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SEASON2020 2021 Sept – Oct

SUN SEASON OPENING 20.9.20 RINAT SHAHAM Judith 6 PM GERALD FINLEY Blue­beard SIR Music Director LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Bluebeard’s Castle (Concert version of the opera) PRICE IN EUROS: 33 TO 150

SAT 26.9.20 FAMILY SONG FESTIVAL 10 AM FRIEDHILDE TRÜÜN Director SUN 27.9.20 Sing Beethoven! Sing-along festival for children 10 AM age ten and adults PRICE IN EUROS: 25 | TWO-DAY WORKSHOP FINAL: SUN 27.9.20, 4 PM – FREE ADMISSION

SAT 3.10.20 NACHTSTÜCKE 6 PM Three Ballets by SUN 4.10.20 JOHN NEUMEIER Choreography and 5 PM Costume Designer HAMBURG BALLETT JOHN NEUMEIER Baritone JAMES BAILLIEU Vaslaw: Music by Bach | Um Mitternacht (Rückert-Lieder): Music by Mahler | Nocturnes: Music by Chopin PRICE IN EUROS: 22 TO 110

FRI 9.10.20 LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS 8 PM Ballet by John Neumeier SAT 10.10.20 Music by Chopin 6 PM JOHN NEUMEIER Choreography and Producer JÜRGEN ROSE Set Designer and Costume Designer SUN 11.10.20 HAMBURG BALLETT JOHN NEUMEIER 5 PM MICHAŁ BIAŁK, ONDŘEJ RUDČENKO Piano MARKUS LEHTINEN Music Director PHILHARMONIE BADEN-BADEN PRICE IN EUROS: 19 TO 130

SUN BALLET WORKSHOP 11.10.20 JOHN NEUMEIER Moderator 11 AM HAMBURG BALLETT JOHN NEUMEIER PRICE IN EUROS: 9 TO 40 FRI SOL GABETTA AND JAKUB HRŮŠA 23.10.20 BAMBERG SYMPHONY 8 PM Elgar: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 “Romantic” PRICE IN EUROS: 22 TO 110

SUN DIANA TISHCHENKO 25.10.20 ZOLTÁN FEJÉRVÁRI Piano 11 AM Sunday matinee featuring works by Schubert, Mendonça, Gubaidulina, and Ravel PRICE IN EUROS: 9 TO 40

MON BETH HART 26.10.20 BETH HART Vocals 8 PM JON NICHOLS Guitar BILL RANSOM Drums BOB MARINELLI Bass War In My Mind – Tour 2020 PRICE IN EUROS: 34.15 TO 85.75

FRI I 30.10.20 KATHARINA KONRADI Soprano 8 PM MATTHIAS GOERNE Baritone THOMAS HENGELBROCK Conductor BALTHASAR NEUMANN CHOIR, SOLOISTS, AND ENSEMBLE Schreker: Psalm 116 Brahms: A German PRICE IN EUROS: 22 TO 150

SAT THOMAS HENGELBROCK II 31.10.20 FATMA SAID Soprano 6 PM THOMAS HENGELBROCK Conductor ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE Strauss II: Waltzes and Operetta arias Brahms: Hungarian Dances No. 2, 8, 19, and 10, Symphony No. 4 in E minor PRICE IN EUROS: 22 TO 110

November

SUN THOMAS HENGELBROCK III 1.11.20 THOMAS HENGELBROCK Director 11 AM BALTHASAR NEUMANN CHOIR Sunday matinee featuring works by Brahms, Schumann, and Mendelssohn PRICE IN EUROS: 14 TO 70 FRI 6.11.20 8 PM ROSSINI: LA CENERENTOLA SUN 8.11.20 Comic opera – semi-staged performance 4 PM CECILIA BARTOLI Angelina MAXIM MIRONOV Don Ramiro CARLOS CHAUSSON Don Magnifico PIETRO SPAGNOLI Dandini ROSA BOVE Tisbe SEN GUO Clorinda JOSÉ COCA LOZA Alidoro GIANLUCA CAPUANO Music Director LES MUSICIENS DU PRINCE – MONACO PRICE IN EUROS: 33 TO 230

