Event Highlights

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

Select month:

February 2012

ARIADNE AUF NAXOS

Saturday, 18. February 2012 to
Saturday, 25. February 2012
Ariade auf Naxos
Time: 7 p.m./8 p.m./7 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 69
Christian Thielemann Musical Direction
Philippe Arlaud Direction and Stage Design
Andrea Uhmann Costumes
Saxon State Orchestra Dresden

Richard Strauss
Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60 (2nd version, 1916 Vienna)
Poetry by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Opera in one act (135’)
Photo: Andrew Eccles Decca
more

Nicola Benedetti & Alexei Grynyuk

Sunday, 19. February 2012
Nicola
Time: 11 a.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 20
Nicola Benedetti Violin
Alexei Grynyuk Piano

James MacMillan
From Ayrshire (7’)
Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano in F minor, Op. 80 (30’)
Richard Strauss
Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat major, Op. 18 (29’)
Photo: Rhys Framton
more

René Kollo „Mein Berlin!“

Sunday, 19. February 2012
René Kollo
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 23
René Kollo Tenor and Host
Romelia Lichtenstein Soprano
Winnie Boewe Soubrette
Peter Christian Feigel Conductor
N.N. Piano
German Philharmonic Orchestra Rheinland-Palatinate
Photo: HGM
more

ARIADNE AUF NAXOS

Saturday, 18. February 2012 to
Saturday, 25. February 2012
Ariade auf Naxos
Time: 7 p.m./8 p.m./7 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 69
Christian Thielemann Musical Direction
Philippe Arlaud Direction and Stage Design
Andrea Uhmann Costumes
Saxon State Orchestra Dresden

Richard Strauss
Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60 (2nd version, 1916 Vienna)
Poetry by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Opera in one act (135’)
Photo: Andrew Eccles Decca
more

Lang Lang

Thursday, 23. February 2012
Lang Lang
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 63
Lang Lang Piano
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg


Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore Overture
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (37’)

Consecration of the House
Overture in C Major, Op. 124 (11)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 (37’)
Photo: Marco Borggreve
more

Mischa Maisky Portrait of an Artist II

Friday, 24. February 2012
Maisky
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 33
Mischa Maisky Cello
Jonathan Nott Conductor
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

Antonín Dvořák
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 (40’)

Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 (34’)
Photo: DG
more

ARIADNE AUF NAXOS

Saturday, 18. February 2012 to
Saturday, 25. February 2012
Ariade auf Naxos
Time: 7 p.m./8 p.m./7 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 69
Christian Thielemann Musical Direction
Philippe Arlaud Direction and Stage Design
Andrea Uhmann Costumes
Saxon State Orchestra Dresden

Richard Strauss
Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60 (2nd version, 1916 Vienna)
Poetry by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Opera in one act (135’)
Photo: Andrew Eccles Decca
more

R. Strauss „Burleske“

Sunday, 26. February 2012
Ewa Kupiec
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 23
Ewa Kupiec Piano
Teodor Currentzis Conductor
SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg

Richard Strauss

Don Juan, Op. 20 (18’)
Burlesque for Piano and Orchestra in D minor (17’)

Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 44 (34’)
3. Sinfonie c-Moll op. 44 (34’)
Photo: Laion
more


March 2012

Bal Paré

Saturday, 03. March 2012
Bal Paré
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Kurhaus

Traditional Opening of the Ball-season

 

more

Musical Treasures: Film Music

Sunday, 04. March 2012
Filmmusik
Time: 5 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 23
Markus Brock Host
Pavel Baleff Conductor
Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra
Photo: Zweidreieins
more

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Friday, 09. March 2012
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 57
Anne-Sophie Mutter Violin
Lambert Orkis Piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Sonata in G Major, KV 379 (17’)

Franz Schubert
Fantasy for Piano and Violin in C Major, D 934 (28’)

Witold Lutoslawski
Partita for Violin and Piano (dedicated to Anne-Sophie Mutter) (16’)

Camille Saint-Saëns
Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75 (26’)
Photo: Harald Hoffmann
more

Romantic Piano Quartet

Sunday, 11. March 2012
Nils Moenkemeyer
Time: 11 a.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 20
Louis Lortie Piano
Alina Ibragimova Violin
Nils Mönkemeyer Viola
Marie-Elisabeth Hecker Cello

Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47 (30’)
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 (42’)
Photo: Felix Broede
more

