauss on his 200th birthday in the second part of the concert, together with the lower school choir of the Musisches Gymnasium Salzburg.

Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony & Johann Strauss in his honor

Hallein parish church

The Viennese sensation and boundary-defying Janoska Ensemble presents lively and spontaneous interpretations of classical favorites by Johann Strauss, Vivaldi and J.S. Bach, alongside fresh takes on iconic works such as Dave Brubeck’s Blue Rondo á la Turk and Lennon-McCartney’s Yesterday. Their dynamic program showcases their unique blend of virtuosity and creativity.

Janoska Ensemble

Rockport Music-Shalin Liu Performance Center

The 38th Weekday Afternoon Concert

Tokyo Opera City Tower

The 26th Shibuya Afternoon Concert

Bunkamura

On tour with Popelka and Bartoš

Municipal House

Young award-winning violinist Anton Carus travels from Germany to perform Sibelius’s Violin Concerto. Also on the program is Tchaikovsky’s triumphant Symphony No. 2 as well as Strauss’s picturesque “Voices of Spring” waltz, first presented by this orchestra in our inaugural season 75 years ago.

Dazzling Finale

Illinois Valley Community College

This all-ages, sensory-friendly performance, featuring conductor Jaap van Zweden and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, celebrates the connection between autism and music, both of which exist on a vast spectrum. Featuring music from Strauss, Bernstein, John Williams and others, the program invites you to explore how sound shapes emotions, thoughts, and interactions. Much like neurodiversity, music reminds us that there is no single way to experience the world — we hope this concert will inspire you to feel, imagine and connect with music in your own unique way.

Access to Music

Cincinnati Music Hall

Celebration Concert highlights the exceptional musicians and community partners that constitute our vibrant arts community, showcasing the profound impact of their musical contributions. Featuring orchestral selections from the greats like Duke Ellington, Beethoven, and Rogers and Hammerstein, and proudly boasting guest artists like Darrell Grant, Colin Meloy, and Thomas Lauderdale, the Celebration Concert will be a one-hour spectacular conducted by Music Director David Danzmayr. Join the musicians of the Oregon Symphony for an indelible evening of music, community, and celebration.

Celebration Concert

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

The programme for the last evening in Trieste dances from musical Vienna to the whole world, circling around Italy again and again. Petr Popelka and the Wiener Symphoniker slowly move with Johann Strauss Sohn and his Gruß an Wien to the land Where the Lemons Blossom and finally spend A Night in Venice. Of course, the polka Auf Ferienreisen is also performed. The second part of the programme includes works by Giacomo Puccini (Preludio sinfonico), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Capriccio Italien) and the interlude to Franz Schmidt's opera Notre Dame. The programme closes with the Strauss waltz Roses from the South. An atmospheric evening that will also be recorded by ORF and broadcast to the world from Trieste.

Springtime from Vienna

Politeama Rossetti/Rossetti Theatre

Cello x 12

Cologne Philharmonie

The program opens with Johann Strauss Jr.'s, On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314 and then Yeol Eum Son will perform Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Major, K. 482. Richard Strauss' Don Juan, Op. 20 and Johannes Brahms' spirited Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 round out the program.

"germanic Gems"

The Long Center for the Performing Arts

Romanticism: an era of peace, technological development and the rise of the middle class. But also of the impoverished lower classes, the filth of industrialization and colonialism. Movements such as Impressionism prepared the way for a new musical era. The pianist Joseph Moog (“without doubt one of the most brilliant pianists”, Gramophone 2015), who can also be heard as a soloist in the 6th Symphony Concert, takes us into this exciting, sonically dazzling time of upheaval with his program “Belle Epoque”.

7th Chamber Concert

Orangerie Darmstadt

Opening with Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite, evoking the magical adventures of a Nordic folk hero with sparkling flights of fantasy, before soaring heavenwards in Vaughan Williams' beloved The Lark Ascending, painted with nostalgic English folksong.

