5 Best Performing Arts Venues in Leipzig, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia

This variety theater features a blend of circus, vaudeville, and comedy that is fairly accessible for non-German speakers.

This uninspired touch of socialist architecture is home to an undeniably splendid orchestra. Tickets to concerts are difficult to obtain unless you reserve well in advance. Sometimes spare tickets are available at the box office a half hour before the evening performance.

The Leipzig Opera, the third-oldest civilian music theater in Europe, boasts an outstanding international reputation shaped by the renowned Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, distinguished soloists, an award-winning choir, and the Leipzig Ballet. Its repertoire spans from Baroque to contemporary operas and ballets.

In the august setting of the Schauspielhaus (city theater), the Tanzpalast attracts a thirtysomething crowd. This was the place to be seen in GDR Leipzig.

Leipzig's annual music festival is in June.