Under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Austria H.E. Alexander Van Der Bellen, 400 diplomats, dignitaries, debutantes, their escorts, and other prestigious guests celebrated The Viennese Opera Ball at the iconic Plaza Hotel in New York City. Founded by Austrians immigrating to New York, the White Tie charity Gala celebrates Austria’s and America’s cultural and economic relationships. With over 400 guests the ball was an absolute success which Benefitted Music Therapy Programs at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center with support from Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research, The event honored Sabine Riglos under the auspices of the U.S. Austrian Chamber of Commerce and was organized by Executive Director, Silvia Frieser and The Event Atelier. The Gala chairs for the evening were Denise Rich and Jean Shafiroff.
Attendees included; Denise Rich, Jean Shafiroff, Peter Thomas Roth, Sylvia Hemingway, Sabine Riglos Candace Bushnell, Deputy Commissioner Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Stefan Ottrubay, Michael Trestl, Petra Schneebauer, Alexander Marschik, Wolfgang Rosam and Angelika Rosam, Elisabeth Muhr and Karlheinz Muhr, Peter Hasslacher, Susanne Keppler-Schlesinger, Klaus Panholzer, Pablo Meier-Schomburg, Carolin Sinemus, Maribel Lieberman, David Hochberg, Elton Ilirjani, Lucia Hwong Gordon, Lady Liliana Cavendish, Patrick McMullan, and Luisa Diaz.
The presentation of the debutantes and their escorts at the 68th Annual Ball included; Inuri Abeysekara, Quentin Alain Alexandre, Klavdija Bastl, Marius Bellando, Dennis Borzakov, Evi Burmberger, Piotr Chrzanowski, Albert Frank, Crystalina Xujing Guo, Penrose Hallowell, Rory Hallowell, Daniel Harrich, Clara Regina Heupgen, Karl Horler, Jan Filip Jagielski, Saya Jain, Louisa Klein-Boelting, Tobias Krause, Angelina Kurszyńska, Abigail Patience McClennan, Juliana Paul, Maximilian Rosam, Angela Soto, Lu Sun; beautiful choreography to The Egyptian March by Johann Strauss II was designed for the opening performance of the debutantes and escorts by Vienna Dance School Svabek, headed by Sandra Stockmayer and Roman Svabek.
The presentation of the debutantes and their escorts at the 68th Annual Ball included; Inuri Abeysekara, Quentin Alain Alexandre, Klavdija Bastl, Marius Bellando, Dennis Borzakov, Evi Burmberger, Piotr Chrzanowski, Albert Frank, Crystalina Xujing Guo, Penrose Hallowell, Rory Hallowell, Daniel Harrich, Clara Regina Heupgen, Karl Horler, Jan Filip Jagielski, Saya Jain, Louisa Klein-Boelting, Tobias Krause, Angelina Kurszyńska, Abigail Patience McClennan, Juliana Paul, Maximilian Rosam, Angela Soto, Lu Sun; beautiful choreography to The Egyptian March by Johann Strauss II was designed for the opening performance of the debutantes and escorts by Vienna Dance School Svabek, headed by Sandra Stockmayer and Roman Svabek.
