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Programme 2025/26

 
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New in season Musical theatre

Lyrical Drama in four acts by Giacomo Puccini
Opening night: 28.9.2025
Marguerre-Saal
Signe Heiberg; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
La libertà contenta / Baroque opera in three acts by Agostino Steffani
Opening night: 28.11.2025
Rokokotheater Schwetzingen
Ensemble; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Women are like that or The School for Lovers / Dramma giocoso in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opening night: 22.5.2026
Marguerre-Saal

New in season Theatre

based on a text by Han Kang
Opening night: 19.9.2025
Alte Chirurgie
Friedrich Witte, Esra Schreier, Cecilia Ponteprimo, Thorsten Hierse. Photo: Susanne Reichardt.
Scene photo from »The Vegetarian«: Friedrich Witte, Esra Schreier and Thorsten Hierse are seated on chairs scattered around a small platform. Cecilia Ponteprimo lies almost naked and curled up on the platform. In the background, three projection screens show a lecture theatre and a woman asleep in bed. Photo: Susanne Reichardt.
or: Are these really my thoughts that I’m thinking? / A Chilean-German theatre play by Juan Pablo Troncoso and Björn SC Deigner
Opening night: 3.10.2025
Alter Saal
Josefa Cavada, Leon Maria Spiegelberg; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
by Heinrich von Kleist
Opening night: 18.10.2025
Marguerre-Saal
Nele Christoph; Elisabeth Auer; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
based on the novel by Ursula K. Le Guin
Opening night: 5.12.2025
Zwinger 1
Hendrik Richter, Jacob Bussmann, Leon Maria Spiegelberg, Esra Schreier, Katharina Quast; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
by Tennessee Williams
Opening night: 13.12.2025
Marguerre-Saal
Hans Fleischmann, Andreas Seifert, Steffen Gangloff, Beteiligte des Kinderchors, Lisa Förster, Nicole Averkamp, Marco Albrecht; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Revuette on the end of the world / with songs and texts from Udo Lindenberg to Dota Kehr
Opening night: 19.12.2025
Zwinger 1, Alter Saal
Martin Wißner; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Overwriting Antiquity based on Euripides, Aeschylus and Sophocles by Tine Rahel Völcker
Opening night: 28.2.2026
Marguerre-Saal

New in season Dance

Dance evening in two parts with choreographies by Astrid Boons and Panzetti / Ticconi
Opening night: 12.10.2025
Zwinger 1
Photo: Susanne Reichardt

New in season Young Theatre

by Otfried Preußler [6+]
Opening night: 2.11.2025
Alter Saal
Susanne Berckhemer, Dario Scheffler, Jelena Kunz, Katharina Kessler; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Scene photo from »The little Witch«: Four witches stand in front of a large pink tree trunk, stretching out their hands. Aunt Rumpumpel is wearing a grey cloud-dress and a large white wig. The herb witch is wearing a dress printed with plant motifs and the gingerbread witch is wearing a pink, glittery dress and matching hat. The swamp witch is dressed in grey fur and is wearing large sunglasses.
by Otfried Preußler [12+]
Opening night: 30.11.2025
Zwinger 3
Timo Jander, Leonie Kolhoff, Tim Knieps; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Scene photo from »Krabat«: Leonie Kolhoff stands in the middle, smiling as she holds up a tray of baked goods. She wears an apron around her waist. To her left and right stand Timo Jander and Tim Knieps, both looking at the tray. All three wear grey jackets and caps. In the background is a grey, wood-like wall with chalk drawings visible on it.
A play development on sharing [3+]
Opening night: 1.2.2026
Zwinger 3
Tim Knieps, Leonie Kolhoff; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Scene photo from »MINE and YOURS«: Tim Knieps and Leonie Kolhoff are facing each other. He is holding a cuddly toy in his hand, she has her hands stretched out in front of her, looking towards a fabric dragon flying through the air between them. In front of them is a large pile of cuddly toys. To the right of it is a large cardboard box. In the background is a beige curtain.

