Essen · opera house

Aalto-Theater / Philharmonie Essen

139 performances, from Fri 30 Oct 2026 to Sat 17 Jul 2027

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October 2026

  1. Fri 30 Oct · 19:00"Inori" - Anbetungen für zwei Solisten und OrchesterKarlheinz Stockhausen · Philharmonie Essen
  2. Sat 31 Oct · 16:00Trio Nr. 2Salvatore Sciarrino · Philharmonie Essen
  3. Sat 31 Oct · 19:00Das Wunder der Heliane Op. 20Erich Wolfgang Korngold · Aalto-Theater Essen
  4. Sat 31 Oct · 19:30"Fugacité" (Nr. 4 aus "Avec les temps...")Stéphane Roy · Folkwang Universität der Künste, Neue Aula, Essen

November 2026

  1. Sun 1 Nov · 18:00Don Giovanni K.527Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Aalto-Theater Essen
  2. Sun 1 Nov · 19:00"rwh" für Ensemble, Chöre und Live-ElektronikMark Andre · Philharmonie Essen
  3. Mon 2 Nov · 19:30An American in ParisGeorge Gershwin · Philharmonie Essen
  4. Fri 6 Nov · 19:00"Nuages Immortels oder Focusing On Solos (Medea In Avignon)"Rolf Riehm · Philharmonie Essen
  5. Fri 6 Nov · 21:30"La dixième symphonie" - Hommage à Beethoven (Auswahl)Pierre Henry · Philharmonie Essen
  6. Sat 7 Nov · 18:00"Kintsukuroi"Alberto Posadas · Philharmonie Essen
  7. Sun 8 Nov · 17:00Symphonie fantastique: Épisode de la vie d'une artiste Op. 14Hector Berlioz · Philharmonie Essen
  8. Sun 8 Nov · 18:00RigolettoGiuseppe Verdi · Aalto-Theater Essen
  9. Fri 13 Nov · 19:00Das Wunder der Heliane Op. 20Erich Wolfgang Korngold · Aalto-Theater Essen
  10. Sat 14 Nov · 19:00RigolettoGiuseppe Verdi · Aalto-Theater Essen
  11. Sun 15 Nov · 11:00Pastorale für Oboe, Klarinette und FagottDarius Milhaud · Philharmonie Essen
  12. Tue 17 Nov · 20:00Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98Johannes Brahms · Philharmonie Essen
  13. Thu 19 Nov · 19:00Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68Johannes Brahms · Philharmonie Essen
  14. Sat 21 Nov · 19:00Dichterliebe Op. 48Robert Schumann · Philharmonie Essen
  15. Thu 26 Nov · 19:30Symphony No. 7 in D minor, B.141, Op. 70Antonín Dvořák · Philharmonie Essen
  16. Fri 27 Nov · 19:30Symphony No. 7 in D minor, B.141, Op. 70Antonín Dvořák · Philharmonie Essen
  17. Sat 28 Nov · 19:00Don Giovanni K.527Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Aalto-Theater Essen
  18. Sat 28 Nov · 19:00Agrippina HWV.6George Frideric Handel · Philharmonie Essen
  19. Sun 29 Nov · 11:00Lieder eines fahrenden GesellenGustav Mahler · Philharmonie Essen
  20. Sun 29 Nov · 17:00Bagatelles Op. 126Ludwig van Beethoven · Philharmonie Essen