New York City Ballet

Friday, 16. March 2012 to
Sunday, 18. March 2012
New York City Ballet
Time: 8 p.m./7 p.m./6 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 39
Symphony in Three Movements George Balanchine Choreography
To the music of Igor Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements (1945) (22’)

Tarantella

George Balanchine Choreography
To the music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk’s Grand Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 67 (ca. 1866) – reconstructed and orchestrated by Hershy Kay (7’)

Dances at a Gathering

Jerome Robbins Choreography
To the music of Frédéric Chopin’s Mazurkas, Waltzes and Etudes (60’)

Theme and Variations

George Balanchine ChoreographyTo the music of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s last movement from Suite No. 3 for Orchestra in G Major, Op. 55 (1884) (20’)
Photo: Zweidreieins
more

New York City Ballet

Friday, 16. March 2012 to
Sunday, 18. March 2012
New York City Ballet
Time: 8 p.m./7 p.m./6 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 39
Symphony in Three Movements George Balanchine Choreography
To the music of Igor Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements (1945) (22’)

Tarantella

George Balanchine Choreography
To the music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk’s Grand Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 67 (ca. 1866) – reconstructed and orchestrated by Hershy Kay (7’)

Dances at a Gathering

Jerome Robbins Choreography
To the music of Frédéric Chopin’s Mazurkas, Waltzes and Etudes (60’)

Theme and Variations

George Balanchine ChoreographyTo the music of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s last movement from Suite No. 3 for Orchestra in G Major, Op. 55 (1884) (20’)
Photo: Zweidreieins
more

New York City Ballet

Friday, 16. March 2012 to
Sunday, 18. March 2012
New York City Ballet
Time: 8 p.m./7 p.m./6 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 39
Symphony in Three Movements George Balanchine Choreography
To the music of Igor Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements (1945) (22’)

Tarantella

George Balanchine Choreography
To the music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk’s Grand Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 67 (ca. 1866) – reconstructed and orchestrated by Hershy Kay (7’)

Dances at a Gathering

Jerome Robbins Choreography
To the music of Frédéric Chopin’s Mazurkas, Waltzes and Etudes (60’)

Theme and Variations

George Balanchine ChoreographyTo the music of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s last movement from Suite No. 3 for Orchestra in G Major, Op. 55 (1884) (20’)
Photo: Zweidreieins
more

Hunts and Forms

Friday, 23. March 2012
Jagden und Formen
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 20
Sasha Waltz & Guests
Sasha Waltz Choreography
Ensemble Modern

A musical choreographic project
Celebrating Wolfgang Rihm’s 60th birthday

Wolfgang Rihm
Hunts and Forms (Status 2008) (70’)
Jagden und Formen (Zustand 2008) (70’)

“Music builds Europe - Wolfgang Rihm” – a project within the scope of the 2012 European Culture Days in Karlsruhe.
Photo: Dominik Mentzos
more

Jonas Kaufmann

Sunday, 25. March 2012
Kaufmann
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 45
Jonas Kaufmann Tenor
Andris Nelsons Conductor
Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Gustav Mahler
Kindertotenlieder (26’)
Richard Strauss
Orchestral Songs
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 (45’)
Photo: Mathias Bothor
more

Rolando Villazón

Friday, 30. March 2012
Villazon
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 39
Rolando Villazón Tenor

Rolando Villazón sings Italian Lieder by composers including V. Bellini, G. Donizetti, G. Rossini and G. Verdi.

Gala Concert presented by the Friends of the Festspielhaus

In co-production with Universal Music Classical Management
Photo: DG
more


April 2012

Mischa Maisky, Portrait of an Artist III

Sunday, 01. April 2012
Maisky
Time: 11 a.m./6 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 33
Mischa Maisky Cello

Johann Sebastian Bach
Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello BWV 1007-1012
Suite I in G Major, BWV 1007 (18’)
Suite IV in E-flat Major, BWV 1010 (22’)
Suite V in C minor, BWV 1011 (24’)
Suite III in C Major, BWV 1009 (25’)
Suite II in D minor, BWV 1008 (20’)
Suite VI in D Major, BWV 1012 (30’)
Photo: Kasskara
more

Rhythm & Blues

Tuesday, 05. April 2011 to
Wednesday, 06. June 2012
Kurhaus
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Kurhaus
Prices: EUR 20,-

Blues in the Kurhaus with different artists

 
Performances:


5 April 2012

6 June 2012


more

J. S. Bach “St. Matthew Passion”

Friday, 06. April 2012
Matthäuspassion
Time: 5 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 33
Philippe Herreweghe Conductor
Mark Padmore Evangelist
Michael Nagy Jesus
Julia Doyle, Grace Davidson Soprano
Damien Guillon, Robin Blaze Countertenor
Thomas Hobbs Tenor
Peter Kooij, Stephan MacLeod Bass
Collegium Vocale Gent Choir and Orchestra

Johann Sebastian Bach
St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 (200’)
Photo: Zweidreieins
more

Easter Concert

Saturday, 07. April 2012
Kurhaus
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Kurhaus
Prices: from EUR 30
Stephan Tetzlaff - Conductor
Baden-Badener Philharmonic Orchestra 

Blacher. Hagen. Gerstein.

Saturday, 14. April 2012
Blacher.Hagen.Gerstein
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 33
Kolja Blacher Violin
Clemens Hagen Cello
Kirill Gerstein Piano

Joseph Haydn
Trio in D Major, Op. 82 No. 1 Hob. XV/24
Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 1 No. 1
Franz Schubert
Trio No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 100 D 929 (47’)
Photo: Marco Borggreve
more

The Brandenburg Concerti

Sunday, 15. April 2012
Akamus
Time: 3 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 23
Berlin Academy for Early Music

Johann Sebastian Bach
Six Brandenburg Concerti
Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046 (22’)
Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 (13’)
Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 (13’)
Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049 (13’)
Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 (23’)
Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051 (19’)
Photo: Kristof Fischer
more

Songs With and Without Words

Saturday, 21. April 2012
LiederWorte
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 27
Veronica Cangemi Soprano
Malena Ernman Mezzo-soprano
Ian Bostridge Tenor
Simon Keenlyside Baritone
Graham Johnson Piano
Martin Stadtfeld Piano
Magali Mosnier Flute
Emmanuelle Bertrand Cello
Xavier de Maistre Harp

Variations on “Die Schöne Müllerin”
Love – Without Words!
Dreaming
Photo: Marco Borggreve
more

Jonas Kaufmann

Monday, 23. April 2012
Jonas Kaufmann
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 39
Jonas Kaufmann Tenor
Helmut Deutsch Piano

Jonas Kaufmann sings Lieder by Franz Liszt, Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss and Henri Duparc.
Photo: Verismo Arias CMS
more

Hilary Hahn

Thursday, 26. April 2012
Hilary Hahn
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 27
Hilary Hahn Violin
Valentina Lisitsa Piano

Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 (16’)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op.12/2 (18’)
Johannes Brahms
Sonata Scherzo in C minor, “f.a.e.” (6’??)

Hilary Hahn will also perform compositions by contemporary composers commissioned by her to write new “Encore” works.
Photo: Peter Miller
more

Wiener Philharmoniker & Christian Thielemann

Friday, 27. April 2012
Beethoven
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 57
Christian Thielemann Conductor
Rainer Küchl Violin (Concertmaster)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 (32’)
Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 131 (14’)
Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 38 “Spring Symphony” (35’)
Photo: Ali Schafler
more


May 2012

Spring Festival - International Horse Racing

Wednesday, 16. May 2012 to
Sunday, 20. May 2012
Iffezheim Racecourse
Place: Racecourse Iffezheim

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

 

Races on:

16 May 2012
17 May 2012
19 May 2012
20 May 2012


Subject to change

more

Spring Festival - International Horse Racing

Wednesday, 16. May 2012 to
Sunday, 20. May 2012
Iffezheim Racecourse
Place: Racecourse Iffezheim

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

 

Races on:

16 May 2012
17 May 2012
19 May 2012
20 May 2012


Subject to change

more

Spring Festival - International Horse Racing

Wednesday, 16. May 2012 to
Sunday, 20. May 2012
Iffezheim Racecourse
Place: Racecourse Iffezheim

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

 

Races on:

16 May 2012
17 May 2012
19 May 2012
20 May 2012


Subject to change

more

Spring Festival - International Horse Racing

Wednesday, 16. May 2012 to
Sunday, 20. May 2012
Iffezheim Racecourse
Place: Racecourse Iffezheim

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

 

Races on:

16 May 2012
17 May 2012
19 May 2012
20 May 2012


Subject to change

more

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Friday, 25. May 2012
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 57
Anne-Sophie Mutter Violin
Michael Francis Conductor (Rihm)
Ensemble-WienBerlin

