Repertoire

Aktenzeichen: »An affair of the heart«

Aktenzeichen celebrates the 100th birthday of Joachim Herz

There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

Aktenzeichen: »Far Eastern exoticism on an express train«

Aktenzeichen on »Turandot«

Performance

Friday, 19 January 2024Fri19.Jan2024 20:00

8 pm

2nd Evening Recital

Conductor: Gábor Káli | Bass clarinet: Moritz Pettke

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Performance

Tuesday, 7 May 2024Tue07.May2024 20:00

8 pm

3rd Evening Recital

Condcutor: Christoph Koncz | Tuba: Constantin Hartwig

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Performance

Thursday, 20 June 2024Thu20.Jun2024 20:00

8 pm

4th Evening Recital

Conductor: Elim Chan | Violoncello: Friedrich Thiele 170 years Tonkünstler-Verein Dresden

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There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

1st Morning Recital

Conductor: Yi-Chen Lin | Violoncello: Sebastian Fritsch

There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

Auftakt!

Soiree to open the 2023/24 season With members of the Semperoper ensemble

There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

Ausstellungseröffnung: »Die Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden persönlich«

Ausgewählte Biografien von Musikerinnen und Musikern aus der jüngsten Kapellgeschichte anlässlich des 475. Jubiläums der Staatskapelle

Premiere

Saturday, 29 June 2024Sat29.Jun2024 19:00

7 pm

Benvenuto Cellini

Opéra-comique in three acts (Weimar version) by Hector Berlioz Performed in French with German and English supertitles

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First Performance

Friday, 28 June 2024Fri28.Jun2024 19:00

7 pm

Blues Brothers

Dresden version by Manfred Weiß Performed in German and English

2 Tickets

Buy tickets26 €

First Performance

Thursday, 18 April 2024Thu18.Apr2024 11:00

11 am

The Clever Gretchen

Children’s opera for children from 8 years by Martin Smolka Performed in German

12 Tickets

There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

Der Freischütz

Romantic opera in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber Performed in German with German and English supertitles

Premiere

Friday, 15 December 2023Fri15.Dec2023 18:00

6 pm

Der 35. Mai oder Konrad reitet in die Südsee

Dance Theatre by Raphaël Coumes-Marquet / Gordon Kampe

First Performance

Wednesday, 27 December 2023Wed27.Dec2023 19:00

7 pm

Sold out – Please try it at box office

Die Fledermaus

Lyrical comedy in three acts by Johann Strauss Performed in German with German and English surtitles

Premiere

Saturday, 23 March 2024Sat23.Mar2024 16:00

4 pm

Die Frau ohne Schatten /
The Woman without a Shadow

Opera in three acts by Richard Strauss Performed in German with German and English supertitles

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Premiere

Saturday, 10 February 2024Sat10.Feb2024 18:00

6 pm

Die Jüdin von Toledo /
The Jewess of Toledo

World premiere. Opera in five acts by Detlev Glanert Performed in German with German and English supertitles

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First Performance

Monday, 29 January 2024Mon29.Jan2024 19:00

7 pm

The Bald Soprano

Chamber opera in one act based on the play by Eugène Ionesco Performed in German

38 Tickets

Buy tickets16 €

Next Performance

Thursday, 14 December 2023Thu14.Dec2023 11:00

11 am

Price category ZU3

The Animal’s Conference

Concert with the Semperoper children’s choir

First Performance

Friday, 15 December 2023Fri15.Dec2023 19:00

7 pm

Die tote Stadt

Opera in three acts by Erich Wolfgang Korngold Performed in German with German and English supertitles

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Next Performance

Sunday, 10 December 2023Sun10.Dec2023 14:00

2 pm

Price category Q

Die Zauberflöte / The Magic Flute

Opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Performed in German with German and English surtitles

First Performance

Sunday, 12 May 2024Sun12.May2024 18:00

6 pm

Don Carlo

Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi Performed in Italian with German and English supertitles

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First Performance

Friday, 9 February 2024Fri09.Feb2024 19:00

7 pm

Dornröschen / The Sleeping Beauty

Ballet in one prologue and three acts by Aaron S. Watkin Music by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky

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There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Ballet evening in two parts by Frederick Ashton / David Dawson

First Performance

Friday, 29 March 2024Fri29.Mar2024 19:00

7 pm

Elektra

Tragedy in one act by Richard Strauss Performed in German with German and English supertitles

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There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

»Enoch Arden« op. 38, TrV 181

Ein literarisch-musikalischer Abend nach einem Gedicht von Alfred Lord Tennyson, vertont von Richard Strauss

There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

A Window on Jazz: »Summer party – Our Baby turns 80!«

There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

A Window on Jazz – guest at the Jazzclub Tonne

Summer party – Our Baby turns 80!

