The concert series for connoisseurs and gourmets: Not only the masters of Viennese classical music are on the program here - you can also experience the Handel Festival Orchestra in this concert series of the Staatskapelle Halle. Always on Sunday afternoons, always great!

Classical Music in the Afternoon

Concert Hall Ulrichskirche

Orpheus and Eurydice agree: their marriage is over. While he is only interested in his music, she seeks adventure – and promptly ends up in the arms of Pluto, the god of the underworld. He seizes the opportunity and whisks her away to the realm of the dead.

Orpheus in the Underworld

Halle Opera House

Six young people eke out a living with precarious work: Poet Rodolfo works at a newspaper and dreams of his breakthrough as a playwright. Marcello paints advertisements on walls. Philosopher Colline lives off private lessons. Musician Schaunard tinkers his way through bars. Mimì embroiders flowers on jewelry ribbons. Musetta keeps wealthy lovers.

La bohème

One must imagine Gioacchino Rossini as a hard-working man. In 1810, at just 18 years old, he wrote his first opera. By the age of 20, he was considered Italy's most sought-after opera composer; by his 22nd birthday, he had written 13 operas and was known far beyond Italy's borders. "The Barber of Seville" remains his undisputed masterpiece and rightly belongs to the core operatic repertoire.

The Barber of Seville

A traveling journeyman, through his flute playing and with the help of a musical mechanism built by Master Florian, prevents a rather decadent princess from being lynched by her own people.

Chulhyun Kim

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 14 - Apr 17, 2026

Orpheus in the Underworld · Staatskapelle Halle

Feb 22, 2026

La bohème · Staatskapelle Halle

Mar 28 - Apr 19, 2026

The Barber of Seville · Staatskapelle Halle

Apr 1 - May 24, 2026

The Music Box and the Princess · Staatskapelle Halle

Past events

Apr 13, 2025

Classical Music in the Afternoon · Staatskapelle Halle

Future and recently performed repertoire

Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville by Rossini

Staatskapelle Halle

Pluto/Hades (Aristeus) in Orpheus in the Underworld by Offenbach

Staatskapelle Halle

Rodolfo in La bohème by Puccini

Staatskapelle Halle

A wandering fellow in Das Spielwerk und die Prinzessin by Schreker

Staatskapelle Halle

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