FRI AND 13.11.20 ANTONIO PAPPANO 8 PM ORCHESTRA DELL’ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA Wagner: Overture to the opera “Das Liebesverbot” Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, symphonic suite based on “One Thousand and One Nights” PRICE IN EUROS: 29 TO 130

SAT ELĪNA GARANČA 14.11.20 MALCOLM MARTINEAU Piano 6 PM Recital with songs by Strauss and Rachmaninoff and also Zarzuelas PRICE IN EUROS: 22 TO 110

SUN TILL BRÖNNER 15.11.20 New material from his album “On Vacation,” 7 PM accompanied by other musicians PRICE IN EUROS: 19 TO 90

AUTUMN FESTIVAL 28.11–6.12.2020

SAT THOMAS HENGELBROCK IV 28.11.19 Festival opening 6 PM FAZIL SAY Piano THOMAS HENGELBROCK Conductor Zimmermann: Heroische Prosodie Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major “Eroica” PRICE IN EUROS: 29 TO 130 SUN 29.11.20 STRAUSS: SALOME 5 PM Music Director PREMIERE PHILIPP STÖLZL Producer SUN 6.12.20 EVGENIA MURAVEVA Salome 5 PM ANDREI POPOV Herodes EVELYN HERLITZIUS Herodias MICHAEL VOLLE Jochanaan MUNICH PHILHARMONIC PRICE IN EUROS: 39 TO 260

MON MUSIC AT THE MUSEUM 30.11.20 RAPHAELA GROMES Cello 7 PM JULIAN RIEM Piano Works by Strauss, Rossini, and Castelnuovo-Tedesco PRICE IN EUROS: 40 | MUSEUM FRIEDER BURDA

December

TUE 1.12.20 KRIBBEL 10 AM AND OORKAAN Amsterdam 3 PM TIEMO WANG Violin and Voice WED 2.12.20 VITALY MEDVEDEV Percussion and Dance 10 AM AND SARAH REYNOLDS Dance and Voice CAECILIA THUNNISSEN Director 3 PM LEONARD EVERS Compositions MILENA SIDOROVA Choreography Scenic concert for children between age two and four PRICE IN EUROS: 10

FRI DIANA DAMRAU AND 4.12.20 NICOLAS TESTÉ 8 PM ROYAL AFFAIRS – Kings and Queens of Opera IVAN REPUŠIĆ Conductor MUNICH RADIO ORCHESTRA Opera arias and duets, among others by Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, and Verdi PRICE IN EUROS: 15 TO 110

SAT VALERY GERGIEV AND MAO FUJITA 5.12.20 MUNICH PHILHARMONIC 6 PM Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Berlioz: Suite from “Romeo and Juliet” Strauss: Death and Transfiguration PRICE IN EUROS: 29 TO 130 FRI MAX RAABE AND 11.12.20 PALAST ORCHESTER 7 PM Guten Tag, liebes Glück – Tour 2020 PRICE IN EUROS: 19 TO 130

SAT HANDEL: 12.12.20 Oratorio in original language 6 PM JUSTIN DOYLE Conductor JULIA DOYLE Soprano Alto THOMAS HOBBS Tenor RODERICK WILLIAMS Bass RIAS KAMMERCHOR AKADEMIE FÜR ALTE MUSIK BERLIN PRICE IN EUROS: 22 TO 110

SUN ROBIN TICCIATI AND 13.12.20 ALINA IBRAGIMOVA 11 AM ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major PRICE IN EUROS: 22 TO 110

WINTER FESTIVAL 19.12–26.12.2020

SAT 19.12.20 6 PM MARIINSKY BALLET SUN 20.12.20 MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA 5 PM KONSTANTIN SERGEYEV Choreography – after Petipa/Ivanov MON 21.12.20 Ballet in four acts | Music by Tchaikovsky 7 PM PRICE IN EUROS: 19 TO 130 TUE 22.12.20 7 PM

