Schloss in Flammen Schwetzingen
2025
Edition 2025 — Finished
Edition 2025 — Schloss in Flammen
Schloss in Flammen 2025
2025 saw another edition of the open-air opera gala with pyrotechnic choreography. The format has been stable for years: the orchestra of the Nationaltheater Mannheim plays opera classics live, international soloists interpret arias, Chako Habekost hosts in a Palatinate-Baden dialect, and Renzo Cargnelutti designs the choreographed fireworks.
As in 2026 in Schwetzingen, the open-air format was used to make opera accessible to a broader audience — picnic spots on the lawn, lower entry prices for the lawn, festive summer atmosphere at a baroque palace.
Published by Valentin Contard, festival listings writer. Reviewed, corrected and approved by Christophe Contard, editor-in-chief. .