Easter Festival Baden-Baden 2024

“Elektra”: the Dernière

The last staged performance of Strauss’ “Elektra” is behind us. We would like to thank everyone involved, especially our fantastic audience in Baden-Baden.

We’re taking a little retrospective look at the backstage area today.

Nina Stemme on Elektra

Two hours of pure rage: Nina Stemme is Elektra. We spoke to her about the challenges and thrills of playing a woman on the brink of insanity.

#SharingMusic: The VeloStage

This year, we are once again be on the road in Baden-Baden with our mobile VeloStage.

“Elektra” – the second evening

Round two in the orchestra pit - the second performance of “Elektra” took place on Tuesday at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. Once again, it was both a blood-bath and a triumph.

A bird’s eye view of Wagner

Excerpts from Richard Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” and “Die Walküre” are on the programme at the Easter Festival.

Symphony concert with Tugan Sokhiev

Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto and Bruckner’s Seventh are on the programme twice in Baden-Baden.

For night owls and early risers

Listening to chamber music with members of the Berliner Philharmoniker all day - that’s possible at the Easter Festival in Baden-Baden.

Test: Which Wagner heroine are you?

In Wagner’s operas, the women are often the true heroines, rescuing the men from their misery. Take our short test to find out which of these heroic female characters you are!

What a ride!

Standing ovations for the premiere of Richard Strauss’ “Elektra” at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden.

Something new in the familiar

Is it still possible to discover something new in a work that almost everyone knows? We answer this question with Jan Lisiecki who plays Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto with us in Baden-Baden.

Back in the orchestra pit

It’s finally time for the Berliner Philharmoniker to return to the pit of the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden; the anticipation is palpable as the rehearsals for Richard Strauss’ “Elektra” begin.

Between mountains of sheet music, hole punchers, and piano scores

In the weeks leading up to the Easter Festival, the staff of our music library have been tirelessly ploughing through the parts of Richard Strauss’ “Elektra” with a sharp pencil. We visited our colleagues shortly before their departure.

Lisa Batiashvili: Sibelius’ Violin Concerto

For Lisa Batiashvili, everything began with Sibelius’ Violin Concerto. She will be perform the piece at the Easter Festival on 29 March and 1 April.