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The non-profit Festival Hall Baden-Baden Cultural Foandation was established in 2000 by dedicated music lovers andhas since made it possible to run the Festival Hall Baden-Baden on a private basis.

We would like to express our thanks to:Frieder and Elke Burda · Ladislaus and Annemarie von Ehr · Wolfgang and Anneliese Grenke

Henriette and Paul Heinze Stiftung · Klaus-Georg Hengstberger · Klaus and Hella JansonSigmand and Walburga Maria Kiener · Horst Kleiner and Isolde Laukien-Kleiner

Karlheinz and Dagmar Kögel · Ernst H. and Helga Kohlhage · Richard and Bettina Kriegbaum Christine and Klaus-Michael Kühne · Ernst-Moritz Lipp and Angelika Lipp-Krüll Klaus and Kirsten Mangold · Hugo and Rose Mann · Reinhard and Karin Müller

Wolfgang and Françoise Müller-Claessen · Dr. August Oetker KG Hans R. Schmid and Mary Victoria Gerardi-Schmid · Walter Veyhle · Alberto Vilar

Franz Bernhard and Annette Wagener · Horst and Marlis Weitzmann · Beatrice and Götz W. Werneras well as two unnamed foundations

In memoriam: Theo and Gabi Kummer · Margarete Stienen

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Great to see you again! Or perhaps this is the first time you’re visiting us? In

either case, we’d like to welcome you to the Easter Festival with the Berliner

Philharmoniker, this year already marking the sixth edition. Once again the

whole city will be transformed into a stage – the main opera and symphony

concerts will be performed at the Festival Hall, but to experience the many

master chamber concerts and the chamber opera, you’ll have the opportuni-

ty to explore different venues throughout the city. Something we’re confident

you’ll thoroughly enjoy! Baden-Baden is one of the most beautiful cities in all

of Europe, and amazingly, everything here is within walking distance. 35,000

Festival Hall guests from all over the world attended last year’s Easter Festi-

val. Now the excitement continues, with a program that includes Wagner’s sacred

festival drama Parsifal – his musical legacy and one of the most important operas

ever written. Give yourself, and us, the pleasure of being there at the perfor mance.

We look forward to seeing you soon at the Festival Hall Baden-Baden!

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Festival Hall EventsOperas – Concerts

Master ConcertsChamber music for Baden-Baden

Easter Festival 2018Program

A festival of possibilitiesThe Festival Hall Baden-Baden

Art, nature, and lifestyleBaden-Baden

“… our spring residence”Travel arrangements

In a nutshellYour Festival Hall from A to Z

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Berliner PhilharmonikerSir Simon Rattle Music directorDieter Dorn DirectorMagdalena Gut Set designMonika Staykova costume designer

Stephen Gould ParsifalRuxandra Donose KundryFranz-Josef Selig GurnemanzGerald Finley AmfortasEvgeny Nikitin KlingsorPhilharmonia Chor Wien (Chorus Master: Walter Zeh)

Richard WagnerParsifal – sacred festival drama in three acts, libretto by Richard Wagner

Parsifal’s message of hope? Even winter journeys come to an end.

Life comes with its wounds that we must learn to live with – this is what makes Wagner’s Parsifal such a deeply human work. No opera before it had ever been so far removed from entertainment. Instead, the composer suffuses his expressive langua-ge with pain: when Kundry cries out like a wounded animal; in Parsifal’s outpouring of regret at the wasted years of his life; in the hate harbored by Klingsor, the outcast. With bells and trombones, Wagner holds masses for them, penetrating to the wintry depths of their souls before celebrating Good Friday, when the first flowers burst into bloom. In this opera the Berliner Philharmoniker have ample opportunity to draw upon their special strength: the unique individuality of each musician which colors every sound. This is what truly makes the difference – especially in this complete merging of orchestra, that is unique in opera and that Wagner achieves to a level of perfection unparalleled in any other work.

In German with German and English surtitles.

Wagner: PARSIFALStaged Opera

SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2018, 4 PM, PREMIEREGOOD FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2018, 4 PM

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Dieter Dorn became famous as artistic director of the Münchner Kammer-spiele, having played a key role in cementing its reputation as one of the leading theaters. His time there has long since gone down in German theater history as the “Dorn era.” The multi-award-winning director was honored with the Federal Republic of Germany’s Grand Cross with Star of the Order of Merit.

American singer Stephen Gould is one of the world’s leading Wagner heldentenors. He sang Siegfried at the Wiener Staatsoper and Münchner Staatsoper as well as at the Bayreuther Festspiele, where he also gave his debuts as Tannhäuser and Tristan. Honored with the title “Kammersänger of Austria,” he sang his first Parsifal last year under Sir Simon Rattle.

After winning a Second Prize at the ARD Competition, Romanian-born mezzo-soprano Ruxandra Donose began a spectacular international career that has taken her to the world’s leading opera houses: from the San Francisco Opera to the Met, and from the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden to the Salzburg Festival.

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Franz-Josef Selig has established himself as one of the most celebrated interpreters of major bass roles under such renowned conductors as James Levine, Christian Thielemann, and Sir Simon Rattle – during our Mozart cycle, the Festival Hall audience heard him in Die Entführung aus dem Serail.

The role of Amfortas demands an opera singer with extensive ex-perience as a Lied performer, which is why Canadian baritone Gerald Finley attracted our attention. Finley’s Mozart, Schubert, and Schu-mann interpretations have captivated his listeners. The singer is a guest professor at the Royal College of Music in London.

With his dark bass voice, we can look forward to a particularly somber Klingsor: encouraged and supported by Valery Gergiev, bass Evgeny Nikitin once featured in the Mariinsky Ring production at the Festival Hall Baden-Baden, and today the Murmansk-born artist also sings in New York, Paris, Zürich, and Geneva. During the 2017 Easter Festival, the singer appeared as Scarpia under Sir Simon Rattle.

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Richard StraussDon Juan – Symphonic poem, op. 20 Alban BergSieben frühe Lieder for Voice and Orchestra Maurice RavelSheherazade (Trois Poèmes) for Voice and Orchestra Igor StravinskyPétrouchka (1947)

Caviar, champagne, a poor lover, and a rich hus - band – simply put: nothing but the bare essentials.

