A Viennese New Year's Gala

Hong Kong Philharmonic continues to present the vastly popular New Year’s Gala, performing Waltzes and Polkas by Johann Strauss Jr, "The Waltz King" and other beloved music by the Strauss family. Joining the orchestra is Austrian soprano Ingrid Kaiserfeld, who will perform delighful classics such as Vilja from The Merry Widow and Czardas from Die Fledermaus.

A recognized Mozart interpreter, Austrian soprano Ingrid Kaiserfeld began her career as a concert singer in her home town of Graz, Austria. She made her early operatic appearances as Gilda (Rigoletto), Lucia ( Lucia di Lammermoor) and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni). She was a member of the Vienna Staatsoper from 1988 to 1992. She was heard as Konstanze and Donna Anna in 2001 at all three Berlin opera houses, at the Bavarian Staatsoper, the Finnish National Opera, the Glyndebourne Festival, and the Mozart Festival of La Coruña. In concert, she has been heard in works of Arthur Honegger, Johannes Brahms, and Bruckner, and in Die Liebe der Danae. Among the conductors with whom she has collaborated are Zubin Mehta, Marcello Viotti, Pinchas Steinberg, Jesús López-Cobos as well as HKPO’s Artistic Director Edo de Waart.