Beethoven's 'Pastoral' Symphony

The Hawth Crawley

Concert in Lisbon

MEO Arena

Join the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for an unforgettable evening of classical music featuring soloists Robyn Bollinger on violin and Wei Yu on cello. This spectacular concert will showcase the talents of these renowned musicians through the performance of pieces by Strauss, Brahms, and Beethoven. Under the baton of Music Director Jader Bignamini, the orchestra will bring to life Brahms's robust Double Concerto, Beethoven’s enchanting Sixth Symphony, and Strauss’s exhilarating overture to Die Fledermaus.

The event will take place at the iconic Orchestra Hall, from Friday, March 21 to Sunday, March 23, 2025. Each performance promises to be a journey through the heights of classical music, lasting approximately 2 hours. Tickets are available now, offering you the chance to experience the magic of live orchestral music.

Don't miss this opportunity to see DSO Concertmaster Robyn Bollinger and Principal Cello Wei Yu perform together, showcasing their incredible synergy and mastery. With Jader Bignamini's passionate and dynamic conducting, this concert is set to be a highlight of the DSO season. Reserve your seats today and be part of a musical experience that celebrates the legacy and beauty of Strauss, Brahms, and Beethoven.

Beethoven & Brahms

Orchestra Hall

2025 Spo Special Concert

Seoul Arts Center

Studio Recitals feature students who all study with the same faculty instructor. These young artists represent their studio with a program curated by their teacher.

Voice Students of Catherine Cook

Helau and hurray! Confetti, streamers and costumes - all of this is part of a successful carnival party. And of course, rousing music. The Hamburg Symphony Orchestra celebrates a party full of gripping rhythms and fantastically beautiful melodies with presenter Singa Gätgens. Our wild carnival concert naturally begins with a real classic: the overture from the operetta "Die Fledermaus" by Johann Strauss. The piece takes place at a masked ball and is full of funny misunderstandings and mix-ups. Wigs, make-up and weird clothes are also expressly welcome in the audience at this concert.

Singa's colorful carnival concert

Laeiszhalle Hamburg

Love and laughter. Joy and sorrow. Scorn and revenge. Witness the power of music as Maestra Sebrina María Alfonso conducts works by iconic composers who explore the human condition in all its dramatic glory.

R. Strauss | Berlioz | J. Strauss, Ii

The Parker

The College of the Florida Keys

New World Center

New Year's Concert 2025

Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt

Enjoy a 3pm afternoon performance of exploring of how the orchestra moves. Participation is encourage and recorders are welcome.

Link Up: The Orchestra Moves

Minot State University

Revel in the sparkling wit and delicious mischief of Strauss’ timeless operetta.

The Kenton Theatre

The CSO welcomes everyone to our performances, but we know that some families hesitate to bring their family members to a live concert without knowing how they might react. Our All-Accessible Concert is designed to be a safe and accepting environment where patrons with disabilities or sensory sensitivities along with their family members are free to speak and move in reaction to the music being played. This concert features our full orchestra in the concert hall setting.

All-Accessible: The Orchestra Moves

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium

Concert in Berlin

Berliner Philharmonie

Concert in Hamburg

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Man-about-town Eisenstein is supposed to report to jail, his wife Rosalinde will stay home for the night and their maid Adele needs to visit a sick aunt. Yet all three turn up in disguise at Count Orlofsky’s masked ball. Mistaken identities and heavy flirting lead to a night of hilarity.

Fledermaus

An Grianán

An Táin Arts Centre

Cork Opera House

Hawk's Well Theatre

Lime Tree Theatre

Town Hall Theatre

Watergate Theatre

Pavilion Theatre

Solstice Arts Centre

Siamsa Tire

Revel in the sparkling wit and delicious mischief of Strauss’ timeless operetta. Whether you're a seasoned opera lover or a newcomer to the world of operetta, Merry Opera’s brilliant singers, directed by Guido Martin-Brandis with a witty English translation, promise a night of unforgettable melodies, fizzy frolics and cheeky capers. Don’t miss your chance to be swept away by this operatic masterpiece!