WED 23.12.20 ROMEO AND JULIET 7 PM MARIINSKY BALLET FRI 25.12.20 MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA 2 PM AND LEONID LAVROVSKY Choreography 7 PM Ballet in three acts | Music by Prokofiev PRICE IN EUROS: 19 TO 130 SAT BALLET GALA 26.12.20 MARIINSKY BALLET 7 PM MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA Chopiniana: Mikhail Fokine, Choreography In The Night: Jerome Robbins, Choreography Grand Pas from “Paquita”: Marius Petipa, Choreography Music by Chopin and Minkus PRICE IN EUROS: 19 TO 130

THU ARD NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT 31.12.20 TEODOR CURRENTZIS 5 PM Violin TEODOR CURRENTZIS Conductor SWR SYMPHONIEORCHESTER Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major Stravinsky: The Firebird | Ravel: Boléro PRICE IN EUROS: 19 TO 130

January

SUN CRISTINA GÓMEZ GODOY 10.1.21 SARA FERRÁNDEZ Viola 11 AM MARIO HÄRING Piano Sunday matinee featuring works by Loeffler, Brahms, Bruch, Kahn, and other composers PRICE IN EUROS: 9 TO 40

TUE 12.1.21 STOMP TO The funniest rhythm spectacle on earth SAT 16.1.21 TUE 12.1.21 TO FRI 15.1.21 7:30 PM, SA 16.1.21 3 AND 7:30 PM PRICE IN EUROS: 39.90 TO 89.90

SUN JAN LISIECKI 17.1.21 Piano recital featuring works by Bach, Mendelssohn, 5 PM Chopin, Beethoven, and Rubinstein PRICE IN EUROS: 14 TO 70

SUN MITSUKO UCHIDA 24.1.21 MITSUKO UCHIDA Piano and Director 5 PM MAHLER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 18 and No. 21 Janáček: Mládí (Youth) – Suite for Wind Sextet PRICE IN EUROS: 22 TO 110 SAT JAN JOSEF LIEFERS 30.1.21 Friends of the Festspielhaus Concert 6 PM The Ring on one evening JAN JOSEF LIEFERS Narrator THOMAS MOHR Siegmund/Siegfried NOEL BOULEY Wotan/Wanderer BRIT-TONE MÜLLERTZ Sieglinde/Gutrune MIINA-LIISA VÄRELÄ Brünnhilde HEIKO MATHIAS FÖRSTER Conductor STAATSKAPELLE WEIMAR Music by Wagner | Presented in words by Loriot PRICE IN EUROS: 19 TO 130

February

WED LISA SIMONE 3.2.21 LISA SIMONE Vocals 8 PM HERVÉ SAMB Guitar GINO CHANTOISEAU Bass YOANN DANIER Drums | Jazz Night PRICE IN EUROS: 14 TO 70

SAT BLECHSCHADEN 6.2.21 Works by Strauss, Bach, Mozart, Miller, Lennon/ 6 PM McCartney, and other composers PRICE IN EUROS: 11 TO 55

FRI 12.2.21 SÃO PAULO DANCE COMPANY 8 PM INÊS BOGÉA Director SAT 13.2.21 Agora: Cassi Abranches, Choreography 6 PM Supernova: Marco Goecke, Choreography Anthem: Goyo Montero, Choreography So Tinha De Ser Com Voce: Henrique Rodovalho, Choreography Music by Piraces, Garcia-Leccia, Antony & The Johnsons, Belton, and also Jobim and Regina PRICE IN EUROS: 19 TO 90

