Schwetzinger SWR Festival 2026 — Edition 2025

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25 Apr 2025 — 24 May 2025 Finished

Overview

The Schwetzinger SWR Festival 2025 ran for four weeks at Schwetzingen Castle. As every year, the festival offered a dense program of opera premieres, chamber concerts, and song recitals in the historic halls — Rococo Theatre, Mozart Hall, and palace gardens. Resident artists and prominent guest artists shaped the four-week classical stage.

Schwetzinger SWR Festival 2025

The 2025 edition of the Schwetzinger SWR Festival took place in April and May 2025 over four weeks. The festival, organized by Südwestrundfunk in the historic rooms of Schwetzingen Castle, offered, as every year, a mix of opera premieres, classic revivals, chamber concerts, vocal concerts, and song recitals.

The Resident Artists of the year curated their own concert series, and prominent guest artists from around the world performed in the Rococo Theatre and Mozart Hall. With its blend of tradition and avant-garde, early Baroque and contemporary avant-garde, the Schwetzingen Festival is one of Germany's most distinguished classical destinations.

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