Philharmonic Concerts

1st Philharmonic Concert / Maurice Ravel: »Alborada del gracioso« / Karol Szymanowski/Mino Marani: »Mythes« / Maurice Ravel: »Tzigane« / Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances op. 45 / Violin: Franziska Hölscher / Conductor: Mino Marani
8.10.2025
Heidelberg Congress Center
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Scene from a concert: visible is the row of woodwind players up to the horns, sharp, in the centre, the solo flautist and the solo oboist. All the musicians are playing their instruments, all wearing festive black concert dress.
2nd Philharmonic Concert: Anna Clyne: »Within Her Arms« / Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor / Peter I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 7 / Violoncello: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt / Conductor: Jamie Phillips
29.10.2025
Heidelberg Congress Center
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Scene from a concert, visible is the row of violins playing, all wearing festive concert dress.
3rd Philharmonic Concert: Igor Stravinsky: »Feu d’artifice« / Maurice Ravel: »Don Quichotte à Dulcinée« / Maurice Ravel: »Rapsodie espagnole« / Richard Strauss: »Don Quixote« / Baritone: Giacomo Schmidt / Viola: Jonathan Kliegel / Violoncello: Johann Aparicio Bohórquez / Conductor: Mino Marani
10.12.2025
Heidelberg Congress Center
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Scene from a concert: a timpanist in dark concert dress is visible in half-profile, looking intently at his open sheet music and moving a mallet in each hand above his instrument.
4th Philharmonic Concert: Richard Strauss: Serenade in E-flat Major / Mario Venzago: Cello Concerto / Anton Bruckner: Symphony no. 2 / Violoncello: Christian Poltéra / Conductor: Mario Venzago
21.1.2026
Heidelberg Congress Center
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Scene from a concert: Around 10 musicians from different string groups are visible, all in festive concert attire, in the centre of the picture a young cellist playing with concentration.
5th Philharmonic Concert: Kaija Saariaho: »Ciel d’hiver« / Oxana Omelchuk: »und alle flieger fliegen nach minsk« for Vocal Ensemble and Orchestra (World premiere) / Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5 / SCHOLA HEIDELBERG / Conductor: Ruth Reinhardt
25./26.2.2026
Wolfgang Marguerre Saal, Konzerthaus Stadthalle Heidelberg
6th Philharmonic Concert / Hans Zender: Schuberts »Winterreise« – A composed interpretation for Tenor and Small Orchestra / Tenor: Julian Prégardien / Conductor: Mino Marani
8./9.4.2026
Wolfgang Marguerre Saal, Konzerthaus Stadthalle Heidelberg
7th Philharmonic Concert / Franz Schubert: Overture to »Die Zauberharfe« / Christian Jost: »Lontano doloroso« / Franz Schubert: Andante from the Symphony no. 10 / Jean Sibelius: Symphony no. 5 / Cor anglais: Dominik Wollenweber / Conductor: Christoph Altstaedt
29./30.4.2026
Wolfgang Marguerre Saal, Konzerthaus Stadthalle Heidelberg
8th Philharmonic Concert / Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Conductor: Mino Marani
17./18.6.2026
Wolfgang Marguerre Saal, Konzerthaus Stadthalle Heidelberg

Bachchor Concerts

1st Bachchor Concert / Carl Loewe: »Hiob« / Direction: Thomas Gropper
18.10.2025
Peterskirche
Photo: Florian Merdes
2nd Bachchor Concert / Jan Dismas Zelenka: Missa Nativitatis Domini / Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata »Gloria in excelsis Deo« / Conductor: Ines Kaun
20.12.2025
Peterskirche
3rd Bachchor Concert / Johann Sebastian Bach: St John Passion / Conductor: Thomas Gropper
21.2.2026
Peterskirche
Photo: Florian Merdes
Photo from inside St Peter's Church in Heidelberg: View through the nave into the rear part of the church with the small organ in the gallery.
4th Bachchor Concert / Arnold Schönberg: »A Survivor from Warsaw« / Johannes Brahms: »A German Requiem« / Conductor: Alice Meregaglia
25.4.2026
Peterskirche
Photo: Florian Merdes
Shot from inside St Peter's Church. Across the rows of chairs, the focus of the picture is on a side chapel with the large organ.

