EASTER FESTIVAL BADEN-BADEN

27.3–5.4.2021

BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER The non-profit Festspielhaus Baden-Baden Cultural Foundation was founded in the year 2000 by dedicated music lovers, and has since made possible the private operation of the EASTER Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. FESTI VA L OUR SPECIAL THANKS TO BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER Frieder and Elke Burda Klaus and Kirsten Mangold Ladislaus and Annemarie von Ehr Hugo and Rose Mann Wolfgang and Anneliese Grenke Reinhard and Karin Müller 27.3–5.4.2021 Henriette and Paul Heinze Stiftung Wolfgang and Françoise Müller-Claessen Klaus-Georg Hengstberger Dr. August Oetker KG Klaus and Hella Janson Hans R. Schmid and Mary Victoria Gerardi-Schmid Sigmund and Walburga Maria Kiener Walter Veyhle Horst Kleiner and Isolde Laukien-Kleiner Alberto Vilar Karlheinz and Dagmar Kögel Franz Bernhard and Annette Wagener Ernst H. and Helga Kohlhage Horst and Marlis Weitzmann Richard and Bettina Kriegbaum Beatrice and Götz W. Werner Christine and Klaus-Michael Kühne Ernst-Moritz Lipp and Angelika Lipp-Krüll and four unnamed donors

IN MEMORIAM: THEO AND GABI KUMMER, MARGARETE STIENEN DEAR FESTIVAL GUESTS,

Cultural ties have linked Baden-Baden with for over 200 years. The story that began with a princess who became the tsar’s bride continues to this day with the many residents of our city with Russian roots.

At the 2021 Easter Festival, the Berliner Philharmoniker and Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko will join us in remembering one of Russia’s most celebrated composers, . The orchestra will not only be interpret­ ing his opera Mazeppa, but also Rachmaninoff’s Francesca da Rimini. Differ­ ent Russian schools existed during Tchaikovsky’s time as the vast empire, its position straddling East and West, searched for an identity and aesthetic of its own. Tchaikovsky himself drew inspiration from – a connection we will also be exploring during the Festival.

At the 2021 Easter Festival, we will be building a bridge that spans a large cross-section of European cultural history – an undertaking for which Baden- Baden is the ideal venue. Welcome and Добро пожаловать to the 2021 Baden- Baden Easter Festival!

BENEDIKT STAMPA ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, FESTSPIELHAUS BADEN-BADEN EASTER FESTIVAL

27.3–5.4.2021

BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER

KIRILL PETRENKO Tchaikovsky’s Mazeppa and Rachmani- is something the eponymous hero of noff’s Francesca da Rimini: two operas Mazeppa experiences firsthand, as a that already speak to us through their Ukrainian who is considered too Russian titles alone. With Mazeppa we can hear by his countrymen and too Ukrainian the Eastern sounds approaching, but by the Russians. And as if there weren’t Francesca da Rimini? An Italian subject enough confusion already, Mozart’s Re- set to music by a Russian composer? quiem also enters into the picture – a THET EASTER FESTIVAL And so we find ourselves immersed in work that invites us to discover the Rus- WITH THE BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER the theme of this year’s Easter Festival: sian Mozartian through the lens of his LOOKS TOWARD THE EAST. the question of identity. In Russia this great predecessor. Mozart’s primacy of was an essential part of the cultural melody, the tender woodwind passages, conversation, with the “westerners” on the omnipresent sighs – all these turn Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, the one hand, and those who demanded up in Tchaikovsky’s music as well. Mo- and Shostakovich were in love with a distinctive and purely Russian musical zart’s courtly society and the city life of language on the other. The Festival’s Tchaikovsky’s time share a delight in melody, an infatuation that was entirely chamber music program in particular sumptuousness and flirtation. And with due to the influence of Tchaikovsky. will be showcasing proponents of both Tchaikovsky, this includes not only Mos­ schools. However, aesthetic ideals are cow, but Paris and Florence as well. The Easter Festival will be one thing and practical reality another. His international orientation serves as offering the opportunity to discover Tchaikovsky already found himself in a connecting link with Rachmaninoff, these composers anew – while conflict with this reality: though he him- who loved the sound of the American self was regarded as a Westerner, he brass and influenced American com­ surprising us with two rarely heard chose, with his Mazeppa, a subject that posers in his turn. operas: a staged production of corresponded to the taste of the Russo- philes. And his Romeo and Juliet Over- Mazeppa and a concert performance ture? Tchaikovsky takes an Italian story of Francesca da Rimini. retold by an Englishman and transposes it to an entirely Russian setting. Just how inhumane such categorizations can be

6 7 SAT 27.3.21 MAZEPPA 6 PM P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY PREMIERE THU 1.4.21 6 PM MON 5.4.21 New production 6 PM

The Russian Empire in music: from the very first bars of SPONSORED BY: CHRISTINE AND Mazeppa, we can hear it, that unique atmosphere that one KLAUS-MICHAEL KÜHNE associates with vast Eastern landscapes, and naturally with Tchaikovsky. The composer himself, however, was viewed by BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER his contemporaries as a “Westerner”: someone who adored KIRILL PETRENKO Bizet’s and set himself apart from his colleagues who MUSIC DIRECTOR looked toward the Caucasus rather than to Paris for inspira­ DIRECTOR tion. In reality, Tchaikovsky belonged nowhere. In Rome he AND SET DESIGNER missed the Russian winter, and in the Russian winter he pined ELENA ZAYTSEVA for the Italian sun. This “sitting between two stools” also aptly COSTUME DESIGNER GLEB FLISHTINSKY describes his operatic hero Mazeppa, a Ukrainian at the Czar’s LIGHTING DESIGNER court. With its battle scenes, love arias, and the great madness scene at the end, Tchaikovsky’s opera is absolutely worth dis­ MARIA covering. With the Berliner Philharmoniker and the most cele- VLADISLAV SULIMSKY brated Russian opera director of our time, we can certainly MAZEPPA DMITRY ULYANOV KIRILL PETRENKO look forward to a model interpretation of the work. KOTSCHUBEI Kirill Petrenko is Chief In Russian with German and English supertitles. EKATERINA SEMENCHUK Conductor of the Berliner LJUBOW Philharmoniker and will be leading the Easter opera DMYTRO POPOV productions in Baden- ANDREI Baden in the coming years. PRAGUE PHILHARMONIC CHOIR PRICE IN EUROS: 59 | 89 | 144 | 199 | 233 | 270 | 295 | 360 PYOTR ILYICH DISCOUNTED: TCHAIKOVSKY 54 | 84 | 139 | 194 | 223 | 260 | 285 | 350 MAZEPPA – OPERA IN PERFORMANCE ENDS: APPROX. 9 PM THREE ACTS BASED ON SEATING PLAN A A LIBRETTO BY VIKTOR PETROVICH BURENIN AFTER

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8 9 DMITRI TCHERNIAKOV VLADISLAV SULIMSKY Producer and Mazeppa Set Designer After his triumph at the Golden Mask, Stanislavsky Rimsky-Korsakov Com­ Award, Opera Director of petition in St. Petersburg, the Year: director Dmitri Vladislav Sulimsky joined Tcherniakov, born in 1970 the . in , could fill He made numerous guest entire shelves with theater appearances soon after- awards. With Tchaikov­ ward, including at the sky’s Mazeppa, the artist Royal Opera Stockholm, will be making his Fest- Edinburgh Festival, and spielhaus debut. Oper Stuttgart.