December 2026

  1. Wed 2 Dec · 19:00Siete canciones populares españolasManuel de Falla · Philharmonie Essen
  2. Thu 3 Dec · 20:00Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36Ludwig van Beethoven · Philharmonie Essen
  3. Sat 5 Dec · 19:00Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82Jean Sibelius · Philharmonie Essen
  4. Sun 6 Dec · 19:00Aus der Jugendzeit Op. 17Max Reger · Philharmonie Essen
  5. Mon 7 Dec · 19:00My Heart's in the Highlands for chorus and organArvo Pärt · Philharmonie Essen
  6. Tue 8 Dec · 19:00Alma Redemptoris mater No. 1Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina · Philharmonie Essen
  7. Fri 11 Dec · 19:30La cenerentolaGioachino Rossini · Aalto-Theater Essen
  8. Sun 13 Dec · 11:00Double Concerto in D minor for 2 Violins, BWV.1043Johann Sebastian Bach · Aalto-Theater Essen
  9. Sun 13 Dec · 16:30Das Wunder der Heliane Op. 20Erich Wolfgang Korngold · Aalto-Theater Essen
  10. Sun 13 Dec · 17:00Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25Johannes Brahms · Philharmonie Essen
  11. Thu 17 Dec · 19:30Christmas Oratorio BWV.248Johann Sebastian Bach · Philharmonie Essen
  12. Fri 18 Dec · 19:30Christmas Oratorio BWV.248Johann Sebastian Bach · Philharmonie Essen
  13. Sun 20 Dec · 17:00Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV.1069Johann Sebastian Bach · Philharmonie Essen
  14. Sun 20 Dec · 18:00La cenerentolaGioachino Rossini · Aalto-Theater Essen
  15. Sat 26 Dec · 18:00La bohèmeGiacomo Puccini · Aalto-Theater Essen
  16. Sat 26 Dec · 18:00Christmas Oratorio BWV.248Johann Sebastian Bach · Philharmonie Essen
  17. Thu 31 Dec · 20:00Leonore Overture No. 3 Op. 72bLudwig van Beethoven · Philharmonie Essen

January 2027

  1. Fri 1 Jan · 18:00Symphony No. 9 “Choral”Ludwig van Beethoven · Philharmonie Essen
  2. Sat 2 Jan · 19:00La bohèmeGiacomo Puccini · Aalto-Theater Essen
  3. Fri 8 Jan · 19:30Wiener Blut Op. 354Johann Strauss Jr · Aalto-Theater Essen
  4. Sat 9 Jan · 20:00Symphony No. 9 in D majorGustav Mahler · Philharmonie Essen
  5. Sun 10 Jan · 18:00Wiener Blut Op. 354Johann Strauss Jr · Aalto-Theater Essen
  6. Sun 10 Jan · 18:00Symphony No. 9 in D majorGustav Mahler · Philharmonie Essen
  7. Sat 16 Jan · 19:00Cello Concerto in A minor, Wq.170, H.432Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach · Philharmonie Essen
  8. Sun 17 Jan · 11:00String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111Johannes Brahms · Philharmonie Essen
  9. Sun 17 Jan · 18:00La bohèmeGiacomo Puccini · Aalto-Theater Essen
  10. Thu 21 Jan · 19:30Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120Robert Schumann · Philharmonie Essen
  11. Fri 22 Jan · 19:30Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120Robert Schumann · Philharmonie Essen
  12. Sat 23 Jan · 19:00La bohèmeGiacomo Puccini · Aalto-Theater Essen
  13. Sat 23 Jan · 19:00Turangalila-symphonie for orchestraOlivier Messiaen · Philharmonie Essen

February 2027

  1. Fri 5 Feb · 19:30Wiener Blut Op. 354Johann Strauss Jr · Aalto-Theater Essen
  2. Sat 6 Feb · 19:00PagliacciRuggero Leoncavallo · Aalto-Theater Essen
  3. Thu 11 Feb · 19:30Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92Ludwig van Beethoven · Philharmonie Essen
  4. Fri 12 Feb · 19:30Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92Ludwig van Beethoven · Philharmonie Essen
  5. Sat 13 Feb · 19:00PagliacciRuggero Leoncavallo · Aalto-Theater Essen
  6. Sun 14 Feb · 20:00Carmina BuranaCarl Orff · Philharmonie Essen
  7. Wed 17 Feb · 19:30PagliacciRuggero Leoncavallo · Aalto-Theater Essen
  8. Sun 21 Feb · 11:00Floresta do Amazonas symphonic poem for voice, male chorus, and orchestra, A.551Heitor Villa-Lobos · Aalto-Theater Essen
  9. Sun 21 Feb · 19:00Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in B-flat major, WoO 6Ludwig van Beethoven · Philharmonie Essen
  10. Mon 22 Feb · 19:00Violin Sonata No. 9 “Kreutzer”Ludwig van Beethoven · Philharmonie Essen
  11. Sat 27 Feb · 19:00Day of NightOuti Tarkiainen · Aalto-Theater Essen
  12. Sun 28 Feb · 17:00Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”Gustav Mahler · Philharmonie Essen
  13. Sun 28 Feb · 18:00La cenerentolaGioachino Rossini · Aalto-Theater Essen

