Opera Ball debut

All waltz! Pomp, celebrity kids and pepita polka

The Staatsgewalze at the Vienna Opera is the highlight of the ball season.(Bild: zVg)

Around 150 debutante couples will open the 66th Vienna Opera Ball on February 8 to the lively sounds of Johann Strauss. Stephanie Török and Christoph Koch from Eisenstadt will be there from Burgenland. This also causes excitement for Mayor Thomas Steiner. Why? Find out here.

"Whenever I saw the Young Ladies' and Young Gentlemen's Committee on TV during the Opera Ball broadcast, I thought: that's so impressive, I want to experience that too," enthuses Stephanie Török.