Beethoven Concert series

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C Minor op. 67 / Conductor and moderator: Mino Marani
15.10.2025
Alter Saal
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Close-up from a concert: A trombonist, visible in half-profile, plays his instrument, in the background you can see open sheet music on the music stands.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 in F Major op. 68 / Conductor and moderator: Mino Marani
13.2.2026
Alter Saal
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Close-up from a concert: The head and upper arm of a violinist are visible in half-profile, the focus is on the instrument and the bow.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A Major op. 92 / Conductor and moderator: Mino Marani
14.4.2026
Alter Saal
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Close-up from a concert: a bassoonist playing his instrument is visible in profile, two bassoonists can be seen in the background.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 8 in F Major op. 93 / Conductor and moderator: Mino Marani
29.5.2026
Alter Saal
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Close-up of a concert: the head and upper body of a violinist are visible, she is playing her instrument and looking attentively towards the conductor's podium. Other instrumentalists can be seen in the background.

Concerts for young audiences

2nd Piccolo Concert [0+]
7./8.6.2026
Alter Saal
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
2nd Family Concert / by Modest Mussorgsky / arranged for brass instruments and percussion by Clément Schuppert [4+]
16./18.1.2026
Orchestersaal
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Close-up of a concert: A horn lies on the knees of a musician dressed in black.

Chamber Concerts

Celebratory Concert 50 anniversary of Chamber Concerts / Paul Hindemith: Clarinet Quintet op. 30 / Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet no. 1
8.11.2025
Palais Prinz Carl
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Close-up of a concert: a clarinet is being played, the instrument and the hands of a musician are visible in profile, in the background are open sheet music.
1st Chamber Concert / Adolf Mišek: Trio – To the Taste of a Bachelor« / Niccolò Paganini: »Moses Fantasy« / Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto à 4 / Ichirō Nodaïra: »Ciacconna de Bach« / Peter I. Tchaikovsky: »Nutcracker« Overture / Benjamin J. Dale: »Introduction and Andante« / Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for 2 Violins solo
9.11.2025
Alter Saal
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Close-up of a concert: Two violins are being played - only the instruments and the hands of the musicians are visible.
2nd Chamber Concert / Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to »Egmont« op. 84 / Johann Joachim Quantz: Sonata for three Flutes in D Major / Paul Dukas: »The Sorcerer’s Apprentice« / Enrique Crespo: Bruckner Etude for Low Brass / Friedrich August Kummer the Younger: Duet op. 22 no. 2 / Gustav Holst: »Jupiter«
9.11.2025
Alter Saal
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Close-up of a concert: The hands of a drummer playing a triangle are visible. Other percussion instruments can be seen in the background.
3rd Chamber Concert / Dmitri Shostakovich: Sonata for violoncello and piano in D Minor / Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Piano Trio no. 2
8.2.2026
Alter Saal
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Close-up: Two hands on the keys of a black piano
4th Chamber Concert / Dmitri Shostakovich: Sonata for viola and piano / Paul Juon: Trio Miniatures / Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 4
15.3.2026
Alter Saal
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
5th Chamber Concert / Richard Strauss: Sextet for strings from the opera »Capriccio« / Franz Schubert: Sonata for violin and piano in A Major / Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Quartet No. 2
17.5.2026
Alter Saal
Photo: Annemone Taake
Details shot of a Cello

Concerts for the turn of the year

New Year’s Eve Concert with works by Franz von Suppè, Franz Liszt, Johann Strauß, George Enescu and Emmerich Kálmán
31.12.2025
Heidelberg Congress Center
Photo: Samuel Solazzo and Jannis Uffrecht
Group photo of the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra. The instrumentalists, who number around 60, are wearing festive concert dress, many of them holding their instruments in their hands. They stand in three rows, one behind the other on platforms of different heights, in front of an outer wall of the Heidelberg Congress Center, which is recognisable by the characteristic colour and texture of the coloured sandstone.

Spielzeitheft 2025/26

Here you can download the season booklet with all the information about the 2025/26 season.
 

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