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, KV 216 (22’)
Wolfgang Rihm
Lichtes Spiel – A Summer Piece for Violin and Small Orchestra (2009) (18’) – dedicated to Anne-Sophie Mutter
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in B-flat Major, KV 137 “Salzburg Symphony No. 2“
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, KV 219 (25’)
Photo: Felix Broede
more

Martin Grubinger „Neue Welt“

Saturday, 26. May 2012
Martin Grubinger
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 27
Martin Grubinger Percussion
Ariel Zuckermann Conductor
Camerata Salzburg

Charles Ives
The Unanswered Question (7’)
John Corigliano
The Conjurer for Percussion and Chamber Orchestra (2007)
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring (20’)
Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story - Suite (adapted by Wolfgang Mayer)
Ragtimes and Jazz Standards
Photo: Felix Broede
more

J. S. Bach “Mass in B Minor”

Sunday, 27. May 2012
Masaaki Suzuki
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 33
Masaaki Suzuki Conductor
Hana Blažíková Soprano
Rachel Nicholls Soprano
Robin Blaze Countertenor
Gerd Türk Tenor
Peter Kooij Bass
Bach Collegium Japan

Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B Minor (High Mass) BWV 232 (135’)
Photo: Marco Borggreve
more

Musical Morning Awakening

Monday, 28. May 2012
Musikalisches Morgenerwachen
Time: 9 a.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: EUR 65
Jakob Koranyi Cello
Simon Crawford- Phillips Piano

Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 (25’)
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Knock, Breathe, Shine (2010) for Solo Cello (12’)
Dmitri Shostakovich
Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 (25’)

Rising Star, nominated by the Konserthuset Stockholm
Photo: Anna-Lena Ahlstroem
more

L’ELISIR D’AMORE (The Elixir of Love)

Monday, 28. May 2012 to
Sunday, 03. June 2012
Villazon
Time: 6 p.m./8 p.m./6 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 69
Rolando Villazón Director
Pablo Heras-Casado Musical Direction
Johannes Leiacker Costumes / Stage Design

Miah Persson Adina
Rolando Villazón Nemorino
TBA Belcore
Ildebrando D’Arcangelo Dulcamara
TBA Gianetta
Balthasar Neumann Choir
Balthasar Neumann Orchestra


Gaetano Donizetti
L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love)
Opera buffa (comic opera) in 2 acts
Libretto by Felice Romani based on Eugène Scribe’s Le philtre
Photo: DG
more

Patricia Kopatchinskaja „Rapsodia“

Wednesday, 30. May 2012
Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 33
Patricia Kopatchinskaja Violin and Host
Emilia Kopatchinskaja Violin and Viola
Jacqueline Kopacinski Violin
Martin Gjakonovsky Double Bass
Viktor Kopatchinsky Cymbalom
Mihaela Ursuleasa Piano

Folk songs from Moldova and Romania

Photo: Emilia and Patricia Kopatchinskaja
more

L’ELISIR D’AMORE (The Elixir of Love)

Monday, 28. May 2012 to
Sunday, 03. June 2012
Villazon
Time: 6 p.m./8 p.m./6 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 69
Rolando Villazón Director
Pablo Heras-Casado Musical Direction
Johannes Leiacker Costumes / Stage Design

Miah Persson Adina
Rolando Villazón Nemorino
TBA Belcore
Ildebrando D’Arcangelo Dulcamara
TBA Gianetta
Balthasar Neumann Choir
Balthasar Neumann Orchestra


Gaetano Donizetti
L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love)
Opera buffa (comic opera) in 2 acts
Libretto by Felice Romani based on Eugène Scribe’s Le philtre
Photo: DG
more


June 2012

Simone Kermes

Friday, 01. June 2012
Simone Kermes
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 33
Simone Kermes Soprano
Balthasar Neumann Ensemble

Simone Kermes takes the audience on a journey through Italian Bel canto, with well-known and rare arias by G. Rossini, V Bellini, G. Donizetti and G. Meyerbeer.
Photo: Moritz Schell
more

Medieval Winedays Steinbach

Friday, 01. June 2012 to
Sunday, 03. June 2012
Mittelalterliche Winzertage
Place: Steinbach

Baden-Baden's district Steinbach is going to be the Mecca of wine and will attract a great number of people from the whole region.