Gastkonzert der Staatskapelle Dresden in Amsterdam

Dirigent: Christian Thielemann | Violine: Janine Jansen Europa-Tournee

Performance

Friday, 23 February 2024Fri23.Feb2024 20:00

8 pm

Gastkonzert der Staatskapelle Dresden in Antwerpen

Klavier und Leitung: Sir András Schiff Tournee mit Sir András Schiff

Gastkonzert der Staatskapelle Dresden in Beijing

Dirigent: Christian Thielemann | Viola: Lawrence Power

Gastkonzert der Staatskapelle Dresden in Beijing

Dirigent: Christian Thielemann

Gastkonzert der Staatskapelle Dresden in Beijing

Performance

Sunday, 25 February 2024Sun25.Feb2024 16:00

4 pm

Gastkonzert der Staatskapelle Dresden in Dortmund

Klavier und Leitung: Sir András Schiff Tournee mit Sir András Schiff

Performance

Sunday, 26 May 2024Sun26.May2024 17:00

5 pm

Gastkonzert der Staatskapelle Dresden in Essen

Dirigent: Christian Thielemann Europa-Tournee

Gastkonzert der Staatskapelle Dresden in Frankfurt

Dirigent: Christian Thielemann | Viola: Antoine Tamestit Europa-Tournee

Performance

Saturday, 24 February 2024Sat24.Feb2024 20:15

8.15 pm

Gastkonzert der Staatskapelle Dresden in Groningen

Klavier und Leitung: Sir András Schiff Tournee mit Sir András Schiff

Performance

Saturday, 1 June 2024Sat01.Jun2024 20:00

8 pm

Gastkonzert der Staatskapelle Dresden in Hamburg

Dirigent: Christian Thielemann | Klavier: Lang Lang Europa-Tournee II

Performance

Monday, 27 May 2024Mon27.May2024 20:00

Klavier und Leitung: Rudolf Buchbinder

Gastkonzert der Staatskapelle Dresden in Xi’an

Klavier und Leitung: Rudolf Buchbinder

There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

»Gemeinsam heimatlos«: Theater der Ohren und Ausstellung

Performance aus Lesung, Live-Musik und Fotoreportage

Next Performance

Wednesday, 3 April 2024Wed03.Apr2024 10:00

10 am

With your permission, Monsieur Petipa!

An introduction to the world of ballet An offer of the Semperoper Education

Next Performance

Wednesday, 6 December 2023Wed06.Dec2023 19:00

7 pm

Price category K

Hansel and Gretel

Fairy tale drama in three acts by Engelbert Humperdinck Performed in German with German and English supertitles

There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

Concert of the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden

Next Performance

Sunday, 3 December 2023Sun03.Dec2023 14:00

2 pm

Price category I

Il barbiere di Siviglia /
The Barber of Seville

Opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini Performed in Italian with German and English supertitles

First Performance

Friday, 15 March 2024Fri15.Mar2024 19:00

7 pm

Into the Woods

Musical in one prologue and two acts by Stephen Sondheim Performed in German

71 Tickets

Buy tickets30 €

Premiere

Sunday, 28 April 2024Sun28.Apr2024 19:00

7 pm

Katja Kabanowa

Opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček Performed in Czech with German and English supertitles

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There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

