Event Highlights

(Subject to change without notice on the part of organisers)

 

Select month:


August 2010

Sir Simon Rattle
Wednesday, 04. August 2010
 Sir Simon Rattle
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 57
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Photo: Mat Hennek

 

Hector Berlioz
“Romeo and Juliet” Op. 17 (Excerpts)

Richard Wagner
“Tristan and Isolde”, Act 2
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Rhythm & Blues
Thursday, 05. August 2010 to
Thursday, 02. December 2010
 Kurhaus
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Kurhaus
Prices: EUR 20,-

Blues in the Kurhaus with different artists

 
Performances:

August 5th, 2010

October 7th, 2010

December 2nd, 2010
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Philharmonic Park Night at the Art and Culture Mile
Saturday, 07. August 2010
 Philharmonischeparknacht
Time: 9 p.m.
Place: Lichtentaler Alley

Saturday, 7th or Sunday, 8th August 2010

 

Baden-Baden Philharmonic

 

An open-air extravaganza by the Philharmonic set under the towering, flood-lit trees of the Lichtentaler Alley.
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Kurpark-Meeting
Friday, 27. August 2010 to
Sunday, 05. September 2010
 Kurpark
Place: Kurhaus Garden
The Open Air Party and meeting point in the Kurgarten on the occasion of the Great Festival Week.
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Great Festival Week - International Horse Racing
Saturday, 28. August 2010 to
Sunday, 05. September 2010
 Racing
Place: Iffezheim Racecourse

A magical atmosphere, neck and neck racing, nail-biting suspense and the most glamorous and craziest hats you’ve ever seen!

 

Races on:

August 28th, 2010 Saturday

August 29th, 2010 Sunday
August 31st, 2010 Tuesday
September 1st, 2010 Wednesday
September 3rd, 2010 Friday
September 5th, 2010 Sunday
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September 2010

Grand-Prix Ball
Saturday, 04. September 2010
 Grandprixball
Place: Kurhaus - Bénazet Saal
Prices: from EUR 140,-

The social height  of the horse racing week!

Kurpark-Meeting
Friday, 27. August 2010 to
Sunday, 05. September 2010
 Kurpark
Place: Kurhaus Garden
The Open Air Party and meeting point in the Kurgarten on the occasion of the Great Festival Week.
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Great Festival Week - International Horse Racing
Saturday, 28. August 2010 to
Sunday, 05. September 2010
 Racing
Place: Iffezheim Racecourse

A magical atmosphere, neck and neck racing, nail-biting suspense and the most glamorous and craziest hats you’ve ever seen!

 

Races on:

August 28th, 2010 Saturday

August 29th, 2010 Sunday
August 31st, 2010 Tuesday
September 1st, 2010 Wednesday
September 3rd, 2010 Friday
September 5th, 2010 Sunday
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Kent Nagano
Friday, 17. September 2010
 Kent Nagano
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 33
Kent Nagano: Conductor
Bavarian State Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 7 in E Major, WAB 107

© Nicolas Ruel

 
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SWR3 New Pop Festival
Thursday, 23. September 2010 to
Saturday, 25. September 2010
 Swr3
Place: divers locations

Concerts with international artists at different locations.

 

Klaus Maria Brandauer: Captain Ahab
Wednesday, 29. September 2010
 Klaus Maria Brandauer
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 33
Klaus Maria Brandauer: Actor
Sebastian Weigle: Conductor
Saxon State Orchestra Dresden

Robert Nortik: Video design
Inna Wöllert: Lighting and stage design
Gudrun Schretzmaier: Costumes
Martin Mühleis: Conceptual design, text, direction

