2025 marks the Bicentenary of the birth of the great Johann Strauss, an incredibly successful composer, best known for his Viennese waltzes and operettas which earned him the undisputed title of the ...

Johann Strauss II is undoubtedly the father of the modern waltz - but who is looking after it in the meantime? We can think of only one man - André Rieu. Here's how he's managed to keep the music of ...

The Strauss family led Europeans a merry waltz in a repressive age. But what was the secret that kept Johann II, the greatest Strauss, from dancing himself? If any composer could be said to have ...

His waltzes were a hit from Russia to the US — and female fans swooned over him. And yet, there was also a darker side to the ...

Johann Strauss II’s iconic orchestral waltz The Blue Danube, once the sonic backdrop for both Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and the Netflix megahit Squid Game, is about to reach its most ...

The Johann Strauss Society of the Philippines (JSSP) isn’t just for classical-music lovers but also for people who would like to support the arts and charities. Every year it raises over P1 million ...

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The Autumn 2022 season will conclude with fully-staged performances of Johann Strauss II’s beloved operetta Die Fledermaus presented in collaboration with the Hungarian State Opera. The Hungarian ...

Korean dramas meet Johann Strauss' most famous work in local troupe New Opera Singapore's modern adaptation of the operetta Die Fledermaus in a Singapore setting. Helmed by artistic director Jeong Ae ...

Johann II’s grandfather was a humble innkeeper on the outskirts of Vienna and committed suicide after his second marriage; Johann I (1804-49) picked up a love of music from the itinerant musicians who ...