In June 2026, we’ll play three events in Kressbronn am Bodensee. On Thursday, 25 June 2026, you can hear us on the lake stage (Werft1919) with Wagner’s Tannhäuser, Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor as well as Meyerbeer’s torch dance No. 1 and a Ceilidh. Full programmes below.
The Glasgow Salon Orchestra will visit Kressbronn from June 22nd to 25th, 2026. Three famous operas will be performed in entertaining short versions: Bizet’s Carmen, Wagner’s Tannhäuser, and Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor (a romantic melodrama set in Scotland).
The opening performance of Carmen will take place on Tuesday, June 23rd in the Konzertmuschel (park pavilion), free of charge and outdoors (in case of bad weather, on June 24th).
On Thursday, June 25th, the programme moves to the Werft1919 shipyard. To rival the Bregenz Festival, the Scots will present two operas in one evening (Wagner and Donizetti), along with a torch dance and a Ceilidh. Be surprised by salon arrangements from the turn of the 20th century and Scottish dancing for all.
Kressbronn Seebühne Werft1919 (lake stage)
25 June 2026, 19:30 – 21:00
2 operas in one evening + torch dance and Ceilidh
Programme
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1844) / arr. Theodore Moses-Tobani (1889): Fackeltanz (torch dance) No. 1 B-flat major
“The Marche Flambeaux was composed by Meyerbeer on the occasion of the betrothing of a Princess of Prussia. The composition of this kind of Morceau belongs to a ceremony of the Middle Ages, and is still observed in the German Courts. On the day of the betrothing of a prince or princess royal, it is the custom for each of the betrothed, with torch in hand, to make a tour of the salon several times, and to pass before the sovereign; the prince giving his hand to a lady, and the princess hers to a gentleman of the Court. All the guests follow the betrothed couple, who change partners each time until all present have walked around the room with them. The March is always in 3/4 time. It is a slow movement in the style of a polonaise, and scored for a military band.” [text from 19th piano arrangement published by Cramer, Beal & Co. London]
Gaetano Donizetti (1835) / arr. Émile Tavan (1880s): Lucia di Lammermoor (Fantasie)
Romeo & Juliet-type love and feud war in medieval Scotland
Lucia di Lammermoor tells the story of two young lovers from feuding families. The melodramatic plot unfolds at Ravenswood Castle in Scotland, based on Sir Walter Scott’s novel “The Bride of Lammermoor” (1819). In Donizetti’s opera, Lucia flees a wild bull and falls in love with her rescuer, Edgardo, from a rival clan. Lucia is then forced by her brother to marry the powerful Lord Arturo Buchan. She murders him on their wedding night and descends into madness.
Richard Wagner (1845) / arr. Max Rhode (1923): Tannhäuser (Fantasie)
medieval Minnesänger song contest, temptation of the Venus mountain
The knight Tannhäuser finds himself inside the Venusberg, a world of sensuality. He returns to Wartburg Castle, where he hopes to win the heart of Elisabeth, the Landgrave’s niece, in the Minnesingers’ competition. He sings a song about Venus, which reveals him as a sinner. On a pilgrimage to Rome, he seeks forgiveness in vain and finally finds redemption through Elisabeth’s purest love.
[interval, chairs removed]
Ceilidh: Eightsome Reel & more
Tickets: 14,00 € available via www.reservix.de
Carmen in the Park
23 June 2026, 19:30 – 20:30
Taster programme (free and outdoors: Konzertmuschel, Schlösslepark)
Programme
Queen Mary, Road to Dundee, In Praise of Islay (traditional Scottish melodies)
Georges Bizet: Carmen (1875) arr. Schreiner/Weninger (1928)
Dimitri Schostakowitsch – Valtz II Nr. 2 from Jazz-Suite (1955)
Gerardo Matos Rodriguez – La Cumparsita (Tango) (1916)
George Gershwin – Nice work if you can get it (Medium quick step) (1937)
Paul Desmond / Brubeck quartet / arr. Greenslade: Take 5 (5/4) (1959)
Dizzy Gillespie / Frank Paparelli: A Night in Tunesia (Samba) (1944)
Athol Highlanders (traditional Scottish dances)
Salonorchester Glasgow:
Gabriel Doucet (violin)
Shona MacLeod (violin)
Gabriel Reinés March (violin)
Martin Kretschmer (viola)
Elizabeth Porter (cello)
Lynette Eaton (double bass)
Sophia Duncan (flute)
Stephen Webster (clarinet)
Sharon Kretschmer (trumpet)
Bob Whitney (tuba)
Piano, harmonium, percussion
