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22/02/2010 | Madonna di Campiglio - TRENTINO
The Habsburg camival is a week of splendid events that begins with the arrival of the imperial guests in their carriage, escorted by guards on horseback. The fireworks of the Emperor's lime and the toasting of the couple's arrival are repeated once again. During the week, there are numerous parties at the Hofer Hall in the Grand Hotel Des Alpes; the very hall where the couple once stayed. But the most important moment of the carnival is the Emperor's Great Ball, where Sissi, elegant and luminous as always opened the dance amidst two rows of Hussars and Dragoons These are the moments that revive the great Viennese traditions of waltzing, of the café chantant and the Redoute, and of the fancy dress ball. With their unforgettable waltzes, Strauss father and son provided the official music for this whirling; glamorous world. Even today, carnival week marks the time far the most important Viennese reception, i.e the famous Great Ball at the Opera, an appointment that people look jorward to today with the same anticipation as ever. In the spring of 1860, it was Sissi herself who decided to organize as many as six balls, one after the other; within just two months. The Music Society Ball was particularly famous, held on the night of Shrove Tuesday in 1874, where the Empress arrived incognito, in fancy dress and mask, and nobody recognized her. For a week Madonna di Campiglio breathes this magic atmosphere, celebrating the "dream heroine" as she was defined by the ltalian poet D'Annunzio, this unrivalled protagonist of a fairytale world. A VIENNESE-STYLE DOLCE VITA IN THE HEART OF THE DOLOMITES
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