Opera premieres in 2024/25
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.
- 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 28.09.2024, 6 pm
Performances
Tue 01.10.2024, 7 pm
Sun 06.10.2024, 7 pm
Thu 10.10.2024, 2 pm
Sun 13.10.2024, 7 pm
Fri 18.10.2024, 7 pm
Thu 24.10.2024, 7 pm
- 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 01.11.2024, 7 pm
Performances
Mon 04.11.2024, 7 pm
Fri 08.11.2024, 7 pm
Thu 21.11.2024, 7 pm
Sun 24.11.2024, 6 pm
Wed 04.12.2024, 7 pm
Mon 09.12.2024, 7 pm
- 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 07.12.2024, 6 pm
Performances
Wed 11.12.2024, 7 pm
Sun 15.12.2024, 7 pm
Wed 18.12.2024, 2 pm
Fri 20.12.2024, 7 pm
Thu 02.01.2025, 1 pm
Fri 03.01.2025, 7 pm
- 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 19.12.2024, 7 pm
Performances
Sat 21.12.2024, 6 pm
Fri 27.12.2024, 7 pm
Sat 28.12.2024, 7 pm
Thu 02.01.2025, 7 pm
Sat 04.01.2025, 7 pm
Tue 07.01.2025, 7 pm
- 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 15.03.2025, 7 pm
Performances
Wed 19.03.2025, 7 pm
Sun 23.03.2025, 7 pm
Wed 26.03.2025, 7 pm
Mon 31.03.2025, 7 pm
Fri 04.04.2025, 7 pm
Fri 11.04.2025, 8 pm
- 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 03.05.2025, 7 pm
Performances
Tue 06.05.2025, 7 pm
Fri 09.05.2025, 7 pm
Fri 16.05.2025, 7 pm
Sun 25.05.2025, 7 pm
Thu 29.05.2025, 7 pm
Wed 04.06.2025, 1 pm
Sun 08.06.2025, 7 pm
- 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 11.05.2025, 7 pm
Performances
Thu 15.05.2025, 7 pm
Sun 18.05.2025, 7 pm
- 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 01.06.2025, 6 pm
Performances
Tue 03.06.2025, 7 pm
Fri 13.06.2025, 7 pm
Fri 20.06.2025, 7 pm
Wed 25.06.2025, 7 pm
Sun 29.06.2025, 7 pm
Wed 02.07.2025, 7 pm