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Opera premieres in 2024/25

Premierenmotiv „Mefistofele“

Imagine,
you can’t say no.

In her first season, Nora Schmid and her team are offering no fewer than ten premieres in music theatre at Dresden’s Großes Haus (playhouse) and Semper Zwei. The Semperoper is celebrating a special jubilee: Richard Strauss’s Intermezzo was premiered in Dresden exactly 100 years ago. Musically, the programme for the 2024/25 season runs from the Baroque era to contemporary works, encompassing a huge diversity of subject matter from enchanting fairy tales to science fiction operas.

Arrigo Boito
Mefistofele
  • Conductor  Andrea Battistoni
  • Staging  Eva-Maria Höckmayr
  • Set Design & Video  Momme Hinrichs
  • Costume Design  Julia Rösler
  • Lighting Design  Olaf Freese
  • Choir  Jan Hoffmann
  • Children Choir  Claudia Sebastian-Bertsch, Kinderchor der Semperoper Dresden
  • Dramaturgy  Dorothee Harpain, Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach
  • Mefistofele  Krzysztof Bączyk
  • Faust  Bekhzod Davronov
  • Margherita  Marjukka Tepponen
  • Eine Frau  Martina Gedeck
    • Premiere
    Sat, Sep 28, 2024 6:00 pm 
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    Tue, Oct 1, 2024 7:00 pm 
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    Sun, Oct 6, 2024 7:00 pm 
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    Thu, Oct 10, 2024 2:00 pm 
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    Sun, Oct 13, 2024 7:00 pm 
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    Fri, Oct 18, 2024 7:00 pm 
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    Thu, Oct 24, 2024 7:00 pm 
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    Richard Strauss
    Intermezzo
  • Conductor  Patrick Hahn
  • Staging  Axel Ranisch
  • Set Design  Saskia Wunsch
  • Costume Design  Alfred Mayerhofer
  • Lighting Design  Fabio Antoci
  • Video  Falko Herold
  • Choreography  Michael Tucker
  • Dramaturgy  Jörg Rieker
  • Christine  Maria Bengtsson
  • Hofkapellmeister Robert Storch  Christoph Pohl
  • Anna  Ute Selbig
  • Baron Lummer  James Ley
  • Ein Kapellmeister  Jürgen Müller
    • Premiere
    Fri, Nov 1, 2024 7:00 pm 
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    Mon, Nov 4, 2024 7:00 pm 
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    Fri, Nov 8, 2024 7:00 pm 
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    Thu, Nov 21, 2024 7:00 pm 
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    Sun, Nov 24, 2024 6:00 pm 
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    Wed, Dec 4, 2024 7:00 pm 
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    Mon, Dec 9, 2024 7:00 pm 
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    Sergej Prokofjew
    The Love for Three Oranges
  • Conductor  Erik Nielsen
  • Staging  Evgeny Titov
  • Set Design  Wolfgang Menardi
  • Costume Design  Emma Ryott
  • Lighting Design  Fabio Antoci
  • Choir  Jonathan Becker
  • Dramaturgy  Benedikt Stampfli
  • König Treff  Georg Zeppenfeld
  • Prince  Mauro Peter
  • Prinzessin Clarisse  Nadezhda Karyazina
  • Truffaldino  Aaron Pegram
  • Fata Morgana  Flurina Stucki
    • Premiere
    Sat, Dec 7, 2024 6:00 pm 
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    Wed, Dec 11, 2024 7:00 pm 
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    Sun, Dec 15, 2024 7:00 pm 
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    Wed, Dec 18, 2024 2:00 pm 
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    Fri, Dec 20, 2024 7:00 pm 
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    Thu, Jan 2, 2025 1:00 pm 
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    Fri, Jan 3, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Pedro Beriso & Mart van Berckel
    Ändere die Welt! / Change the world!
  • Conductor  Pedro Beriso
  • Staging  Mart van Berckel
  • Set Design & Lighting Design  Vera Selhorst
  • Costume Design  Rosa Schützendorf
  • Soundscape  Wouter Snoei
  • Sounddesign  Timo Merkies
  • Dramaturgy  Martin Lühr, Jasmijn van Wijnen
    • Premiere
    Thu, Dec 19, 2024 7:00 pm 
    Performances
    Sat, Dec 21, 2024 6:00 pm 
    Fri, Dec 27, 2024 7:00 pm 
    Sat, Dec 28, 2024 7:00 pm 
    Thu, Jan 2, 2025 7:00 pm 
    Sat, Jan 4, 2025 7:00 pm 
    Tue, Jan 7, 2025 7:00 pm 
    Maurice Ravel
    Das Kind und der Zauberspuk / L’enfant et les sortilèges
  • Conductor  Elias Grandy
  • Concept & Video  Grégoire Pont
  • Staging  James Bonas
  • Set Design & Costume Design  Thibault Vancraenenbroeck
  • Lighting Design  Christophe Chaupin
  • Choir  Jan Hoffmann
  • Dramaturgy  Martin Lühr
  • Das Kind  Nicole Chirka
  • The Mutter • The chinesische Tasse • The Libelle  Michal Doron
  • The Nachtigall • The Prinzessin  Magdalena Lucjan
  • Das Feuer • Ein Shepherdnmädchen  Jasmin Delfs
    • Premiere
    Sun, Feb 16, 2025 5:00 pm 
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    Performances
