Also this year, at the end of May, the capital of Vienna will be the center of one of the largest charity events in the world for the fight against AIDS, Life Ball. The red thread of the 22nd edition of this extravagant spectacle will this time be the "Garden of Delight", and it will be opened in front of the town hall by a hundred debutant dancing couples, including a homosexual couple.
This year's, already 22. Life Ball, famous for its extravagance, glamor and charity, will make its mark "Garden of Delight", announced organizer Gery Keszler. "Enjoyment can destroy or encourage, hinder people or encourage them to go beyond their limits. Thus, the two sides of pleasure also form the metaphor of Life Ball in hunting the balance between life and death," explained Keszler when presenting the guidelines for this year's costumes, who got the inspiration for the Garden of Delights from the most famous of the same name the artwork of the painter Hieronimus Bosch.
A two-hour ceremony at Rathausplatz attracts every year in front of the Vienna City Hall more than 40 thousand visitors and international media representatives, is free, but almost four thousand raffled ticket holders will also be able to have fun inside the town hall. The ceremony on the square is, as mentioned, free, while the entrance fee to the party inside the town hall for masked visitors is 90 euros, and 160 euros for the others.
In addition to the crowd of curious people, they also happily accept an invitation to the event many international stars and politicians, who will also participate this time on the eve of the Life Ball charity Gala concert in the Burgtheater with Title Red Ribbon Celebration Concert, where she will perform, among other things opera diva Anna Netrebko. That will be it the third such charity concert on the eve of the Life Ball, which world famous actors spice it up with literary evenings. Desperate Housewives Marcia Cross, Andrea Jonasson, Elisabeth Orth, Ben Becker and Cornelius Obonya will read excerpts from literary works on solidarity, humanity and social tolerance.
Organizers who allocate the collected funds every year the Bill Clinton Foundation for the fight against AIDS and want to break down taboos with the event and prevent the social stigmatization of those suffering from the HIV virus, they also announced that a Latino will also perform at the spectacle star Ricky Martin, fashion magazine will hold an event in front of the town hall Franca Sozzani, editor of the Italian Vogue magazine.