DMITRY ULYANOV EKATERINA Kochubey SEMENCHUK “Dark” basses from Russia Lyubov, Kochubey’s wife are sought-after world­ In Baden-Baden’s Adriana wide, thanks to which Lecouvreur she played Dmitry Ulyanov, born in the adversary of the epon­ Yekaterinburg, received ymous heroine: Russian international engagements mezzo-soprano Ekaterina soon after completing Semenchuk is a soloist of his studies – including at the ensemble of the Mari- the Opéra national de insky Theatre and makes Paris, Opéra de Monaco guest appearances on all in Monte Carlo, and the world’s major stages. Bayerische Staatsoper.

DMYTRO POPOV DIMITRY OLGA PERETYATKO Andrei IVASHCHENKO Maria Ukrainian tenor Dmytro Filipp Orlik The opera houses in Vienna, Popov made his break- After his vocal training Munich, and Berlin, the MET, Milan’s through when he filled in in , Russian , the Opéra Bastille in Paris: for Rolando Villazón. He bass Dimitry Ivashchenko Olga Peretyatko shines all over the previously won the Oper­ continued his studies at world in the most demanding leading alia Competition, found­ the Staatliche Hochschule roles. In 2014 she was seen by half a ed by Plácido Domingo. für Musik in Karlsruhe. million television viewers as a soloist Sir engaged His engagements have in the Concert de Paris. In 2015 the him for Rachmaninoff’s taken him to opera houses Russian soprano received the Italian The Bells with the Ber­ in Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Franco Abbiati Prize. liner Philharmoniker. and Madrid, among other

cities. ACOSTA DARIO RIGHT: SILVERI, WOLFGANG OVCHAROV; ANTON ALEXEY KOSTROMIN; KALININA; KRISTINA DORIS SPIEKERMANN-KLAAS MARIA TORSHINA; TSP; LEFT: PHOTOS

10 11 PAAVO SUN 28.3.21 JÄRVI 6 PM

Berliner Philharmoniker

Paavo Järvi is the scion of a great Estonian dynasty SPONSORED BY: KARIN SIEGEL to which his brother Kristjan and father Neeme also belong.

Among them, Paavo is known as the great perfectionist and LARS VOGT educator of orchestras. From his father he also acquired the PIANO PAAVO JÄRVI curiosity that incites him to seek out the lesser-known master- CONDUCTOR pieces. Placing Prokofiev’s rarely performed Sixth Symphony BERLINER on the program with the Berliner Philharmoniker can thus PHILHARMONIKER be seen as a statement. This musical confession combines the LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN power of Beethoven with Russian lyricism. CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA NO. 5 IN E-FLAT MAJOR, OP. 73 SYMPHONY NO. 6 IN E-FLAT MINOR, OP. 111

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12 13 MON 29.3.21 REQUIEM 6 PM FRI 2.4.21 W. A. MOZART 6 PM

Kirill Petrenko, Conductor

Though it remained unfinished, Mozart’s Requiem is one of the SPONSORED BY: RICHARD AND BETTINA most influential scores of music history. By integrating Gregori- KRIEGBAUM an chorales and Handelian fugue themes into his music, the composer was a forerunner of nineteenth-century historicism. KIRILL PETRENKO CONDUCTOR At the time, the work was regularly performed at large social ROSA FEOLA events, having a lasting effect on the image of Mozart during SOPRANO this period. The instrumentation that included basset horns but PAULA MURRIHY MEZZO-SOPRANO no flutes, oboes, or horns anticipated the reduced orchestral SEBASTIAN KOHLHEPP scorings of composers like Stravinsky. Mozart thus created a TENOR masterpiece that continually radiated its influence toward the TAREQ NAZMI BASS future and whose power and emotional poignancy still take our BERLINER breath away today. PHILHARMONIKER BAVARIAN RADIO CHORUS With German and English supertitles. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART SYMPHONY NO. 25 IN G MINOR REQUIEM IN D MINOR

PRICE IN EUROS: 39 | 65 | 104 | 144 | 169 | 195 | 215 | 260 DISCOUNTED: 34 | 59 | 99 | 139 | 159 | 185 | 205 | 250 PERFORMANCE ENDS: APPROX. 8 PM SEATING PLAN A

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14 15 LISA SAT 3.4.21 BATIASHVILI 6 PM

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

This symphony no longer exists. All radio recordings have been SPONSORED BY: RUDOLF-AUGUST erased, the dissemination of the score is prohibited. Such was OETKER-STIFTUNG the fate of ’s Eighth Symphony after the Second World War. Its lyrical and doubting mood was not in LISA BATIASHVILI VIOLIN keeping with Stalin’s intoxication of victory and the propagan- SEMYON BYCHKOV da machinery of his dictatorship. And it was not by chance CONDUCTOR that the composer made use of techniques borrowed from his BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER great musical predecessors like Johann Sebastian Bach. Who

among his contemporaries could portray both spiritual and PYOTR ILYICH bodily suffering as vividly as the Thomaskantor? Also not of TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO this world are the Canzonetta of the second movement and IN D MAJOR, OP. 35 many other passages from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Violin DMITRI Concerto. In this work the composer climbs from great spirit­ SHOSTAKOVICH SYMPHONY NO. 8 IN ual depths back up to the blooming surface of the earth. From C MINOR, OP. 65 deepest doubt to irrepressible joy. What an evening!

PRICE IN EUROS: 39 | 65 | 104 | 144 | 169 | 195 | 215 | 260 DISCOUNTED: 34 | 59 | 99 | 139 | 159 | 185 | 205 | 250 PERFORMANCE ENDS: APPROX. 8 PM SEATING PLAN A

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16 17 FRANCESCA DA RIMINI SUN S. RACHMANINOFF 4.4.21 6 PM

Concert version of the opera

Kirill Petrenko’s career began with sensational opera perfor- SPONSORED BY: KLAUS-GEORG mances. The influence of this background remains, and thus HENGSTBERGER during this year’s Easter Festival the Chief Conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker will be presenting not the usual one, KIRILL PETRENKO CONDUCTOR but two operas: Tchaikovsky’s Mazeppa and Rachmaninoff’s KRISTINA MKHITARYAN Francesca da Rimini. The latter is a short and tuneful opera FRANCESCA DA RIMINI that combines influences of Wagner and Tchaikovsky. The DMYTRO POPOV PAOLO MALATESTA audience of today’s concert can look forward to a tour de VLADISLAV SULIMSKY force full of vocal and instrumental fireworks and featuring LANCELOTTO MALATESTA sounds that would later influence film music. This concert- ALEXANDER TSYMBALYUK VERGIL version performance presented by a Russian cast of singers DMITRY GOLOVNIN and the Prague Philharmonic Choir will be fittingly intro­ DANTE duced by Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture. BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER PRAGUE PHILHARMONIC With German and English supertitles. CHOIR

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY ROMEO AND JULIET, FANTASY OVERTURE AFTER SHAKESPEARE SERGEI RACHMANINOFF FRANCESCA DA RIMINI, PRICE IN EUROS: OPERA IN ONE ACT WITH 39 | 65 | 104 | 144 | 169 | 195 | 215 | 260 PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE DISCOUNTED: LIBRETTO BY MODEST 34 | 59 | 99 | 139 | 159 | 185 | 205 | 250 ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY PERFORMANCE ENDS: APPROX. 8:15 PM AFTER DANTE’S INFERNO SEATING PLAN A

