New Year's Concert From Vienna 2006

Continuing its time-honored holiday tradition, GREAT PERFORMANCES returns to the stately splendor of Vienna's Musikverein hall for its 22nd annual New Year's Day celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic and host Walter Cronkite. Guest conductor Mariss Jansons will lead the world-renowned orchestra in a selection of buoyant Strauss Family waltzes, including the beloved "Blue Danube," this year sung by the Vienna Men's Choral Society, as well as the jubilant "Take Aim!" march and the "Voices of Spring Waltzes." Also to be featured are two festive ballets danced by both the Vienna State Opera Ballet and the Hamburg State Opera Ballet (choreographed by John Neumeier), with costumes by world-renowned designer Giorgio Armani.