We
1
May
JUSTYouth May Festival | Free EntryWarmer Damm13:00 - 18:002+
Théâtre de la Toupine | FR

Zanimal -
Die ausgebüxten Karussell-Tiere

Performance
A parent-driven ecological theatre carousel!
10440
2032
JUSTYouth May Festival | Free EntryWarmer Damm13:00 - 18:00
A feast for the whole family!
JUSTYouth May Festival | Free EntryWarmer Damm14:004+
Comedia Theater Köln | DE

Gelato

Performance
Co-produced with Fratelli Gelati, Bochum.
Performed in German.
10377
2027
PerformanceIMF City Projects | Youth May Festival | Free EntryWarmer Damm14:00 - 17:008-18
Eva-Maria Damasko | DE

HearDTedSpaces

Hearded Spaces – Hearted Spaces
A free listening event for children and young adults aged 8 to 18
By Eva-Maria Damasko
10376
2039
JUSTYouth May Festival | Free EntryWarmer Damm16:304+
Comedia Theater Köln | DE

Gelato

Performance
Co-produced with Fratelli Gelati, Bochum.
Performed in German.
10379
2027
OperaPremiere | International May FestivalGrosses Haus19:30
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901)
Opera in three acts
Sung in Italian, with German surtitles.

Libretto: Arrigo Boito, based on William Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
Premiere: 1893 in Milan
9839
1928
International May FestivalCaligari FilmBühne20:00
Film Programme at the Caligari FilmBühne

Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens

Director Georg Maas & Judith Kaufmann

DE / AT, 2024
98 Min.
FSK N/A
10405
1913
Th
2
May
DramaInternational May FestivalGrosses Haus19:30 - 21:00
Philipp Hochmair & Die Elektrohand Gottes | AT

Jedermann Reloaded

10334
2064
Sa
4
May
ConcertReading | International May FestivalFoyer Grosses Haus15:00 - 17:00
Pichler, Herzl & Lazar | AT / FR

Paganini – Der Pakt mit dem Teufel

The Pact with the Devil
Works by Niccolò Paganini, Giuseppe Tartini, Franz Schubert & Franz Liszt
German language.
10336
2025
JUSTPremiere | Youth May Festival | Youth DramaWartburg19:3014+
By Sergej Gößner
Performed in German
9653
1951
OperaInternational May FestivalGrosses Haus19:30
Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)
Opera in three acts
Sung in Italian, with German surtitles.
Sold out / leftover tickets at the box office
* Please note this date was moved forward from 9 to 4 May 2024. *

Libretto by Giuseppe Adami & Renato Simoni nach Carlo Gozzi
Premiere: 1926 in Milan
9834
1927
Su
5
May
Drama, ConcertReading | International May FestivalKleines Haus18:00
Devid Striesow & Stefan Weinzierl | DE

Die Blechtrommel

Musical Reading
Based on the novel by Günter Grass
In Performed in German.
10338
2021
Mo
6
May
JUSTYouth May Festival | Youth DramaWartburg10:0014+
By Sergej Gößner
Performed in German
10381
1951
DramaInternational May FestivalGrosses Haus19:30 - 21:20
Berliner Ensemble | DE

Fremder als der Mond

Texts by Bertolt Brecht with music by Hanns Eisler
Version by Adam Benzwi, Oliver Reese & Lucien Strauch
Performed in German.
10339
2014
Tu
7
May
JUSTYouth May Festival | Youth DramaWartburg10:0014+
By Sergej Gößner
Performed in German
10382
1951
DramaInternational May FestivalGrosses Haus19:30 - 21:20
Berliner Ensemble | DE

Fremder als der Mond

Texts by Bertolt Brecht with music by Hanns Eisler
Version by Adam Benzwi, Oliver Reese & Lucien Strauch
Performed in German.
10340
2014
DramaIMF ExtrasStudio19:30 - 20:30
By Felix Strüven
Performed in German.
10342
2043
We
8
May
JUSTYouth May Festival | Youth DramaWartburg10:0014+
By Sergej Gößner
Performed in German
10383
1951
JUSTYouth May Festival | Youth DramaWartburg19:3014+
By Sergej Gößner
Performed in German
10384
1951
OperaInternational May FestivalGrosses Haus19:30
Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)
Opera in three acts
Sung in Italian, with German surtitles.
Sold out / leftover tickets at the box office
* Please note this date was moved forward from 12 to 8 May 2024. *