SAT LAHAV SHANI AND THE ROTTERDAM 20.2.21 PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 6 PM Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor PRICE IN EUROS: 22 TO 110 SUN DOROTHEE OBERLINGER 21.2.21 AND B’ROCK 11 AM DOROTHEE OBERLINGER Flute DMITRY SINKOVSKY Violin, Countertenor MARGRET KÖLL Harp LEE SANTANA Theorbo, Baroque guitar, Cister, Electric guitar, Composition B’ROCK Works by Handel and Hendrix PRICE IN EUROS: 11 TO 55

SAT 27.2.21 Chopin: Nocturne No. 9 B major, 6 PM Impromptus No. 1 to 3, Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Polonaise in A-flat major “Héroïque” Berg: Sonata for piano Chrennikow: Dance, 5 pieces Gershwin: Three Preludes PRICE IN EUROS: 19 TO 90

SUN MUSA! 28.2.21 ANDREA APOSTOLI Director 2:30 PM MUSA!-ENSEMBLE AND Lullabies by Brahms and others 4 PM A concert for children up to two years PRICE IN EUROS: 10

March

SAT PLÁCIDO DOMINGO 6.3.21 PLÁCIDO DOMINGO Baritone 6 PM SAIOA HERNÁNDEZ Soprano FABIO SARTORI Tenor JORDI BERNÀCER Conductor PHILHARMONIE BADEN-BADEN Arias and duets from Verdi’s most famous operas PRICE IN EUROS: 33 TO 230

SUN VANESSA PORTER 7.3.21 VANESSA PORTER Percussion 4 PM DANIEL WEINGARTEN Sound design Percussion in concert PRICE IN EUROS: 9 TO 40 March

EASTER FESTIVAL BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER 27.3–5.4.2021

SAT 27.3.21 TCHAIKOVSKY: MAZEPPA PREMIERE KIRILL PETRENKO Music Director THU 1.4.21 Producer OLGA PERETYATKO Maria MON 5.4.21 VLADISLAV SULIMSKY Mazeppa 6 PM PRAGUE PHILHARMONIC CHOIR PRICE IN EUROS: 59 TO 360

SUN 28.3.21 MOZART: 2 PM VOCAL SOLOISTS | MEMBERS OF THE TUE 30.3.21 BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER 6 PM PRICE IN EUROS: 47 TO 90 | PRICE FOR STUDENTS SAT 3.4.21 IN EUROS: 15 | THEATER BADEN-BADEN 2 PM

SUN PAAVO JÄRVI 28.3.21 LARS VOGT Piano 6 PM Beethoven: Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 5 in E flat major | Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor PRICE IN EUROS: 39 TO 260

MON 29.3.21 MOZART: REQUIEM 6 PM KIRILL PETRENKO Conductor FRI 2.4.21 ROSA FEOLA Soprano 6 PM PAULA MURRIHY Mezzo-soprano SEBASTIAN KOHLHEPP Tenor | NN Bass BAVARIAN RADIO CHORUS Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor, Requiem in D minor PRICE IN EUROS: 39 TO 260

April

SAT LISA BATIASHVILI 3.4.21 LISA BATIASHVILI Violin 6 PM SEMYON BYCHKOV Conductor Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor PRICE IN EUROS: 39 TO 260 SUN RACHMANINOFF: 4.4.21 FRANCESCA DA RIMINI 6 PM Concert version of the opera KIRILL PETRENKO Conductor KRISTINA MKHITARYAN Francesca da Rimini DMYTRO POPOV Paolo Malatesta PRAGUE PHILHARMONIC CHOIR Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet – Overture fantasy based on Shakespeare PRICE IN EUROS: 39 TO 260

MON KIRILL PETRENKO AND THE 5.4.21 NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA 11 AM Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 in G minor “Winter Dreams” PRICE IN EUROS: 40 TO 60 | BÉNAZETSAAL, KURHAUS

TUE 13.4.21 ICH WAR NOCH NIEMALS TO IN NEW YORK SUN 18.4.21 The musical TUE 13.4.21, WED 14.04.21, THU 15.4.21, FRI 16.4.21 8 PM, SAT 17.4.21 3 AND 7:30 PM, SUN 18.4.21 2:30 AND 7 PM PRICE IN EUROS: 25 TO 150

