31. December 2008.
Hungarian State Opera House
Special guest: Erika Miklosa Hungarian opera singer
The social, business and political importance of the Budapest Opera Ball strengthens every year. By now, the number of international guests attending the Opera Ball exceeds any other balls in the country. Among our distinguished visitors we had the honour to welcome M. Barre, former Prime Minister of France accompanied by his wife; Gilberte Beaux and the head of the Rotschild Dinasty, Baron Guy de Rothschild, as leading personalities of the French economic branch, Thierry de Montbrial, representing the French cultural and political life, Jürgen Köppen, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Hungary, Brigitte Zypries, federal minister of justice and Otto Wiesheu, bavarian minister of economy, Dr. Dieter Böhmdorfer, former Austrian minister of economy