Baden-Baden is one of Europe’s most stylish and beautiful small towns, a fashionable spa for almost 200 years, and setting for the Berlin Philharmonic’s prestigious Easter Festival. The town is surrounded by the Black Forest and has magnificent parks, gardens and open spaces. The Lichtenaler Allee cuts through the town, a verdant and arcadian oasis of trees and shrubs along the River Oos, a tributary of the Rhine. With its elegant and beautifully appointed Festspielhaus, opened in 1998 in the town’s former ducal railway station, Baden-Baden is now firmly at the centre of musical Europe with performances of the highest international standard given throughout the year.

2027 Music Programme

23 March at 6pm
Fidelio by Beethoven
Joana Mallwitz: Musical Direction
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Philharmonia Chor Wien
Leonore: Vera-Lotte Boecker
Florestan: Sean Panikkar
Don Fernando: Manuel Winckhler
Don Pizarro: Johannes Martin Kränzle
Rocco: Franz-Josef Selig
Marzelline: Chelsea Zurflüh
Jaquino: Magnus Dietrich

24 March at 6pm
Klaus Mäkelä: Conductor
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Robert Schumann: Symphony no. 1 in Bb major, op. 28
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

25 March at 6pm
Klaus Mäkelä: Conductor
Renaud Capuçon
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Robert Schumann: Overture to the Opera "Manfred" op. 115
Jean Sibelius: Violin concerto in d minor, op. 47
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major op. 92