Music is in the air

Lehár Festival Bad Ischl
  • 3 nights in the 4* Hotel Goldenes Schiff
  • Visit to an operetta performance of the Lehár Festival (operetta only in German)
  • Salzkammergut Adventure Card
 

The Lehár Festival Bad Ischl is the largest operetta festival in Austria and is unique worldwide in its variety and quality. Every summer, musical entertainment theatre of the highest standard is presented to an international audience.

Enjoy Bad Ischl at the most exciting time of the year!

Highlights

  1. Admission to the Lehárvilla in Bad Ischl
  2. Coffee break at Café Zauner
  3. 3-course dinner on the day of the operetta performance
Information about the accommodation

Accommodation: ****Hotel Goldenes Schiff

Location: The Hotel Goldenes Schiff, which has been run as an inn since 1821, is situated in a prime location, directly next to the Traun River. The Location reminds of the salt transport, which played an essential role for Bad Ischl and the hotel Goldenes Schiff until 1877. Nearby you find the famous pastry shop Zauner, in a pedestrian zone. Restaurants and shops are only 50m away, the Eurothermen Resort Thermal Spa and the open air pool approx. 500m, the train station approx. 600m and the Imperial Villa approx. 850 meters. The “Katrin-Seilbahn” (cable car) is located at a distance of approx. 2.5km.

Facilities: The 3rd generation of the Gruber family welcomes you to the traditional hotel, which was renovated on a grand scale in 2021, with a spacious, modern lobby. Furthermore, the hotel features an à la carte restaurant with outdoor dining right next to the river Traun, free WLAN throughout the hotel, in-house E-bike rental (on extra charge) and an on-site parking lot (subject to availability, extra charge). Highchairs and cots are available on request.

Spoken languages: German, English.
Accepted credit cards: Maestro, Visa, Master Card.

Wellness: The hotel offers a new 80m² wellness area “traun spa” with 2 sauna, 2 steam baths and hydrojet, as well as a new fitness area “sportsgarden” with Technogym-facilities. Opening hours like mentioned in the hotel. The Eurothermen Resort Thermal Spa is within 5 minutes walking distance from the hotel.

Rooms: All 57 rooms offer the comfort of  a modern 4-star establishment with bath or shower, WC, hairdryer, vanity mirror, high definition cable TV with 70 channels including SKY soccer (free) and laptop connection, radio, direct dial telephone with alarm function, free WLAN, tablet, writing desk, minibar and safe.

Double room Classic: approx. 20m², for 1 – 2 guests, with double or twin beds.

Double room Classic+: approx. 23m², for 1 – 4 guests, with double or twin beds, partly with sofa bed; max. occupancy: 4 adults.

Double room superior: approx. 32 m2 for 1-4 guests, generous double room with living and sleeping area, either southside balcony or panorama window with a view to the river Traun and the Lehár Villa, occupancy: 4 adults.

Double room superior +: approx. 32 m2 for 1-2 guests, generous double room with living and sleeping area, either southside balcony or panorama window with a view to the river Traun and the Lehár Villa, occupancy: 2 adults, air-condition

Family Suite: approx. 32 m2 for 1-4 guests, generous double room with living and sleeping area as well as double / twin in the gallery, occupancy: 4 adults, barrier-free, air-condition

Lehár Festival Programme

Boccaccio

Operetta by Franz von Suppé

Medieval Florence is in turmoil. The infamous poet Boccaccio is to blame for this, driving the city's honourable lords to the barricades with his novellas about the Florentine women's licentious love lives, while the ladies are only too happy to succumb to the poet's charms. However, the foolhardy hero soon finds himself in an amorous adventure full of confusion, danger and passion that promises more than just material for the next novella.
"Boccaccio" is Suppé's absolute worldwide success and rightly so. The work offers everything that makes the operetta heart beat faster. Witty, sparkling humour, great emotions and incomparable music that makes you forget the here and now.

Gräfin Mariza

Operetta by Emmerich Kálmán

To escape her importunate suitors, the fun-loving, moody Countess Mariza flees to her country estate in Hungary and becomes engaged to the fictitious Count Zsupán. When the fictitious marriage candidate suddenly turns up in real life and happily whisks her beloved away to Varazdin, the cheerful emotional chaos takes its course. An impoverished, mysterious estate manager - also in love with the countess - finally throws the tranquil Hungarian country life out of kilter.

This hilarious and at the same time deeply moving plot is accompanied by Kálmán's marvellous music - a veritable firework display of fast-paced Csárdás, unforgettable evergreens and lively hits; in short: a great operetta classic in red, white and green.

Die Blaue Mazur

Operetta by Franz Lehár

Premiere 8 August 2025
Venue Kongress & TheaterHaus Bad Ischl

With "The Blue Mazur", we present a Lehár operetta that has never been performed in Bad Ischl in the long history of the festival.

