The Vienna State Ballet dances to Johann Strauss II’s classic waltz, “Voices of Spring.” Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Verdi’s birth with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Once a year the Vienna State Opera hosts a lavish ball. When you enter the magnificent auditorium, you feel as though you have stepped back in time: champagne flows as hundreds of women in gowns and ...

Johann Strauss, seen here circa 1868, wrote what is probably the most famous waltz of all time: "The Blue Danube." (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Johann Strauss II, known as "The Waltz King," helped ...

Two hundred years after the birth of Vienna's Waltz King, the fan frenzy around the composer is still going strong In Austria, the arrival of the New Year is always celebrated to the sounds of Strauss ...

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 Johann Strauss, who is being celebrated in a series of performances in Vienna.

Johann Strauss II’s masterpiece “The Blue Danube Waltz” was sent into space as an electromagnetic wave at the speed of light from the ESA Deep Space Antenna DSA 2, which is located in Cebreros, Spain.

The Vienna State Ballet dances to Johann Strauss II's classic waltz, "Voices of Spring." The Vienna State Ballet dances to Johann Strauss II's classic waltz, "Voices of Spring." ...