Ahab – a symphonic stage parable with compositions by Libor Sima, based on motives from the novel “Moby Dick” by H. Melville.
Photo: Jim Rakete
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Verdi: 'Otello'
Thursday, 30. September 2010
 Otello
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 57
Daniel Harding: Musical Direction
Ben Heppner: Otello
Anja Harteros: Desdemona
Franco Vassallo: Iago
Alexey Dolgov: Cassio
Jean Rigby: Emilia
Emanuele Giannini: Rodrigo
Stanislav Shvets: Lodovico
Giovanni Guagliaro: Montano
Giovanni Guagliaro: Herold
Illustration: zweidreieins
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October 2010

Elina Garanca
Friday, 01. October 2010
 Elina Garanca
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 45
Elina Garanca: Mezzo-soprano
Karel Mark Chichon: Conductor
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra

Songs by composers including Heitor Villa-Lobos, Manuel de Falla, Maurice Ravel and Leonard Bernstein
© Gabo / DG
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'The Song of the Earth'
Saturday, 02. October 2010
 Kent Nagano
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 27
Sally Matthews Sopran
TBA Mezzo-soprano
Michael Schade Tenor
Michael Volle Bass
Kent Nagano Conductor

Mahler Chamber Orchestra
WDR Cologne Radio Chorus
(Choirmaster: Rupert Huber)

Gustav Mahler
“The Song of the Earth“
(Michael Schade and Michael Volle)

Toshio Hosokawa
“Starless Night” (premiere)
(Sally Matthews and TBA)
Photo: Kasskara
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Gypsy Music
Saturday, 02. October 2010
 Gypsy
Time: 11 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 23
Diknu Schneeberger: Guitar
Martin Spitzer: Guitar
Joschi Schneeberger: Double Bass
Illustration: zweidreieins
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Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Sunday, 03. October 2010
 Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Time: 11 a.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 33
Pierre-Laurent Aimard: Piano

Franz Liszt
Aus Troisième Année de pèlerinage:
Cipres à la Villa d Este No. 1
Les jeux d eaux à la Villa d Este

Maurice Ravel
Miroirs

Frédéric Chopin
Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60

Ludwig van Beethoven
Eroica Variations in E-flat Major. Op. 35
(15 Variations and a fugue on an original theme)
Photo: Felix Broede/©DG
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'Carmina Burana'
Sunday, 03. October 2010
 Carmina Burana
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 24
Lenneke Ruiten: Soprano
Christoph Genz: Tenor
Stephan Genz: Baritone
Rupert Huber: Conductor

SWR Vocal Ensemble
Stuttgart State Opera Children’s Choir
(Rehearsed by Johannes Knecht)

GrauSchumacher Piano Duo
RSO Stuttgart Percussion Ensemble

Carl Orff
“Der gute Mensch” Cantata based on texts by Franz Werfel
“Sunt lacrimae rerum"
and Lieder by Carl Orff

Carmina Burana (Version from 1956)
Illustration: zweidreieins
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Rhythm & Blues
Thursday, 05. August 2010 to
Thursday, 02. December 2010
 Kurhaus
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Kurhaus
Prices: EUR 20,-

Blues in the Kurhaus with different artists

 
Performances:

August 5th, 2010

October 7th, 2010

December 2nd, 2010
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Hamburg Ballett - John Neumeier
Friday, 15. October 2010 to
Sunday, 17. October 2010
 Hamburg Ballett
Time: 8 p.m.
Prices: from EUR 33
Performances:
Friday, 15 October 2010, 8 p.m.
Saturday, 16 October 2010, 7 p.m.
Sunday, 17 October 2010, 6 p.m.


John Neumeier Choreography and staging
Hamburg Ballet – John Neumeier

“A Streetcar Named Desire”
A ballet by John Neumeier
Photo: Holger Badekow
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Hamburg Ballett - John Neumeier
Friday, 15. October 2010 to
Sunday, 17. October 2010
 Hamburg Ballett
Time: 8 p.m.
Prices: from EUR 33
Performances:
Friday, 15 October 2010, 8 p.m.
Saturday, 16 October 2010, 7 p.m.
Sunday, 17 October 2010, 6 p.m.


