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The captivating global musical phenomenon MAMMA MIA! returns to the Mörbisch Lake Stage in summer 2027 under the motto “Everything New”! A new stage design, new production concept and new cast will give the more than 180,000 visitors who attended the original Mörbisch production a reason to experience the blockbuster musical by ABBA once again, while also welcoming fans who were unable to get tickets in 2023.
Following the extraordinary success of the festival’s 2023 production, MAMMA MIA! returns under the motto “Everything New”. The 2027 staging will feature a completely new set design, new costumes, and a largely new cast, while the songs remain the familiar ABBA favourites that have made the musical a worldwide phenomenon. Audiences can look forward to classics including “Mamma Mia,” “Super Trouper,” “Take a Chance on Me,” “Dancing Queen,” and “Waterloo.” The production tells the warm and humorous story of Donna and her daughter Sophie, whose upcoming wedding brings questions about love, family, and the identity of Sophie's father to the surface.
The premiere is scheduled for 15 July 2027, with performances continuing until 21 August. The enormous 3,600-square-metre lake stage, surrounded by the landscape of the Neusiedler See region, gives the production a scale and atmosphere that are difficult to reproduce in a conventional theatre.
The Seefestspiele Mörbisch 2027 is an invitation to enjoy a beloved musical in an extraordinary setting: ABBA's unforgettable melodies, a vast stage on the lake, and the unmistakable atmosphere of a summer evening in the Burgenland.
SeeFestSpiele Mörbisch 2027 is the main event of the year with the participation of world classical music stars.
If you are interested in this schedule leave a request. As soon as the playbill is announced, we will let you know immediately, and you will be the first to get the tickets.
In each section, you will get the best seats for the same price - centrally located and in front rows.
We provide seats with the best acoustics only.
Even in the world's best concert halls and opera houses, the listening conditions can vary greatly, and some seats are better than others. Sometimes nearby seats have very different viewing and listening conditions.
Usually, these seats are sold out soon and available for early bookers only. We guarantee that you will receive full-view seats only.
Detailed information about the 2026 Festival will be added later.
Please read about the previous SeeFestSpiele Mörbisch 2026:
The SeeFestSpiele Mörbisch 2026 invites you to experience musical theatre on one of the most spectacular open-air stages in Europe — where the waters of Lake Neusiedl become part of the performance itself. From July 16 to August 22, 2026, the legendary lake stage in Mörbisch am See transforms into a dazzling world of glamour, humour, and emotion with the internationally beloved musical La Cage aux Folles (Ein Käfig voller Narren).
Surrounded by the breathtaking landscape of the Neusiedler See National Park, the festival offers far more than a performance — it creates an unforgettable summer atmosphere where theatre, nature, and celebration merge into one immersive experience. As the sun sets over the lake and the lights of the giant stage begin to shimmer, audiences are transported into the sparkling world of Saint-Tropez cabaret culture.
What makes SeeFestSpiele Mörbisch truly unique is its atmosphere. Here, musical theatre is experienced not within walls, but beneath the open sky, accompanied by warm summer air, shimmering water reflections, and the energy of thousands of spectators sharing one magical evening.
The SeeFestSpiele Mörbisch 2026 is more than a festival — it is a celebration of music, freedom, and theatrical joy on an unforgettable scale.
About the SeeFestSpiele Mörbisch
The Seefestspiele Mörbisch, originally: Seespiele Mörbisch, is an annual operetta festival in Mörbisch am See (Austria). With around 150,000 visitors, the Mörbisch Lake Festival is the world's largest festival of the operetta genre. In addition to operettas, classical musicals are also performed on an irregular basis. Above all, the natural scenery of Neusiedler See is always incorporated into the stage set. The area is very flat, so transmission technology specially developed for the Lake Festival is used.
The initiative for the Seespiele, founded in the years 1955–1957, came from the celebrated chamber singer Herbert Alsen (among others) at the Vienna State Opera (1906–1978), who, together with his wife, the costume designer Gisela Bossert (†2012), who had worked in Berlin, discovered the venue by chance while looking for a holiday location that was climatically conducive to his voice, and whom the peculiar musicality of this landscape permanently touched.
Alsen's plans found favour with the municipal council of Mörbisch as well as with the representative of the province, Landesrat Hans Bögl (1899–1974), especially as the project fitted into the tourism concept of the municipality and the province, and Alsen subsequently agreed to take over the directorship of the Seespiele for an initial period of five years (with reference to possible competition with the Bregenz Festivals), stressing that the Seespiele in Mörbisch did not want to be a festival that would add to the excessive number of festival venues.
After two years of preparation, the opening took place on 6 July 1957 with the operetta The Gypsy Baron by Johann Strauss II.
