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Summer Festival of Electoral Saxony –
A Saxon and Bohemian Cultural Festival

Dates:
May – October 2007

Bad Elster, the former royal Saxon spa and today a state spa, which can hold its head high in comparison with the famous Bohemian spas, is holding the Summer Festival of Electoral Saxony for the twelfth time. There and in another 25 venues in the  Vogtland and northern Bohemia, 150 events are taking. In venues many of which are historical, performances are given of musical theater, drama, classical concerts, jazz, readings, folk music, puppet theater and children’s theater.
Tickets:
+49(0)37437 53900
ticket@chursaechsische.de
www.chursaechsische.de (German only)

 

King Albert Theater

The theater in Bad Elster is one of the most outstanding and magnificent royal theaters in Germany. It was officially opened in 1914 by King Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, the last Saxon king, as the King Albert Theater, although performances had started in 1888. After extensive restoration, the house was festively reopened in 2004, since when leading theater ensembles from Saxony, adjoining federal states and Bohemia have guested alongside international stars and ensembles.

Tickets:
+49(0)37437 53900
ticket@chursaechsische.de
www.chursaechsische.de (German only)

 

Electoral Saxon Philharmonic

After the healing waters had been discovered in Bad Elster, court director Karl Staudinger put an orchestra together in 1817 which subsequently developed into today’s Electoral Saxon Philharmonic, the orchestra of the state spas of Saxony, Bad Elster and Bad Brambach. The Philharmonic’s home is the famous King Albert Theater. For its concerts, the orchestra mostly uses historical instruments from the Vogtland region itself, where instruments have been made for centuries.

Tickets:
+49(0)37437 53900
ticket@chursaechsische.de
www.chursaechsische.de (German only)

 

Festival of Electoral Saxony

Dates:
15 September – 3 October 2007

The festival period in Bad Elster is ‘fit for a king’, because although Saxony abolished the monarchy in 1918, the town is aware of the great tradition in the former royal Saxon spa. Each year one guest is treated with special attention. 2007 is Scandinavia’s turn. Artists from Scandinavian countries as well as Saxony, the surrounding federal states and Bohemia perform a program of opera, drama, ballet and dance theater, cabaret, concerts of orchestral, chamber and church music, jazz, readings and exhibitions. The venues are the King Albert Theater, the Royal Spa House, the ‘Kunstwandelhalle’ concert hall, the Nature Theater and the Music Pavilions.

Tickets:
+49(0)37437 53900
ticket@chursaechsische.de
www.chursaechsische.de (German only)

 

Markneukirchen International Instrumental Competition
Violin and Viola

Dates:
10–19 May 2007

The event is one of the world-famous music competitions of the Federation of International Music Competitions, Geneva. The venues are in Markneukirchen in the musical region of the Vogtland, where traditional top-quality orchestral instruments are still made by hand. The musical instrument museum in the town is also worth visiting. The instrumental competition has taken place  since 1966, alternating annually between strings and wind instruments. Its charm – unique in the world – lies in the direct relationship between instrument-making and performance. The competitors are adjudicated by an outstanding international jury.

Tickets:
+49(0)37422 41143
www.markneukirchen.de

 

Center of Europe Festival

Dates:
10 June–29 July 2007

Starting from a citizens’ initiative between Germans and Czechs in the Vogtland village of Misslareuth, the Center of Europe Festival has become one of the biggest and most successful cross-border festivals ever. For seven weeks events of the highest quality take place in Saxony, Bavaria and Bohemia: classical music, klezmer, jazz, literature, drama and the fine arts entertain audiences in churches, castles, barns and spa resorts.

Tickets: +49(0)3741 525331
www.festival-mitte-europa.de

 

Klingenthal International Accordion Competition

Dates:
4–10 May 2007

Every May Klingenthal summons the best accordion players in the world to the International Accordion Competition in Klingenthal, the cradle of German accordion manufacture. Highlights are provided by the interaction between accordion and big symphony orchestra. The musical works performed in Klingenthal are often premieres or even written especially for the competition. Top-class artists also devise the fringe program of the Accordion Competition.

Information:
+49(0)37467 23210
www.accordion-competition.de

 

Harmonica live

Dates:
12–16 September 2007

The down-to-earth atmosphere of ‘Harmonica live’ and the experience of watching virtuosi playing their instruments attracts fans of blues, Irish folk and jazz as if by magic. 2007 sees performances by such artists as Charlie McCoy and Doug Jay & The Bluejays from the USA, SVÄNG from Finland and the founder of the festival, Igor Flach, with his band 1A Blues. Alongside concerts, the program also features workshops and exhibitions on the instrument.

Information:
www.mundharmonika-live.de (German only)

 

Plauen Park Theater

Dates:
6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 18 & 21 July 2007

Together with ‘Rigoletto’ and ‘La Traviata’, Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘Il trovatore’ is one of the big three operas that helped the most outstanding Italian composer of the 19th century to reach world fame. The popular work in four acts dealing with love and passion, intrigue and revenge, and featuring Count di Luna, Leonora and the troubadour Manrico continues the successful series of open-air opera in the Park Theater, Plauen, in the summer of 2007.

Tickets:
+49(0)375 834630
info@theater-plauen-zwickau.de

 

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