Picture: The debutant dancers in action at the Zurich Opera Ball.
The opera in Zurich has a very vivid history as it was once the focal point of youth riots in the eighties. With hundreds of employees and a budget of several hundred million Swiss Francs the opera has become in the meantime the costly pride of Zurich. The Zurich Opera, as its famous counterpart in Vienna, hosts an annual opera ball that includes a lavish dinner, a short opera performance, waltz music for dancing and other attractions like a lottery and a casino. At the same time the ball is an occasion for the greats of business and politics to make an appearance. This year for example I bumped into Mr. Marcel Ospel, the by now infamous head of UBS bank. For me it was an occasion to don my tuxedo and risk a few steps on the dance floor. Check out the pictures here: http://easteatswest.typepad.com/photos/zurich_switzerland/index.html 
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