In the Jugendstil, art and luxury went hand in hand. These were the times when painter Gustav Klimt was still applying layers of gold leaf to his portraits of wealthy industrialists’ wives. If there were a mu-sical Klimt, Alban Berg and Maurice Ravel would share the honors: both created sounds that sparkle like diamonds – for deluxe voices instead of deluxe wives. Which brings us to Elīna Garanča, whose ex-pressive mezzo voice seems tailor-made for delicate explorations of human feeling: we need only recall the sensitive souls of the Viennese and Parisian ladies who were stricken with migraines the mo-ment a sack of rice fell over (“Asie! Asie!” Ravel’s Sheherazade sighs).

Elīna Garanča & Sir Simon RattleBerliner Philharmoniker

SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2018, 6 PM

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Daniel Harding ConductorGerald Finley BaritoneBerliner Philharmoniker

Franz SchubertAn die Musik“Wo bin ich …” O könnt’ ich“ Rezitativ und Arie des Simon aus LazarusAn Schwager Kronos MemnonErlkönigPrometheusRichard StraussEine Alpensinfonie – Symphonic poem, op. 64

Music on a massive scale: Straussʼ Alpensinfonie.

Though French composer Maurice Ravel had absolutely no affinity for the music of his contemporary Richard Strauss, he obtained a copy of each of his scores, well aware that there was much to be learned from his art of instrumentation. Strauss was a magician of orchestral coloration – and of all his works, the most refined combinations are to be found in the Alpensinfonie. The piece is a living text-book on how to use an orchestra and contin-ues to serve as a guide for composers today. For us and many orchestra lovers, hearing this score brought to life by the Berliner Philhar-moniker is a dream come true at last.

Gerald Finley & Daniel HardingBerliner Philharmoniker

MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2018, 6 PM

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MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2018, 2 PMTHURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018, 11 AMHOLY SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018, 2 PMSponsor: T. von Zastrow Foundation

“Ritter Parsifal” Children‘s Opera for ages six and up at the Theater Baden-Baden

Stanley Dodds Music directorVocal soloists Baden-Württemberg music universitiesMembers of the Berliner Philharmoniker

Henrik AlbrechtRitter Parsifal – children’s opera premiere

A cooperation between the Berliner Philharmoniker, Festival Hall Baden-Baden and Theater Baden-Baden.

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Young heroes.

We’re delighted to rise to this challenge of creating an arrangement of Parsifal for chil-dren. Even for adults, Wagner’s final work offers plenty of tough nuts to crack – but the Festival Hall Baden-Baden has ample experi-ence presenting masterpieces of the operatic literature in a form suitable for children. With young singers, a seasoned directorial team, members of the Berliner Philharmoniker, and new compositions based on Wagner’s music, we’ll get to know Wagner’s themes while ex-periencing a premiere: the children’s opera will be performed for the very first time at the Theater Baden-Baden.

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Krystian Zimerman PianoBerliner Philharmoniker

Leonard BernsteinSymphony No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra, “The Age of Anxiety”Ludwig van BeethovenSymphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92

Forever young: Lenny’s finest symphony.

When Krystian Zimerman and Sir Simon Rattle perform Leonard Bernstein’s Second Sympho-ny, they are paying homage to a friend – and to Bernstein’s masterpiece, a sort of Mahler symphony with jazz piano. The work has an inner storyline: it is about young people who set out to find themselves, but not before los-ing themselves first in bars. Leonard Bern-stein was a composer who embodied youth. His music is at once sexy and despairing. In keeping with this spirit, Sir Simon Rattle will be presenting the work in two concerts: today with Beethoven’s Seventh, his dance sympho-ny, and on April 1 with the “Eroica” which, with its youthful boldness, bursts in forcefully upon the scene.

Krystian Zimerman & Sir Simon RattleBerliner Philharmoniker

TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2018, 6 PMSponsors: Richard and Bettina Kriegbaum

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Berliner BarocksolistenDaishin Kashimoto Violin and directionNoah Bendix-Balgley, Daniel Stabrawa ViolinAntonio VivaldiConcerto for violin and orchestra in G major RV 575Concerto in A major for violin and 3 violins “per eco in lontano,” strings and B.c. RV 552

Berlin Philharmonic Winds“Offenbachiade” – Offenbach in the Underworld (arr. as suite for wind nonet by A. Tarkmann)

Sir Simon Rattle ConductorMembers of the Berliner PhilharmonikerBundesjugendorchesterBéla BartókThe Wooden Prince, op. 13 – pantomime in one act to a fairy tale by Béla Balász

Musikfest The Wooden Prince

THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018, 6 PMSponsors: Beatrice and Götz W. Werner

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On young princes and stately kings

Let’s join together and celebrate once again! With the different ensembles of the Berliner Philharmoniker and the National Youth Or-ches tra of Germany. Each year the program is designed to offer something for every music lover. The concert will begin in a lighter vein with Vivaldi and Offenbach, before moving on to the highlight of the program, Bartók’s Wooden Prince – an impressionistic early work full of folk-like melodies and suffused with the com-poser’s admiration of Strauss and Wagner.

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EIván Fischer ConductorVilde Frang ViolinMari Eriksmoen SopranoIngeborg Gillebo Mezzo-sopranoLadies of the Philharmonia Chorus Vienna Berliner Philharmoniker

Béla BartókHungarian Peasant Songs for OrchestraViolin Concerto No. 1Felix Mendelssohn BartholdyExcerpts from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61

What do our violinist and Roma children have in common? The right mentor.

Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang was once pre-sented to Anne-Sophie Mutter, who spontane-ously became her mentor. Since the artist’s debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker last year, she has now entered the upper echelons of her profession herself – and will be joining today with conductor Iván Fischer. In quest of the perfect sound, Fischer frequently reposi-tions his musicians in the orchestra, and doesn’t shy away from making a statement: last year he conducted music from A Midsum-mer Night’s Dream, by the Jewish composer Mendelssohn, on Heroes’ Square in Budapest with dancing Roma children – a clear message, and not only in the Hungarian capital.

