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Musical Theatre

Theresa Immerz, Elisabeth Wrede, Katarina Morfa, João Terleira, Ensemble; Foto: Susanne Reichardt
Signe Heiberg; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Tobias Joch; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Ensemble; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Ks. Winfrid Mikus, Signe Heiberg, Ipča Ramanović, Elisabeth Wrede, Ks. Wilfried Staber; Photo: Susanne Reichardt

La Cenerentola

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

Manon Lescaut

Next event: 21.12.25
19:00 → 21:30 h
Marguerre-Saal
Lyrical Drama in four acts by Giacomo Puccini

Singin’ in the Rain

Next event: 28.12.25
19:00 → 22:00 h
Marguerre-Saal
Musical / Screenplay and adaptation by Betty Comden and Adolph Green / Songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed

María de Buenos Aires

Next event: 30.12.25
19:30 → 22:00 h
Marguerre-Saal
Tango operita in two parts by Astor Piazzolla

Alcibiades

Next event: 30.12.25
19:30 → 22:15 h
Rokokotheater Schwetzingen
La libertà contenta / Baroque opera in three acts by Agostino Steffani

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

Carmen

First night this season
Next event: 10.7.26
20:30 → 23:00 h
Schlosshof
Opera by Georges Bizet
New in season 2025/26
Signe Heiberg; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Ensemble; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Song Soirees and Extras 2025/26
Lennart Kammler, Ks. Winfrid Mikus; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Back in season 2025/26
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

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.

Dietger Holm

1st Kapellmeister
Manon Parmentier

Répétiteur
Holger Schultze

Artistic Director
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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