2026 | Internationale Händel-Festspiele Göttingen

2026

Enticement

2026

Feb 16th - Sep 20th Sep 21st - Oct 9th

22

Sunday

Ensemble Il Parrasio © Megumi Kudo

7:00 pm | February 22nd, 2026

Happy Birthday, Handel!

Birthday Concert

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04

Wednesday

Götz Lautenbach

7:00 pm | March 4th, 2026

Dear Deidamia

Staged reading (in German)

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17

Tuesday

Götz Lautenbach

7:00 pm | March 17th, 2026

Dear Deidamia

Staged reading (in German)

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07

Tuesday

Thomas Sander © Michael Schäfer

7:00 pm | April 7th, 2026

Festival Preview

Lecture (in German)

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16

Thursday

Thomas Sander © Michael Schäfer

7:00 pm | April 16th, 2026

Festival Preview

Lecture (in German)

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22

Wednesday

Thomas Sander © Michael Schäfer

7:00 pm | April 22nd, 2026

Festival Preview

Lecture (in German)

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25

Saturday

Julia Lezhneva © Ksenia Zasetskaya

7:30 pm | April 25th, 2026

The Golden Age

Julia Lezhneva & Luca Pianca

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30

Thursday

12:00 pm | April 30th, 2026

Opening Audio Walk

03

Sunday

© Lea Schmidt

10:00 am | May 3rd, 2026

Sing Along Service

07

Thursday

11:00 am | May 7th, 2026

Rolling George

rolls across the region

3:30 pm | May 7th, 2026

Rolling George

rolls across the region

08

Friday

10:00 am | May 8th, 2026

Rolling George

rolls across the region

12:00 pm | May 8th, 2026

Rolling George

rolls across the region

2:45 pm | May 8th, 2026

Rolling George

rolls across the region

4:45 pm | May 8th, 2026

Rolling George

rolls across the region

09

Saturday

10:30 am | May 9th, 2026

Rolling George

rolls 4 Kids in Göttingen

14

Thursday

7:00 pm | May 14th, 2026

20th anniversary FestspielOrchester Göttingen

Gala Concert

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15

Friday

Martin Begemann Carillon © Niklas Richter

11:15 am | May 15th, 2026

Good Morning, George!

Prof. Dr. Arnold Jacobshagen

3:00 pm | May 15th, 2026

When the Masks Fall

Turning Points in Handel’s Life and Work

Aufführungsfoto © Padraig Grant

6:00 pm | May 15th, 2026

Deidamia (HWV 42)

Premiere – Opera by George Frideric Handel

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16

Saturday

Prof. Dr. Panja Mücke

10:00 am | May 16th, 2026

Theater of Masks

Disguise, Deception, and Identity/Identities in Handel’s Operas

10:00 am | May 16th, 2026

Baby Concert

11:00 am | May 16th, 2026

Children’s Day

In the Footsteps of Handel

5:00 pm | May 16th, 2026

London Dreams

Children's Musical

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Aufführungsfoto © Padraig Grant

6:00 pm | May 16th, 2026

Deidamia (HWV 42)

Opera by George Frideric Handel

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17

Sunday

Shunske Sato und Shuann Chai © Marco Borggreve

11:00 am | May 17th, 2026

Berlin 1865

In the Footsteps of Joseph Joachim

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Die Geschichte vom Soldaten © Julian Crozier, GSO

5:00 pm | May 17th, 2026

The Soldier’s Tale

Igor Stravinsky, Matthias Weckmann

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G.A.P. Ensemble © Maja Argakijeva

7:30 pm | May 17th, 2026

Two Giants in Dialogue

Bach meets Händel

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La Mandorle © Roger Lleixa

8:30 pm | May 17th, 2026

Vive les femmes!

Women in Musical Portrayal

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18

Monday

10:00 am | May 18th, 2026

göttingen händel competition

Preliminary round

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Martin Begemann Carillon © Niklas Richter

11:15 am | May 18th, 2026

Good Morning, George!

12:30 pm | May 18th, 2026

Lunch Concert

Fantastica Ensemble

Aufführungsfoto © Padraig Grant

3:00 pm | May 18th, 2026

Deidamia (HWV 42)

Opera by George Frideric Handel

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Heli Siekkinen © Henni Hyvärinen

6:00 pm | May 18th, 2026

Readings, Wine & Music

One Thousand and One Nights

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19

Tuesday

Martin Begemann Carillon © Niklas Richter

11:15 am | May 19th, 2026

Good Morning, George!