March 2027

  1. Thu 4 Mar · 19:30Ouvertüre aus "Talestri"Maria Antonia Walpurgis von Bayern · Philharmonie Essen
  2. Fri 5 Mar · 19:30Ouvertüre aus "Talestri"Maria Antonia Walpurgis von Bayern · Philharmonie Essen
  3. Sat 6 Mar · 19:00Day of NightOuti Tarkiainen · Aalto-Theater Essen
  4. Sun 7 Mar · 16:30La cenerentolaGioachino Rossini · Aalto-Theater Essen
  5. Sun 14 Mar · 17:00Lohengrin WWV 75Richard Wagner · Aalto-Theater Essen
  6. Sun 14 Mar · 17:00Symphony No. 100 “Military”Franz Joseph Haydn · Philharmonie Essen
  7. Wed 17 Mar · 19:30Day of NightOuti Tarkiainen · Aalto-Theater Essen
  8. Thu 18 Mar · 19:30PagliacciRuggero Leoncavallo · Aalto-Theater Essen
  9. Fri 19 Mar · 19:00Rhapsodie espagnole “Folies d'Espagne et jota aragonesa”Franz Liszt · Philharmonie Essen
  10. Sat 20 Mar · 19:00Day of NightOuti Tarkiainen · Aalto-Theater Essen
  11. Sat 20 Mar · 19:00Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92Ludwig van Beethoven · Philharmonie Essen
  12. Sun 21 Mar · 19:00String Quintet in C major, Op. 29Ludwig van Beethoven · Philharmonie Essen
  13. Thu 25 Mar · 19:30Wiener Blut Op. 354Johann Strauss Jr · Aalto-Theater Essen
  14. Fri 26 Mar · 17:00Passion According to St. Matthew BWV.244Johann Sebastian Bach · Philharmonie Essen
  15. Sat 27 Mar · 18:00Lohengrin WWV 75Richard Wagner · Aalto-Theater Essen

April 2027

  1. Thu 1 Apr · 19:30Wiener Blut Op. 354Johann Strauss Jr · Aalto-Theater Essen
  2. Thu 8 Apr · 19:30Symphony No. 1 “Titan”Gustav Mahler · Philharmonie Essen
  3. Fri 9 Apr · 19:30Symphony No. 1 “Titan”Gustav Mahler · Philharmonie Essen
  4. Sat 10 Apr · 19:00Day of NightOuti Tarkiainen · Aalto-Theater Essen
  5. Sun 11 Apr · 16:30Wiener Blut Op. 354Johann Strauss Jr · Aalto-Theater Essen
  6. Sun 11 Apr · 20:00Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83Sergei Prokofiev · Philharmonie Essen
  7. Tue 13 Apr · 19:00Academic Festival Overture Op. 80Johannes Brahms · Philharmonie Essen
  8. Thu 15 Apr · 19:30Day of NightOuti Tarkiainen · Aalto-Theater Essen
  9. Fri 16 Apr · 19:00Schwanengesang D.957Franz Schubert · Philharmonie Essen
  10. Sat 17 Apr · 19:00Wiener Blut Op. 354Johann Strauss Jr · Aalto-Theater Essen
  11. Sun 18 Apr · 18:00Day of NightOuti Tarkiainen · Aalto-Theater Essen
  12. Sun 25 Apr · 11:00La Revue de cuisine jazz suite and ballet for clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, cello and piano, H.161Bohuslav Martinů · Aalto-Theater Essen
  13. Sun 25 Apr · 16:30PagliacciRuggero Leoncavallo · Aalto-Theater Essen
  14. Sun 25 Apr · 19:00String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132Ludwig van Beethoven · Philharmonie Essen
  15. Thu 29 Apr · 19:30Elijah Op. 70Felix Mendelssohn · Philharmonie Essen
  16. Fri 30 Apr · 19:30Elijah Op. 70Felix Mendelssohn · Philharmonie Essen

