PROGRAM 2018 2019 Overview SEPTEMBER 2018 Day Date Time Hall Plan Thu 27 8 pm Season Opening Concert A Herbert Blomstedt conductor Wiener Philharmoniker Berwald: Sinfonie singulière in C major Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor 22 39 59 79 99 115 125 150 Reduced prices: 17 34 54 74 89 105 115 140 Fri 28 8 pm Discovery Concert: Franui Musicbanda C Tanz Boden Stücke Andreas Schett music director Wolfgang Mitterer prepared piano, organ 11 19 29 40 55 Reduced prices: 10 18 28 38 50 Sat 29 6 pm Christina Pluhar & L Arpeggiata B Handel goes wild Céline Scheen soprano Valer Sabadus countertenor Gianluigi Trovesi clarinet Sergey Saprychev percussion Francesco Turrisi piano Boris Schmidt bass Sun 30 11 am Cuarteto Casals C Sunday matinee Beethoven: String Quartet in B-flat major and in C-sharp minor Sotelo: String Quartet No. 4 Quasals OCTOBER HAMBURG BALLETT JOHN NEUMEIER, OCTOBER 6 14, 2018 Sat 6 6 pm Bernstein Dances B Sun 7 6 pm Ballet revue by John Neumeier Giorgio Armani costume designer Vadim Gluzman violin Garrett Keast conductor Philharmonie Baden-Baden Sun 7 11 am Ballett-Werkstatt: John Neumeier B About Bernstein Dances and about Anna Karenina John Neumeier moderator 9 14 19 25 30 35 40 Reduced prices: 4 9 14 20 25 30 35 Fri 12 7 pm Anna Karenina B Sat 13 6 pm Ballet by John Neumeier Sun 14 5 pm AKRIS Albert Kriemler costume designer Simon Hewett conductor Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern Fri 19 8 pm Prokofjew & Tschaikowsky B Yefim Bronfman piano Yuri Temirkanov conductor St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite
OCTOBER 2018 Day Date Time Hall Plan Sat 20 6 pm The King s Singers This Is Gold B 50th anniversary best of program NOVEMBER Sun 21 11 am Amatis Piano Trio C Sunday matinee with piano trios by Shostakovich, Tarrodi and Mendelssohn Sun 11 5 pm Mozart: Requiem B Thomas Hengelbrock conductor Balthasar-Neumann-Chor and -Ensemble Katja Stuber soprano Marion Eckstein alto Jan Petryka tenor Reinhard Mayr bass AUTUMN FESTIVAL, NOVEMBER 23 DECEMBER 2, 2018 Fri 23 8 pm Daniel Harding: Eroica B Janine Jansen violin Swedish Radio Orchestra Berg: Violin Concerto To the memory of an angel Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 Eroica in E-flat major Sat 24 6 pm Les Musiciens du Louvre B Marc Minkowski conductor Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture in B minor Scottish Symphony in A minor and Italian Symphony in A major Sun 25 5 pm Offenbach: LES CONTES D HOFFMANN Opera in concert A Marc Minkowski music director Charles Castronovo Olga Peretyatko-Mariotti Luca Pisaroni Aude Extremo Philharmonia Chor Wien Les Musiciens du Louvre 25 44 69 89 111 130 140 170 Reduced prices: 19 39 64 84 99 120 130 160 Mon 26 7 pm Music in the Museum Museum Frieder Burda Josep-Ramon Olivé bariton Jordi Armengol piano Literature and music about the current exhibition 40 Reduced prices: 36 Wed 28 8 pm Discovery Concert: Kian Soltani & Shiraz Ensemble C A fusion of classical European and Persian music 11 19 29 40 55 Reduced prices: 10 18 28 38 50 DECEMBER Fri 30 8 pm Sir András Schiff & Budapest Festival Orchestra B Iván Fischer conductor Dvořák: Legends, Slavonic Dances, Opuštěný Der verlassene Liebhaber, Symphony No. 6 in D major Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Sat 1 6 pm Beethoven: Missa solemnis B Jan Caeyers conductor Malin Hartelius soprano Elisabeth Kulman mezzo-soprano Steve Davislim tenor Hanno Müller-Brachmann bass-baritone Arnold Schönberg Choir Le Concert Olympique Sun 2 11 am Jean-Guihen Queyras & Alexandre Tharaud C Sunday matinee Bach: Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, Sonata for violoncello and piano No. 1 in E minor Scarlatti: Selection of piano sonatas Fri 7 8 pm Cameron Carpenter B Organ Music revolution Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Hanson: Symphony No. 2 Romantic (Transcription: Cameron Carpenter) Sat 8 6 pm Martin Grubinger and Sydney Symphony Orchestra B David Robertson conductor Dean: Engelsflügel for winds, brass and percussion MacMillan: Percussion Concert No. 2 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