Libretto by Giuseppe Adami & Renato Simoni nach Carlo Gozzi
Premiere: 1926 in Milan
9835
1927
Th
9
May
ConcertInternational May FestivalFoyer Grosses Haus11:00 - 12:40
Wildes Holz | DE

25 Jahre auf dem Holzweg

10344
2024
Opera, ConcertInternational May FestivalGrosses Haus18:00 - 21:00
Opera meets nature e.V. | DE

Richard Wagner Charity Gala

for Opera meets nature e. V.
10345
2018
Fr
10
May
ConcertReading | International May FestivalKleines Haus19:30 - 21:00
Uwe Kraus, Angela Denoke | DE

Zwischen gestern und morgen

Musical Reading
Performed in German.
10347
2019
Sa
11
May
PerformanceIMF City Projects | Free EntrySchlossplatz Wiesbaden11:00 - 14:008-18
Eva-Maria Damasko | DE

HearDTedSpaces

Hearded Spaces – Hearted Spaces
A free listening event for children and young adults aged 8 to 18
By Eva-Maria Damasko
10348
2039
JUSTYouth May Festival | WorkshopWartburg Rehearsal Room15:00 - 21:00FLINTA* (18+)
Stephanie Weber | DE

Drag King For One Day

Workshop
"She’s The Man*"-Boygroup Workshop with Stephanie Weber
Sold out / leftover tickets at the box office
10385
2034
ConcertReading | International May FestivalKleines Haus19:30 - 20:50
Barbara Auer & Olena Kushpler | DE

Übers Meer

Musical Reading
Performed in German
10350
2035
DramaInternational May FestivalGrosses Haus19:30 - 20:40
Dailes Theatre Rīga & Ekaterina Yakimova | LV

In the Solitude of Cotton Fields

By Bernard-Marie Koltès
Performed in English.
10349
2013
JUSTParty | Youth May FestivalWartburg21:00 - 03:0018+
DJ Lexl Foley & JUSM | DE

You Can’t Stop The Beat

Party
Musical & Show Hits from the 1990s and 2000s
10386
2033
Su
12
May
International May FestivalCaligari FilmBühne11:00
Film Programme at the Caligari FilmBühne

Monsieur Blake zu Diensten

Complètement Cramé!
Director Gilles Legardinier

FR / LU, 2023
110 Min.
FSK 0+
10406
1914
DramaInternational May FestivalGrosses Haus16:00 - 17:10
Dailes Theatre Rīga & Ekaterina Yakimova | LV

In the Solitude of Cotton Fields

By Bernard-Marie Koltès
Performed in English.
10351
2013
PerformanceIMF City Projects | Entry on DonationKünstlerverein Walkmühle18:00
art.ist.kollektiv | DE

Holzweg re|al|ienation

Walking Concert | Installation | Performance
By Wolfgang Schliemann
10354
2040
DramaInternational May FestivalGrosses Haus20:00 - 21:10
Dailes Theatre Rīga & Ekaterina Yakimova | LV

In the Solitude of Cotton Fields

By Bernard-Marie Koltès
Performed in English.
Sold out / leftover tickets at the box office
10352
2013
Tu
14
May
Opera, ConcertInternational May FestivalFoyer Grosses Haus19:30 - 22:00
Ensemble Mattiacis | DE

Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno

Concert Performance
George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759)
Oratorio in two parts
Sung in Italian.
Sold out / leftover tickets at the box office

Text by Benedetto Pamphili
Premiere: 1707 in Rome
10355
2023
We
15
May
ConcertReading | International May FestivalFoyer Grosses Haus19:30
Alyona Rostovskaya, Helmut Krausser | DE

»Die kleinen Gärten
des Maestro Puccini«

Musical Reading
A musical-literary soirée about Puccini and his women
10356
2022
International May FestivalCaligari FilmBühne20:0012+
Film Programme at the Caligari FilmBühne

Lilien im Winter

La Bohème am Kap
Director Mark Dornford-May

South Africa, 2014
90 Min.
FSK 0+
10407
1911
Th
16
May
Drama, JUSTYouth May FestivalWartburg10:00 - 10:559+
New International Encounter | GB / NO

Shakespeare in a Suitcase –
Macbeth

Shakespeare in a Suitcase
Performed in English.
10391
2029
OperaInternational May FestivalGrosses Haus19:30 - 22:30
Teatro Comunale di Bologna | IT

Tosca

Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)
Melodrama in three acts
In italienischer Sprache.

Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa, based on the drama by Victorien Sardou
Premiere: 1900 in Rome
10357
1985
Fr
17
May
Drama, JUSTYouth May FestivalWartburg10:00 - 10:559+
New International Encounter | GB / NO

Shakespeare in a Suitcase –
Macbeth

Shakespeare in a Suitcase
Performed in English.
10392
2029
OperaInternational May FestivalGrosses Haus19:30 - 22:30
Teatro Comunale di Bologna | IT

Tosca

Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)
Melodrama in three acts
In italienischer Sprache.

Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa, based on the drama by Victorien Sardou
Premiere: 1900 in Rome
10358
1985
Sa
18
May
Drama, JUSTYouth May FestivalWartburg11:00 - 11:559+
New International Encounter | GB / NO

Shakespeare in a Suitcase –
Macbeth

Shakespeare in a Suitcase
Performed in English.
10393
2029
Drama, JUSTYouth May FestivalWartburg16:00 - 16:559+
New International Encounter | GB / NO

Shakespeare in a Suitcase –
Macbeth

Shakespeare in a Suitcase
Performed in English.
10394
2029
ConcertInternational May FestivalGrosses Haus19:30
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden | DE

Operetta Gala

»Wär’ es auch nichts als ein Traum von Glück!«
10360
2016
ConcertInternational May Festival | Song RecitalKleines Haus19:30 - 20:45
Boesch & Martineau | AT / GB

Winterreise

Florian Boesch & Malcolm Martineau
10361
2020
Su
19
May
ConcertInternational May FestivalKleines Haus19:30 - 21:40
Dalia Schaechter, Boaz Krauzer & Band | DE / IL

Warsaw – New York – Tel Aviv

10362
2026
OperaInternational May FestivalGrosses Haus19:30 - 22:30
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901)
Lyric Drama in four acts
Sung in Italian, with German surtitles.

Libretto: Arrigo Boito, based on "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice" by William Shakespeare
Premiere: 1887 in Milan
9803
349
Mo
20
May
JUSTYouth May FestivalStudio16:00 - 16:407+
Ljubljana Puppet Theatre | SI

Somewhere Else

Puppet Theatre
Text by Zala Dobovšek, Nina Šorak, Tin Grabnar & Asja Kahrimanović Babnik
Performed in German.
10395
2028
OperaInternational May FestivalGrosses Haus18:00
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901)
Opera in three acts
Sung in Italian, with German surtitles.

Libretto: Arrigo Boito, based on William Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
Premiere: 1893 in Milan
9840
1928
ConcertInternational May Festival | Song RecitalKleines Haus19:30 - 21:30

Nicht Wiedersehen!

Günther Groissböck & Malcolm Martineau
Song recital with works by Gustav Mahler, Hugo Wolf & Modest Mussorgski
10363
2017
Tu
21
May
JUSTYouth May FestivalStudio10:00 - 10:407+
Ljubljana Puppet Theatre | SI

Somewhere Else

Puppet Theatre
Text by Zala Dobovšek, Nina Šorak, Tin Grabnar & Asja Kahrimanović Babnik
Performed in German.
10396
2028
We
22
May
IMF DanceInternational May FestivalGrosses Haus19:30 - 21:30
Nederlands Dans Theater NDT 2 | NL

27’52” / Codes of Conduct /
Bedtime story

Choreography by Jiří Kylián, Jermaine Spivey & Nadav Zelner
10364
2012
PerformanceIMF City ProjectsWartburg19:30 - 22:00FLINTA* 16+
Participation project
By Lena Kunz
Presented in German.
10366
2041
ConcertInternational May Festival | Symphony ConcertKurhaus19:30 - 21:00
18:45 Pre-concert Talk
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor
"Resurrection Symphony"
9765
1959
Th
23
May
IMF DanceInternational May FestivalGrosses Haus19:30 - 21:30
Nederlands Dans Theater NDT 2 | NL

27’52” / Codes of Conduct /
Bedtime story

Choreography by Jiří Kylián, Jermaine Spivey & Nadav Zelner
10365
2012
PerformanceIMF City ProjectsWartburg19:30 - 22:00FLINTA* 16+
Participation project
By Lena Kunz
Presented in German.
Sold out / leftover tickets at the box office
10367
2041
Fr
24
May
JUSTYouth May FestivalGrosses Haus17:00 - 18:00
Siegfried & Joy | DE | 4+

Las Vegas für Kinder!