Local associations, retailers, gastronomes and last but not least the winegrowers will offer a medieval and all-round programme which includes music, theater, literature and art.


Grigory Sokolov

Saturday, 02. June 2012
Grigory Sokolov
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 33
Piano Evening
Photo: Klaus Rudolph
more

Medieval Winedays Steinbach

Friday, 01. June 2012 to
Sunday, 03. June 2012
Mittelalterliche Winzertage
Place: Steinbach

Baden-Baden's district Steinbach is going to be the Mecca of wine and will attract a great number of people from the whole region.

Local associations, retailers, gastronomes and last but not least the winegrowers will offer a medieval and all-round programme which includes music, theater, literature and art.


L’ELISIR D’AMORE (The Elixir of Love)

Monday, 28. May 2012 to
Sunday, 03. June 2012
Villazon
Time: 6 p.m./8 p.m./6 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 69
Rolando Villazón Director
Pablo Heras-Casado Musical Direction
Johannes Leiacker Costumes / Stage Design

Miah Persson Adina
Rolando Villazón Nemorino
TBA Belcore
Ildebrando D’Arcangelo Dulcamara
TBA Gianetta
Balthasar Neumann Choir
Balthasar Neumann Orchestra


Gaetano Donizetti
L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love)
Opera buffa (comic opera) in 2 acts
Libretto by Felice Romani based on Eugène Scribe’s Le philtre
Photo: DG
more

Medieval Winedays Steinbach

Friday, 01. June 2012 to
Sunday, 03. June 2012
Mittelalterliche Winzertage
Place: Steinbach

Baden-Baden's district Steinbach is going to be the Mecca of wine and will attract a great number of people from the whole region.

Local associations, retailers, gastronomes and last but not least the winegrowers will offer a medieval and all-round programme which includes music, theater, literature and art.


Rhythm & Blues

Tuesday, 05. April 2011 to
Wednesday, 06. June 2012
Kurhaus
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Kurhaus
Prices: EUR 20,-

Blues in the Kurhaus with different artists

 
Performances:


5 April 2012

6 June 2012


more

Isabelle Faust Octet

Sunday, 10. June 2012
Isabelle Faust Oktett
Time: 11 a.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 20
Isabelle Faust Violin
Julia-Maria Kretz Violin
Pauline Sachse Viola
Christoph Richter Cello
Lorenzo Coppola Clarinet
Teunis van der Zwart Horn
Javier Zafra Bassoon
Janne Saksala Double Bass

Franz Schubert
Octet in F Major, D 803 (62’)
Photo: Felix Broede
more

Musical Treasures: Wow Wagner!

Sunday, 10. June 2012
Mensch Wagner
Time: 5 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 23
Markus Brock Host
Pavel Baleff Conductor
Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra
Photo: Zweidreieins
more

Klappazong!

Saturday, 16. June 2012
Klappazong!
Time: 10 a.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: EUR 25
Drum festival for children from 6 to 12 years of age

With the ensemble Power!Percussion

Photo: Zweidreieins
more

Power!Percussion

Sunday, 17. June 2012
Power Percussion
Time: 4 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 33
Power!Percussion Ensemble

An unbelievable rhythmic encounter
Photo: Hubert Lankes
more

Bobby McFerrin & Chick Corea

Friday, 22. June 2012
Bobby McFerrin
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 27
Bobby McFerrin Vocals
Chick Corea Piano
Photo: Stewart Cohen
more

Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

Saturday, 23. June 2012
Kirill Gerstein
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 23
Kirill Gerstein Piano
François-Xavier Roth Conductor
SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg

Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 (16’)
Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major (18’)
Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka (Burlesque in 4 scenes) (35’)
Photo: Marco Borggreve
more

Philippe Jaroussky & Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Sunday, 24. June 2012
Jaroussky
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 23
Marie-Nicole Lemieux Soprano
Philippe Jaroussky Countertenor
Ensemble Artaserse

Pier Francesco Cavalli
Sinfonia from L´Orione

Antonio Sartorio
Duo "Cara et amibile catene" from the opera Orfeo

Pier Francesco Cavalli
Scène comique Linfea - Sattirino from the opera La Calisto
Lamento d´Ecuba from the opera La Didone

Giovanni Pandolfi
Violin Sonata La monella romanesca

Pier Francesco Cavalli
Endimione’s aria from the opera La Calisto

Claudio Monteverdi
Scene Valletto - Damignella from the opera L´Incoronazione di
Poppea

