“Manon Lescaut” at the Easter Festival in Baden-Baden

22 Apr 2014

Good bye Baden-Baden! Time to clean up after a wonderful, vibrant Easter Festival full of Music, laughter, great talks,…

22 Apr 2014

Souvenir de Florence, the last chamber concert on Easter Monday at the LA8.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

22 Apr 2014

Great concert debut and rehearsal with cellist Sol Gabetta.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

22 Apr 2014

No Easter Festival without Götz Teutsch’s Salon at the Baden-Baden theatre! Special guest: the magnificent Udo Samel.

Pho…

22 Apr 2014

Easter Sunday’s performance of the Tristan Vorspiel with the National Youth Orchestra of Germany was a huge success!…

22 Apr 2014

Also a good tradition from last year: the Festival Lounge at the LA8 together with SWR Radio and arte. One of the guests…

20 Apr 2014

Happy and peaceful Easter for you and your families!

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

20 Apr 2014

Brahms concerto with the wonderful Anne-Sophie Mutter. We had a lot of joy at the rehearsal and concert.

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20 Apr 2014

Open singing with Simon Halsey and members of the Rundfunkchor Berlin at the Lounge. No further comments needed….

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19 Apr 2014

Photos: it was hard to find them on the photos!

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

19 Apr 2014

Rehearsal impressions

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19 Apr 2014

Varian-Fry-Quartet and Mezzo soprano Iris Vermillion at the beautiful Stiftskirche.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

19 Apr 2014

Musicians backstage preparing for the Musikfest on Thursday. Small space, but everybody found a place.

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19 Apr 2014

Time for Tango at the Malersaal/Dorint Hotel with the Philharmonic violas and double basses! Supported by trombonist…

18 Apr 2014

Good Friday, our last St John Passion.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

17 Apr 2014

… and especially for conductor Duncan Ward!

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17 Apr 2014

Our opera for children “Little Manon” was a challenge for singers…

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

17 Apr 2014

Impressions from the various chamber music concerts on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Photos: Marcus Gernsbeck

16 Apr 2014

A very dear and special guest: Pierre Boulez visited Zubin Mehta backstage and came to listen to the concert. A big…

16 Apr 2014

..then play… both maestri try out the walking piano at the Toccarion.

…dann das Spiel… beide Künstler probieren das…

16 Apr 2014

…first work… a magnificent concert with Zubin Mehta and Yefim Bronfman.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

15 Apr 2014

Photos: She took her beauty nap during the lounge and was only back up for this photo.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

15 Apr 2014

In front of pictures of the French artist JR a very special chamber music concert took place yesterday at the Museum…

15 Apr 2014

Yesterday Sir Simon, Andreas Mölich-Zebhauser and Peter Sellars gave a press conference. They announced the next season…

15 Apr 2014

“Roaring Twenties” in Baden Baden! The twenties were an exciting time in the arts - also in Baden-Baden. At the Easter…

14 Apr 2014

The match is over… Berliner Philharmoniker won 11:1 against the Bundesjugendorchester. Everybody had great fun!

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14 Apr 2014

A happy team received standing ovations for Sunday evening’s performance of St. John Passion.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

14 Apr 2014

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13 Apr 2014

Backstage means this year: being outside!

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

13 Apr 2014

Bicycle, Bicycle… I want to ride my bicycle!

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

13 Apr 2014

Tomorrow we will keep on the good tradition (2nd year!) of having a Live-Hang-Out in the Lounge with horn player Sarah…

13 Apr 2014

Today is also the evening of our football match against our god children from the German Youth Orchestra…

13 Apr 2014

Today it’s time for St. John Passion, directed by Peter Sellars. Backstage impressions from the dress rehearsal.

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12 Apr 2014

Flowers everywhere! Baden-Baden is in full bloom for today’s premiere of “Manon Lescaut”. We are ready to start this…

11 Apr 2014

Rerun of a success story: A few weeks ago, the Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle and director Peter Sellars…

11 Apr 2014

In the “Concerts to go” series of our Education Programme, musicians of the Berliner Philharmoniker go on mini-tour…

09 Apr 2014

Photos: everything that makes opera so wonderful can be found in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut. Our photos from the…

09 Apr 2014

Child’s play at the Easter Festival: Felicitas Clamor-Hofmeister and Eva-Maria Tomasi at the Toccarion, children’s…

09 Apr 2014

Musicians playing musicians: In the stage orchestra of our Manon Lescaut, four members of our Orchestra Academy have a…

08 Apr 2014

The making of a selfie:Our horn section in the orchestra pit of the FestspielhausUnsere Horngruppe im Orchestergraben…