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Musical Theatre

Kirsi Tiihonen, Signe Heiberg; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Scene photo from the opera »Jenůfa«: Close-up of the sextoness and Jenufa in side profile, head to stomach. On the left is the sextoness in a black costume with her hair tied back tightly around her face; she looks uncertain, her visible left arm slightly raised. Jenufa wraps her arms around her from behind and rests her head wearily on the sexton's shoulder, her eyes closed.  Jenufa wears her long, slightly wavy blonde hair loose and a light-coloured scarf covers her entire upper body.
Almerija Delic, Choir; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Tobias Joch; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Theresa Immerz, Elisabeth Wrede, Katarina Morfa, João Terleira, Ensemble; Foto: Susanne Reichardt
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Ks. Winfrid Mikus, Signe Heiberg, Ipča Ramanović, Elisabeth Wrede, Ks. Wilfried Staber; Photo: Susanne Reichardt

Jenůfa

Next event: 17.7.25
19:30 → 22:30 h
Marguerre-Saal
Opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček

Carmen

Next event: 19.7.25
20:30 → 23:00 h
Schlosshof
Opera by Georges Bizet

Singin’ in the Rain

First night this season
Next event: 24.10.25
19:30 → 22:30 h
Marguerre-Saal
Musical / Screenplay and adaptation by Betty Comden and Adolph Green / Songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed

Alcibiades

Opening night
Next event: 28.11.25
19:30 h
Rokokotheater Schwetzingen
La libertà contenta / Baroque opera in three acts by Agostino Steffani

La Cenerentola

First night this season
Next event: 18.12.25
19:30 → 22:30 h
Marguerre-Saal
Comic opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini

Fidelio

First night this season
Next event: 8.2.26
19:00 h
Marguerre-Saal
Opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven

Blow me down, Mozart!

First night this season
Next event: 9.6.26
19:30 → 20:50 h
Alter Saal
Opera comedy with the soloists of the music theatre ensemble
New in season 2024/25

Macbeth

Photo: Susanne Reichardt

Adonis

Sreten Manojlović, Rémy Brès-Feuillet, Theresa Immerz, Indre Pelakauskaite (stehend); Zuzana Petrasová, João Terleira, Jonas Müller (sitzend); Photo: Susanne Reichardt

Werther

Marzia Marzo; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Scene photo from the opera »Werther«: Alone in a dark room, Charlotte stands against a wall in an undergarment, her head and hands resting against the wall.

Jenůfa

Kirsi Tiihonen, Signe Heiberg; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Scene photo from the opera »Jenůfa«: Close-up of the sextoness and Jenufa in side profile, head to stomach. On the left is the sextoness in a black costume with her hair tied back tightly around her face; she looks uncertain, her visible left arm slightly raised. Jenufa wraps her arms around her from behind and rests her head wearily on the sexton's shoulder, her eyes closed.  Jenufa wears her long, slightly wavy blonde hair loose and a light-coloured scarf covers her entire upper body.

Singin’ in the Rain

Tobias Joch; Photo: Susanne Reichardt

Blow me down, Mozart!

Ks. Winfrid Mikus, Signe Heiberg, Ipča Ramanović, Elisabeth Wrede, Ks. Wilfried Staber; Photo: Susanne Reichardt

Carmen

Almerija Delic, Choir; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Back in season 2024/25

La Cenerentola

Theresa Immerz, Elisabeth Wrede, Katarina Morfa, João Terleira, Ensemble; Foto: Susanne Reichardt
Song Soirees 2024/25

1st Song soiree: »The Crown«

2nd Song soiree: »Loewe & Strauss«

3rd Song soiree

4th Song soiree »Northern Lights«

New in season 2025/26

Manon Lescaut

María de Buenos Aires

Alcibiades

The Knight of the Rose

Così fan tutte

Song Soirees and Extras 2025/26

Song Soiree »From the shadows into the light«

DSCH

2nd Song Soiree

3rd Song Soiree

Back in season 2025/26

Singin’ in the Rain

Tobias Joch; Photo: Susanne Reichardt

La Cenerentola

Theresa Immerz, Elisabeth Wrede, Katarina Morfa, João Terleira, Ensemble; Foto: Susanne Reichardt

Fidelio

Photo: Susanne Reichardt

Blow me down, Mozart!

Ks. Winfrid Mikus, Signe Heiberg, Ipča Ramanović, Elisabeth Wrede, Ks. Wilfried Staber; Photo: Susanne Reichardt

Carmen

Almerija Delic, Choir; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Musical Theatre and Opera

The musical theatre and opera category of the Theater und Orchester Heidelberg comprises a singer ensemble and the opera choir (in addition to the extra choir and children’s choir) as well as the Philharmonisches Orchester, making up a separate category in its function as concert orchestra.

The musical theatre and opera repertoire comprises works from all musical eras, reaching from Baroque to contemporary musical theatre and genre operas, operettas as well as musicals. The annual Baroque festival Winter in Schwetzingen rediscovers forgotten treasures of the opera and stages them in Schwetzingen’s Palace Rokokotheater.

Go to Ensemble / Team Musical Theatre
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Photo: Annemone Taake

The opera choir

The opera choir of the Theater und Orchester Heidelberg puts on five to six new productions as well as two to three repertoire productions every season. It also stages concerts and forms part of bigger chorus and orchestra concerts, offering a broad ranged repertoire reaching from baroque operas during the festival Winter in Schwetzingen to world premieres as well as modern and contemporary works at Theater Heidelberg.
Members of the opera choir regularly take over smaller and bigger solo roles in opera productions.

23 singers belong to the opera choir of the Theater und Orchester Heidelberg. An extra chorus of semi-professional singers supports them in bigger productions.

There is also a children’s and youth choir as well as a pre-choir to promote new singing talents.
The children’s and youth choir is part of the theatre’s opera productions on a regular basis. Solo parts (for children) are taken over by its members, for instance the three boys in Mozart’s »The Magic Flute«.

Florian Daniel has been directing the chorus since April 2025.

Philharmonisches Orchester Heidelberg

Heidelberg’s philharmonic orchestra, Philharmonisches Orchester Heidelberg, has been part of the city’s theatre since 2005. It forms its own division, staging numerous concerts and accompanying opera productions. The orchestra shapes the city’s musical life with its stylistic flexibility stretching from Baroque to Modernity as well as a broad variety of concert formats. It has twice been honoured with the award for »best concert programme« by the association of German music producers, Deutscher Musikverleger-Verband, and places a strong emphasis on pedagogical music promotion. Since 2006, Heidelberg’s philharmonic orchestra has been engaging with historic staging methods as part of the festival Winter in Schwetzingen. As part of Heidelberg’s women artists’ award, the Heidelberger Künstlerinnenpreis, and its concert programmes, the orchestra regularly reflects on the works of women composers.

The Philharmonisches Orchester Heidelberg was founded on 8th April 1889 as »Städtisches Orchester«.

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