Tarquinio Merula
Chaconne for 2 Violins

Giulio Caccini
Canzonetta "Che desia di saper che cosa e amore"

Barbara Strozzi
Lamento from L´Eraclito amoroso

Pier Francesco Cavalli
"Vanne intrepido mio bene" from the opera Statira

Benedetto Ferrari
"Amanti, io vi so dire"

Claudio Monteverdi
Lamento der Penelope "Di misera regina" from the opera
Il ritorno d´Ulisse in patria

Felice Giovanni Sances
Duo "Lacrimosa belta"
Photo: Simon Fowler
more


July 2012

Modigliani Quartett

Sunday, 01. July 2012
Modigliani
Time: 11 a.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 20
Philippe Bernhard Violin
Loïc Rio Violin
Laurent Marfaing Viola
François Kieffer Cello

Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga
Quartet No. 3 in E-flat Major (30’)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 (33’)

Rising Star, nominated by the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, the Cologne Philharmonic Orchestra and the Elbe Philharmonic Orchestra
Photo: Andrew French
more

Hélène Grimaud & Filarmonica della Scala

Sunday, 01. July 2012
Grimaud
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 39
Hélène Grimaud Piano
Fabio Luisi Conductor
Filarmonica della Scala

Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 (50’)
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 (45’)
Photo: Mat Hennek
more

Baden-Baden Summer Nights

Friday, 06. July 2012 to
Sunday, 08. July 2012
Baden Badener Sommernaechte
Place: Kurgarten
The Baden-Baden Summer Nights invite you for the nicest open air party of the summer.
more

Hans-van-Manen-Gala

Saturday, 07. July 2012 to
Sunday, 08. July 2012
Concertante
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 45
Hans van Manen Choreography
Het Nationale Ballet Amsterdam
Holland Symfonia (Conductor TBA)

Photo: Angela Sterling
more

Hans-van-Manen-Gala

Saturday, 07. July 2012 to
Sunday, 08. July 2012
Concertante
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 45
Hans van Manen Choreography
Het Nationale Ballet Amsterdam
Holland Symfonia (Conductor TBA)

Photo: Angela Sterling
more

Baden-Baden Summer Nights

Friday, 06. July 2012 to
Sunday, 08. July 2012
Baden Badener Sommernaechte
Place: Kurgarten
The Baden-Baden Summer Nights invite you for the nicest open air party of the summer.
more

International Oldtimer Meeting

Friday, 13. July 2012 to
Sunday, 15. July 2012
Oldtimer Meeting
Place: Kurgarten

„Germany’s most beautiful classic car show, a real open-air museum of the car history in a gorgeous coulisse.”

more

Philharmonic Castle Concerts

Friday, 13. July 2012 to
Saturday, 14. July 2012
Schloss Neuweier
Place: Castle Neuweier

Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orquestra

Classic Concert in the romantic courtyard of castle Neuweier.


Philharmonic Castle Concerts

Friday, 13. July 2012 to
Saturday, 14. July 2012
Schloss Neuweier
Place: Castle Neuweier

Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orquestra

Classic Concert in the romantic courtyard of castle Neuweier.


International Oldtimer Meeting

Friday, 13. July 2012 to
Sunday, 15. July 2012
Oldtimer Meeting
Place: Kurgarten

„Germany’s most beautiful classic car show, a real open-air museum of the car history in a gorgeous coulisse.”

more

BORIS GODUNOW

Friday, 20. July 2012
Gergiev
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 69
Opera – Premiere of new production

Valery Gergiev
Musical Direction
Graham Vick Director
Costumes / Stage design
Mariinsky Theatre St. Petersburg Soloists, Choir and Orchestra

Modest Mussorgsky
Boris Godunow CLARIFY VERSION

“Musical folk drama” based on motives from the drama of the same name by Alexander Pushkin. Venue of premiere performance: Mariinsky Theatre St. Petersburg
Photo: Natasha Razina
more

Resurrection Symphony

Saturday, 21. July 2012
Auferstehungssinfonie
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 33
Valery Gergiev Conductor
Mariinsky Theatre St. Petersburg Soloists, Choir and Orchestra

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Resurrection Symphony” (80’)
Photo: Marco Borggreve
more