Vilde Frang & Iván FischerBerliner Philharmoniker

HOLY SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018, 6 PM

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Sir Simon Rattle ConductorKrystian Zimerman PianoBerliner Philharmoniker

Leonard BernsteinSymphony No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra, “The Age of Anxiety”Ludwig van BeethovenSymphony No. 3 in E major “Eroica”, op. 55

EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2018, 6 PM

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Krystian Zimerman & Sir Simon RattleBerliner Philharmoniker

Forever young: Lenny’s finest symphony.

When Krystian Zimerman and Sir Simon Rattle perform Leonard Bernstein’s Second Sym-phony, they are paying homage to a friend – and to Bernstein’s masterpiece, a sort of Mahler symphony with jazz piano. The work has an inner storyline: it is about young people who set out to find themselves, but not before los-ing themselves first in bars. Leonard Bern-stein was a composer who embodied youth. His music is at once sexy and despairing. In keeping with this spirit, Sir Simon Rattle will be presenting the work in two concerts: on March 27 with Beethoven’s Seventh, his dance symphony, and today with the “Eroica” which, with its youthful boldness, bursts in forcefully upon the scene.

SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2018, 2 PMWEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2018, 6 PM

EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2018, 2 PM

Mozart: DIE GÄRTNERIN AUS LIEBEChamber opera at the Theater Baden-Baden

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Wolfgang Amadeus MozartLa finta giardiniera (The Pretend Garden-Girl) – opera in three acts

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A lovely garden-girl and her delicate seedlings

Rococo operas are unthinkable without young people. Mozart himself was only nine-teen years old when he composed his Pretend Garden-Girl. The story is essentially about – nothing. People who fall in love, blunder about in confusion, and fall into despair when the weather doesn’t happen to be perfect for a rendezvous. This was an age that celebrated the ephemeral, the moment of blossom, the brief instant when tender beauty triumphs over harsh reality. In this spirit, we’re presenting Mozart’s early stage masterpiece with talented young people, academics, and scholarship holders – young artists at the beginning of their careers who already stood out at their very first auditions.

A cooperation between the Berliner Philharmoniker, Festival Hall Baden-Baden, Deutsche Bank Foundation’s Academy Opera Today, and Theater Baden-Baden.

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RUNDER SAAL KURHAUS

TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2018, 2 PMEuropa in den 30er JahrenAlexander Bader Clarinet · Cornelia Gartemann Violin

Özgür Aydin Piano

Works by Khachaturian, Berg, Milhaud, and Bartók

HOLY SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018, 11 AMSchubert und TurnageNoah Bendix-Balgley Violin · Maté Szücs Viola

Bruno Delepelaire Cello · Matthew McDonald Double bass

Yannick Rafalimanana Piano

Schubert: Trout Quintet

Turnage: Commissioned work (world premiere 2017)

WEINBRENNERSAAL KURHAUS

GOOD FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2018, 11 AMZeitliche DistanzenScharoun Ensemble

Dufay: “Nuper rosarum flores” – motet for

the consecration of Florence Cathedral

Dalbavie: Tactus

Yun: Distanzen

Davies: “A sad paven for these distracted tymes”

Bach/Dalbavie: Contrapunctus XIX

Berliner Philharmoniker Master ConcertsChamber music for Baden-Baden

FLORENTINERSAAL CASINO BADEN-BADEN

TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2018, 11 AMBrahms Ensemble BerlinRachel Schmidt, Raimar Orlovsky Violin · Julia

Gartemann Viola · Christoph Igelbrink Cello

Hendrik Heilmann Piano

Schubert: Impromptu, op. 90/4 A flat major and

Quartet Movement in C minor

Schumann: Piano quintet in E flat major, op. 44

EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2018, 11 AMDie Erschaffung der WeltCornelia Gartemann, Christoph von der

Nahmer Violin · Julia Gartemann Viola

Martin Menking Cello · Paul Rivinius Piano

Milhaud: “La Création du Monde”, op. 81b

Franck: Piano quintet in F minor

CASINO BADEN-BADEN

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2018, 9 PMLate Night mit Bolero BerlinMartin Stegner Direction and viola

Raphael Haeger Piano

Manfred Preis Clarinet, saxophone

Esko Laine Double bass

Helmut Nieberle Guitar · Daniel Gioia Percussion

Bolero Berlin “Opera”

Admission to visitors at least 21 years of age with

valid ID or passport. Please observe the dress

code: jacket and shirt for men, tie recommended.

Berliner Philharmoniker Master ConcertsChamber music for Baden-Baden

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HERE TIME BECOMES SPACE, TO QUOTE FROM

WAGNER’S PARSIFAL. A MOTTO WE CAN NEVER

FULLY UNDERSTAND, BUT CAN CONTINUALLY REEXPLORE. MUSIC IS

VERY MUCH AN ART OF SPACE AND TIME,

AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE CHAMBER CONCERTS

FEATURING MEMBERS OF THE BERLINER

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MUSEUM FRIEDER BURDA

MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2018, 11 AMZum Raum wird hier die ZeitHolm Birkholz Violin, singing bowl, musical clock

Manfred Preis Bass clarinet, diatonic accordion

Birkholz: Sonnenuntergang, Sternengeflüster and Sonnenaufgang

MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2018, 2 PMKlangart BerlinElisabeth Rapp Voice · Martin Heinze Double bass · Egor Egorkin Flute

Thomas Leyendecker Trombone · Dominik Wollenweber Oboe

Jan Schlichte Percussion

Cage: Ryoanji

EV. STADTKIRCHE AM AUGUSTAPLATZ

SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2018, 2 PMMystische ErkenntnisTruike van der Poel Mezzo-soprano · Janne Saksala Double bass

Wieland Welzel Percussion, timpani · Egor Egorkin Flute

Predrag Tomić Bajan

Perruchon: 5 Danses Dogoriennes

Gubaidulina: Galgenlieder

KIRCHE ST. BERNHARD

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2018, 2 PMGottes Zeit ist die allerbeste ZeitSoloists · Concerto Melante · Raimar Orlovsky Violin and direction

Saskia Fikentscher Oboe, recorder · Kerstin Fahr recorder

Ulrich Wolff, Heidi Gröger Viola da Gamba

Kristin von der Goltz Cello · Martin Heinze Violone

Léon Berben Cembalo, Organ

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THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018, 11 AMKarajan-AkademieWindquintet and string quartet of the Karajan-Akademie

of the Berliner Philharmoniker

Mozart: Fantasy for Barrel Organ, K. 608

Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik, op. 24, no. 2

Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, “Death and the Maiden”

