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{{Short description|Opera and concert hall in Baden-Baden, Germany}}
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden is Germany’s largest opera and concert house (2500 seats).
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Opened on April 18th 1998, the new building’s architecture incorporates the former central train station of Baden-Baden (today the ticket sales hall and the Festspielhaus restaurant “Aida”). The architect was Professor Wilhelm Holzbauer (Vienna). Planned from the outset as a privately financed cultural undertaking, the conversion to Europe’s first opera and concert enterprise to operate without public subsidy succeeded following the initial public start-up financing. Since March 2000, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden’s private cultural foundation has held the responsibility for the house’s business operations. Ticket sales, donations and sponsoring have enabled it to operate privately without public subsidies since early 2002. The managing director is Andreas Mölich-Zebhauser. Festspielhaus Baden-Baden’s programme is structured around four annual festival periods dispersed throughout the year. The Whitsun, Summer, Autumn and Winter Festivals each incorporate at least one opera production and several classical concerts. Renowned ballet companies make guest appearances three to four times per year and entertainment shows complete the programme. Each year, the board of trustees of Festspielhaus Baden-Baden’s cultural foundation awards the Herbert von Karajan Music Prize to an outstanding international musician. The award includes € 50,000 in prize money that must be used by the winner to support young musicians.
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The '''Festspielhaus Baden-Baden''', located in the ] of ], is Germany's largest opera and concert house, with a 2,500-seat capacity.
Major opera productions at Festspielhaus Baden-Baden to date include “La Traviata” (Valery Gergiev, conductor / Philippe Arlaud, director, 2001), “Fidelio” (Simone Young, conductor / Philippe Arlaud, director, 2002), “The Abduction from the Seraglio” (Marc Minkowski, conductor / Macha Makeïeff and Jérôme Deschamps, directors, 2003), “The Ring of the Nibelung” (Valery Gergiev, musical direction and concept / George Tsypin, stage design, 2003/2004), “Rigoletto” (Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor / Philippe Arlaud, director, 2004), “Parsifal” (Kent Nagano, conductor / Nikolaus Lehnhoff, director, 2004) and “The Magic Flute” (Claudio Abbado, conductor / Daniele Abbado, director, 2005). Festspielhaus Baden-Baden regularly cooperates with the Mariinsky (Kirov) Theatre St. Petersburg, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and many other leading opera houses and festivals. Since 2003, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden has conducted an education programme. Under the motto “Kolumbus - Classical Discoveries”, the project introduces school and university students to classical music. Sponsors enable the young visitors to attend operas, concerts and ballet performances.


The building was originally built in 1904 as Baden-Baden central railway station. This replaced the original railway station, constructed in 1845 as a part of a branch line connecting ] in the western outskirt with the city center. The building served as a railway station for several decades until the closure of the branch line, in 1977.
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden offers daily tours. These take place from Monday to Friday at 11:00am and on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays at 2:30pm. Further information, programmes and tickets are available at +49 (0)7221 / 30 13 101 or www.festspielhaus.de.

The new construction was architecturally integrated with the former railway station and today encompasses the box office, the restaurant Aida, and a children's music space called Toccarion, sponsored by the Sigmund Kiener Foundation. Built by the Viennese architect ], the concert hall opened on 18 April 1998. Following initial public startup funding, the Festspielhaus successfully converted to become the first privately financed European opera and concert company.

Between 2003 and 2015, the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden Cultural Foundation presented the annual ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Herbert-von-Karajan-Musikpreis |url=http://www.kulturpreise.de/web/preise_info.php?preisd_id=3641 |website=kulturpreise.de |access-date=27 April 2023 |language=de |trans-title=Herbert von Karajan Music Prize}}</ref>

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Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Former namesBaden-Baden central railway station
AddressBeim Alten Bahnhof 2
LocationBaden-Baden, Germany
Coordinates48°46′01″N 8°13′56″E / 48.76694°N 8.23222°E / 48.76694; 8.23222
TypeConcert hall
Genre(s)Opera, music
Capacity2,500
Construction
Built1904
Opened18 April 1998 (1998-04-18)
ArchitectWilhelm Holzbauer
Website
festspielhaus.de

The Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, located in the spa town of Baden-Baden, is Germany's largest opera and concert house, with a 2,500-seat capacity.

The building was originally built in 1904 as Baden-Baden central railway station. This replaced the original railway station, constructed in 1845 as a part of a branch line connecting Baden-Baden station in the western outskirt with the city center. The building served as a railway station for several decades until the closure of the branch line, in 1977.

The new construction was architecturally integrated with the former railway station and today encompasses the box office, the restaurant Aida, and a children's music space called Toccarion, sponsored by the Sigmund Kiener Foundation. Built by the Viennese architect Wilhelm Holzbauer, the concert hall opened on 18 April 1998. Following initial public startup funding, the Festspielhaus successfully converted to become the first privately financed European opera and concert company.

Between 2003 and 2015, the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden Cultural Foundation presented the annual Herbert von Karajan Music Prize.

References

  1. "Herbert-von-Karajan-Musikpreis" [Herbert von Karajan Music Prize]. kulturpreise.de (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2023.

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