May 2027

  1. Sun 2 May · 11:00Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19Sergei Rachmaninoff · Philharmonie Essen
  2. Sun 2 May · 16:30Lohengrin WWV 75Richard Wagner · Aalto-Theater Essen
  3. Wed 5 May · 19:00Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli Op. 120Ludwig van Beethoven · Philharmonie Essen
  4. Thu 6 May · 19:00L' Ascension 4 meditations, I/12aOlivier Messiaen · Philharmonie Essen
  5. Sat 8 May · 20:00Violin Concerto No. 5 “Turkish”Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Philharmonie Essen
  6. Sun 9 May · 19:00Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte for narrator, piano, and strings, Op. 41Arnold Schoenberg · Philharmonie Essen
  7. Sat 15 May · 19:00Zar und ZimmermannAlbert Lortzing · Aalto-Theater Essen
  8. Sun 16 May · 19:00Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114Johannes Brahms · Philharmonie Essen
  9. Mon 17 May · 18:00Zar und ZimmermannAlbert Lortzing · Aalto-Theater Essen
  10. Sat 22 May · 19:00Zar und ZimmermannAlbert Lortzing · Aalto-Theater Essen
  11. Thu 27 May · 19:30The Rite of SpringIgor Stravinsky · Philharmonie Essen
  12. Fri 28 May · 19:30The Rite of SpringIgor Stravinsky · Philharmonie Essen
  13. Sun 30 May · 11:00The Rite of SpringIgor Stravinsky · Philharmonie Essen
  14. Sun 30 May · 16:30Zar und ZimmermannAlbert Lortzing · Aalto-Theater Essen

June 2027

  1. Thu 3 Jun · 19:30Zar und ZimmermannAlbert Lortzing · Aalto-Theater Essen
  2. Sat 5 Jun · 18:00Lohengrin WWV 75Richard Wagner · Aalto-Theater Essen
  3. Sat 5 Jun · 20:00Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Philharmonie Essen
  4. Sun 6 Jun · 11:00Ma mère l'oyeMaurice Ravel · Aalto-Theater Essen
  5. Sun 6 Jun · 17:00Symphony No. 38 “Prague”Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Philharmonie Essen
  6. Fri 11 Jun · 19:30PagliacciRuggero Leoncavallo · Aalto-Theater Essen
  7. Fri 11 Jun · 20:00Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”Ludwig van Beethoven · Philharmonie Essen
  8. Sat 19 Jun · 17:00Military Marches “Pomp and Circumstance”Edward Elgar · Philharmonie Essen
  9. Sat 19 Jun · 19:00La fanciulla del WestGiacomo Puccini · Aalto-Theater Essen
  10. Sun 20 Jun · 19:006 Bagatelles for wind quintetGyörgy Ligeti · Philharmonie Essen
  11. Mon 21 Jun · 20:00"Opening" aus "Glassworks"Philip Glass · Philharmonie Essen
  12. Thu 24 Jun · 19:30Tod und Verklärung Op. 24, TrV158Richard Strauss · Philharmonie Essen
  13. Fri 25 Jun · 19:30Tod und Verklärung Op. 24, TrV158Richard Strauss · Philharmonie Essen
  14. Sat 26 Jun · 19:00Zar und ZimmermannAlbert Lortzing · Aalto-Theater Essen
  15. Sat 26 Jun · 20:00Pictures at an ExhibitionModest Mussorgsky · Philharmonie Essen
  16. Sun 27 Jun · 18:00PagliacciRuggero Leoncavallo · Aalto-Theater Essen

July 2027

  1. Thu 1 Jul · 19:30Zar und ZimmermannAlbert Lortzing · Aalto-Theater Essen
  2. Sat 3 Jul · 19:00La fanciulla del WestGiacomo Puccini · Aalto-Theater Essen
  3. Sun 4 Jul · 11:00Sonata for Bassoon and Cello in B-flat major, K.292Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Philharmonie Essen
  4. Tue 6 Jul · 19:30Requiem in D minor, K.626Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Philharmonie Essen
  5. Wed 7 Jul · 19:30Zar und ZimmermannAlbert Lortzing · Aalto-Theater Essen
  6. Fri 9 Jul · 19:30PagliacciRuggero Leoncavallo · Aalto-Theater Essen
  7. Fri 9 Jul · 20:00Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98Johannes Brahms · Philharmonie Essen
  8. Sun 11 Jul · 18:00La fanciulla del WestGiacomo Puccini · Aalto-Theater Essen
  9. Thu 15 Jul · 19:30Symphonic Dances Op. 45Sergei Rachmaninoff · Philharmonie Essen
  10. Fri 16 Jul · 19:30Symphonic Dances Op. 45Sergei Rachmaninoff · Philharmonie Essen
  11. Sat 17 Jul · 19:00La fanciulla del WestGiacomo Puccini · Aalto-Theater Essen