Madama Butterfly's premiere inspires in Baden-Baden!

Madama Butterfly's premiere inspires in Baden-Baden!

Baden-Baden, Deutschland - On April 12, 2025, the Easter Festival in Baden-Baden started with a spectacular premiere of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" in the Festival House. The event was a complete success and attracted a sold -out audience. The Berlin Philharmonic, under the direction of the celebrated conductor Kirill Petrenko, ensured an extraordinary musical experience.

The main roles were taken over by Jonathan Tetelman as Lieutenant Pinkerton and Eleonora Buratto as Cio-Cio-San. The staging was not only impressed by the impressive presentation of the vocal lectures, but also with digital light animations that made the stage design alive and created great opera feelings. The premiere celebration, which took place in the foyer of the Festspielhaus, offered the guests the opportunity to exchange ideas with the artists. Buratto was close to the people and liked to pose for selfies with the fans.

Easter Festival and traditions

The Easter Festival in Baden-Baden, which last until Easter Monday, are an important cultural event in the city's calendar. The history of the Berlin Philharmonic in Baden-Baden goes back to 2013 when they laid the Salzburg festival due to difficult conditions. Among the conductors who shaped the events are big names like Simon Rattle, who opened the first season with "The Magic Flute", and Zubin Mehta, who conducted Verdi "Otello" in 2019.

After 13 years, the era of the Easter Festival in Baden-Baden will end on April 21, 2025. In 2024, the Berlin Philharmonic returned to Salzburg, where the Festival in 1967 was launched by Herbert von Karajan. Future productions as part of the festival include "The woman without shadow" in 2023 and "Elektra" in 2024, while 2025 will be shown "Madama Butterfly".

Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Petrenkos work

Another highlight of the Easter Festival was Kirill Petrenko's music interpretation, which establishes a special connection to the past of the Berlin Philharmonic. Beethoven's 9th Symphony was first performed by the Philharmonic in Berlin in 1882 and represented a tradition of significant performances. Petrenko took over the management in 2020 and decided on the 9th symphony as his work. This symphony will symbolically stand for its farewell to the Easter Festival.

The design of the Easter Festival includes the opera performances but also concerts with international conductors and soloists as well as educational programs that are aimed at young people and cooperate with various historical venues in Baden-Baden.

This year's festival is not only characterized by moving music, but also in the context of a change in tradition that is connected to the return to Salzburg in 2026. The connection to the city remains strong and the Berlin Philharmonic has consolidated their international reputation through innovative programs in recent years.

For the cultural friends in Baden-Baden, this is a unique opportunity to say goodbye to an era and look forward to new musical heights in the coming season.

like the bnn , the enthusiastic audience will be impressed by both the performance and the atmosphere. Further information on the Easter Festival can be found on the official Festival House-Website , and also the reviews of the past few years are on the Blog of the Berlin Philharmoniker to follow.