Overview of all festivals 2024/2025
We’re excited to introduce you to the festival year 2024 in Baden-Baden with a special emphasis on the term festival. If, as some sources report, it was really Hector Berlioz who first used the term “festival” in 1830, we in Baden-Baden have a special duty to bring the festival back to the center of our work. The French composer took the festival idea to the cultural haven of Baden-Baden, which for some time was simply known among French summer guests as the “7th Arrondissement ”– the artists' quarter, the “place to be” in old Paris. We are confident that the future belongs to the festival. Encounters over a period of several days together with explorations and reflections in the echo chamber of the festival venue lead to lasting nourishment for the soul.
15.11. - 24.11.24
La Grande Gare
Autumn Festival Baden-BadenAn autumn of enlightenment and confidence. In other words, what is needed at the moment, and uplifting to boot, both spiritually and politically. Did you know that in the 19th century, the great oratorios contributed to the formation of a self-confident citizenry? People met to sing, cry, laugh and dream of a better world. Haydn's "Creation" with its chaos and its paradise acted as an initial spark. By Mozart's "Requiem", a holy seriousness had taken hold of everyone. As always, the whole thing will be conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock, who will bring his Balthasar Neumann Ensemble with him. Hengelbrock will also present Gluck's Iphigenia opera in concert.
12.4. - 21.4.25
Easter Festival Baden-Baden
Berliner PhilharmonikerJoy is sure to fill the air when the Berliner Philharmoniker returns to the festival in the Black Forest. Baden-Baden pays tribute to the marvelous musicians and their chief conductor Kirill Petrenko. Featuring Giacomo Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, and the Baden-Baden debut of young Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä together with a chamber music program to be announced later in the year, Baden-Baden and the Berliner Philharmoniker are once again pulling out all the stops for this festival.
31.5. - 9.6.25
Whitsun Festival Baden-Baden
SWR SymphonieorchesterIn 2025, we are celebrating the 100th birthday of the composer, conductor, philosopher and cosmopolitan Pierre Boulez with his music and works that inspired him. The SWR Symphonieorchester, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Ensemble intercontemporain and stars such as Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Antonio Pappano take you into his cosmos.
27.6. - 6.7.25
La Capitale d'Été
Summer Festival Baden-BadenIn summer you go on holiday, rest and regenerate, which means you head to Baden-Baden: For the whole nineteenth century, this is the way it was done. Since what should remain as it was has to change, we are actively shaping the future of the "Summer Capital of Europe" and opening a new stage this year in the world-famous Gönneranlage. The Summer Festival will spread out into the city, winning over new classical music listeners and achieving the impossible: a "silent disco," for example, that appeals to a young audience while being considerate of the surrounding environment. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, something like the unofficial king of the city for nine fabulous days, opens – now outside – this year's Summer Gala. Finally, the Festspielhaus stage pays homage to Mozart. In addition to the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the conductor has brought along an orchestra from his home country: Canada’s Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal.
2.10. - 12.10.25
The World of John Neumeier
Dance FestivalIn the dance festival ‘The World of John Neumeier’, the master choreographer becomes a curator: he shows his own works and invites exciting companies. Above all, however, John Neumeier provides personal insights. You watch, marvel at the art of the dancers and can look forward to next year. In 2025, Neumeier's Russian ballets will be on the programme. All classics, curated exclusively for the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden.
12.12. - 21.12.25
Winter Festival
Baden-BadenSince The Snow Queen was premiered in 2015, the ballet ensemble of the National Opera of Ukraine in Kiev has repeatedly presented the work in Ukraine and abroad, in recent years increasingly as a sign of resistance and self-empowerment. Despite the difficult living and working conditions, the company pursues their artistic passion and works on maintaining something like a day-to-day life, in this way acting as a perfect ambassador for their home country.