1st Chamber Music Evening

Chamber Music of the Staatskapelle Dresden 475 years Staatskapelle Dresden

There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

2nd Chamber Music Evening

Chamber Music of the Staatskapelle Dresden

Performance

Thursday, 7 December 2023Thu07.Dec2023 20:00

8 pm

3rd Chamber Music Evening

Chamber Music of the Staatskapelle Dresden

14 Tickets

Performance

Thursday, 8 February 2024Thu08.Feb2024 20:00

8 pm

4th Chamber Music Evening

Chamber Music of the Staatskapelle Dresden

99+ Tickets

Performance

Thursday, 4 April 2024Thu04.Apr2024 20:00

8 pm

5th Chamber Music Evening

Chamber Music of the Staatskapelle Dresden

99+ Tickets

Performance

Thursday, 25 April 2024Thu25.Apr2024 20:00

8 pm

6th Chamber Music Evening

Chamber Music of the Staatskapelle Dresden

99+ Tickets

Performance

Thursday, 30 May 2024Thu30.May2024 20:00

8 pm

7th Chamber Music Evening

Chamber Music Exchange with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

99+ Tickets

Performance

Sunday, 11 February 2024Sun11.Feb2024 11:00

11 am

Kammerkonzert der Giuseppe-Sinopoli-Akademie

93 Tickets

There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

Kammerkonzert der Giuseppe-Sinopoli-Akademie im Lingnerschloss

Performance

Sunday, 23 June 2024Sun23.Jun2024 11:00

11 am

8th Chamber Music Matinée

Chamber Music of the Staatskapelle Dresden 170 years Tonkünstler-Verein Dresden

99+ Tickets

Performance

Sunday, 25 February 2024Sun25.Feb2024 11:00

11 am

Kapelle für Kids: »Alte Meister, quietschfidel!«

3 Tickets

Buy tickets6.5 €

First Performance

Saturday, 11 May 2024Sat11.May2024 11:00

11 am

Kapelle für Kids: »Der Musik auf der Spur …«

27 Tickets

Buy tickets6.5 €

Next Performance

Monday, 25 December 2023Mon25.Dec2023 14:00

2 pm

Price category L

La bohème

Scenes of »La vie de Bohème« (Henri Murger) in four pictures by Giacomo Puccini Performed in Italian with German and English surtitles

There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

Dresden Day

La Cenerentola / Cinderella

Dramma giocoso in two acts von Gioachino Rossini Performed in Italian with German and English surtitles

There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

La sonnambula

Melodramma in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini Performed in Italian with German and English surtitles

First Performance

Saturday, 20 January 2024Sat20.Jan2024 19:30

7.30 pm

La traviata

Melodramma in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi Performed in Italian with German and English surtitles

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There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

L’elisir d’amore / The Elixir of Love

Melodrama in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti Performed in Italian with German and English supertitles

Next Performance

Tuesday, 30 April 2024Tue30.Apr2024 19:00

7 pm

Price category N

Le nozze di Figaro /
The Marriage of Figaro

Opera buffa in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Performed in Italian with German and English supertitles

There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

Les Contes d’Hoffmann /
Tales of Hoffmann

Fantastic opera in five acts by Jacques Offenbach Performed in French with German and English supertitles

Performance

Sunday, 31 March 2024Sun31.Mar2024 11:00

11 am

»Lieder seines Lebens /
Songs of His Life«

Matinee recital dedicated to Richard Strauss with Christiane Karg and Gerold Huber (piano)

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First Performance

Sunday, 26 May 2024Sun26.May2024 19:30

7.30 pm

Dresden Day

L’Orfeo

Favola in musica in one prologue and five acts by Claudio Monteverdi Performed in Italian with German and English supertitles

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Performance

Tuesday, 13 February 2024Tue13.Feb2024 20:00

8 pm

»Neue Musik Paul Aron«

Concert moderated by Dr. Agata Schindler In commemoration of the destruction of Dresden on 13 February 1945

79 Tickets

Performance

Wednesday, 22 May 2024Wed22.May2024 19:30

7.30 pm

Ohne Frack auf Tour

Die Staatskapelle in der Neustadt

First Performance

Sunday, 5 May 2024Sun05.May2024 15:00

3 pm

Matinee Performance

Otello

Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi Performed in Italian with German and English supertitles

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There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

Pique Dame / The Queen of Spades

Opera in three acts and seven scenes by Pjotr I. Tschaikowsky Performed in Russian with German and English surtitles

Premiere

Sunday, 2 June 2024Sun02.Jun2024 19:00

7 pm

Plot Point

Multi-part ballet evening by George Balanchine / Crystal Pite / Twyla Tharp

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There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

Powder Her Face

Opera in two acts by Thomas Adès

Performance

Monday, 24 June 2024Mon24.Jun2024 18:00

6 pm

Premiere teaser: »Benvenuto Cellini«

79 Tickets

Performance

Monday, 11 December 2023Mon11.Dec2023 17:00

5 pm

82 Tickets

There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

Premiere teaser: »Powder Her Face«

Performance

Monday, 4 December 2023Mon04.Dec2023 18:00

6 pm

Premiere teaser: »A Swan Lake«

There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

Premiere teaser: »Turandot«

Performance

Monday, 3 June 2024Mon03.Jun2024 17:00

5 pm

Premiere teaser: »Woyzeck«

25 Tickets

First Performance

Friday, 12 April 2024Fri12.Apr2024 19:00

7 pm

Romeo and Juliet

Ballet in three acts by David Dawson World premiere

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There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

