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Traffic restrictions for the ADAC Velotour Eschborn–Frankfurt on 30 April and 1 May 2026
Starting at 12:00 p.m. on April 30, Bockenheimer Anlage will be closed between the Alte Oper and the Opernturm. The Opernturm parking garage will no longer be accessible after 12:00 p.m. Starting at 12:00 p.m., the Alte Oper parking garage will only be accessible from the east via Bockenheimer Anlage. You can find more detailed information on the traffic situation here and here. Please allow plenty of time for your journey. This information is based on the data currently available to us.
(29.04.2026)
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Alte Oper Campus: KIENZLE’S CLASSIC
Tchaikovsky and the Requiem for his own death - a music seminar for the curious with Dr Ulrike KienzleAdmission free, admission with ticket for the evening concert
‘I think Bernstein's symphonies paint a wonderful picture of him as a whole,’ said Sir Antonio Pappano on the occasion of his recording of the US composer's second symphony. Bernstein shows us how to deal with crises of faith in the face of world-shaking events - ‘he brings us back’. And so this work for piano and orchestra may have ‘the age of fear’ in its title, but Bernstein countered the disorientation after the Second World War with radiant confidence at the end - a beautiful signal even in current times. Pappano believes it is time to give something back to Bernstein and find his own way of expressing his music.