DECEMBER 2018 Day Date Time Hall Plan Sun 9 7 pm Tine Thing Helseth and tenthing B Christmas music with the all-female Norwegian brass ensemble Fri 14 8 pm Monteverdi: Christmas Vespers B Andrea Marcon conductor La Cetra Baroque orchestra and vocal ensemble Sat 15 7 pm Max Raabe and Palast Orchester A Der perfekte Moment wird heut verpennt MARIINSKY BALLET, DECEMBER 21-27, 2018 Fri 21 8 pm Prokofiev ballets, conducted by Gergiev A Prodigal Son: Ballet in three scenes, George Balanchine choreography Violin Concerto No 2: Ballet in one act, Anton Pimonov choreography Russian Overture: Ballet in one act, Maxim Petrov choreography Music by Sergej Prokofjew Sat 22 7 pm Swan Lake A Sun 23 5 pm Konstantin Sergeyev choreography after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov Tue 25 7 pm Ballet in four acts Music by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky Wed 26 2 pm Four Seasons A 7 pm Ilya Zhivoi choreography and set designer Sofia Vartanian costume designer Ballet in two acts by Ilya Zhivoi Music by Max Richter after Vivaldi Thu 27 7 pm Ballet Gala A Mariinsky Ballet Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Le Divertissement du roi, Le Carnaval and another classic choreographies JANUARY 2019 Mon 31 4 pm New Year s Eve Gala A Speranza Scappucci conductor Kristīne Opolais soprano Pavel Černoch tenor Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern Arias and duets by Puccini, Dvořák, Lehár etc. Sat 19 6 pm Alice Sara Ott B Piano recital with works by Debussy, Chopin, Satie and Ravel Sun 20 2 pm Purcell: King Arthur Opera in concert B Paul McCreesh music director Gabrieli Consort and Players Sun 20 7 pm Jonas Kaufmann sings Mahler A Jochen Rieder conductor Sinfonieorchester Basel Berio/Schubert:Rendering for orchestra Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde 25 44 69 89 111 130 140 170 Reduced prices: 19 39 64 84 99 120 130 160 FEBRUARY Sun 27 11 am Gringolts Quartett and META4 C Sunday matinee with works by Haydn, Kuusisto and Enescu Sat 2 6 pm Frank Peter Zimmermann and Christian Thielemann B Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 33 49 69 79 99 125 150 Reduced prices: 29 44 64 75 89 115 140
FEBRUARY 2019 Day Date Time Hall Plan Sun 3 7 pm Sir John Eliot Gardiner and London Symphony Orchestra B Friends of the Festival Hall Concert Weber: Overture to Euryanthe Schumann: Symphony No. 1 Spring Symphony, Manfred-Overture, Symphony No. 3 Rhenish 33 49 69 79 99 125 150 Reduced prices: 29 44 64 75 89 115 140 Sat 16 6 pm Discovery Concert: Pekka Kuusisto B Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Bridge: Three Idylls for String Quartet Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major Fri 22 8 pm China Moses and hr-bigband C Jörg Achim Keller music director Jazz, Blues and Swing 14 25 39 55 70 Reduced prices: 13 24 37 53 65 Sat 23 6 pm Gabriela Montero B Jaime Martín conductor Orchestra de Cadaqués Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor Schubert: Symphony No. 3 and spanish works Sun 24 11 am Liza Ferschtman and Roman Rabinovich C Sunday matinee with works by Beethoven, Shostakovich and Bartók MARCH ALONZO KING LINES BALLET, MARCH 2 3, 2019 Sat 2 6 pm Alonzo King LINES Ballet B Sun 3 5 pm Alonzo King choreography Art Songs and Figures of Speech Fri 8 8 pm Behzod Abduraimov C Piano recital with works by Wagner, Liszt and Prokofiev 11 19 29 40 55 Reduced prices: 10 18 28 38 50 Sun 10 11 am Quatuor Arod C Sunday matinee with string quartets by Mozart, Attahir and Brahms Sun 10 5 pm Daniel Hope B Zürcher Kammerorchester Violin concertos by Haydn and Mozart