Greenwich Theatre

Holy Trinity Church

JD Wetherspoon

Sarah Thorne Theatre

St. Andrew's Church

St Peter & St Paul Catholic Church

Theatre Royal Winchester

The Festival Hall

The Theatre Chipping Norton

Beccles Public Hall & Theatre

Berkeley Castle

The Corn Hall

Family concert for children aged six and over and their families: On January 26th, the NDR Vokalensemble invites you to dance - waltz melodies by Johann Strauss and Johannes Brahms invite you to sing along and join in!

NDR Family Concert: Singing in Three-Quarter Time

 Rolf-Liebermann-Studio

Who doesn’t love Eine kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart? It is cheerful, amusing, and exhilarating! It’s all in vain, though, fatigue comes over us, our eyes close, we are falling asleep… What can we experience in the mysterious night hours, when we do not even know we are asleep – and yet awake? You see your dreams at night, then you wake in the daylight. The melodies that lure us into dreamland remain in the back of our minds.

D3 Wandering in Dreamland

Dvořák Hall Rudolfinum

E3 Wandering in Dreamland

The Hamburg and the Viennese, the symphonist and the waltz king, heavy art and light fare - when Brahms and Strauss meet in concert, such contrasts are in the air. But how much of this is true, what is exaggerated and perhaps even a cliché? After all, the two composers not only respected each other, but were best friends. Reason enough for Friederike Westerhaus to devote herself to the special relationship between these two artistic personalities at the second "Klassik Extra" concert together with the Catalan conductor Josep Caballé Domenech.

Vienna. Moderated concert with music by Brahms and Strauss

NDR Concert Hall | Small Broadcasting Hall

What would happen if Rossini’s Figaro, Gounod’s Juliet, and Bizet’s Carmen could all be in the same concert hall at the same time? Well, it would be, in a word, SPECTACULAR!

The Spectacular Concert

Patricia Reser Center for the Arts

We are delighted to welcome the new Chief Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth, in a programme which highlights connections in Viennese music across generations.

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Gabriel Eisenstein is sent to prison for insulting an official. His friend Dr. Falke advises him to have some fun first, namely at Prince Orlofsky's ball. Rosalinde, Eisenstein's wife, who actually wanted to have fun with her lover Alfred during her husband's absence, also goes to the ball - but incognito as a masked Hungarian countess. And the chambermaid Adele also obtains a free evening for herself under the pretext of wanting to look after her sick aunt - but only to go to the ball as well. There, all the people finally meet under false identities and the erotic game of confusion takes its course...

The bat

Opernhaus Dortmund

Concert in Munich

Munich Residence

Brahms finished his Second Symphony directly on the heels of his First, but it would be hard to find two more different works. Occasionally referred to as his ‘Pastoral’ symphony, it is of a much happier and lighter nature, and it was immediately taken to the hearts of Viennese audiences, with its sunny themes and numerous dance-like melodies – gentle and lyrical. In their simple beauty the themes give the impression of having been written down in inspired spontaneity. Berg was not a musician of revolutionary temperament. On the contrary, he had great reverence for musical tradition, demonstrated in his Violin Concerto which draws substance from, and pays homage to, the musical past. Throughout the work Berg uses the Lutheran chorale It is Enough to form repeated phrases before ending in peaceful reverence; this perhaps explains Berg’s dedication “to the memory of an angel.” Johann Strauss’ sweeping waltz conjures the elegance of the Viennese dancehalls.

Johann Strauss

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 23, 2025 - May 8, 2026

The Bat · Volksoper Wien

Nov 19, 2025 - Jan 3, 2026

Cinderella · Landestheater Coburg

Dec 7, 2025 - Jan 10, 2026

The Bat · Opernhaus Zürich

Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 3, 2026

Die Fledermaus · Deutsche Oper Berlin

Dec 27, 2025 - Jan 16, 2026

Die Fledermaus · Semperoper Dresden

Past events

Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 3, 2026

Die Fledermaus · Deutsche Oper Berlin

14 - 15 Dec, 2025

Holiday Pops · Cascade Symphony Orchestra

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