Heli Siekkinen © Henni Hyvärinen

12:30 pm | May 19th, 2026

Lunch Concert

Heli Siekkinen

False Consonance © Jannis Dirksen

7:30 pm | May 19th, 2026

Il Sassone

A Domestic Opera

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20

Wednesday

Martin Begemann Carillon © Niklas Richter

11:15 am | May 20th, 2026

Good Morning, George!

Duo Lucescuro © Frank Stefan Kimmel

12:30 pm | May 20th, 2026

Lunch Concert

Audience Prize ghc 2026

© Frank Stefan Kimmel

5:00 pm | May 20th, 2026

Children’s University

Les Arcanes Baroque © Frank Stefan Kimmel

7:00 pm | May 20th, 2026

Prizewinners’ Concert “Music and Space”

Les Arcanes Baroques

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© Alciro Theodoro da Silva

7:45 pm | May 20th, 2026

The Soldier’s Tale

Igor Stravinsky, Matthias Weckmann

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Yara-Ensemble © Valentin Wohlfarth

8:30 pm | May 20th, 2026

Flora incognita

The Hidden Language of Flowers

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21

Thursday

Martin Begemann Carillon © Niklas Richter

11:15 am | May 21st, 2026

Good Morning, George!

Il Parrasio © Megumi Kudo

12:30 pm | May 21st, 2026

Lunch Concert

Il Parrasio

5:00 pm | May 21st, 2026

Prizewinners’ Concert

Duo Lucescuro and Les Arcanes Baroques

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Il Parrasio © Megumi Kudo

7:30 pm | May 21st, 2026

Border Crossers

Handel goes regional

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22

Friday

Martin Begemann Carillon © Niklas Richter

11:15 am | May 22nd, 2026

Good Morning, George!

Dorothee Oberlinger © Bertrand Pichene

12:30 pm | May 22nd, 2026

Lunch Concert

Dorothee Oberlinger

Das Bild zeigt das Kirchenschiff und die Orgel der St. Jacobi-Kirche Goettingen.

6:00 pm | May 22nd, 2026

Counterpoint

Biblical Temptations and Enticements

Ensemble 1700 © Johannes Ritter

7:00 pm | May 22nd, 2026

Baroque Influencers

Handel and the Accademia dell’Arcadia

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8:00 pm | May 22nd, 2026

Handel jazzt!

Jazz meets Hannover Baroque

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23

Saturday

11:00 am | May 23rd, 2026

Telemann goes East

Erik Bosgraaf & filoBarocco

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2:00 pm | May 23rd, 2026

Telemann goes East

Erik Bosgraaf & filoBarocco

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3:00 pm | May 23rd, 2026

Rodelinda's Son

A Musical Playmobil Performance

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Ana Maria Labin © Clemens Manser

7:00 pm | May 23rd, 2026

Messiah (HWV 56)

Oratorio by George Frideric Handel

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24

Sunday

Laurence Cummings © Christian Knörr

11:00 am | May 24th, 2026

To Melt a Stony Heart

Laurence Cummings and Rachel Brown

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Aufführungsfoto © Padraig Grant

5:00 pm | May 24th, 2026

Deidamia (HWV 42)

Opera by George Frideric Handel

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5:00 pm | May 24th, 2026

A Mighty Fortress

Music from the Time of the Thirty Years’ War

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25

Monday

11:00 am | May 25th, 2026

Ecumenical Service

12:00 pm | May 25th, 2026

Deidamia - family version

George Frideric Handel: Deidamia (HWV 42)

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Aufführungsfoto © Padraig Grant

5:00 pm | May 25th, 2026

Deidamia (HWV 42)

Opera by George Frideric Handel

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Tempera Mente © Bas Cornelissen

5:00 pm | May 25th, 2026

Seeds of Sorrow

On Overcoming and Hope

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14

Sunday

9:30 pm | June 14th, 2026

Broadcast Prize Winner's Concert (Radio)

28

Sunday

8:00 am | June 28th, 2026

Broadcast Prize Winner's Concert

9:30 pm | June 28th, 2026

Broadcast The Soldier's Tale

04

Friday

Deidamia © Alciro Theodoro da Silva

8:30 pm | September 4th, 2026

Open Air-Kino: Deidamia FÄLLT AUS

Ersatztermine im Méliès!

06

Sunday

Deidamia © Alciro Theodoro da Silva

11:00 am | September 6th, 2026 | Kino MÉLIÈS

Oper auf der Leinwand

"Deidamia" im Méliès

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13

Sunday

Deidamia © Alciro Theodoro da Silva

11:00 am | September 13th, 2026 | Kino MÉLIÈS

Oper auf der Leinwand

"Deidamia" im Méliès

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