BÜRGERHAUS NEUER MARKT IN BÜHL

THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018, 2 PMQuartett für das Ende der ZeitAndreas Ottensamer Clarinet · Berliner Philharmonisches

Piano quartet · Daishin Kashimoto Violin · Matthew Hunter Viola

Knut Weber Cello · Markus Groh Piano

Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps

MALERSAAL DORINT HOTEL

HOLY SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018, 2 PMKarajan-AkademieKarajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker

Beethoven: Sextet in E-flat major, op. 81b and Septet in E-flat major, op. 20

ORANGERIE BRENNERS PARK-HOTEL

EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2018, 2 PMDer philharmonische Salon: zeitlose HarmonieGötz Teutsch Narrator and conception · Kotowa Machida Violin

Olaf Maninger Cello · Cordelia Höfer Piano

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Easter Festival 2018Program

Saturday, March 24, 2018

4 pm | Wagner: PARSIFALFestival Hall Baden-Baden

Sunday, March 25, 2018

2 pm | Mozart: DIE GÄRTNERIN AUS LIEBETheater Baden-Baden

2 pm | Mystische ErkenntnisEv. Stadtkirche am Augustaplatz

6 pm | Elīna Garanča & Sir Simon RattleFestival Hall Baden-Baden

Monday, March 26, 2018

11 am | Zum Raum wird hier die ZeitMuseum Frieder Burda

2 pm | „Ritter Parsifal“Theater Baden-Baden

2 pm | Klangart BerlinMuseum Frieder Burda

6 pm | Gerald Finley & Daniel HardingFestival Hall Baden-Baden

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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

11 am | Brahms Ensemble BerlinFlorentinersaal Casino Baden-Baden

2 pm| Europa in den 30er JahrenRunder Saal Kurhaus

6 pm | Krystian Zimerman & Sir Simon RattleFestival Hall Baden-Baden

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

2 pm | Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste ZeitKath. Kirche St. Bernhard am Bernhardusplatz

6 pm | Mozart: DIE GÄRTNERIN AUS LIEBETheater Baden-Baden

9 pm | Late Night mit Bolero BerlinCasino Baden-Baden

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Thursday, March 29, 2018

11 am | “Ritter Parsifal”Theater Baden-Baden

11 am | Karajan-AkademieSpitalkirche

2 pm | Quartett für das Ende der ZeitBürgerhaus Neuer Markt in Bühl

6 pm | MusikfestFestival Hall Baden-Baden

Good Friday, March 30, 2018

11 am | Zeitliche DistanzenWeinbrennersaal Kurhaus

4 pm | Wagner: PARSIFALFestival Hall Baden-Baden

Holy Saturday, March 31, 2018

11 am | Schubert und TurnageRunder Saal Kurhaus

2 pm | “Ritter Parsifal”Theater Baden-Baden

2 pm | Karajan-AkademieMalersaal Dorint Hotel

6 pm | Vilde Frang & Iván FischerFestival Hall Baden-Baden

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2 pm | Mozart: DIE GÄRTNERIN AUS LIEBETheater Baden-Baden

2 pm | Der philharmonische Salon: zeitlose HarmonieOrangerie Brenners Park-Hotel

6 pm | Krystian Zimerman & Sir Simon RattleFestival Hall Baden-Baden

Easter Monday, April 2, 2018

11 am | Die Erschaffung der WeltFlorentinersaal Casino Baden-Baden

4 pm | Wagner: PARSIFALFestival Hall Baden-Baden

Easter Festival 2018Program

Easter Festival 2018Program

A festival of possibilitiesThe Festival Hall Baden-Baden

It all started with an idea: in contemporary Germany, it has to be possible to create an opera house funded by donations and sus-tained by the commitment of its audience. The crowning glory of the 15-year success story born out of this idea, the Easter Festival with the Berliner Philharmoniker, complements the four existing annual festivals, each centered around an opera.

Festivals in addition to a year-round calendar of events at festival level: what is the secret behind this success? A third of our annualbudget is made up of contributions by donors, patrons, members of the Friends of the Festival Hall, and sponsors. This alliance be-tween an opera house and its audience is what sustains and exp-lains the Festival Hall phenomenon: individual donors contribute as much as they want. Every little helps and every donation goes directly into developing the program – and into community outreach work for children and young people. These donations allow us to operate independent of government subsidies and to plan ahead

for the large, labor- and cost-intensive productions that are the Festival Hall Baden-Baden’s hallmark. At the same time, they make it possible for us to respond to the individual expectations of our audi ences and artists. International stars in particular appreciate the exceptional conditions the Festival Hall can offer them for rehears als, as well as the sensational acoustics that encourage

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sustains the artists and inspires them to deliver world-class perfor-mances. Together, our aim is to create moments you will never forget.

That’s the standard we want you to hold us to.

them to risk even the softest pianissimo. Many stars have become like friends over the years, returning regularly for opera, concert, and ballet performances. Speaking of friends: many members of the audience have come to consider the Festival Hall foyer their “lounge away from home.” Visitors from Germany and around the world keep coming back again and again, many of them bringing their family and friends and organizing anniversaries and award ceremonies around musical events.

In this spirit, let us celebrate a feast of opportunities together: withartists who discover something new even in the best-known worksand who help us devise fresh program formats; with our first-rate in-house catering team, which celebrates cooking as an art form and creates culinary delights to complement the events unfoldingon stage; with a perfectly trained service team that is able to anti-cipate our guests’ every need; with audiences whose enthusiasm

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A festival of possibilitiesThe Festival Hall Baden-Baden

A festival of possibilitiesThe Festival Hall Baden-Baden

Emil Nolde, Gerhard Richter, Neo Rauch – these are big namesyou would expect to see in exhibitions in Paris, Berlin, or New York.Unlikely as it may seem, however, they can also be found in Baden-Baden. Famous for its many fashionable mansions, cafés, baths, and spacious parks, the city on the Oos river has long established itself as a cultural alternative to Europe’s great metropolises.

