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Summer Matinees at Esterházy Palace

Enjoy the music of the great composer Joseph Haydn at the original scene of his creative work.

Concert on 17 August

Palace Sounds

Pannonisches Jugendsymphonieorchester

Opera in the quarry

The Flying Dutchman

No composer before Richard Wagner has set the roaring of the whipped-up sea so thrillingly to music, no one has been able to give the horror of a ghost ship such a vivid sound. With a playing time of less than two and a half hours, the first ever production of a work by Richard Wagner at the ‘Opera in the Quarry’ promises to be a fascinating summer experience, with the rugged rocky landscape of the St. Margarethen quarry once again providing the ideal backdrop for a thrilling performance.ideal backdrop for a captivating opera performance.

10 - 21. September

Herbstgold – Festival 2025

The HERBSTGOLD - Festival 2025 invites you to experience music in its deepest and most moving form. Under the motto “Ecstasy”, we dedicate ourselves to those moments in which music takes us beyond the everyday - into a state of intense devotion in which sounds, emotions and interpretation merge into an inseparable unity.

Burg Forchtenstein

‘Just don't lose your head! - Prince Paul I Esterházy's fearless heroines’

Pictures tell stories - they are visual testimonies of events, people and destinies. In this new exhibition at Forchtenstein Castle, curated by Florian Bayer and Margit Kopp, the focus is on paintings depicting strong women who overcame their male adversaries with courage and “cunning“. Around 350 years ago, these motifs were part of Prince Paul I Esterházy's pictorial programme at Eisenstadt Palace and Forchtenstein Castle.

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At the table! A princely banquet.

Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt invites visitors on an extraordinary journey back in time to the world of the aristocracy: an opulent banqueting table in the White Hall takes visitors back to the sumptuous dining culture around 1800, when the aristocracy dined in luxurious surroundings.

Esterhazy 2024

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