The Viennese Countess Blanka von Lossin is unhappily married to the Polish Count Olinski, who shows too much interest in a dancer. But it is the dance that will bring the couple back together, because when Julian Olinski renounces his exuberant past life, he asks his wife Blanka to dance the "Blue Mazur", proving that his heart belongs to her alone.

You can look forward to classical waltz melodies, lively buffo duets and, of course, lively dance rhythms, as the mazurka gave the operetta its name.

Schedule of the operettas

Datum Uhrzeit Operette
SAT, 11.07.26 19:30 Uhr Boccaccio
SAT, 18.07.26 19:30 Uhr Gräfin Mariza
SUN, 19.07.26 15:30 Uhr Boccaccio
WED, 22.07.26 15:30 Uhr Gräfin Mariza
THU, 23.07.26 15:30 Uhr Boccaccio
FRI, 24.07.26 19:30 Uhr Gräfin Mariza
SAT, 25.07.26 19:30 Uhr Boccaccio
SUN, 26.07.26 15:30 Uhr Gräfin Mariza
WED, 29.07.26 15:30 Uhr Gräfin Mariza
THU, 30.07.26 15:30 Uhr Boccaccio
FRI, 31.07.26 19:30 Uhr Gräfin Mariza
SAT, 01.08.26 19:30 Uhr Boccaccio
SUN, 02.08.26 15:30 Uhr Gräfin Mariza
WED, 05.08.26 15:30 Uhr Gräfin Mariza
THU, 06.08.26 15:30 Uhr Boccaccio
FRI, 07.08.26 19:30 Uhr Gräfin Mariza
SAT, 08.08.26 19:30 Uhr Boccaccio
SUN, 09.08.26 15:30 Uhr Gräfin Mariza
TUE, 11.08.26 15:30 Uhr Boccaccio
WED, 12.08.26 19:30 Uhr Gräfin Mariza
THU, 13.08.26 19:30 Uhr Boccaccio
FRI, 14.08.26 19:30 Uhr Der Mann mit den drei Frauen
SAT, 15.08.26 19:30 Uhr Gräfin Mariza
SUN, 16.08.26 15:30 Uhr Der Mann mit den drei Frauen
TUE, 18.08.26
WED, 19.08.26 15:30 Uhr Gräfin Mariza
THU, 20.08.26 15:30 Uhr Der Mann mit den drei Frauen
THU, 20.08.26 20:00 Uhr Der Mann mit den drei Frauen
FRI, 21.08.26 19:30 Uhr Gräfin Mariza
SAT, 22.08.26 19:30 Uhr Boccaccio
SUN, 23.08.26 15:30 Uhr Gräfin Mariza
THU, 27.08.26 15:30 Uhr Gräfin Mariza
FRI, 28.08.26 15:30 Uhr Boccaccio
SAT, 29.08.26 19:30 Uhr Gräfin Mariza
SUN, 30.08.26 15:30 Uhr Boccaccio

Arrangement

3x
Overnight stay incl. breakfast at **** Hotel Goldenes Schiff
1x
Ticket (Cat. 3) for the Lehár Festival at the Congress and Theatre House Bad Ischl - Operetta only in German
1x
Admission and visit to the Lehár Villa in Bad Ischl
1x
Imperial coffee snack incl. 1 cup of coffee/tea and 1 piece of cake of your choice at Café Zauner
1x
3-course dinner on the day of the operetta performance
1x
Salzkammergut Adventure Card - discount card for 110 attractions
+
service / emergency number 24/7

Rate per person and arrangement in €:

Hotel 04.07. - 03.08.25
20.08. - 27.08.25
03.08. - 20.08.25
Double room from 553,00 from 590,00
Arrival day Daily Daily

Prices for single rooms and family rooms on request.

general Information

With the Salzkammergut Erlebniscard you get discounted admission to more than 100 attractions in the Salzkammergut and can use it for the entire duration of your stay.

Extras payable on site:
Local tax: approx. € 3,50 per person and night (from age 16)
Cot: approx. € 20,00 per stay, on request
Car park: in front of the hotel only stop for check in / check out
Underground car park: public car park approx. € 14.00 per vehicle and day

Check-in: from 03:00 pm
Check-out: until 11:00 am

Prices and timetables are subject to change.

Hunde sind willkommen - auf Anfrage. Aufzahlungen extra vor Ort. In Österreich gilt eine allgemeine Leinen- und Beißkorbpflicht!

The standard terms and conditions of the Salzkammergut Touristik GmbH apply in the current version.
Rates and operating hours / timetables are subject to change

Informationen

For environmental reasons, we recommend arriving and departing by public transport (train/bus). We are happy to help you organise your train journey within Austria. Talk to us!

For questions we are available.

Salzkammergut Touristik GmbH

Götzstraße 12

4820 Bad Ischl


Tel.: 0043 (0)6132 24000-51

office@salzkammergut.co.at