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Baden offers plenty of attractions that have become all but extinctin larger cities: peace and quiet, short distances from A to B, beau-tiful nature, and a lifestyle that delivers enjoyment and relaxation.Art and music are the beating heart of this charming city. Classicalmusic aficionados flock to the Festival Hall and the Weinbrenner-saal in the Kurhaus, while lovers of art and history have a choice of three world-class museums as well as numerous smaller galler-ies and exhibition spaces.

First of all, there is the Frieder Burda collection. Housed in a mod-ern, light-filled purpose-built museum designed by the architect Richard Meier, this is where the large, crowd-pleasing exhibitions of paintings by Nolde, Richter, and Rauch draw huge audiences. The Baden-Baden Bridge, constructed entirely of glass and steel, links the privately run museum with the State Art Gallery (Staatliche Kunsthalle), which showcases a more unconventional, youthful, at

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history is alive and present everywhere you go: in the sumptuous architecture of its thermal baths, the theatre building modeled on the Palais Garnier, the residential streets lined by mansions, and the Kurhaus in the city center. Baden-Baden is close to the French bor-der, and that influence is obvious in the distinct mansard roof ar-chitecture as well as in the city’s Michelin-starred restaurants. Many of its numerous hotels date back to the days when Baden- Baden was the summer capital of Europe and almost every building in the city center was a hotel, while most local people lived on the outskirts. While housing in the modern sense was scarce in the city center, the chances of bumping into the likes of Johannes Brahms, Clara Schu-mann, or Ivan Turgenev were high. One of the most beautiful inner-ci-ty parks of all, the world-famous Lichtentaler Allee has always been a favorite place to promenade and soak up the atmosphere. Thanks to Baden-Baden’s location in one of the sunniest parts of Germany, cypress and orange trees thrive here, while the foothills of the Black Forest and the mountain ranges nearby create a mild and pleasant climate and giant trees ensure that there is plenty of shade.

times deliberately edgy approach to art. Right next door, the LA8 Kulturhaus Baden-Baden hosts the Museum of 19th Century Art and Technology, which is privately run as well. The latter was found-ed in 2009, while the Frieder Burda collection opened its doors to the public in 2004, six years after the inaugural concert at the Festival Hall in 1998. The city of Baden-Baden looks towards the future rather than resting on its historic laurels. Nevertheless, the city’s unique

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Formerly a cloister with a 190-year hotel tradition. In some of the guest rooms, thermal waters flow directly into the bath tubs. The only hotel with a thermal swimming pool. www.radissonblu.com/hotel-badenbaden

RADISSON BLU BADISCHER HOF ****

Hotel recommendations

Combining contemporary design with friendly service at affordable prices, the Holiday Inn Express in Baden-Baden is only a few minutes’ walk from the Festival Hall. www.hiexpress.com

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS ***

Top-quality hotel situated in a central location on Lichtentaler Allee opposite the Museum Frieder Burda and the State Art Gallery. Outdoor café on the Oos river. www.atlantic-parkhotel.de

ATLANTIC PARKHOTEL ****

Hotel in the historic city center with running thermal water in some rooms, antique furniture, and paintings in Belle Époque style. www.heliopark-hirsch.de

HELIOPARK BAD HOTEL ZUM HIRSCH ****

The Hotel Belle Époque is famous for its eponymous decor, while every room in Der Kleine Prinz is designed in a different style. French gourmet cuisine. www.hotel-belle-epoque.de and www.derkleineprinz.de

BELLE EPOQUE AND DER KLEINE PRINZ ****S

Hotel recommendations

A modern deluxe hotel offering an exclusive ambience and a variety of culinary options. Central location close to the Kurhaus. Superb spa facilities. www.dorint.com/baden-baden

DORINT MAISON MESSMER *****

ROOMERS BADEN-BADEN *****

Baden-Baden’s luxury design hotel right next to the Festival Hall, with its own lounge/bar/rooftop terrace and the pan-Asian restaurant “moriki.” www.roomers-badenbaden.com

One of the oldest and most sophisticated hotels in Europe, richly steeped in tradition and located directly on Lichtentaler Allee, with a Michelin-starred restaurant (two stars). www.brenners.com

BRENNERS PARK-HOTEL AND SPA *****S

March 23 to April 3, 2018“... OUR SPRING RESIDENCE”

“worth waiting for . . .”Mini breaks during the Easter Festival

Off to Baden-Baden! has become the Berliner Philharmoniker’s annual spring rite

since they first celebrated their traditional Easter Festival at the Festspielhaus in 2013.

Why not join them on the banks of the river Oos this year? Performances of the opera

“Parsifal” will be at the heart of the 2018 Easter Festival, complemented by Elīna

Garanča, concerts by Gerald Finley & Daniel Harding, Vilde Frang & Ivan Fisher and

Krystian Zimerman and many other musical highlights.

Booking hotline: +49-7221-3013-446 or kulturreisen@festspielhaus.de

“worth waiting for . . .”Mini breaks during the Easter Festival

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A simple call is enough – we will be delighted to organize your stay in Baden-Baden. You’re traveling to Baden-Baden for a Festi-val Hall event? Book one of our Festival Hall packages to go along with your tickets! You’ll enjoy two nights’ accommodation with breakfast in selected hotels plus a number of extras. For each Festival Hall event, choose from the following options:

SILVER PACKAGE2 nights with breakfast in selected hotel, intermission package, program booklet, cloakroom service, admission to Museum Frieder Burda, visitor’s tax

GOLD PACKAGE2 nights with breakfast, four-course gala meal at the AIDA restaurant, reserved seats for introductory lecture, drink at intermission, program booklet, cloakroom service, admission to Museum Frieder Burda, visitor’s tax

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HOTELS SILVER GOLD

Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa ***** S € 740 € 1,330 € 860 € 1,570

Roomers Baden-Baden ***** € 690 € 990 € 810 € 1,180

Dorint Maison Messmer ***** € 570 € 780 € 690 € 1,030

Belle Epoque **** S € 490 € 700 € 610 € 950

Der Kleine Prinz **** S € 490 € 700 € 610 € 950

Atlantic Parkhotel **** € 430 € 690 € 550 € 920

Radisson Blu Badischer Hof **** € 410 € 630 € 530 € 880

Bad Hotel zum Hirsch **** € 380 € 530 € 500 € 770

Magnetberg *** S € 350 € 500 € 470 € 740

Hotel Holiday Inn Express *** € 320 € 380 € 440 € 630

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similar. Our insurance policy provides coverage against the follow-ing events (subject to submission of evidence): death, severe injury, unexpected severe illness, breakage of artificial limbs, damage to property, start of a new employment, or loss of employment.

