Instead of considering it a Press Conference, I believe it has been more of an ORF (Austrian Television) Event, not a State Opera one, than anything else. An Event to which some members of the press have also been invited.

An Event that was more concentrated on souvenir items, which are to be sold during the Ball, the TV faces that will do the moderation, and the Tiaras for the Debutants, than on the Music and Dance of the Opening sequence Programme. Let’s not forget that this is a Ball that, historically considered, was originally the „The Artist’s Ball“ of Vienna. Think of that.