SUN DIGGIN’ OPERA II 25.4.21 Music theater goes digital 6 PM A school project lasting several months ends with a grand final performance PRICE IN EUROS: FREE ADMISSION

May

SAT NEW WORLD SYMPHONY 1.5.21 PIETARI INKINEN Conductor 6 PM DEUTSCHE RADIO PHILHARMONIE Bernstein: “” Overture, West Side Story – Symphonic Dances | Steiner: Gone with the Wind, Tara’s Theme, The O’Hara Family | Williams: Theme from “Schindler‘s List,” Hedwig’s Theme from “Harry Potter” | Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor “New World Symphony” PRICE IN EUROS: 14 TO 70 SUN BOMSORI KIM 2.5.21 JULIA OKRUASHVILI Piano 11 AM Sunday matinee featuring works by Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, and Waxman PRICE IN EUROS: 9 TO 40

WHITSUN FESTIVAL 13.5–24.5.2021

THU BALLET WORKSHOP 13.5.21 JOHN NEUMEIER Moderator 6 PM HAMBURG BALLETT JOHN NEUMEIER PRICE IN EUROS: 9 TO 40

FRI CHAMBER MUSIC WITH MUSICIANS 14.5.21 OF THE SWR SYMPHONIEORCHESTER 8 PM Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet, and string quartet | Stravinsky: Octet for wind instruments | Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) for string sextet PRICE IN EUROS: 40 | MUSEUM FRIEDER BURDA

SAT 15.5.21 TURANGALÎLA 6 PM Ballet by John Neumeier | Music by Messiaen SUN 16.5.21 JOHN NEUMEIER Choreography and 5 PM Lighting Designer HEINRICH TRÖGER Set Designer ALBERT KRIEMLER Costume Designer for Akris HAMBURG BALLETT JOHN NEUMEIER BERTRAND CHAMAYOU Piano MAXIME PASCAL Conductor SWR SYMPHONIEORCHESTER PRICE IN EUROS: 29 TO 130

FRI FESTIVAL LATE NIGHT 21.5.21 Musicians of the SWR Symphonieorchester and guests 9.30 A surprising jazz evening PM PRICE IN EUROS: FREE ADMISSION | CAFÉ KUNSTHALLE

SAT REPEAT 22.5.21 Listen to a work twice 4 PM RAFAEL RENNICKE Moderator BERTRAND CHAMAYOU Piano MUSICIANS OF THE SWR SYMPHONIEORCHESTER Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps for clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano – Conversation Concerto PRICE IN EUROS: 25 SUN DREAM SONGS 22.5.21 YUVAL WEINBERG Conductor 9 PM SWR VOKALENSEMBLE Works by Wagner/Gottwald, Schumann, Schubert, Messiaen, and Brahms PRICE IN EUROS: 25 | KIRCHE ST. BERNHARD

SUN SWR SYMPHONIEORCHESTER 23.5.21 KHATIA BUNIATISHVILI Piano 6 PM PABLO HERAS-CASADO Conductor SWR SYMPHONIEORCHESTER Wagner: Liebestod from “Tristan and Isolde” (orchestral version) | Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major | Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps PRICE IN EUROS: 19 TO 90

MON MARTIN STADTFELD 24.5.21 FESTIVAL MATINEE 11 AM MUSICIANS OF THE SWR SYMPHONIEORCHESTER Wagner: Siegfried Idyll (original version for 13 instruments) | Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major | Mendelssohn: String octet in E-flat major PRICE IN EUROS: 9 TO 40

SAT 29.5.21 MOVE YOUR BODY! 10 AM JOHANNES HÄRTL Director SUN 30.5.21 LECTURERS AND STUDENTS OF THE 11 AM IWANSON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE From hip-hop to the dying swan – for children and young people age ten to seventeen PRICE IN EUROS: 25 | TWO-DAY WORKSHOP FINAL: SUN 30.5.21, 4 PM – FREE ADMISSION