APRIL Sun 17 5 pm Bach: Johannespassion B William Christie conductor Reinoud Van Mechelen evangelist Katherine Watson soprano Carlo Vistoli countertenor Anthony Gregory tenor Renato Dolcini, Alex Rosen bass Les Arts Florissants EASTER FESTIVAL BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER, APRIL 13 22, 2019 Sat 13 6 pm Verdi: OTELLO Staged Opera A Tue 16 6 pm Berliner Philharmoniker Daniele Gatti music director Fri 19 6 pm Robert Wilson producer, set designer Stuart Skelton Otello Sonya Yoncheva Desdemona Mon 22 6 pm Luca Salsi Jago Anna Malavasi Emilia Francesco Demuro Cassio Philharmonia Chor Wien 59 89 144 199 233 270 295 360 Reduced prices: 54 84 139 194 223 260 285 350 Sun 14 2 pm Victoria Bond: CLARA Chamber opera in two acts Theater Wed 17 6 pm Michael Hasel music director Fellows of Deutsche Bank Foundation s Academy Opera today Sun 21 2 pm Vocal Soloists from Baden-Württemberg s Academies of Music Scholars of the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker Actors from the Theater Baden-Baden 47 67 90 Reduced prices: 43 63 86 Sun 14 6 pm Verdi: Requiem A Sat 20 6 pm Berliner Philharmoniker Riccardo Muti conductor Vittoria Yeo soprano Elīna Garanča mezzo-soprano Francesco Meli tenor Ildar Abdrazakov bass Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks 39 65 104 144 169 195 215 260 Reduced prices: 34 59 99 139 159 185 205 250
APRIL 2019 Day Date Time Hall Plan Mon 15 6 pm Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Kirill Petrenko A Berliner Philharmoniker Schoenberg: Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor 29 55 84 115 139 160 170 210 Reduced prices: 24 49 79 110 129 150 160 200 Tue 16 2 pm Der kleine Otello Children s opera aged 6 years Theater Thu 18 2 pm Raphael Haeger music director Vocal Soloists from Baden-Württemberg s Academies of Music Sat 20 2 pm Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker 15 Thu 18 6 pm Musikfest Dancing Italy B Wind instruments of the Berliner Philharmoniker Philharmonisches octet Daniele Gatti conductor Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Bundesjugendorchester Works by Verdi, Respighi, Prokofiev and Mercadante Sun 21 6 pm Lang Lang and Kirill Petrenko A Berliner Philharmoniker Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor 39 65 104 144 169 195 215 260 Reduced prices: 34 59 99 139 159 185 205 250 MAY Fri 26 April til Mamma Mia! A Thu 2 May The original musical with hits by ABBA 19 109 Fri 3 8 pm Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber B Song recital Sat 4 8 pm Krystian Zimerman B Piano recital Sun 5 5 pm Waltraud Meier B Paul McCreesh conductor Kammerorchester Basel Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll Wesendonck-Lieder Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 Fri 10 8 pm Diana Damrau and Xavier de Maistre B Song recital Works by Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff etc. Sun 12 11 am Marc-André Hamelin and Takács Quartet C Sunday matinee with works by Beethoven, Chopin and Dohnányi Sun 12 5 pm Julia Fischer and Augustin Hadelich B Academy of St Martin in the Fields Double concertos by Bach and Schnittke Sat 18 7 pm The Moldau My Fatherland B Jakub Hrůša conductor Bamberger Symphoniker JUNE Fri 24 8 pm Ute Lemper B Fawzi Haimor conductor Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen Stories from the streets of Paris, New York and Berlin WHITSUN FESTIVAL, JUNE 7 10, 2019 Fri 7 8 pm American Night B Sir Ivor Bolton conductor Nadine Sierra soprano Michael Fabiano tenor Thomas Hampson baritone Sinfonieorchester Basel The high art of singing in Italy and America