John Neumeier Choreography and staging
Hamburg Ballet – John Neumeier

“A Streetcar Named Desire”
A ballet by John Neumeier
Photo: Holger Badekow
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Ballet Workshop
Sunday, 17. October 2010
 Ballet Workshop
Time: 11.00 a.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 11

John Neumeier - Host

 

Hamburg Ballett - John Neumeie

Photo: Holger Badekow
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Sales & Racing Festival
Saturday, 23. October 2010 to
Sunday, 24. October 2010
 Racing
Place: Iffezheim Racecourse

A magical atmosphere, neck and neck racing, nail-biting suspense and the most glamorous and craziest hats you’ve ever seen!

 

Races on:

October 23rd, 2010 Saturday

October 24th, 2010 Sunday

 
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Janine Jansen
Sunday, 24. October 2010
 Janine Jansen
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 33

Donald Runnicles - Conductor


Janine Jansen - Violin


BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

 Photo: Felix Broede/Decca
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Sales & Racing Festival
Saturday, 23. October 2010 to
Sunday, 24. October 2010
 Racing
Place: Iffezheim Racecourse

A magical atmosphere, neck and neck racing, nail-biting suspense and the most glamorous and craziest hats you’ve ever seen!

 

Races on:

October 23rd, 2010 Saturday

October 24th, 2010 Sunday

 
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November 2010

Brahms: A German Requiem
Monday, 01. November 2010
 Windsbacher Knabenchor
Time: 6 p.m
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 29

Christiane Oelze - Soprano


Alexander Marco-Buhrmester - Baritone


Karl-Friedrich Beringer - Conductor

Windsbach Boys Choir
German Symphony Orchestra Berlin

Photo: Mila Pavan

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Herbert von Karajan Music Prize 2010: Daniel Barenboim
Thursday, 04. November 2010
 Daniel Barenboim
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 45

Daniel Barenboim - Piano


Works by Frédéric Chopin

Photo: Monika Rittershaus

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Concert Workshop: Arnold Schoenberg & Pierre Boulez
Friday, 05. November 2010
 Pierre Boulez
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 15

Wolfgang Rihm interviews Pierre Boulez


Pierre Boulez - Conductor


Ensemble Modern Orchestra

Photo: Harald Hoffmann/DG
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Chopin and Berlioz
Saturday, 06. November 2010
 Chopin and Berlioz
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 41

Pascal Amoyel - Piano


Jos van Immerseel - direction


Anima Eterna

Photo: ZWEIDREIEINS

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Kit Armstrong
Sunday, 07. November 2010
 Kit Armstrong
Time: 11 a.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 18

Kit Armstrong - Piano

 

Johann Sebastian Bach
Italian Concerto, BWV 971
Four Duets, BWV 802–805

Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen, Op. 15

Béla Bartók
Out of Doors, Sz 81

Following the concert a discussion with the artist will take place in the foyer.

Photo: Jack Liebeck
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Magdalena Kozena
Sunday, 07. November 2010
 Magdalena Kozena
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 46,-

Magdalena Kožená: Mezzo-soprano

Pierre Pitzl: Guitar and Conductor

Hugh Sandilands: Guitar

Daniel Pilz: Colascione

Jesús Fernández Baena: Theorbo

Margret Köll: Harp

Brigitte Gasser: Lira da Gamba

Richard Myron: Violone
David Mayoral: Percussion

Photo: Kasskara/DG

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Cecilia Bartoli
Thursday, 11. November 2010
 Cecilia Bartoli
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Festapielhaus
Prices: from EUR 57,-

Cecilia Bartoli - Mezzo-soprano


Basel Chamber Orchetra

Overtures and Arias by George Frideric Handel

Photo: Uli Weber/Decca

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Bryn Terfel
Friday, 12. November 2010
 Bryn Terfel
Time: 8.00 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 36,-

