Event details
In 2019 the Richard Strauss Festival welcomes the renowned Radio Symphony Orchestra Prague as "Orchestra in Residence" of the Open Air Concerts in the Ettal Abbey. At the concert on the 28th of June it will not only perform compositions by Richard Strauss under the baton of its artistic director Alexander Liebreich, but also a great work by Antonín Dvořák, one of the most important Czech composers.
With the famous tone poems Richard Strauss created immortal masterpieces and testimonies of his great art. In "Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche" ("Till Eulenspiegel's merry pranks") he set a musical monument to the cheerful and chaotic rogue Till Eulenspiegel. Alexander Liebreich succeeded in creating a true sensation at the following programme item: Since the Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian with her fascinating interpretation of Strauss' Salome became a world star overnight at the Salzburg Festival 2018, her Name is found almost anywhere all over the world. Now she is making her festival debut with orchestral songs by Richard Strauss.
Antonín Dvořák composed his 8th Symphony in the countryside and, between visits to the pub and walks, created a great poetic work with exceptionally beautiful melodies, full of harmonic refinement and ingenuity, as if made for a midsummer night's dream.
In bad weather we move the concerts from the inner courtyard of the Ettal Abbey to the Alpspitzhalle, Olympic Ice Sports Centre, Am Eisstadion 1, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Weather information on the day of the event: +49 . (0)8821 . 910 5 999
Bus transfer GAP - Ettal - GAP and Munich - Ettal - Munich can be booked separately.
We kindly ask for your understanding that it is not allowed to bring your own drinks and to consume them at the open air concerts - food is allowed.