JUNE 2019 Day Date Time Hall Plan Sat 8 6 pm Riccardo Chailly and Filarmonica della Scala B Riccardo Chailly conductor Filarmonica della Scala Italian Icons 33 49 69 79 99 125 150 Reduced prices: 29 44 64 75 89 115 140 Sun 9 5 pm Discovery Concert: Fazil Say and Marianne Crebassa B Minetti Quartett Works by Say, Schumann, Mozart and Chausson Mon 10 9 am Early morning music Museum Frieder Burda Anaïs Gaudemard harp, ECHO-Rising Star Into the wild 40 Reduced prices: 36 incl. museum admission and French breakfast Mon 10 6 pm B minor Mass B Philippe Herreweghe conductor Dorothee Mields, Hana Blažíková soprano Alex Potter countertenor Thomas Hobbs tenor Krešimir Stražanac bass Collegium Vocale Gent Fri 14 8 pm Hélène Grimaud B Piano recital with works by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Debussy and others DUTCH NATIONAL BALLET, JUNE 22 23, 2019 Sat 22 6 pm Dutch National Ballet B Sun 23 5 pm Kleines Requiem: Hans van Manen choreography Ignite: Juanjo Arques choreography Chroma: Wayne McGregor choreography Fri 28 8 pm Sol Gabetta Trio B Vilde Frang violin Sol Gabetta cello Bertrand Chamayou piano Chamber music for violin, cello and piano JULY Sun 30 5 pm Miloš and Asasello-Quartett B Alexandra Hengstebeck bass Fandango and Tango Sun 14 5 pm Anna Netrebko A Malcolm Martineau piano songs by Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky 29 55 84 115 139 160 170 210 Reduced prices: 24 49 79 110 129 150 160 200 SUMMER FESTIVAL VALERY GERGIEV AND MARIINSKY THEATER, JULY 6 14, 2019 The program is available at the beginning of the season at www.festivalhall.de Children s and Youth Programs Discovering Classical Music: for more information, please visit www.festivalhall.de Ticket Service +49-7221-3013-101: Monday through Friday from 9 am to 6 pm, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays from 10 am to 2 pm. Direct ticket purchase at the Festival Hall ticket counter: Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 6 pm, Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays from 10 am to 2 pm. Tickets can be purchased at the box office two hours before the event. Tickets can also be purchased at all authorized ticket prepurchase locations, at selected travel agencies, and at www.festivalhall.de. Discounts The classical audience of tomorrow must be inspired today! With this in mind, young people under 26 have access to a limited number of reduced price tickets, under the auspices of the Kolumbus Educational Project for Classical Events. For events that are not sold out, tickets can be booked at the box office for 10. Generally speaking, people holding the Baden-Baden Family Pass, unemployed persons, seniors, and the severely disabled (from 70%) are entitled to discounted admission. For discounts, ID must be presented at the entrance. To order tickets by post please write to: Festspielhaus und Festspiele Baden-Baden ggmbh, Beim Alten Bahnhof 2, 76530 Baden-Baden, Germany. Per fax at +49-7221-3013-211. Ticket insurance certificate By purchasing a 5 ticket insurance certificate together with your ticket, you are entitled to return your tickets up to 2 hours before the beginning of the event. Reasons for ticket return include illness, accident, or death of the ticket purchaser or accompanying person. When returning tickets, we request that you present an attestation in addition to the original tickets and ticket insurance certificate. Payment details For payment by credit card, bank transfer (Deutsche Bank, IBAN: DE65 6627 0024 0010 4422 01, BIC: DEUTDEDB662 / Sparkasse, IBAN: DE37 6625 0030 0000 0645 84, BIC: SOLADES1BAD) or direct debit, always indicate the reservation number and event. An additional charge of 5 applies to orders made by mail (including postage costs). The organizer reserves the right to make changes to the program and cast, which do not entitle the ticket holder to a refund for tickets already purchased. Unpaid tickets are reserved for 10 days. Prices include all fees. Standing room tickets are available at the box office when all other tickets are sold out. Publisher image credits. Subject to changes and errors.