Schneewitte / Snow White

Music theatre for everyone aged 7 and above by Sophie Kassies and Jens Joneleit

Premiere

Saturday, 9 December 2023Sat09.Dec2023 18:00

6 pm

A Swan Lake

Ballet in two acts by Johan Inger World premiere

5 Tickets

Buy tickets92 – 135 €

First Performance

Friday, 9 February 2024Fri09.Feb2024 20:30

8.30 pm

Semper Bar: »Electronic Impressions«

Electronic music, analogue synthesisers and theremin

Last Performance

Sunday, 21 April 2024Sun21.Apr2024 11:00

11 am

Semper Matinee & Soiree: »Sehnsucht/ Yearning«

Matinee recital on a great German emotion

Performance

Friday, 23 February 2024Fri23.Feb2024 21:00

9 pm

Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev

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Performance

Friday, 2 February 2024Fri02.Feb2024 20:00

8 pm

Special Concert Capell-Compositeur

Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer Georg Friedrich Haas »in vain« for 24 instruments

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There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

Sonderkonzert des Gustav Mahler Jugendorchesters

Dirigent: Jakub Hrůša

Performance

Saturday, 17 February 2024Sat17.Feb2024 20:00

8 pm

Special Concert with Sir András Schiff

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First Performance

Saturday, 6 April 2024Sat06.Apr2024 19:00

7 pm

Special Concert within the »Richard Strauss Days« at the Semperoper

Conductor: Antonio Pappano | Violoncello: Norbert Anger | Viola: Sebastian Herberg

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Performance

Thursday, 28 March 2024Thu28.Mar2024 19:00

7 pm

Silent film with live orchestra: »Der Rosenkavalier«

Film from 1926, reconstructed version from 2006 Compositions by Richard Strauss: 1911 & 1925

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There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

1st Symphony Concert

Conductor: Christian Thielemann | Viola: Antoine Tamestit

There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

2nd Symphony Concert

Conductor: Antonello Manacorda

There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

3rd Symphony Concert

Conductor: Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla | Piano: Rudolf Buchbinder

First Performance

Sunday, 17 December 2023Sun17.Dec2023 11:00

11 am

Sold out – Please try it at box office

4th Symphony Concert

Conductor: Daniele Gatti

First Performance

Sunday, 7 January 2024Sun07.Jan2024 11:00

11 am

5th Symphony Concert

Conductor: Daniel Harding | Violin: Frank Peter Zimmermann

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First Performance

Tuesday, 13 February 2024Tue13.Feb2024 19:00

7 pm

6th Symphony Concert

Conductor: Christian Thielemann | Soprano: Julia Kleiter | Baritone: Markus Eiche

59 Tickets

Buy tickets76 – 90 €

First Performance

Saturday, 2 March 2024Sat02.Mar2024 19:00

7 pm

7th Symphony Concert

Conductor: Jakub Hrůša | Violin: Augustin Hadelich

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First Performance

Sunday, 24 March 2024Sun24.Mar2024 19:00

7 pm

8th Symphony Concert

Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt

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First Performance

Sunday, 14 April 2024Sun14.Apr2024 11:00

11 am

9th Symphony Concert

Conductor: Susanna Mälkki

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First Performance

Sunday, 19 May 2024Sun19.May2024 11:00

11 am

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10th Symphony Concert

Conductor: Christian Thielemann | Piano: Lang Lang

First Performance

Sunday, 9 June 2024Sun09.Jun2024 11:00

11 am

11th Symphony Concert

Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung

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First Performance

Sunday, 7 July 2024Sun07.Jul2024 19:00

7 pm

12th Symphony Concert

Conductor: Christian Thielemann

51 Tickets

Buy tickets95 – 120 €

First Performance

Sunday, 21 January 2024Sun21.Jan2024 16:00

4 pm

Tristan and Isolde

Opera in three acts by Richard Wagner Performed in German with German and English supertitles

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There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

Turandot

Dramma lirico in three acts by Giacomo Puccini Performed in Italian with German and English supertitles

Performance

Sunday, 18 February 2024Sun18.Feb2024 11:00

11 am

Bestowal of the International Peace Prize »Dresden Prize«

This event is organised by Friends of Dresden Deutschland and the Semperoper Dresden With the kind support of the Klaus-Tschira Foundation

Performance cancelled

There are currently no further performances scheduled this season.

Dresden Day

White Darkness

Three-part ballet evening by William Forsythe / Sharon Eyal / Nacho Duato

Premiere

Friday, 7 June 2024Fri07.Jun2024 19:00

7 pm

Woyzeck

Based on the play by Georg Büchner Performed in German and English