The photo gallery of the Halloween night is now online at VIP.Pictures
Essen, 4 November 2026. Designer Harald Glööckler spent Halloween 2026 in Essen. On 31 October he invited around 50 guests from show business, fashion and society to the party "Tanz der Vampire", the Dance of the Vampires, at Casa Padrino, the historic brick villa of Marvin Schertl and Dr. Sina Schertl. The complete gallery "Baroque Noir" is now online.
The night began outside. Guests walked the red carpet beneath a rose arch to the illuminated fountain, while the old brick façade glowed in red and purple light. At the villa door the Gatekeeper of Casa Padrino, in a white fur coat, top hat and skull mask, held the guest list and opened the velvet rope. There Harald Glööckler welcomed his guests together with Marvin Schertl and Dr. Sina Schertl, the hosts of the house. Costume was a given: velvet capes, powdered baroque wigs, masks, crowns and armfuls of red roses.
Model Lily Lee, Miss Elite World China, in blue feather wings on the red carpet. Photo: VIP.Pictures
Then came the moment everyone had waited for. Harald Glööckler rose from a coffin as a blood-stained vampire and opened the party. From there the evening belonged to the dance floor and the DJ, with a Lebanese grill serving guests inside and under the black tent in the garden until late into the night.
Harald Glööckler and Chico (Kürsat Yildirim) share a laugh in the garden. Photo: VIP.Pictures
Among the guests were actress and presenter Michelle Monballijn, TV personality and entertainer Nathalie Gaus, TV presenter and producer Andreas Wendt, singer and reality star Cosimo Citiolo, entertainer Felix Salvatore Cella and model Lily Lee, Miss Elite World China. Fashion came with designer and artist Winnie Wing Hungenbach, designer and stylist Maria Jose Ventura with her sister Paula Ventura, make-up and hair stylist Maximilian Krahl, holistic body aesthetics expert Dr. Selma Uygun, Sandra Brunner and Alina of the social media duo "Salva & Alina". Lottery millionaire Chico (Kürsat Yildirim) was part of the night from the first bouquet to the last dance, while DJane MEELA, DJ and music producer, played the night in a pink skeleton catsuit.
Cosimo Citiolo, Harald Glööckler and Nathalie Gaus by the knights in the hall. Photo: VIP.Pictures
The gallery follows the night from the first bouquet at the door to the last dance: arrivals in the foyer, portraits in candlelight, the coffin scene and the faces of a party that will be remembered. Every image is available in high resolution for editorial use through VIP.Pictures. Photo credit: VIP.Pictures.
"Harald turned Halloween into a baroque ball. Candlelight, velvet, gold and a little goosebumps: our house was the stage, and our guests wrote the story of the night. We are grateful to Harald for this wonderful idea."
Marvin Schertl, Casa Padrino
View the gallery: Baroque Noir: Harald Glööckler Celebrates Halloween at Casa Padrino
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