Payment method We accept payment by bank transfer, MasterCard, Visa, or American Express, as well as Festival Hall gift vouchers.

Travel documents Travel documents are generally sent out two weeks prior to the date of travel. If you would like us to send them out at an earlier date as a gift to somebody else, please let us know.

Changes to the tour package Minor changes and amendments to individual parts of the agreed contents of the package that may become necessary subsequent to the time of signing the contract and have not been caused by the organizer in bad faith are permitted as long as they do not compromise the overall format of the tour

package. The organizer is obliged to notify the client immediately of any such changes. In the event of changes to the program or cast, the booking remains valid for the new cast or program. In this case, the client does not have the right to cancel the booking.

Cancellation Cancellations are subject to the terms of cancella-tion as specified in the Festival Hall Baden-Baden’s general terms and conditions for tour packages, which are printed overleaf for your convenience.

Contact For all bookings and enquiries, please contact our travel expert Britta Loose by phoning +49-7221-3013-446 or sending an email to kulturreisen@festivalhall.de. Our in-house travel agency is open Mondays to Fridays from 10 am to 6 pm.

Bookings are subject to the terms of cancellation as specified in the Festival Hall Baden-Baden’s general terms and conditions for tour packages, which are printed overleaf for your convenience.

you have any special dietary requirements such as a vegetarian diet or food allergies or intolerances, please let us know at the time of booking.

Travel cancellation insurance We recommend that you purchase travel cancellation coverage. Please see the table below for infor-mation on insurance premiums. Insurance cover can be purchased at the time of booking. Please make sure you are not already covered, e.g. by a policy included in your credit card agreement or

If you would prefer to stay at another hotel of your choice, please let us know and we will amend your package accordingly (subject to availability). If you would like to extend your stay in Baden-Baden, we will be happy to book additional nights at your selected hotel.

Booking After booking your selected tour package, you will receive a confirmation/invoice specifying all services included in your package. Please note that a deposit of 20% of the invoice total is payable immediately. The remainder is payable four weeks prior to your date of travel and you will not receive a separate invoice. All items listed under “Package includes” are included in the price. Additional expenses, e.g. tips and items from the minibar in your hotel room, are not included in the price. Your package includes category 2 tickets except the arrangements. However, we will be happy to upgrade your package to include category 1 tickets (subject to availability and a surcharge). Concessions, e.g. for senior citizens, or special offers cannot be discounted against the package price. If

PRICE PER PERSON INSURANCE PREMIUM INCL. TICKETS

Up to € 250 € 16 Up to € 500 € 20 Up to € 750 € 24 Up to € 1,000 € 29 Up to € 1,250 € 35 Up to € 1,500 € 41 Up to € 1,750 € 46 Up to € 2,000 € 53

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In a nutshellAll about your booking

In a nutshellAll about your booking

Opera glasses Opera glasses can be rented in every lobby bar for a fee of € 2.50.

Payment You can pay for your tickets by credit card (VISA, American Express, Master Card), bank transfer, or direct debit – always specifying your complete address and order number. For online orders, payment only by credit card. BANK DETAILS Festival Hall Baden-Baden, Sparkasse Baden-Baden Gaggenau, BIC/SWIFT Code: SOLADES1BAD, IBAN: DE37 6625 0030 0000 0645 84

CREDITS

Publisher: Festival Hall gGmbH, Michael Drautz (responsible for publication) Coordination: Vanessa Falk Text: Dariusz Szymanski Press date: May 17, 2017. Subject to modifications and errors.

Introductory lectures We hear what we know – for all operas and symphony concerts, the Festival Hall offers an introductory lecture in lobby level 3 80 minutes before the event. It will be repeated 40 minutes before the event. The lecturers often welcome guest artist as well.

Discounts School and university students, trainees, people holding the Baden-Baden Family Pass, seniors, the severely disabled (from 70%), and the unemployed are entitled to a reduced admission price. For discounts, ID must be presented at the entrance.

Cloakrooms In the interests of security, jackets and coats may not be taken into the hall. Cloakrooms are located on the ground floor as well as on the second and third levels. There is a charge of € 1.50 per item of clothing.

Opening times The lobby and lobby bars open 90 minutes before the event begins. Food and drinks are also offered during the inter-missions and after the event.

AIDA Restaurant In days past, this is where first-class travelers would wait for their trains. Today, the à la carte restaurant provides a supremely elegant culinary setting for your visit to the Festival Hall. The restaurant opens two hours before the event begins and serves hot meals up to two hours following the event. For reservations, please call +49-7221-3013-101.

AIDA Bar For the bar’s design, we drew inspiration from the old train station atmosphere. Here you can enjoy small snacks and a wide range of drinks.

Lobby bars At the lobby bars you can choose from a selection of drinks, freshly prepared canapés, oven-baked pretzels, and sweet delights. During the concert intermissions (around 20 minutes long), we offer intermission snacks at reserved tables, with the option of a glass of sparkling wine (€ 18) or champagne (€ 22). For reservations, please call +49-7221-3013-101.

AIDA fine dining When Richard Wagner conceived his Gesamt-kunstwerk (“total work of art”), he left out food. But the fact is, cooking and music have gone well together for ages; not only wine is perfect while chatting about the night’s concert. Enjoy your meal! At the Festival Hall Baden-Baden, every menu item and set meal is prepared on location by our in-house cooks. When you wish to be regaled by our catering team’s culinary delights, you’ll have several options to choose from, savoring their cuisine in our AIDA restau-rant or in selected seats in the lobby. You can enjoy world-class dining before or after every event, and during intermissions.

AIDA Bistro Cold gourmet delicacies await you in the middle of the lobby, rounded out with an exquisite selection of premium wines together with coffee and cake specialties. We’ll be happy to take your reservation on +49-7221-3013-101.