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18 19 KIRILL PETRENKO In addition to a full schedule of concerts, MON 5.4.21, 11 AM CONDUCTOR members of the Berliner Philharmoniker NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GERMANY still find time to coach talented musici- ans from the National Youth Orchestra AND THE PYOTR ILYICH of Germany, a tradition of the Baden- NATIONAL YOUTH TCHAIKOVSKY Baden Easter Festival that Kirill Petrenko ORCHESTRAL SUITE NO. 3 will also be continuing. The conductor ORCHESTRA IN G MAJOR OP. 55 will rehearse Tchaikovsky’s Third Or- OF GERMANY chestral Suite with the young artists, one PRICE IN EUROS: of the composer’s most beautiful works P. I. Tchaikovsky: 40 | 50 | 60 and a genuine discovery. The Suite offers Orchestral Suite No. 3 DISCOUNTED: 35 | 45 | 55 an acoustic glimpse of the world of the PERFORMANCE ENDS: Russian „salon“: domestic happiness, APPROX. 12 AM waltzes, fugues, polonaises, Orthodox BÉNAZETSAAL, liturgical music, and sleigh rides – an KURHAUS audible testimony of the newly-estab­ lished Russian bourgeoisie in the nine- teenth century.

SUN 28.3.21, 2 PM A little gem that makes a big impression: SPONSORED BY: many a listener has fallen in love with T. VON ZASTROW TUE 30.3.21, 6 PM FOUNDATION Mozart’s Zaide. For his first seraglio SAT 3.4.21, 2 PM opera, the composer called upon the VOCAL SOLOISTS most tender sounds. The moving “Ruhe MEMBERS OF THE sanft, mein holdes Leben” is one of two BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER ZAIDE “Bildnis” arias. A famous third one –

DAS SERAIL from Die Zauberflöte – is more elabora- A COOPERATION W. A. MOZART te and polished, yet the music of Zaide OF THE FESTSPIELHAUS touches our heart perhaps even more. BADEN-BADEN, BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER, AND As a German-language opera seria, Opera and youth project at THEATER BADEN-BADEN the Theater Baden-Baden Zaide was too avant-garde for its time. During this Festival we will be presen- ting it with young musicians and mem- bers of the Berliner Philharmoniker. As part of their school projects, students PRICE IN EUROS: 47 | 67 | 90 DISCOUNTED: 43 | 63 | 86 will be attending the performances, PRICE FOR STUDENTS IN EUROS: 15 which are suitable for listeners of all ages. PERFORMANCE ENDS: APPROX. 3:30 | 7:30 | 3:30 PM

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20 21 CHAMBER MUSIC AT THE EASTER FESTIVAL

SUN 28.3.21, 3:30 PM TUE 30.3.21, 11 AM

CHAMBER MUSIC I CHAMBER MUSIC III Kulturhaus LA8 Florentiner Saal, Casino Baden-Baden N. Miaskovsky: String Quartet No. 11 op. 67/2 P. I. Tchaikovsky “Reminiscences” | P. I. Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat minor op. 30 THE CHAMBERT MUSIC PROGRAM OF THE BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER WILL BE String Quartet No. 1 in D major op. 11 VENUS ENSEMBLE DEVOTED TO RUSSIAN COMPOSERS. PHILHARMONIC STRING QUARTET KOTOWA MACHIDA, RACHEL SCHMIDT VIOLIN DORIAN XHOXHI, HELENA MADOKA BERG VIOLIN JULIA GARTEMANN VIOLA KYOUNGMIN PARK VIOLA SOLÈNE KERMARREC CELLO CHRISTOPH HEESCH CELLO German fugues or Russian folk songs? TUE 30.3.21, 2 PM MON 29.3.21, 3:30 PM This question of musical aesthetics, CHAMBER MUSIC IV which once dominated the cultural CHAMBER MUSIC II Katholische Kirche St. Bernhard Museum Frieder Burda O. Böhme: Trumpet Sextet E-flat minor op. 30 conversation in Moscow and St. Peters- N. Roslavets: Piano Trio No. 2 SARAH WILLIS HORN burg, remains relevant in Russia today. A. Arensky: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor op. 32 GUILLAUME JEHL, TAMÁS VELENCZEI, FEININGER TRIO ANDRE SCHOCH TRUMPET To preserve one’s own tradition, CHRISTOPH STREULI VIOLIN OLAF OTT TROMBONE DAVID RINIKER CELLO ALEXANDER VON PUTTKAMER TUBA or open oneself to the West? ADRIAN OETIKER PIANO O. Böhme: Nachtmusik op. 44 No. 1 and 2 Both the answers and the works V. Ewald: Quintet No. 1 in B minor op. 5, Quintet No. 3 D-flat major op. 7 themselves were diverse – but always SARAH WILLIS HORN absolutely worth hearing. GUILLAUME JEHL, TAMÁS VELENCZEI TRUMPET OLAF OTT TROMBONE ALEXANDER VON PUTTKAMER TUBA

PRICE IN EUROS: 25 | DISCOUNTED: 21 OPEN SEATING

22 23 CHAMBER MUSIC AT THE EASTER FESTIVAL

TUE 30.3.21, 4 PM FRI 2.4.21, 11 AM SAT 3.4.21, 3:30 PM MON 5.4.21, 2 PM

CHAMBER MUSIC V CHAMBER MUSIC VIII CHAMBER MUSIC X CHAMBER MUSIC XIII Kulturhaus LA8 Weinbrennersaal, Kurhaus Runder Saal, Kurhaus Runder Saal, Kurhaus M. Glinka: String Quartet No. 2 F major M. Glinka: Trio Pathétique (D minor) P. I. Tchaikovsky: Trio in A minor op. 50 Rimsky-Korsakov/Lyadov/Borodin/Glasunov: N. Rimsky-Korsakov: String Quartet G major WENZEL FUCHS CLARINET “À la mémoire d’un grand artiste” String Quartet on the theme B - LA - F QUARTETT STEFAN SCHWEIGERT BASSOON PHILHARMONIA PIANO TRIO (Serenata all spagnola) AMADEUS HEUTLING, RAIMAR ORLOVSKY VIOLIN ÖZGÜR AYDIN PIANO PHILIPP BOHNEN VIOLIN ALEKSANDAR IVIĆ, ANNA MEHLIN VIOLIN MATTHEW HUNTER VIOLA NIKOLAUS RÖMISCH CELLO JULIA GARTEMANN VIOLA N. Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet for flute, NN CELLO KYOKO HOSONO PIANO SOLÈNE KERMARREC CELLO clarinet, horn, bassoon, and piano A. Rubinstein: Piano Quintet G minor op. 99 THU 1.4.21, 11 AM EMMANUEL PAHUD FLUTE SUN 4.4.21, 3:30 PM WENZEL FUCHS CLARINET ALEKSANDAR IVIĆ, ANNA MEHLIN VIOLIN STEFAN DOHR HORN JULIA GARTEMANN VIOLA CHAMBER MUSIC VI CHAMBER MUSIC XI STEFAN SCHWEIGERT BASSOON SOLÈNE KERMARREC CELLO Runder Saal, Kurhaus ÖZGÜR AYDIN PIANO Weinbrennersaal, Kurhaus ÖZGÜR AYDIN PIANO S. Rachmaninoff: A. Arensky: String Quartet op. 35 for violin, Trio élégiaque No. 2 in D minor op. 9 FRI 2.4.21, 2:30 PM viola, and two cellos “À la mémoire d’un grand artiste” BASTIAN SCHÄFER VIOLIN CORNELIA GARTEMANN VIOLIN CHAMBER MUSIC IX IGNACY MIECZNIKOWSKI VIOLA DIETMAR SCHWALKE CELLO Weinbrennersaal, Kurhaus STEPHAN KONCZ, NN CELLO ALEXANDER MALTER PIANO M. Glinka: Gran Sestetto Originale for piano A. Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 D major and String Quintet E-flat major THU 1.4.21, 2 PM NOAH BENDIX-BALGLEY, MARLENE ITO VIOLIN S. Lyapunov: Sextet for piano and string quintet NAOKO SHIMIZU VIOLA op. 63 LUDWIG QUANDT CELLO CHAMBER MUSIC VII DORIAN XHOXHI, ANGELO DE LEO VIOLIN Runder Saal, Kurhaus SEBASTIAN KRUNNIES VIOLA MON 5.4.21, 11 AM A. Rubinstein: String Sextet D major op. 97 NN CELLO R. Glière: String Sextet No. 3 op. 11 MICHAEL KARG DOUBLE BASS NN PIANO THE PHILHARMONIC SALON: CORNELIA GARTEMANN, CHAMBER MUSIC XII CHRISTOPH VON DER NAHMER VIOLIN Orangerie, Brenners Park-Hotel JULIA GARTEMANN, MARTIN VON DER NAHMER VIOLA MARTIN MENKING, KNUT WEBER CELLO GÖTZ TEUTSCH CONCEPTION AND DIRECTION CORDELIA HÖFER PIANO MEMBERS OF THE BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER

PRICE IN EUROS: 25 | DISCOUNTED: 21 OPEN SEATING

24 25 OUR SPRING RESIDENCE

TRAVELING TO THE EASTER FESTIVAL 26.3– 4.4.2021

We bring you close to the music – leave the organization to us! Our cultural tours combine group visits to Festspielhaus events with exclusive cultural workshops as well as enjoyable excursions with an expert tour guide – and all this together with people who share an enthusiasm for classical music, art, refined living, and the city of Baden-Baden. We’ll also be happy to book extra nights and visits to other events for you on

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SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 2021 TOUR PACKAGE INCLUDES STARS After breakfast it’s time for a guided city tour with the theme “Russian History in Baden-Baden.” You’ll 3 nights with breakfast at the five-star hotel Berliner Philharmoniker in Baden-Baden have the afternoon free – visit our Festival Lounge Maison Messmer Baden-Baden or enjoy a delicious piece of cake and cup of coffee 1 category 2 ticket for the opera Mazeppa – P. I. March 26–29, 2021 in one of the city’s cafés. In the evening, transfer to Tchaikovsky the Festspielhaus. Today you’ll hear the Berliner Philharmoniker under the musical direction of Paavo 1 category 2 ticket for the concert Järvi. After the concert you’ll be served a four-course with Paavo Järvi If we ask people in Russia what famous German gala meal, designed by Harald Wohlfahrt, in the city comes to mind, after Berlin we’re likely to hear Festspielhaus’s own restaurant. Return trip 1 four-course gala meal at AIDA restaurant the name of Baden-Baden. For over 200 years, strong to your hotel. including drinks cultural and personal ties have existed between the vast empire and the little musical city in the Black MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2021 1 intermission package with glass of champagne Forest. We will be tracing these back to their roots Breakfast in hotel and departure. as we are joined by the Berliner Philharmoniker Exclusive opera workshop in offering a musical testimony to a very special Welcome cocktail relationship.

1 three-course meal at JB Messmer restaurant FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 2021 including drinks After arriving at your five-star hotel Maison Messmer Baden-Baden, you’ll join the group in the evening 1 three-course lunch in Baden-Baden for a welcome cocktail at the hotel bar, followed by a three-course meal at the hotel’s JB Messmer 1 guided city tour, theme “Russian History gourmet restaurant. in Baden-Baden”

SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2021 Local tour guide After breakfast, you’ll learn more about Tchaikov­ sky’s rarely performed opera Mazeppa and its new Outings and transfers according to program production at the Easter Festival in Baden-Baden. Then we’ll serve you lunch in one of Baden-Baden’s Evening activities, cloakroom service, tourist tax restaurants. You’ll have the rest of the afternoon free. In the evening, transfer to the Festspielhaus. PRICES You’ll experience the premiere of the production Package price per person of Tchaikovsky’s opera Mazeppa under the musical In double room: € 1,620 direction of Kirill Petrenko with the Berliner Phil­ Single room surcharge: € 240 harmoniker. During intermission you’ll enjoy a snack Minimum/maximum number of participants: and a glass of champagne at the AIDA Restaurant. 15/25 persons Return trip to your hotel. PHOTOS: MONIKA RITTERSHAUS, BADEN-BADEN KUR & TOURISMUS GMBH KUR & TOURISMUS BADEN-BADEN MONIKA RITTERSHAUS, PHOTOS:

28 29 MELODIC MASTERPIECES TOUR PACKAGE INCLUDES 3 nights with breakfast in four-star superior Mozart, Shostakovich, and Tchaikovsky hotel Der Kleine Prinz with the Berliner Philharmoniker 1 category 2 ticket for Requiem – W. A. Mozart April 1– 4, 2021 1 four-course gala meal at AIDA Restaurant including drinks

Lyricism, lust for life, and lofty matters? In music, evening for a welcome cocktail in the hotel bar, 1 intermission package with glass of champagne it’s never half way. From this year’s Easter Festival followed by a three-course meal at the hotel’s with the Berliner Philharmoniker, we’ve chosen gourmet restaurant. Exclusive music workshop two very special concerts and combined them into a cultural tour. You’ll travel in your imagination GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2021 Welcome cocktail from Vienna to Moscow and much further – all the After breakfast you’ll enjoy an exclusive introduction will feature Mozart’s Requiem with the Berliner 1 three-course meal at hotel restaurant including way to . to the concert programs that have been selected Philharmoniker. After the concert you’ll be served a drinks for you. You’ll have the afternoon free – visit our four-course gala meal, designed by Harald Wohlfahrt, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2021 Festival Lounge or enjoy a delicious piece of cake in the Festspielhaus’s own AIDA restaurant. Excursion to Maulbronn Monastery with After arriving at your four-star superior hotel and cup of coffee in one of the city’s cafés. In the Return trip to your hotel. thematic guided tour and lunch Der Kleine Prinz, you’ll join the group in the evening, transfer to the Festspielhaus. The program HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2021 Local tour guide Your day begins with a bus trip to Maulbronn Monastery, a historic UNESCO World Heritage Outings and transfers according to program Site. Here you’ll take part in a thematic guided tour entitled “Maulbronn, Monks, and Maultaschen.” Evening activities, cloakroom service, tourist tax During the tour you’ll learn about the history and everyday life of the monks along with the legendary PRICES story of how Maultaschen were invented. This re- Package price per person gional specialty will then be served as part of a In double room: € 1,640 hearty meal and accompanied by a glass of wine – Single room surcharge: € 225 culture and cuisine in the cloister! Followed by return Minimum/maximum number of participants: trip to your hotel in Baden-Baden. In the evening, 15/25 persons transfer to the Festspielhaus for Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with Lisa Batiashvili and Shosta­ kovich’s Eighth Symphony, conducted by Semyon Bychkov. During the intermission you’ll enjoy a snack and a glass of champagne at the AIDA Restaurant. Return trip to your hotel.

EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2021 Breakfast in hotel and departure. PHOTOS: SAMMY HART, KLOSTER MAULBRONN KLOSTER HART, SAMMY PHOTOS:

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A simple call is enough – we will be delighted to GOLD PACKAGE organize your stay in Baden-Baden. You’re traveling Two nights with breakfast, four-course gala meal at to Baden-Baden for a Festspielhaus event? Book the AIDA restaurant (designed by Harald Wohl- one of our Festspielhaus packages to go along with fahrt), reserved seats for introductory lecture, drink your tickets! You’ll enjoy two nights’ accommodation during the intermission, program booklet, cloakroom with breakfast in selected hotels plus a number service, admission to Museum Frieder Burda, tou- of extras. For each Festspielhaus event, choose rist tax. from the following options:

SILVER PACKAGE Two nights with breakfast in selected hotel, intermission package, program booklet, cloakroom service, admission to Museum Frieder Burda, tourist tax.

HOTELS SILVER GOLD

Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa ***** S € 1,450 € 1,690

Maison Messmer Baden-Baden ***** € 710 € 960

Roomers Baden-Baden ***** € 650 € 870

Belle Epoque **** S € 610 € 840

Der Kleine Prinz **** S € 590 € 820

Radisson Blu Badischer Hof **** S € 570 € 820

Magnetberg *** S € 490 € 740

Bad Hotel zum Hirsch **** € 480 € 720

Vienna Townhouse Batschari Baden-Baden **** € 470 € 680

Hotel Holiday Inn Express *** S € 380 € 610

Tickets are not included, single room available upon request THOMAS STRAUB PHOTO:

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BRENNERS PARK-HOTEL & SPA ***** S ROOMERS BADEN-BADEN ***** RADISSON BLU BADISCHER HOF **** S VIENNA TOWNHOUSE BATSCHARI B.-B. **** One of the oldest and most sophisticated hotels Baden-Baden’s luxury design hotel right next to Formerly a cloister with a 190-year hotel tradition. This modern hotel stands out through its attrac- in Europe, richly steeped in tradition and located the Festspielhaus, with its own lounge/bar/rooftop In some of the guest rooms, thermal waters flow tive location, spacious facilities, and exceptional directly on Lichtentaler Allee. terrace and the pan-Asian restaurant “moriki.” directly into the bath tubs. The only hotel with a amenities. Just 200 m from the Festspielhaus. www.brenners.com, www.fritzxfelix.com www.roomers-badenbaden.com thermal swimming pool. www.viennahouse.com www.radissonblu.com/hotel-badenbaden

MAISON MESSMER BADEN-BADEN ***** BELLE EPOQUE AND HELIOPARK BAD HOTEL HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS *** S A modern deluxe hotel offering an exclusive ambi­ DER KLEINE PRINZ **** S ZUM HIRSCH **** Combining contemporary design with friendly ence and a variety of culinary options. Central The Hotel Belle Époque is famous for its eponymous Hotel in the historic city center with running service at affordable prices, the Holiday Inn Express location close to the Kurhaus. Superb spa facilities. decor, while every room in Der Kleine Prinz is de- thermal water in some rooms, antique furniture, in Baden-Baden is only a few minutes’ walk from www.hommage-hotels.com signed in a different style. French gourmet cuisine. and paintings in Belle Époque style. the Festspielhaus. www.hotel-belle-epoque.de and www.heliopark-hirsch.de www.hiexpress.com www.derkleineprinz.de

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If you would prefer to stay at another hotel of TRAVEL CANCELLATION INSURANCE PAYMENT METHOD CANCELLATION your choice, please let us know and we will amend We recommend that you purchase travel cancellation We accept payment by bank transfer, MasterCard, Cancellations are subject to the terms of cancellation your package accordingly (subject to availability). coverage. Please see the table below for informa- Visa, or American Express, as well as Festspiel- as specified in the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden’s If you would like to extend your stay in Baden- tion on insurance premiums. Insurance cover can haus gift vouchers. general terms and conditions for tour packages, Baden, we will be happy to book additional nights be purchased at the time of booking. Please make which are printed overleaf for your convenience. at your selected hotel. sure you are not already covered, e.g. by a policy TRAVEL DOCUMENTS included in your credit card agreement or similar. Travel documents are generally sent out two weeks CONTACT BOOKING Our insurance policy provides coverage against the prior to the date of travel. If you would like us to For all bookings and enquiries, please contact our After booking your selected tour package, you will following events (subject to submission of evidence): send them out at an earlier date as a gift to some- travel expert Britta Loose and Elisabeth Winkler receive a confirmation/invoice specifying all services death, severe injury, unexpected severe illness, body else, please let us know. by phoning +49 7221 3013 - 446 or - 447 or included in your package. Please note that a deposit breakage of artificial limbs, damage to property, sending an e-mail to [email protected]. of 20% of the invoice total is payable immediately. start of a new employment, or loss of employment. CHANGES TO THE TOUR PACKAGE Our in-house travel agency is open Mondays to The remainder is payable four weeks prior to your Minor changes and amendments to individual Fridays from 10 am to 6 pm. date of travel and you will not receive a separate PRICE PER INSURANCE PREMIUM parts of the agreed contents of the package that invoice. All items listed under “Package includes” PERSON INCL. TICKETS may become necessary subsequent to the time of are included in the price. Additional expenses, signing the contract and have not been caused by e.g. tips and items from the minibar in your hotel Up to € 250 € 16 the organizer in bad faith are permitted as long as room, are not included in the price. Your package they do not compromise the overall format of the includes category 2 tickets except the arrangements. Up to € 500 € 20 tour package. The organizer is obliged to notify However, we will be happy to upgrade your package the client immediately of any such changes. In the to include category 1 tickets (subject to availability Up to € 750 € 24 event of changes to the program or cast, the booking and a surcharge). Concessions, e.g. for senior citi- remains valid for the new cast or program. In this Up to € 1,000 € 29 zens, or special offers cannot be discounted against case, the client does not have the right to cancel the package price. If you have any special dietary Up to € 1,250 € 35 the booking. requirements such as a vegetarian diet or food allergies or intolerances, please let us know at the Up to € 1,500 € 41 time of booking. Up to € 1,750 € 46

Up to € 2,000 € 53

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AIDA FINE DINING AIDA BAR When conceived his Gesamtkunst­ For the bar’s design, we drew inspiration from werk (“total work of art”), he left out food. But the the old train station atmosphere. Here you can AT fact is, cooking and music have gone well together enjoy small snacks and a wide range of drinks. for ages; not only wine is perfect while chatting about the night’s concert. Enjoy your meal! At the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, every menu item and LOBBY BARS set meal is prepared on location by our in-house At the lobby bars you can choose from a selection of cooks. When you wish to be regaled by our catering drinks, freshly prepared canapés, oven-baked pretzels, team’s culinary delights, you’ll have several options and sweet delights. During the concert intermissions to choose from, savoring their cuisine in our AIDA (around 20 minutes long), we offer intermission restaurant or in selected seats in the lobby. You snacks at reserved tables, with the option of a glass can enjoy world-class dining before or after every of sparkling wine (€ 18) or champagne (€ 22). YOUR event, and during intermissions. For reservations, please call +49 7221 3013 - 101.

