4 Best Performing Arts in Cologne (Köln), The Rhineland

Antoniterkirche

Innenstadt

Organ recitals, chamber music, and jazz concerts are regularly presented in the Gothic Antoniterkirche.

Oper Köln

Innenstadt

Cologne's opera company is known for exciting classical and contemporary productions. The opera house on Offenbachplatz, originally scheduled to reopen in the fall of 2015 after a major multiyear renovation, remains delayed until 2023. Their interim location is the StaatenHaus am Rheinpark in Cologne-Deutz.

Philharmonie

Altstadt

Cologne's WDR Sinfonieorchester performs regularly in the city's excellent concert hall.

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Schauspielhaus

Innenstadt

The Schauspielhaus is home to the 20 or so private theater companies in the city. Until its main space on Offenbachplatz reopens in 2024 after a major renovation, productions take place at an industrial space ( Carlswerk, Schanzenstrasse 6–20) in the Mülheim neighborhood. There are occasional productions with English subtitles.