Monika Gruber Symphonic - Christmas program
"The Gruaberin" leads through wintry fairytale worlds

E. HUMPERDINCK · Overture from "Hansel and Gretel"
Monika GRUBER · "Die staade Zeit"
Monika GRUBER · "Fakten Fakten Fakten"
Peter BACHÈR · "Die seltsame Unruhe vor Weihnachten"

P. I. TSCHAIKOVSKY · Overture from "The Nutcracker," Op. 71a
Jörg MAURER · "Die coole Herbergssuche" (The Cool Search for Shelter)
Georg RIED · "Engel können fliegen" (Angels Can Fly)
LORIOT · "Advent"

M. LEONTOWYTCH · Carol of the Bells
Gustl BAUER · "Der Weihnachtsbraten"
G. F. HÄNDEL · Lascia ch'io pianga
Erich KÄSTNER · "Dem Revolutionär zum Geburtstag" (To the Revolutionary on His Birthday)
E. HUMPERDINCK · Evening Blessing from "Hansel and Gretel"
Peter BACHÈR · "Grüße zum Fest – Zeit für leise Töne" (Season's Greetings – Time for Soft Tones)

P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY · March from "The Nutcracker," Op. 71a
Phil BOSMANS · "Das Gedächtnis des Herzens" (The Memory of the Heart)
Franz KLEINROTH · "Nachkriegsweihnachten" (Post-War Christmas)
M. GRUBER & G. HAAS · Sketch: "Waldi & Jessy"
C. ARMSTRONG · "Prime Ministers Love Theme" from "Love Actually"

– INTERMISSION –

P. I. TSCHAIKOWSKY · Panorama from "Sleeping Beauty," Op. 66
Michael HAAS · "Bohemian Christmas Story"
Village chronicler's book · "A new house for Christmas"
Village chronicler's book · "The wise people"

P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY · Waltz from "Sleeping Beauty," Op. 66
Oskar Maria GRAF · "Die Gratulation"
Erich KÄSTNER· "Maskenball im Hochgebirge"

E. ELGAR · Nimrod from the Enigma Variations, Op. 36, No. 9
Peter BACHÈR · "Season's Greetings – Time for Soft Tones"

TRADITIONAL - It'll be all right soon
Josef FENDL - "Pastor's stories"

B. CROSBY · "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas"
M. GRUBER & G. HAAS · Sketch: "Karl Lagerfeld and the Last Christmas Angel"

B. CROSBY - "White Christmas"

What could be better than magical fairy tales and romantic orchestral sounds at Christmas time? That's right: when "Die Gruaberin", Bavaria's funniest comedian, guides you through the world of fairy tales in her own unmistakable way. Don't miss this world premiere, in which Monika Gruber's cabaret Christmas program merges with symphonic masterpieces! As a special guest, Monika Gruber welcomes one of the country's most versatile cabaret artists and parodists: Gernot Haas. Together they will provide another highlight of this extraordinary evening with their humorous Christmas sketches. We look forward to getting in the mood for the most wonderful time of the year together with you!

Monika Gruber - Cabaret artist
Gernot Haas - cabaret
Katharina Gudmundsson - Singing
Elisabeth Fuchs - Conductor
Salzburg Philharmonic Orchestra

MI - December 10, 2025 - 19:30
DO - December 11, 2025 - 15:00 & 19:30
FR - December 12, 2025 - 15:00 & 19:30

Großer Saal Mozarteum, Salzburg

Expected concert duration 120 minutes each, with intermission.

Ticket prices: 15 € to 92 €
Organizer - Tickets: Philharmonie Salzburg
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Photo: © PhilippCarlRiedl