AIDA CAFÉ INTRODUCTORY LECTURES Cosy meeting space for breaks in winter – one of We hear what we know – for all operas and sym­ the most beautiful terraces in summer. pho­ny concerts, the Festspielhaus offers an intro- ductory lecture in lobby level 3 80 minutes before the event. It will be repeated 40 minutes before AIDA BISTRO the event. The lecturers often welcome guest artists Cold gourmet delicacies await you in the middle as well. of the lobby, rounded out with an exquisite selection of premium wines together with coffee and cake SER specialties. We’ll be happy to take your reservation DISCOUNTS on +49 7221 3013 - 101. People holding the Baden-Baden Family Pass, seniors, the severely disabled (from 70%), and the unemployed are entitled to a reduced admission AIDA RESTAURANT price. For discounts, ID must be presented at the In days past, this is where first-class travelers entrance. would wait for their trains. Today, the à la carte restaurant provides a supremely elegant culinary setting for your visit to the Festspielhaus. The res- taurant opens two hours before the event begins and serves hot meals up to two hours following VICE the event. For reservations, please call +49 7221 3013 - 101.

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CLOAKROOMS PAYMENT In the interests of security, jackets and coats may You can pay for your tickets by credit card not be taken into the hall. Cloakrooms are located (VISA, American Express, MasterCard), on the ground floor as well as on the second and bank transfer, or direct debit. For online orders, third levels. There is a charge of € 1.50 per item of payment can be made by credit card, PayPal, clothing. or direct debit.

Bank details: OPENING TIMES Festspielhaus und Festspiele The lobby and lobby bars open 90 minutes before Baden-Baden gGmbH the event begins. Food and drinks are also offered during the intermissions and after the event. Deutsche Bank IBAN: DE65 6627 0024 0010 4422 01 BIC: DEUTDEDB662. OPERA GLASSES Sparkasse Baden-Baden/Gaggenau Opera glasses can be rented in every lobby bar for IBAN: DE37 6625 0030 0000 0645 84 a fee of € 2.50. BIC: SOLADES1BAD PHOTO: MYRZIK UND JARISCH PHOTO:

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Information form for the traveler regarding The price of the package tour may only be The traveler is entitled to a price reduction Preliminary information requirements For contracts concluded less than four weeks contract, he/she and the traveler are jointly package tour according to § 651a of the increased if certain costs (e.g. fuel prices) and/or compensation if the travel services according to Art. 250 § 3 EGBGB for before the start of the tour, the total price is and severally liable to the operator for the German Civil Code (BGB) increase and if this is expressly provided are not provided or not properly provided. Festspielhaus packages and Festspielhaus to be paid immediately. tour price and for the additional costs incurred for in the contract, in any case at the latest cultural tours of the Festspielhaus und Fest- by the entry of the third party. The operator Dear Guest, 20 days before the start of the package tour. The travel operator shall provide assistance spiele Baden-Baden gGmbH Withdrawal/termination and change may demand reimbursement of additional The combination of travel services offered If the price increase exceeds 8% of the package to the traveler in the event of difficulties. in booking by the customer/representative costs only if and to the extent that they are to you are considered a package tour within tour price, the traveler can withdraw from Address/contact of your tour operator The customer can withdraw from the tour at reasonable and actually incurred. The operator the meaning of Directive (EU) 2015/2302. the contract. While a travel operator reserves In the event of insolvency of the tour operator Festspielhaus und any time prior to the start of the tour. If the must provide the traveler with proof of the You can thus claim all EU rights that apply the right to increase the price, the traveler or, in some Member States, of the travel agent, Festspiele Baden-Baden gGmbH customer withdraws from the travel contract amount of additional costs incurred by the to package tours. The Festspielhaus und has the right to a price reduction if the payments will be refunded. If insolvency of Beim Alten Bahnhof 2 or does not join the tour, the operator may third party. Festspiele Baden-Baden gGmbH bears full corresponding costs are reduced. the tour operator or, if applicable, the travel 76530 Baden-Baden demand lump-sum cancellation costs as a responsibility for the proper execution of the agent occurs after the start of the package Telephone: +49 7221 3013 - 101 reasonable compensation for the travel Booking modification requests by the customer entire package tour. Travelers are entitled, without payment of a tour and if transport is part of the package Fax: +49 7221 3013 - 444 arrangements made as well as the expenses. with regard to travel dates, accommodation, cancellation fee according to D 14.2 tour pack­ tour, the traveler’s return transport is guaran­ E-mail: [email protected] This does not apply to termination due to force meal type, or type of transport are considered In addition, the Festspielhaus und Festspiele age form § 651 BGB Version 1 11.06.2018 JK, teed. The Festspielhaus und Festspiele Baden- majeure within the meaning of § 651h par. up to 30 days before the start of the tour, Baden-Baden gGmbH possesses the legally to withdraw from the contract and receive Baden gGmbH has insolvency insurance with Accessibility/suitability for persons 3 of the German Civil Code (BGB). The cus- if feasible, for a processing fee of € 25 per required coverage for the reimbursement of a full refund of all payments if one of the R+V Allgemeine Versicherung AG, Raiffeisen- with reduced mobility tomer must declare the withdrawal to the person and any additional costs incurred. your payments and, if transport is included essential components of the package tour, platz 1, 65189 Wiesbaden. Travelers can On a Festspielhaus cultural tour, we use various operator in writing. These lump-sum cancel- After expiry of this period, booking modifi- in the package tour, to ensure your return with the exception of the price, is substan­ contact this agency by mail, by telephone means of transport such as buses or taxis lation costs are, per registered participant: cation requests by the customer can only transport in the event of insolvency. tially altered. If the operator responsible for on +49 611 533 - 0, or by e-mail at [email protected] and stay overnight in different hotels of be processed after withdrawal from the tour the package tour cancels the package tour if they are denied services due to insolvency varying standards. Since we cannot always up to the 30th day before start of the tour contract in accordance with the above- The following are the principal rights under before the start of the package tour, travelers of the Festspielhaus und Festspiele Baden- guarantee accessibility, neither in public 15% of the tour price, mentioned conditions and simultaneous new Directive (EU) 2015/2302 are entitled to reimbursement and possibly Baden gGmbH spaces nor in the means of transport and from the 29th to the 15th day booking. Exceptions to this are the type of Travelers will receive all the essential infor- to compensation. accommodation, our tours are generally not before start of the tour transport and meal type, for which the stipu­ mation about the package tour prior to the suitable for persons with reduced mobility 40% of the tour price, lated processing fee continues to apply. conclusion of the package tour contract. In the case of the occurrence of unusual cir- and other disabilities or handicaps. However, from the 14th to the 7th day cumstances, travelers are entitled to withdraw Website where Directive (EU) 2015/2302 experience shows that with a certain willing­ before start of the tour We recommend that you obtain travel At least one operator shall always be liable from the contract prior to the start of the in the form transposed into national law ness to compromise and accompanied by a 50% of the tour price, cancellation insurance. for the proper provision of all travel services package tour without payment of a cancel­ can be found: www.umsetzung-richtlinie- support person, certain tours from the pro- from the 6th to the last day included in the contract. lation fee, for example if there are serious eu2015-2302.de gram are possible. Please understand that our before start of the tour Cancellation by the operator security problems at the destination that tour guides and bus/taxi drivers cannot take 80% of the tour price, The operator may withdraw from the Travelers will receive an emergency tele- are likely to affect the package tour. D14.2 form package tours according to on additional assistance duties. The Festspiel- from the day of the tour contract prior to the start of the contract phone number by which they can contact § 651 BGB Version 1 11.06.2018 JK haus itself, however, is accessible for persons 95% of the tour price. in the following cases the tour operator or travel agency. In addition, travelers can withdraw from the with disabilities. We will be happy to advise (I) For the package tour, fewer persons have contract at any time prior to the start of the you individually on +49 7221 3013 - 446 from The calculation of the lump-sum cancellation registered than the minimum number of par- Travelers may transfer the package tour package tour upon payment of an appropriate Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm. costs shall be determined with reference ticipants specified in the contract: in this case, to another person within a reasonable time and reasonable cancellation fee. to the time of receipt by the operator of the the operator must declare the withdrawal at frame and possibly at an additional cost. Hotel description customer’s cancellation notice. The operator least 20 days prior to the start of the tour for If, after the start of the package tour, essen- In addition to the hotel descriptions in the shall have a claim to compensation exceeding a travel duration of more than six days, seven tial components of the package tour cannot 2021 Easter Festival brochure, please visit that agreed in the lump-sum cancellation days prior to the start of the tour for a travel be carried out as agreed, other appropriate our website for detailed descriptions of the costs if the operator provides evidence sub- duration of at least two and not more than arrangements shall be offered to the traveler hotels offered: www.festspielhaus.de/plus/ stantiating such claim. six days, and 48 hours prior to the start of the at no additional cost. The traveler can with- hotel-empfehlungen tour for a travel duration of less than two days. draw from the contract without payment of The traveler can declare, within a reasonable a cancellation fee (in the Federal Republic Detailed itinerary period before the start of the tour on a durable (II) The operator is prevented from fulfilling of Germany this right is called “termination”) In addition to the program descriptions in medium, that instead of him/herself, a third the contract due to unavoidable, extraordinary if services are not provided in accordance the 2020 Easter Festival brochure, please party enters into the rights and obligations circumstances: in this case, he must declare with the contract and this has considerable visit our website for detailed descriptions under the package tour contract. The decla- the withdrawal immediately after learning effect on the provision of the package tour of the cultural tours offered: ration is in any case timely if it reaches the of the reason for withdrawal. If the operator services stipulated by the contract and the www.festspielhaus.de/plus#kulturreisen operator not later than seven days before the withdraws from the contract, the operator tour operator fails to remedy the situation. start of the tour. The operator may object to forfeits the claim to the agreed tour price. Payment the entry of the third party if the latter does If the operator is liable to refund the tour Upon conclusion of the contract, a deposit of not fulfill the travel requirements specified price as a result of withdrawal, the operator 20% of the invoice amount is due. The balance in the contract. If a third party enters into the must issue the refund within 14 days after is due four weeks before the start of the tour. the withdrawal.

