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Manon Lescaut
Giacomo Puccini – 14 December 2019
Manon Lescaut's delicacy and fragility are only surpassed by their single-mindedness and their absolute dedication to love … With Tatiana Serjan, Noel Bouley, Brian Jagde, Stephen Bronk et. al.
Hansel and Gretel
Engelbert Humperdinck – 15 December 2019
For over a hundred years Engelbert Humperdinck's HANSEL UND GRETEL has been one of the most popular operas for the entire family. The opera with its catchy tunes and dramatic appeal will be traditionally performed around Christmas … With Irene Roberts, Jacquelyn Stucker, Burkhard Ulrich et. al.
Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauß – 20 December 2019
In THE BAT Johann Strauss pulled off a work that proved to be the prototypical Viennese operetta, bursting with waltzes and polkas and oozing wicked irony ... With Burkhard Ulrich, Jacquelyn Wagner, Stephen Bronk, Jana Kurucová, Robert Watson, Philipp Jekal, Alexandra Hutton, Ingo Paulick et al.
The Snow Queen
Samuel Penderbayne – from 22 November to 29 December 2019
With humour and awe Brigitte Dethier and Samuel Penderbayne will tell a road-trip movie together: musical flowers, a croaking clarinet, a tuba reindeer and the eerily beautiful synthesiser world of the Snow Queen are just a few ingredients in this musical theatre in which the children experience the story up close ...
Nabucco
Giuseppe Verdi – 21 December 2019
Set in the same period that the piece was written, Warner's NABUCCO focuses on the opposing natures of two nations – the modern Hebrews, whose culture is informed by a script and by education as a democratic ideal, and the militaristic Babylonians, whose concept of a state is founded in autocratic rule ... With Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Attilio Glaser, Mika Kares, Anna Pirozzi, Jana Kurucová et al.
Turandot
Giacomo Puccini – 29 December 2019
Society lives in terror of a Princess. Turandot, the fascinating and beautiful representative of a ruling dynasty, presides over the cruelty. Matrimony alone seems likely to end the violence, yet no suitor has managed to solve her riddles and win her hand. Time and again the same scene is played out, ending in yet another execution. ... With Catherine Foster, Alfred Kim, Elena Tsallagova et al.
Performances
Schedule
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Season 2019/2020
All premieres, repertoire performances, concerts and much more.
New in our blog – MANON LESCAUT from 10 December
Five question for ... Tatiana Serjan
Tatiana Serjan sings the title role in Puccini’s MANON LESCAUT, portraying a young woman who loses life and lover as a result of her desire for material riches. Below, the Russian soprano explains what it is about Manon that fascinates her.
Our video highlights
Video – 02:08 min / World premiere on 15 November 2019
"Heart Chamber": First stage reactions
Video – 04:11 min / Back on stage in November 2019
Seth Carico and Graham Vick about "Death in Venice"
Video – 02:24 min / Back on stage in June 2020
Som impressions from "La forza del destino"
Video – 01:41 min
100 Seconds with Seth Carico
New in our blog – THE BAT from 20 December 2019
A place of serenity for my soul… Thomas Blondelle
Thomas Blondelle, tenor, sings Eisenstein in Strauss’s THE BAT. Here he describes the joy of living deep in Belgium’s Ardennes region – and singing to deer.
New in our blog – What moves us
The neverending story
Children, parents, grandparents. We’ve been thrilling to the story of THE SNOW QUEEN for generations. So, can we take it upon ourselves to change the way we tell the story?
Released on DVD
“Das Wunder der Heliane – Heliane’s Miracle”
The new production last year of “Heliane’s Miracle”, Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s neglected masterpiece, was not only a hit with Berliners and an international clientele of operagoers. In a poll of critics in “Opernwelt” the production was voted “Revival of the Year”, with “Heliane” or its singers being backed by critics in no less than eight other categories.
Samuel Penderbayne – from 22 November to 29 December 2019
The Snow Queen
Benjamin Britten – 26 January 2020
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Opera in three acts; Libretto by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears after William Shakespeare's Comedy; Conductor: Donald Runnicles; Director: Ted Huffman; With James Hall, Siobhan Stagg, Gideon Poppe, Samuel Dale Johnson, Karis Tucker, Jeanine De Bique, James Platt, Jami Reid-Quarrell et al.
20 December 2019
Die Fledermaus
Operetta in three acts by Johann Strauß; Libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée. With Burkhard Ulrich, Jacquelyn Wagner, Stephen Bronk, Jana Kurucová, Robert Watson, Philipp Jekal et al.