June

SUN ARIS QUARTETT 6.6.21 Sunday matinee featuring works by Haydn, 11 AM Mochizuki, and Beethoven PRICE IN EUROS: 9 TO 40 SAT SONYA YONCHEVA 12.6.21 DOMINGO HINDOYAN Conductor 6 PM SINFONIEORCHESTER BASEL Arias from operas by Puccini, Verdi, and Bellini PRICE IN EUROS: 19 TO 130

SAT JAZZ FOR KIDS 19.6.21 Swing, Blues, and Beats – for children age five and up 4 PM PRICE IN EUROS: 10

SAT LORENZO VIOTTI AND 26.6.21 ANDREAS OTTENSAMER 6 PM ORQUESTRA GULBENKIAN Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances Strauss II: Kaiser-Walzer | Ravel: Alborada del gracio- so, La Valse | Debussy: Première Rhapsodie for clari- net and orchestra | Milhaud: Scaramouche for clari- net and orchestra PRICE IN EUROS: 19 TO 90

SUN RICHARD GALLIANO 27.6.21 KRISTIINA POSKA Conductor 11 AM WIENER CONCERT-VEREIN Works by Mozart and Galliano PRICE IN EUROS: 11 TO 55

July

SUMMER FESTIVAL 2.7–25.7.2021

FRI SCHUBERT: 2.7.21 JOYCE DIDONATO Mezzo-soprano 8 PM YANNICK NÉZET-SÉGUIN Piano PRICE IN EUROS: 22 TO 110

SAT THE MET ORCHESTRA 3.7.21 JOYCE DIDONATO Mezzo-soprano 6 PM YANNICK NÉZET-SÉGUIN Conductor THE MET ORCHESTRA Berlioz: Excerpts from the opera “Les Troyens,” Symphonie fantastique PRICE IN EUROS: 25 TO 170 SUN BADEN-BADEN GALA 4.7.21 YANNICK NÉZET-SÉGUIN Conductor 5 PM CHRISTINA GOERKE Sieglinde BRANDON JOVANOVICH Siegmund GÜNTHER GROISSBÖCK Hunding THE MET ORCHESTRA Muhly: Liar – Suite from the opera “Marnie” Strauss: Don Juan, sound poem after Nikolaus Lenau Wagner: First act from “The Valkyrie” PRICE IN EUROS: 39 TO 260

SAT BRAHMS CYCLE I 10.7.21 YUJA WANG Piano 6 PM YANNICK NÉZET-SÉGUIN Conductor CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF EUROPE Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B major, Symphony No. 1 in C minor PRICE IN EUROS: 22 TO 110

SUN BRAHMS CYCLE II 11.7.21 ANDREAS OTTENSAMER Clarinet 5 PM YANNICK NÉZET-SÉGUIN Conductor CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF EUROPE Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major PRICE IN EUROS: 22 TO 110

SUN JESS GILLAM 18.7.21 ZEYNEP ÖZSUCA Piano 11 AM Festival matinee featuring works by Iturralde, Poulenc, and others as well as a composition commissioned by Echo PRICE IN EUROS: 40 FLORENTINER SAAL, CASINO BADEN-BADEN

THU 22.7.21 PUCCINI: TOSCA 8 PM Staged Opera SUN 25.7.21 VALERY GERGIEV Conductor 5 PM PAUL CURRAN Director PAUL EDWARDS Set Designer and Costume Designer DAVID JACQUES Lighting Designer SOLOISTS, CHOIR, AND ORCHESTRA OF THE MARIINSKY THEATER PRICE IN EUROS: 29 TO 210

FRI 23.7.21 VALERY GERGIEV 8 PM VALERY GERGIEV Conductor SAT 24.7.21 MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA 6 PM PRICE IN EUROS: 29 TO 130 TICKET SERVICE Tel. +49 7221 3013 - 101: Monday to Friday from 9 am to 6 pm, Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays from 10 am to 2 pm.

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