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Terms and Conditions 1. Conclusion of the travel contract four weeks before the departure date. If con- 5. Changes to the service and price after the 6. Withdrawal/termination and change of tional charges only if, and to the extent that, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden By registering in writing, in person, or by tracts are concluded less than four weeks conclusion of contract booking by the customer/substitute person they are actually and reasonably incurred. The Information about your booking phone, the customer makes a binding offer before the departure date, the full price is Changes to individual travel services and The customer can withdraw from the trip at Organizer must provide proof to the customer to the Organizer to conclude a travel contract. payable immediately. After receipt of payment, departures from the agreed content of the any time before the departure date. If the of the amount of additional charges incurred The receipt of the customer’s registration shall we will send the customer the travel docu- travel contract which become necessary customer withdraws from the travel contract, through the entry of the third party. If the General Terms and Conditions of Travel of immediately be confirmed electronically. ments (vouchers, tickets, etc.) around two after the conclusion of contract and are not or if he or she does not commence the trip, customer wishes to change his or her booking Festspielhaus und Festspiele Baden-Baden Registration by the customer shall also take weeks before the departure date. The custom­ introduced by the Organizer contrary to good the Organizer can demand a flat-rate with- in respect of the date of travel, accommoda- gGmbH for travel events place for all the participants listed in the reg­ er must check all the documents received faith are permitted, provided they are insig- drawal fee as appropriate compensation tion, form of catering, or method of transport, istration, and the customer shall be respon- for correctness regarding those details which nificant and do not adversely affect the over- for the travel arrangements made and the provided it is feasible, account will be taken In cases in which Festspielhaus und Fest­ sible for their contractual obligations as well are within the sphere of the customer con- all nature of the trip booked. The Organizer Organizer’s expenses. This does not apply of this up to 30 days before the departure spiele Baden-Baden gGmbH (hereinafter as for his or her own obligations insofar as he cerned and of the participants listed in the must immediately inform the customer of to termination due to force majeure within date in return for a processing fee of € 25 “Organizer”) operates a package tour or she has assumed a separate obligation to registration. The customer must assert any changes in the terms of contract on a durable the meaning of Section 651 h Para. 3 BHB. per person and any additional costs arising. within the meaning of Section 651 a BGB this effect in the form of an express separate complaints to the Organizer immediately. medium and clearly, understandably, and in The customer must declare his or her with- After this period has expired, the customer’s (German Civil Code) on its own responsibility declaration. The contract shall be concluded No account can be taken of later complaints. a prominent manner. A change is only valid drawal to the Organizer in writing. These wishes to change his or her booking can only and offers it in its own name, the legal when the Organizer accepts the registration. If for reasons of time it should no longer be when it meets these conditions and is declared flat-rate withdrawal costs per registered be dealt with after he or she has withdrawn relationship between the customer and the Such acceptance does not require any parti- possible to send the travel documents out, prior to the commencement of the contract. participant are: from the travel contract in accordance with Organizer is regulated in accordance with cular form. On or immediately after the con- they will be kept at the box office of the In the event of insignificant changes to the the aforementioned conditions and simulta- the General Terms and Conditions of Travel clusion of contract, the customer shall receive Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. program and the cast after the conclusion up to the 30th day before start of the tour neously made a new booking. Exceptions below and Sections 651 a ff. BGB (German the confirmation of travel, which can be issued of contract, the booked trip shall remain in 15% of the tour price, from this are the means of transport and the Civil Code). in writing or electronically on a durable me- 3. Services place with the changed cast or the changed from the 29th to the 15th day form of catering. The agreed processing fee dium. If the details of the travel confirmation The contractual scope of services derives program. In this case, the customer does not before start of the tour will continue to apply here. differ from the registration, the travel confir- from the details in the confirmation of travel. have any right of withdrawal from the trip. 40% of the tour price, mation shall constitute a new offer from the If the Organizer uses brochures, the scope of When due to circumstances occurring after from the 14th to the 7th day 7. Withdrawal by the Organizer Organizer, by which the Organizer shall be services derives from the travel descriptions the conclusion of the contract, the Organizer before start of the tour The Organizer can withdraw from the contract bound for ten days and which the customer in the respective brochure. The details con- can only provide the travel service to the client 50% of the tour price, before the departure date in the following can accept within this period by means of tained in the corresponding publication are by altering one of the essential characteristics from the 6th to the last day cases: (i) When fewer people have registered an express declaration, the payment of a binding upon the Organizer. However, the of the travel service, or by departing from before start of the tour for the travel package than the minimum deposit, the payment of the balance, or by Organizer expressly reserves the right to de- special provisions of the customer that form 80% of the tour price, number of participants specified in the con- commencing the trip. After the contract has clare a change to the details in the brochure part of the contract, the Organizer can offer from the day of the tour tract; in this case the Organizer shall declare been concluded, the text of the contract will before the conclusion of contract; the custom­ a corresponding price increase and require 95% of the tour price. withdrawal at the latest 20 days before the be stored by the Organizer and will be handed er will be informed of this before booking. for the customer, within an appropriate time departure date for a trip duration of more than over to the customer on request. The con- frame, to (i) accept the price increase or (ii) The effective date for the calculation of the six days, seven days before the departure date tractual language is German. The Organizer 4. Dispatch of travel documents withdraw from the contract. Optionally, the flat-rate withdrawal fee is the date on which for a trip duration of at least two and at most shall inform the customer, before the custom­ The travel documents will be sent to the Organizer can also offer a different package the customer’s declaration of withdrawal is six days, and 48 hours before the departure er confirms his or her agreement with the address provided by the customer. Partial tour (replacement tour). After the expiry of received by the Organizer. The Organizer can date for a trip duration of fewer than two days. terms, pursuant to Article 250 Sections 1 to 3 deliveries are permissible provided these are the time period determined by the Organizer, assert higher damages than those agreed in (ii) The Organizer is prevented from comply- of the Introductory Law to the German Civil reasonable for the customer. The Organizer the offer of a price increase or other changes the flat-rate withdrawal fee if it provides evi- ing with the contract due to unavoidable and Code (EGBGB). should be informed immediately if the cus- in the contract is deemed to be accepted. dence of these. Within an appropriate time exceptional circumstances; in this case the tomer has not received the travel documents frame before the departure date, the customer Organizer shall declare withdrawal imme- 2. Payment by seven days before the departure date at can declare on a durable medium that instead diately upon learning of the reason for with- Payments of the price of travel before the the latest. of him or her, a third party shall succeed to drawal. If the Organizer withdraws from the package tour has ended are to be made only the rights and obligations flowing from the contract, he loses any claim to the agreed-upon when there is a valid contract of guarantee package travel contract. In each case the dec­ trip fee. If due to withdrawal, the Organizer for the customer’s money and when the name laration is in due time when it reaches the is liable to reimburse the trip fee, he shall do and bank details of the guarantor were pro- Organizer no later than seven days before the so within 14 days after the withdrawal. vided to the customer clearly, understandably, departure date. The Organizer can refuse and in a prominent manner. The financial entry of the third party if he or she does not 8. Guarantee/redress/withdrawal guarantee certificate will be sent to the custom­ ­ meet the demands stipulated in the travel If it is not possible or reasonable for the er together with the confirmation of travel. contract. When a third party enters into the customer for redress for a deficiency to be A deposit of 20% of the invoice amount is due contract, he/she and the customer are jointly provided via the respective service provider, for payment on the conclusion of contract and severally liable to the Organizer for the the customer shall be obliged to immediately and the handover of the financial guarantee price of the trip and for the additional costs certificate. The balance of payment is due incurred by the entry of the third party. The Organizer can claim reimbursement of addi­