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In a nutshellYour Festival Hall from A to Z

In a nutshellYour Festival Hall from A to Z

General Terms and Conditions of Travel of Festspielhaus und Festspiele Baden-Baden gGmbH for travel events

In cases in which Festspielhaus und Festspiele Baden-Baden gGmbH (hereinafter “Organizer”) operates a travel event on its own responsibil-ity and offers it in its own name, the legal relationship between the customer and the Organizer is regulated in accordance with the General Terms and Conditions of Travel below and Sections 651 a ff. BGB (Ger-man Civil Code).1. Conclusion of the travel contractBy registering in writing, in person, or by phone, the customer makes a binding offer to the Organizer to conclude a travel contract. The receipt of the customer’s registration shall immediately be confirmed electron-ically. Registration by the customer shall also take place for all the participants listed in the registration, and the customer shall be respon-sible for their contractual obligations as well as for his or her own obli-gations insofar as he or she has assumed a separate obligation to this effect in the form of an express separate declaration. The contract shall be concluded when the Organizer accepts the registration. Such accep-tance does not require any particular form. On or immediately after the conclusion of contract, the customer shall receive the confirmation of travel, which can be issued in writing or electronically. If the details of the travel confirmation differ from the registration, the travel confirma-tion shall constitute a new offer from the Organizer, by which the Orga-nizer shall be bound for ten days and which the customer can accept within this period by means of an express declaration, the payment of a deposit, the payment of the balance, or by commencing the trip. After the contract has been concluded, the text of the contract will be stored by the Organizer and will be handed over to the customer on request. The contractual language is German.2. PaymentPayments of the price of travel shall only be made in return for the handover of the financial guarantee certificate within the meaning of Section 651 k Para. 3 BGB. The financial guarantee certificate will be sent to the customer together with the confirmation of travel. There is no obligation to hand over a financial guarantee certificate if the trip lasts no longer than 24 hours, does not include an overnight stay and the price of travel does not exceed € 75.A deposit of 20% of the invoice amount is due for payment on the conclusion of contract and the handover of the financial guarantee certificate. The balance of payment is due four weeks before the depar-ture date. If contracts are concluded less than four weeks before the departure date, the full price is payable immediately. After receipt of payment, we will send the customer the travel documents (vouchers, tickets, etc.) around two weeks before the departure date. The customer

must check all the documents received for correctness regarding those details which are within the sphere of the customer concerned and of the participants listed in the registration. The customer must assert any complaints to the Organizer immediately. No account can be taken of later complaints. If for reasons of time it should no longer be possible to send the travel documents out, they will be kept at the box office of the Festival Hall Baden-Baden.3. ServicesThe contractual scope of services derives from the details in the confirmation of travel. If the Organizer uses brochures, the scope of services derives from the travel descriptions in the respective brochure. The details contained in the corresponding publication are binding upon the Organizer. However, the Organizer expressly reserves the right to declare a change to the details in the brochure before the conclusion of contract; the customer will be informed of this before booking.4. Dispatch of travel documentsThe travel documents will be sent to the address provided by the customer. Partial deliveries are permissible provided these are reasonable for the customer. The Organizer should be informed imme-diately if the customer has not received the travel documents by seven days before the departure date at the latest.5. Changes to the service and price after the conclusion of contractChanges to individual travel services and departures from the agreed content of the travel contract which become necessary after the conclusion of contract and are not introduced by the Organizer contrary to good faith are permitted, provided they are insignificant and do not adversely affect the overall nature of the trip booked. The Organizer must immediately inform the customer of changes to its service. In the event of insignificant changes to the program and the cast after the conclusion of contract, the booked trip shall remain in place with the changed cast or the changed program. In this case, the customer does not have any right of withdrawal from the trip.6. Withdrawal/termination and change of booking by the customer/substitute personThe customer can withdraw from the trip at any time before the departure date. If the customer withdraws from the travel contract, or if he or she does not commence the trip, the Organizer can demand a flat-rate withdrawal fee as appropriate compensation for the travel arrangements made and the Organizer’s expenses. This does not apply to termination due to force majeure. The customer must declare his or her withdrawal to the Organizer in writing. These flat-rate withdrawal costs per registered participant are:Up to the 30th day before departure date: 15% of the price of the trip, from the 29th to 15th day before departure date: 40% of the price of the trip, from the 14th to 7th day before the departure date: 50% of the price

of the trip, from the 6th to the 1st day before the departure date: 80% of the price of the trip, from the date of departure: 95% of the price of the trip.The effective date for the calculation of the flat-rate withdrawal fee is the date on which the customer’s declaration of withdrawal is received by the Organizer. The Organizer can assert higher damages than those agreed in the flat-rate withdrawal fee if it provides evidence of these. If the customer allows his or her place to be taken by a third party before the departure date (Section 651 b BGB), a processing fee of € 25 per person will be charged. The customer and the third party will be jointly and severally liable for the price of the trip.If the customer wishes to change his or her booking in respect of the date of travel, accommodation, form of catering, or method of transport, provided it is feasible account will be taken of this up to 30 days before the departure date in return for a processing fee of € 25 per person and any additional costs arising. After this period has expired, the customer’s wishes to change his or her booking can only be dealt with after he or she has withdrawn from the travel contract in accordance with the aforementioned conditions and simultaneously made a new booking. Exceptions from this are the means of transport and the form of catering. The agreed processing fee will continue to apply here.However, the customer and the third party remain free to prove that no costs, or substantially lower costs, have arisen in connection with the withdrawal or failure to appear, substitution, or change of booking. The customer or third party shall then only be obliged to pay the costs actually incurred.7. Withdrawal and termination by the OrganizerIf and insofar as the travel confirmation and the brochure – insofar as one is used by the Organizer – for the trip concerned refer to a minimum number of participants, the Organizer can withdraw from the contract up to four weeks before the departure date if it fails to achieve the minimum number of participants advertised or that specified by the authorities. The declaration of withdrawal from the trip, stating that the minimum number of participants has not been achieved and the trip will therefore be changed or not undertaken, must be sent to the customer immediately the Organizer is aware that the number of participants has not been achieved, or by four weeks at the latest before the contractu-ally agreed departure date. In this case the customer can ask to parti-cipate in another trip that is at least equivalent in value if the Organizer is able to offer such a trip from its selection without increasing the price to the customer. The customer must assert this right immediately after the Organizer’s declaration to him or her. Alternatively, the customer can request reimbursement of the price of the trip.8. Guarantee/redress/withdrawal