Magic Show
A magic show in a class of its own!
Performed in German.
Sold out / leftover tickets at the box office
10399
2030
DanceWorld Premiere | International May FestivalKleines Haus19:30 - 20:30
Choreography by Mattia Russo&Antonio de Rosa
9649
1931
JUSTYouth May FestivalGrosses Haus20:00 - 21:30
Siegfried & Joy | DE | 10+

Las Vegas in Wiesbaden

Magic Show
A magic show in a class of its own!
Performed in German.
Sold out / leftover tickets at the box office
10400
2030
Sa
25
May
OperaDiscussion | International May FestivalFoyer Grosses Haus16:00 - 17:30

Opera Talk

»Ring«-Edition
Wolfgang M. Schmitt & Constantin Mende
10368
2002
IMF DanceIMF City ProjectsWartburg19:30 - 20:30
Matthew Tusa | AU

Populismus

Dance Performance
By Matthew Tusa
10370
2042
OperaInternational May Festival | Ring CycleGrosses Haus19:30 - 22:00
Der Ring des Nibelungen

Das Rheingold

The Rhinegold
Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)
Sung in German, with surtitles

Libretto: by the composer
Premiere: 1869 in Munich
9806
587
Su
26
May
PerformanceIMF City Projects | Free EntrySchlachthof Wiesbaden14:00 - 17:008-18
Eva-Maria Damasko | DE

HearDTedSpaces

Hearded Spaces – Hearted Spaces
A free listening event for children and young adults aged 8 to 18
By Eva-Maria Damasko
10371
2039
OperaInternational May Festival | Ring CycleGrosses Haus16:00 - 21:00
Der Ring des Nibelungen

Die Walküre

The Valkyrie
Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)
Sung in German, with surtitles

Libretto: by the composer
Premiere: 1870 in Munich
9809
589
DanceInternational May FestivalKleines Haus18:00 - 19:00
Choreography by Mattia Russo&Antonio de Rosa
10372
1931
Mo
27
May
ConcertInternational May FestivalGrosses Haus19:30 - 21:20
Simone Kermes | DE

Colori del mare

The Colours of the Sea
An evening with baroque arias by Händel, Vivaldi,
Hasse, Bononcini, amongst others
10373
2015
Tu
28
May
OperaInternational May Festival | Ring CycleGrosses Haus16:00 - 21:10
Der Ring des Nibelungen

Siegfried

Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)
Sung in German, with surtitles

Libretto: by the composer
Premiere: 1876 in Bayreuth
9812
590
We
29
May
JUSTYouth May FestivalStudio10:00 - 10:505+
Theater Zitadelle Puppet Company Berlin | DE

Neeweißnicht und Rosenrot

Puppet Theatre
Puppet theatre adaptation of a fairytale by the Grimm Brothers
Performed in German.
10403
2031
OperaInternational May FestivalGrosses Haus19:30 - 23:15

Le nozze di Figaro

The Marriage of Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Opera Buffa in four acts
Sung in Italian, with German surtitles

Libretto: Lorenzo Da Ponte, based on "La folle journée ou Le mariage de Figaro" by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Premiere: 1786 in Vienna
9708
1472
Th
30
May
JUSTYouth May FestivalStudio15:00 - 15:505+
Theater Zitadelle Puppet Company Berlin | DE

Neeweißnicht und Rosenrot

Puppet Theatre
Puppet theatre adaptation of a fairytale by the Grimm Brothers
Performed in German.
10404
2031
OperaInternational May Festival | Ring CycleGrosses Haus16:00 - 21:30
Der Ring des Nibelungen

Götterdämmerung

Twilight of the Gods
Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)
Sung in German, with surtitles

Libretto: by the composer
Premiere: 1876 in Bayreuth
9815
591
DanceInternational May FestivalKleines Haus19:30 - 20:30
Choreography by Mattia Russo&Antonio de Rosa
10374
1931
Fr
31
May
OperaInternational May FestivalGrosses Haus18:00 - 22:30
Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)
Romantic opera in three acts
Sung in German, with surtitles.
Sold out / leftover tickets at the box office
* Please note the changed starting time (18:00) *

Libretto by the composer
Premiere: 1850 in Weimar
9699
1923