Festspiel Baden-Baden

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The Festspiel Baden-Baden (Baden-Baden Festival) is a series of festivals presented by the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden in Baden-Baden, Germany. The programme is structured around five annual festival periods dispersed throughout the year. The Easter, Whitsun, Summer, Autumn and Winter Festivals each incorporate at least one opera production and several classical concerts.

A typical year contains four festivals of one week each:

  • Autumn Festival in early October.
  • Winter Festival from mid-January.
  • Easter Festival during Holy Week.
  • Herbert von Karajan Whitsun Festival in late May to early June.
  • Summer Festival from early July.

Major opera productions at Festspielhaus Baden-Baden to date include

Die Zauberflöte (Claudio Abbado
, conductor / Daniele Abbado, director, 2005).

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