Bryn Terfel - Baritone


Munich Radio Orchestra


Gareth Jones - Conductor

The bad boys of opera from Tosca, Sweeney Todd, Faust, Don Giovanni and more

Photo: Mat Hennek/DG

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Lise de la Salle
Sunday, 14. November 2010
 Lise De La Salle
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 43,-

Lise de la Salle - Piano


Douglas Boyd - Conductor

Musikkollegium Winterthur Orchestra

Photo: Stephane Gallois
Illustration: ZWEIDREIEINS

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Juan Diego Florez
Friday, 19. November 2010
 Juan Diego Florez
Time: 8.00 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 51,-

Juan Diego Flórez - Tenor


Alessandro Vitiello - Conductor

Württemberg Chamber Orchestra of Heilbronn


Photo: Jason Bell/ Decca

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Christkindelsmarkt
Tuesday, 23. November 2010 to
Sunday, 26. December 2010
 Christkindelsmarkt
Place: City Center
Surrounded by the hills of the Black Forest, the picturesque backdrop of the Kurhaus and the Colonnades invites you to explore Christmassy Baden-Baden. A visit to the traditional Baden-Baden Christmas Market is like strolling through a scene from a winter fairytale...
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Christkindelsmarkt
Tuesday, 23. November 2010 to
Sunday, 26. December 2010
 Christkindelsmarkt
Place: City Center
Surrounded by the hills of the Black Forest, the picturesque backdrop of the Kurhaus and the Colonnades invites you to explore Christmassy Baden-Baden. A visit to the traditional Baden-Baden Christmas Market is like strolling through a scene from a winter fairytale...
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December 2010

Christkindelsmarkt
Tuesday, 23. November 2010 to
Sunday, 26. December 2010
 Christkindelsmarkt
Place: City Center
Surrounded by the hills of the Black Forest, the picturesque backdrop of the Kurhaus and the Colonnades invites you to explore Christmassy Baden-Baden. A visit to the traditional Baden-Baden Christmas Market is like strolling through a scene from a winter fairytale...
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Rhythm & Blues
Thursday, 05. August 2010 to
Thursday, 02. December 2010
 Kurhaus
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Kurhaus
Prices: EUR 20,-

Blues in the Kurhaus with different artists

 
Performances:

August 5th, 2010

October 7th, 2010

December 2nd, 2010
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Christkindelsmarkt
Tuesday, 23. November 2010 to
Sunday, 26. December 2010
 Christkindelsmarkt
Place: City Center
Surrounded by the hills of the Black Forest, the picturesque backdrop of the Kurhaus and the Colonnades invites you to explore Christmassy Baden-Baden. A visit to the traditional Baden-Baden Christmas Market is like strolling through a scene from a winter fairytale...
more

Christkindelsmarkt
Tuesday, 23. November 2010 to
Sunday, 26. December 2010
 Christkindelsmarkt
Place: City Center
Surrounded by the hills of the Black Forest, the picturesque backdrop of the Kurhaus and the Colonnades invites you to explore Christmassy Baden-Baden. A visit to the traditional Baden-Baden Christmas Market is like strolling through a scene from a winter fairytale...
more

Christkindelsmarkt
Tuesday, 23. November 2010 to
Sunday, 26. December 2010
 Christkindelsmarkt
Place: City Center
Surrounded by the hills of the Black Forest, the picturesque backdrop of the Kurhaus and the Colonnades invites you to explore Christmassy Baden-Baden. A visit to the traditional Baden-Baden Christmas Market is like strolling through a scene from a winter fairytale...
more

Christkindelsmarkt
Tuesday, 23. November 2010 to
Sunday, 26. December 2010
 Christkindelsmarkt
Place: City Center
Surrounded by the hills of the Black Forest, the picturesque backdrop of the Kurhaus and the Colonnades invites you to explore Christmassy Baden-Baden. A visit to the traditional Baden-Baden Christmas Market is like strolling through a scene from a winter fairytale...
more