Recommendations & Highlights
The Semperoper Dresden offers numerous programme highlights perfectly suited to you needs as tour operator, hotel manager or private group. We will let you know about seasonal and special highlights, prices and remaining tickets. Moreover, we offer you recommendations for your stay in Dresden and Elbe Region. Look forward to and secure your place at our artistically thrilling and moving performances!gen!
Contact for further information or tickets bookings
Phone +49 (0)351 49 11 718
E-Mail gruppen@semperoper.de
The Semperoper during (Pre-) Advent and Christmas
Roméo et Juliette
The world’s greatest love story wrapped in enchanting melodies and moving choruses.
The first performance in Germany, at Dresden’s Royal Court Theatre, came only six months after the premiere in 1867 in Paris. To this day, this much-loved classic opera is a firm fixture in the repertoires of opera houses around the world.
Contingents for you and your guests:
9 & 11 November 2025
Turandot
It is a game of life and death initiated by the elusive Princess Turandot: each suitor for her hand must solve three riddles. Failure means execution. And so far, no prince has been able to win the great prize. But then a stranger arrives in the kingdom of Turandot, Prince Calaf, who is determined to take on the challenge...
Giacomo Puccini’s final opera is a multi-layered masterpiece of great emotional intensity, musical brilliance and unique in its use of exotic Chinese melody. French stage director Marie-Eve Signeyrole makes her Semperoper debut with this operatic thriller.
Contingents for you and your guests:
16 & 26 November 2025
La bohème
A shared flat in Paris’s bohemian world of artists and students: The lives of the poet Rodolfo and his friends are filled with talk of freedom, independence, art, as well as financial hardship. When Rodolfo falls in love with his neighbour Mimì, everything seems to have taken a turn for the better, but poverty and Mimì’s illness overshadow the relationship.
This staging by Christine Mielitz of Puccini’s fourth opera is one of the most popular productions at the Semperoper.
Contingents for you and your guests:
21 November & 12 December 2025
Hansel and Gretel
In the fairytale forest, we encounter the familiar figures of the poor siblings who have lost their way as well as the Gingerbread Witch. The story comes to a head in the famous edible house, which is sweet on the outside but a death trap within. This Christmas Classic by Engelbert Humperdinck is probably the most famous fairy-tale opera in the repertoire.
Contingents for you and your guests:
19, 26 & 28 December 2025
Semperoper classics at the turn of the year
New Year's Eve Concert
Experience the traditional New Year's Eve concert of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada, one of the most sought-after conductors of his generation.
Gautier Capuçon, one of the leading cellists of his generation and known for his thrilling concerts and highly recordings, will be performing on the violoncello.
The detailed programme and other contributors will be announced at a later date.
Dates:
31 December 2025 &
1 January 2026
Operetta by Johann Strauss
The Bat
Experience the most classic of all operettas at the turn of the year, full of sparkling irony combined with a champagne mood to the sounds of waltzes. With audience favourite Wolfgang Stumph as Frosch.
Contingents for you and your guests:
27 December 2025 & 2 January 2026
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly
Puccini’s Madama Butterfly cannot accept that her great love is doomed to end in heartbreak.
Contingents for you and your guests:
4 & 7 January 2026
Seasonal tipps for your stay in Dresden
In addition to your visit to the Semperoper, Dresden offers a wide range of possibilities.
Dresden Event Calendar