Heidelberger Frühling Musikfestival Announces 2025 Season

By Afton Wooten

The 29th Heidelberger Frühling Musikfestival has released the details of its 2025 season, titled “Liberated Time.”

For the purposes of this article only vocal performances are included.

Soprano Eleanor Lyons, mezzo-soprano Sophie Harmsen, tenor Benjamin Hulett, and bass Johannes Kammler with the Collegium Vocale Gent present works by Eisler and Beethoven. They are accompanied by the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées under the baton of Philippe Herreweghe.

Performance Date: March 22, 2025

Tenor Kieran Carrel serves as vocal soloist in Schubert-Tag and Schubert-Soiree.

Performance Date: March 23, 2025

Soloists soprano Céline Scheen and countertenor Vincenzo Capezzuto perform with L’Arpeggiata Barockensemble and Christina Pluhar to present a program of Baroque works.

Performance Date: March 24, 2025

J.S. Bach’s “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern,” BWV 1 and “Magnificat” in E flat major, BWV 243a is presented by soprano Marie Luise Werneburg, mezzo-soprano Heike Heilmann, countertenor Franz Vitzthum, tenor Daniel Schreiber, and bass Felix Schwandtke. They are joined by the Barockorchester L’arpa festante led by Markus Uhl.

Performance Date: March 25, 2025

Thomas Hampson leads two public masterclasses.

Performance Dates: March 28 & 29, 2025

“End of My Days” is performed by soprano Ruby Hughes and the Manchester Collective.

Performance Date: March 29, 2025

Soprano Katharina Konradi and mezzo-soprano Catriona Morison present a concert of Lieder. They are joined by Ammiel Bushakevitz at the piano.

Performance Date: March 30, 2025

The Naghash Ensemble presents “Songs of Exile.”

Performance Date: April 2, 2025

Soprano Anna El-Khashem and pianist Keval Shah perform a concert of works by Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Richard Strauss, Claude Debussy, and Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Performance Date: April 4, 2025

Tenor Rolando Villazón and harpist Xavier de Maistre present “Serenata Latina.”

Performance Date: April 4, 2025

Tenor Michael Spyres and Il Pomo d’Oro Baroque Ensemble perform the concert, “Tenore assoluto.” Zefira Valova conducts.

Performance Date: April 5, 2025

A concert of works by Antonio Vivaldi, Alessandro Scarlatti, Carl Heinrich Graun, Johann Adolph Hasse, and Georg Friedrich Händel is performed by soprano Emőke Baráth and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. Maurice Steger conducts.

Performance Date: April 11, 2025

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