NSO: New Year's Day Celebration with Celine Byrne

Robert Houlihan, conductor
Celine Byrne, soprano

Suppé Beautiful Galatea Overture
Stolz ‘Du sollst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein’ (Der Favorit)
Oscar Straus ‘My Hero’ (The Chocolate Soldier)
J Strauss II 'Im Krapfenwald’
Ivanovici Donauwellen Walzer
Lehár ‘Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss’ (Giuditta)
J Strauss II Roses from the South
Josef Strauss Ohne Sorgen! (Without Worries!)
J Strauss II The Blue Danube Waltz
J Strauss II Czardas (Die Fledermaus)
J Strauss II Vergnügungszug (Pleasure Train)
Lehár The Merry Widow Waltz
Lehár Vilja Lied (The Merry Widow)
J Strauss II Emperor Waltz

Welcome in the New Year with a Viennese whirl of dazzling music, irresistible melodies and sparkling vocal gems from the worlds of opera and operetta.

Conductor Robert Houlihan and Celine Byrne’s ‘glorious voice’ (Bachtrack) lead the festivities with elegant waltzes and orchestral jewels by the Strauss family (including The Blue Danube and Roses from the South), the romance of Lehár’s ‘Vijla’ (The Merry Widow) and Oscar Straus’s ‘My Hero’ (The Chocolate Soldier), and Suppé’s exhilarating Beautiful Galatea Overture. 

Presented by NCH