Terms and Conditions Festival Hall Baden-BadenInformation about your booking

If it is not possible or reasonable for the customer for redress for a deficiency to be provided via the respective service provider, the customer shall be obliged to inform the Organizer of any deficiencies occurring and request redress as soon as possible after noticing the deficiencies. The Organizer can refuse to provide such redress if this requires disproportionate expense. The Organizer can provide redress by providing a substitute performance of equivalent value, provided this is reasonable for the customer and the deficiency in the trip has not been deliberately caused counter to good faith and the redress does not represent an impermissible change to the contract. If the customer culpably omits to notify the Organizer of the deficiency, he or she shall be excluded from claims to a reduction in the price. A withdrawal by the customer from the travel contract on account of a deficiency in the trip which has a substantial adverse effect on the trip is only permissible if the Organizer does not provide any reasonable redress after being given an appropriate period to do so by the customer. No such period is required if redress is impossible, is refused by the Organizer or if immediate withdrawal is justified by a particular interest of the customer.9. Filing of claims/limitation period/cession Claims under guarantee arising from the travel contract in accordance with Section 651 g Para. 1 BGB must be asserted by the customer within one month after the contractual termination of the trip has been announced to the Organizer and sent to the following address:Festspielhaus und Festspiele Baden-Baden gGmbH, Beim Alten Bahnhof 2, 76530 Baden-Baden.Service providers, tour operators and other local agencies are not authorized to accept notice of claims. The time limit is only granted if the customer’s declaration is received before the time limit expires, unless the customer has been prevented from complying with the time limit through no fault of his or her own. Apart from claims in his or her own name, the aforementioned claims can also be registered by the customer for family members traveling with him or her, or in the name of travel participants who were represented by the customer when registering for the trip. The traveler’s contractual claims on account of deficiencies in the trip (redress by the Organizer/intervention by the traveler him- or herself to redress the deficiency, reduction in the price of travel, compensation, and termination) shall expire in accordance with the statutory authorization (Section 651 m sentence 2 BGB) in one year, calculated from the day following the day on which the trip contractually ends. If the last day of this period falls on a Sunday, on a nationally recognized, general public holiday at the place of declara tion or on a Saturday, the next working day shall be deemed to be the end of the period. If the customer has asserted such claims, their expiry is

blocked until the day on which the Organizer definitively rejects the claims in writing. The cession of claims against the Organizer is excluded.10. Limitation of liabilityThe 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 was caused neither intentionally nor due to gross negligence, or insofar as the Organizer is solely responsible for dam age incurred by the customer on account of a fault by a service provider.For all claims to compensation directed against the Organizer as a result of unlawful action that are not ascribable to intent or gross neg-ligence, the Organizer shall be liable for damage to property of three times the price of travel. All of the maximum sums for liability apply per traveler per trip.In the event of ordinary negligence, the above restrictions on liability do not apply if there are breaches of material contractual duties and the foreseeable typical damages exceed the amounts stipulated.Material contractual duties are duties the fulfillment of which enables the contract to be properly executed at all, the infringement of which jeopardizes the achievement of the contractual purpose, and on com-pliance with which customers regularly rely.Liability for intent and gross negligence remain unaffected.11. Events at the Festival Hall Baden-BadenCustomers are forbidden to make sound, photo, film, or video recordings.Once the event has started, customers can only enter the hall as appro-priate during a break for late admissions. The instructions of the per-sonnel must be followed.If a customer leaves the room or site of the event after being admitted or during a break, or if the tear-off section of the ticket is removed by a third party instructed by the Organizer, the ticket shall lose its validity.12. Place of jurisdiction/applicable lawThe Organizer’s registered office is the competent place of jurisdiction, and this contract shall be governed by German law, though in both cases only insofar as the customer is a merchant.13. Passport, visa, customs, foreign currency, and health regulationsThe Organizer shall inform citizens of the EU member state in which the trip is offered about the provisions of the regulations concerning passports, visas, and health before the departure date, as well as any changes to these. Nationals of other states should obtain information from the embassies/consulates responsible for them. It is assumed that no special circumstances (e.g. dual citizenship, statelessness) apply to the customer and other participants.

The Organizer is not liable for the necessary visas being issued by the respective diplomatic representation and received in good time.The Organizer is not responsible for compliance with customs and for eign currency regulations.14. Information about possible insurance policiesThe Organizer wishes to point out that it is possible to take out travel cancellation and luggage insurance and also travel health insurance.15. Severability clauseThe ineffectiveness of individual provisions of the travel contract does not affect the effectiveness of the travel contract otherwise. The same applies to these General Terms and Conditions of Travel.Version of August 2016

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HOTELS

1 Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa

2 Belle Epoque & Der Kleine Prinz

3 Roomers Baden-Baden

4 Dorint Maison Messmer

5 Atlantic Parkhotel

6 Radisson Blu Badischer Hof

7 Heliopark Bad Hotel zum Hirsch

8 Holiday Inn Express

VENUES

1 Ev. Stadtkirche am Augustaplatz

2 Florentinersaal

3 Kirche St. Bernhard

4 Kurhaus Runder Saal

5 Kurhaus Weinbrennersaal

6 Museum Frieder Burda

7 Spitalkirche

8 Theater Baden-Baden

9 Casino

10 Malersaal Dorint Hotel

11 Orangerie Brenners

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To order tickets +49-7221-3013-101Mon to Fri 9 am to 6 pmSat/Sun and holidays 10 am to 2 pm

Festival Hall gGmbH, Beim Alten Bahnhof 2, 76530 Baden-Baden, Germany+49-7221-3013-211

www.festivalhall.de info@festivalhall.de

At the Festival Hall Baden-BadenMon to Fri 9:30 am to 6 pmSat/Sun and holidays 10 am to 2 pmin addition to two hours before the start of the event

Advance booking possible for members of the Circle of the Festival Hall associationFor further information, please call +49-7221-3013-278.

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Festival Hall gGmbH Beim Alten Bahnhof 2 76530 Baden-Baden GermanyTicket-Service +49-7221-3013-101 Fax +49-7221-3013-211 www.festivalhall.de