Before the Opera Ball debut

With “Rex” star Seebacher at the dress rehearsal

(Bild: Eva Manhart)

On Thursday evening, Styrian actor Ferdinand Seebacher will be attending the Opera Ball for the first time. At his dress rehearsal in Vienna, the Styrian revealed to the "Krone" what the new "Rex" star expects and why he would have liked to see Richard Lugner at the state ball.

He's the new guy! When the first take of the crime hit "Kommissar Rex" is shot in April, actor Ferdinand Seebacher from Schladming will take up the trail with his colleague Maximilian Brückner and their partner with the cold snout. Shortly beforehand, he will be a star guest in the Campari stage box at the Vienna Opera Ball. A debut!

What Seebacher would have liked to experience
"Yes, it's my first Opera Ball. And I'm a little sad that I'm a year too late," Seebacher tells us when the Krone meets him at the tailcoat fitting at Peek & Cloppenburg in Vienna. What does he mean? "I would have loved to have seen Richard Lugner and all the action around him. I think it must have been a spectacle in itself." He, who has just returned from the Berlinale, on his expectations of the Ball of Balls: "I'm trying to go there with an open mind. But I think it will be breathtaking what is on offer there. The opera house is already a very beautiful building in itself. ."

Ferdinand Seebacher swapped his shoes for genuine patent leather shoes, especially those suitable for an opera ball.(Bild: Eva Manhart)

Seebacher was looked after by the staff at Peek & Cloppenburg until everything fitted perfectly.(Bild: Eva Manhart)

On Thursday, actor Seebacher will attend the Vienna Opera Ball as a guest of Campari.(Bild: Eva Manhart)

By the way, the 35-year-old actor is top in the business. He's even working tomorrow: "I have a recording for a show (...) after which I'll let the evening and night fade away nicely."