    Sat, Feb 22, 2025 11:00 am 
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    Sun, Feb 23, 2025 11:00 am 
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    Sun, Mar 9, 2025 2:00 pm 
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    Sun, Mar 9, 2025 6:00 pm 
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    Wed, Mar 19, 2025 11:00 am 
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    Kaija Saariaho
    Innocence
  • Conductor  Maxime Pascal
  • Staging  Lorenzo Fioroni
  • Set Design  Paul Zoller
  • Costume Design  Annette Braun
  • Lighting Design  Fabio Antoci
  • Choir  Jonathan Becker
  • Sounddesign  Timo Kurkikangas
  • Dramaturgy  Dorothee Harpain
  • The Waitress (Tereza)  Paula Murrihy
  • The Bride (Stela)  Rosalia Cid
  • The Mother-In-Law (Patricia)  Anu Komsi
  • The Bridegroom (Tuomas)  Mario Lerchenberger
  • The Father-In-Law (Henrik)  Markus Butter
    • Premiere
    Sat, Mar 15, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Wed, Mar 19, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Sun, Mar 23, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Wed, Mar 26, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Mon, Mar 31, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Fri, Apr 4, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Fri, Apr 11, 2025 8:00 pm 
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    Charles Gounod
    Roméo et Juliette
  • Conductor  Robert Jindra
  • Staging  Barbara Wysocka
  • Set Design  Barbara Hanicka
  • Costume Design  Julia Kornacka
  • Lighting Design  Fabio Antoci
  • Choir  Jan Hoffmann
  • Dramaturgy  Benedikt Stampfli
  • Juliette  Tuuli Takala
  • Capulet  Oleksandr Pushniak
  • Roméo  Liparit Avetisyan
  • Stephano  Valerie Eickhoff
  • Mercutio  Danylo Matviienko
  • Frère Laurent  Georg Zeppenfeld
    • Premiere
    Sat, May 3, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Performances
    Tue, May 6, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Fri, May 9, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Fri, May 16, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Sun, May 25, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Thu, May 29, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Wed, Jun 4, 2025 1:00 pm 
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    Sun, Jun 8, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Leonard Bernstein
    Candide
  • Conductor  Karen Kamensek
  • Choir  Jan Hoffmann
  • Dramaturgy  Dorothee Harpain
  • Erzähler  Jan Josef Liefers
  • Candide  David Butt Philip
  • Cunegonde  Erin Morley
  • Old Lady  Tichina Vaughn
  • Doctor Pangloss • Martin  Christoph Pohl
    • Premiere
    Sun, May 11, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Performances
    Thu, May 15, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Sun, May 18, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Georg Friedrich Händel
    Saul
  • Conductor  Leo Hussain
  • Staging  Claus Guth
  • Set Design & Costume Design  Christian Schmidt
  • Lighting Design  Bernd Purkrabek
  • Video  Arian Andiel
  • Choreography  Ramses Sigl
  • Staged by  Juana Restrepo
  • Choir  Jan Hoffmann
  • Dramaturgy  Yvonne Gebauer, Benedikt Stampfli
  • Saul  Florian Boesch
  • David  Jake Arditti
  • Merab  Jasmin Delfs
  • Michal  Mary Bevan
  • Jonathan  James Ley
    • Premiere
    Sun, Jun 1, 2025 6:00 pm 
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    Performances
    Tue, Jun 3, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Fri, Jun 13, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Fri, Jun 20, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Wed, Jun 25, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Sun, Jun 29, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Wed, Jul 2, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Leonard Evers
    humanoid
  • Conductor  Chloé Dufresne
  • Staging  Lars Marcel Braun
  • Set Design  Victor Labarthe d'Arnoux
  • Costume Design  Selina Tholl
  • Lighting Design  Marco Dietzel
  • Video  Janic Bebi
  • Dramaturgy  Martin Lühr
  • Alma  Sofia Savenko
  • Vivienne  Dominika Škrabalová
  • Kind  Johannes Wieners
  • Jonah  Jongwoo Hong
  • Piet  Gerrit Illenberger
  • Juri  Andreas Scheibner
    • Premiere
    Fri, Jun 13, 2025 11:00 am 
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    Performances
    Sat, Jun 14, 2025 2:00 pm 
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    Tue, Jun 17, 2025 11:00 am 
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    Wed, Jun 18, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Thu, Jun 19, 2025 7:00 pm 
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    Sun, Jun 22, 2025 2:00 pm 
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    Tue, Jun 24, 2025 11:00 am 
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    Wed, Jun 25, 2025 11:00 am 
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