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Friday, January 1, 2010 at 2:30 PM
Roy Thomson Hall
Toronto
Tickets $135 - $55
Call 416-872-4255 or visit the Roy Thomson Hall Box Office at 60
Simcoe Street
Or buy online at
www.roythomson.com
Toronto’s annual New Year’s Day concert, Salute to
Vienna, returns to Roy Thomson Hall for the 15th
consecutive year on Friday, January 1, 2010 at 2:30
p.m. This cherished celebration, modeled after the Austrian
capital’s world-famous Neujahrskonzert (New Year’s
Concert), will once again welcome the New Year with a program of
symphony, song and dance featuring more than 75 performers and
the joyous music of Viennese "Waltz King" Johann Strauss Jr. and
his contemporaries.
Roy Thomson Hall’s 2010 Salute to Vienna features
the Strauss Symphony of Canada under the baton of
acclaimed Viennese maestro Peter Sommerer,
principal conductor at the Theatre of Osnabrueck. The guest
opera singers, Hungarian soprano Beatrix Lázin and
Austrian tenor Wolfgang Gratschmaier will perform arias
and duets from the much-loved operettas of Strauss, Lehár and
Kálmán. Dancers from Kiev-Aniko Ballet of Ukraine and
International Ballroom Dance Champions will grace the stage
in colourful costumes as they perform elegant Viennese waltzes
and exuberant polkas.
Artistic director and founder Attila Glatz introduced the
Viennese New Year’s concert tradition to North America when he
presented the first Salute to Vienna in Toronto on New
Year’s Day, 1995. The tradition quickly spread, and this year
Salute to Vienna will be presented in 20 North American
cities almost simultaneously. All Salute to Vienna
productions feature a brand new cast and new program, performed
by local symphony orchestras, international conductors and
European opera singers, and dancers from prominent ballet
companies.
www.glatzconcerts.com
Bravissimo! and Salute to Vienna are co-presented by Attila
Glatz Concert Productions and Roy Thomson Hall
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