Toasting the new year with Viennese dance and music

The Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert is billed as a frothy celebration of the New Year, comparable to the Nutcracker at Christmas. Here are five elements of the event, which runs Dec. 30 at TCU Place at 7:30 p.m.
The Soprano: Patricia Nessy (Vienna), the daughter of two opera singers, graduated with distinction from the Vienna Conservatory. She went on to win Germany’s national singing competition in 1993, and in 1997 was awarded the Berlin Artist Prize for her performance in Pira