BORIS GODUNOW - Opera by Modest Mussorgsky

Sunday, 22. July 2012
Gergiev
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 69
Valery Gergiev Musical Direction
Graham Vick Director
Costumes / Stage design
Mariinsky Theatre St. Petersburg Soloists, Choir and Orchestra

Modest Mussorgsky
Boris Godunow CLARIFY VERSION

“Musical folk drama” based on motives from the drama of the same name by Alexander Pushkin. Venue of premiere performance: Mariinsky Theatre St. Petersburg
Photo: Natasha Razina
more

Pictures at an exhibition

Monday, 23. July 2012
Bilder einer Ausstellung
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Festspielhaus
Prices: from EUR 33
Valery Gergiev Conductor
Denis Matsuev Piano
Mariinsky Theatre St. Petersburg Orchestra

Sergej Rachmaninow
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 (34’)

Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition (35’)
Photo: Denis Matsuev © pr
more


August 2012

Philharmonic Park Night at the Art and Culture Mile

Saturday, 04. August 2012
Philharmonischeparknacht
Time: 9 p.m.
Place: Lichtentaler Alley

Saturday, 4th August 2012

Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orquestra

An open-air extravaganza by the Philharmonic set under the towering, flood-lit trees of the Lichtentaler Alley.

more

Kurpark-Meeting

Friday, 24. August 2012 to
Sunday, 02. September 2012
Kurpark
Place: Kurhaus Garden
The Open Air Party and meeting point in the Kurgarten on the occasion of the Great Festival Week.
more

Great Festival Week - International Horse Racing

Saturday, 25. August 2012 to
Thursday, 06. September 2012
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:

25 August 2012 Saturday
26 August 2012 Sunday
29 August 2012 Wednesday
30 August 2012 Thursday
01 September 2012 Saturday
02 September 2012 Sunday
05 September 2012 Wednesday
06 September 2012 Thursday

 

Subject to change

more

Kurpark-Meeting

Friday, 24. August 2012 to
Sunday, 02. September 2012
Kurpark
Place: Kurhaus Garden
The Open Air Party and meeting point in the Kurgarten on the occasion of the Great Festival Week.
more

Kurpark-Meeting

Friday, 24. August 2012 to
Sunday, 02. September 2012
Kurpark
Place: Kurhaus Garden
The Open Air Party and meeting point in the Kurgarten on the occasion of the Great Festival Week.
more


September 2012

Grand-Prix Ball

Saturday, 01. September 2012
Grand Prix Ball
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Kurhaus - Bénazet Saal

On September 1st, 2012, the Grand Prix Ball invites to a splendid dinner ball with great tradition.


more

Kurpark-Meeting

Friday, 24. August 2012 to
Sunday, 02. September 2012
Kurpark
Place: Kurhaus Garden
The Open Air Party and meeting point in the Kurgarten on the occasion of the Great Festival Week.
more

Great Festival Week - International Horse Racing

Saturday, 25. August 2012 to
Thursday, 06. September 2012
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:

25 August 2012 Saturday
26 August 2012 Sunday
29 August 2012 Wednesday
30 August 2012 Thursday
01 September 2012 Saturday
02 September 2012 Sunday
05 September 2012 Wednesday
06 September 2012 Thursday

 

Subject to change

more

SWR3 New Pop Festival

Thursday, 13. September 2012 to
Saturday, 15. September 2012
Swr3
Place: divers locations

Concerts with international artists at different locations.

 


SWR3 New Pop Festival

Thursday, 13. September 2012 to
Saturday, 15. September 2012
Swr3
Place: divers locations

Concerts with international artists at different locations.

 


SWR3 New Pop Festival

Thursday, 13. September 2012 to
Saturday, 15. September 2012
Swr3
Place: divers locations

Concerts with international artists at different locations.

 



October 2012

Sales & Racing Festival

Friday, 19. October 2012 to
Sunday, 21. October 2012
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:

19 October 2012, Friday

21 October 2012, Sunday

 

more

Sales & Racing Festival

Friday, 19. October 2012 to
Sunday, 21. October 2012
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:

19 October 2012, Friday

21 October 2012, Sunday

 

more


December 2012

New Year's Eve Gala

Monday, 31. December 2012
New Year's Eve at the Kurhaus
Time: 7.30 p.m.
Place: KurhausCasino
Prices: from EUR 130,-

An unforgettable New Year's Eve Night is guaranteed at the unique atmosphere of the Kurhaus.

more