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inform the Organizer of any deficiencies and was not foreseeable or was unavoidable 11. Place of jurisdiction/applicable law occurring and request redress. The Organizer for the Organizer or was caused by unavoid­ The Organizer’s registered office is the com- can refuse to provide such redress if this is able and exceptional circumstances. Liability petent place of jurisdiction, and this contract impossible or requires disproportionate ex- for fault and personal injury remains unaffected. shall be governed by German law, though in pense. Insofar as the deficiencies relate to a both cases only insofar as the customer is a substantial portion of the travel services and 10. Events at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden merchant. the Organizer is not obliged to provide redress, Customers are forbidden to make sound, the Organizer shall provide redress in the form photo, film, or video recordings. Once the 12. Passport, visa, customs, foreign currency, of appropriate compensation in accordance event has started, customers can only enter and health regulations with Section 651 k Para. 3 BGB. A withdrawal the hall as appropriate during a break for late The Organizer shall inform citizens of the by the customer from the travel contract on admissions. The instructions of the personnel EU member state in which the trip is offered account of a deficiency in the trip which has must be followed. If a customer leaves the about the provisions of the regulations con- a substantial adverse effect on the trip is only room or site of the event after being admitted cerning passports, visas, and health before permissible if the Organizer does not provide or during a break, or if the tear-off section the departure date, as well as any changes to any reasonable redress after being given an of the ticket is removed by a third party in- these. Nationals of other states should obtain appropriate period to do so by the customer. structed by the Organizer, the ticket shall lose information from the embassies/consulates No such period is required if redress is im- its validity. responsible for them. It is assumed that no possible, is refused by the Organizer, or if special circumstances (e.g. dual citizenship, immediate termination has been received, statelessness) apply to the customer and other unless the customer has been prevented from participants. The Organizer is not liable for complying with the time limit through no the necessary visas being issued by the respec­ fault of his or her own. Apart from claims tive diplomatic representation and received in his or her own name, the aforementioned in good time. The Organizer is not responsible claims can also be registered by the customer for compliance with customs and foreign for family members traveling with him or her, currency regulations. or in the name of travel participants who were represented by the customer when registering 13. Information about possible for the trip. The traveler’s contractual claims insurance policies on account of deficiencies in the trip according The Organizer wishes to point out that it is to Section 651 i Para. 3 BGB shall expire in possible to take out travel cancellation and accordance with the statutory authorization luggage insurance and also travel health (Section 651 i BGB) in two years, calculated insurance. from the day the travel package is to end according to the contract. If the last day of this period falls on a Sunday, on a nationally 14. Severability clause recognized, general public holiday at the place The ineffectiveness of individual provisions of declaration, or on a Saturday, the next of the travel contract does not affect the ef- working day shall be deemed to be the end fectiveness of the travel contract otherwise. of the period. If the customer has asserted The same applies to these General Terms such claims, their expiry is blocked until and Conditions of Travel. the day on which the Organizer definitively rejects the claims in writing. The cession Version of March 2018 of claims against the Organizer is excluded.

9. Limitation of liability The Organizer’s contractual liability for damages that are not physical injuries is limited to three times the price of travel insofar as damage to the customer is not culpably caused. No claim to compensation can be made insofar as the deficiency is caused by the customer or a third party who is neither the service provider nor involved in any other way in providing the travel service stipulated in the package travel contract, PHOTO: THOMAS STRAUB PHOTO:

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27 MAZEPPA – P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY Premiere 8 28 | 3:30 pm CHAMBER MUSIC I 23

28 ZAIDE – W. A. MOZART 20 29 | 3:30 pm CHAMBER MUSIC II 23

28 PAAVO JÄRVI 12 30 | 11 am CHAMBER MUSIC III 23

29 REQUIEM – W. A. MOZART 14 30 | 2 pm CHAMBER MUSIC IV 23

30 ZAIDE – W. A. MOZART 20 30 | 4 pm CHAMBER MUSIC V 24

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1 MAZEPPA – P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY 8 1 | 11 am CHAMBER MUSIC VI 24

2 REQUIEM – W. A. MOZART 14 1 | 2 pm CHAMBER MUSIC VII 24

3 ZAIDE – W. A. MOZART 20 2 | 11 am CHAMBER MUSIC VIII 24

3 LISA BATIASHVILI 16 2 | 2:30 pm CHAMBER MUSIC IX 24

4 FRANCESCA DA RIMINI – S. RACHMANINOFF 18 3 | 3:30 pm CHAMBER MUSIC X 25

5 KIRILL PETRENKO, NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GERMANY 21 4 | 3:30 pm CHAMBER MUSIC XI 25

5 MAZEPPA – P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY 8 5 | 11 am CHAMBER MUSIC XII 25

5 | 2 pm CHAMBER MUSIC XIII 25

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