Kristine Opolais, Karine Babajanyan, Olena Tokar & Nicholas Brownlee Lead Oper Leipzig’s 2024-25 Season

Oper Leipzig has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Bach’s “Amadis, der Ritter” is set to star Matthias Stier, Daniel Arnaldos, Olga Jelínková, Samantha Gaul, Sarah Traubel, Olena Tokar, Franz Xaver Schlecht, Jonathan Michie, Jonathan Michie, Gabrielė Kupšytė, Nora Steuerwald, and Franziska Zwink. Performance Dates: Sept. 21, 2024-June 15, 2025 Daniele Squeo conducts Bellini’s “Norma” with a cast that includes Dominick Chenes, {…}

Feb 19, 2024

Oper Leipzig Names First Kapellmeister

Oper Leipzig has named conductor Yura Yang its First Kapellmeister, beginning during the 2024-25 season. She is currently the First Coordinated Kapellmeister at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Yang studied at the Detmold University of Music and the University of Music and Theatre Munich. From 2012 to 2018, she was engaged as solo répétiteur with conducting duties at the Musiktheater im Revier {…}

Dec 24, 2023

Michael Nündel Named Music Director of Musikalische Komödie⁩

Michael Nündel has been announced as the new Music Director of Leipzig’s Musikalische Komödie⁩ during the 2024-25 season. The theater, which specializes in theater and musicals noted, “It is with great pleasure that we announce that Michael Nündel will take over the position of Music Director and Chief Conductor in Musikalische Komödie from the 2024-25. Michael Nündel can already be {…}

Nov 16, 2023

Oper Leipzig Names New Music Director

Opwer Leipzig has named a new Music Director. Repušić is a Croatian conductor who is Chief Conductor of the Munich Radio Orchestra and the first permanent guest conductor of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He is also the Chief Conductor of the Zadar Chamber Orchestra. He has recorded for BR-Klassik, CPO, and Warner Classics. In a statement via social media, the company said, “Welcome {…}

Apr 16, 2023

Piotr Buszewski, Christiane Libor & Tomasz Konieczny Lead Oper Leipzig’s 2023-24 Season

Germany’s Oper Leipzig has announced its 2023-24 season featuring five new productions. Premieres Peter Maxwell Davies’s “Majesty and Madness” will be presented in a production by Marlene Hahn. Samuel Emanuel conducts a cast that includes Marie-Luise Dreßen and Franz Xaver Schlecht. Performance Dates: Sept. 21-24, 2023 Mozart’s “Die Zauberflote” will be conducted by Jonathan Darlington, Ivan Repušić, Christoph Gedschold, and {…}

May 17, 2022

Susanne Moser Named New Chair of Operkonferenz

Susanne Moser was named the new chair of the Operkonferenz last weekend. Moser, who is the co-artistic director and managing director of the Komische Oper Berlin, will take over for Bernd Loebe of the Frankfurt Opera, who held the position since 2010. “I am very pleased about the election to chair the German-speaking Opera Conference and thank you for your {…}

Mar 25, 2022

Oper Leipzig Announces 2022-23 Season

Oper Leipzig has announced its 2022-23 season. Premieres Christoph Gedschold leads Albert Lortzing’s “Undine” directed by Tilman Köhler. The cast will star Mirjam Neururer, Olena Tokar, Joseph Dennis, Mathias Hausmann, Sejong Chang, Karin Lovelius, Sarah Traubel, Randall Jakobsh, Sven Hjörleifsson, Dan Karlström, and Peter Dolinšek. Performance Dates: Nov. 4, 2022-July 7, 2023 Verdi’s “Otello” will star Xavier Moreno, Vladislav Sulimsky, Matthias {…}

Feb 8, 2022

Oper Leipzig Announces Production Change for ‘Lohengrin’

Oper Leipzig has announced a change in its production of Wagner’s “Lohengrin.” The company noted that opera, which is set to open on March 26, will now be staged by the house director Patrick Bialdyga rather than the originally planned Katharina Wagner. In a statement, Artistic Director Ulf Schirmer, said that the change was due to “technical difficulties with the {…}

Jan 17, 2022

Oper Leipzig Announces Reopening

Oper Leipzig has announced it will reopen on Jan. 22. The company noted that it will reopen to the public in accordance with the latest Saxonian pandemic regulations and will offer 500 seats to a vaccinated plus boosted or tested audience. The news comes after the Semperoper Dresden reopened its house on Jan. 16, 2022. Oper Leipzig has been closed {…}

Dec 4, 2021

Oper Leipzig to Stream ‘La Cenerentola’

Maestro Andrea Sanguineti is set to conduct the Gewandhaus Orchestra in the premiere of Giacomo Rossini’s opera “La Cenerentola” at Oper Leipzig on Dec. 10, 2021. The performance will be recorded due to the pandemic and will be available to stream from the Leipzig Opera between Dec. 25 and 27, 2021 as of 3:00 pm and between Dec. 31, 2021 {…}

Nov 25, 2021

Oper Leipzig & Gewandhaus Extend Closure Into January 2022

(Credit: Oper Leipzig official website) The Oper Leipzig and Gewandhaus have announced that they will extend closure until at least Jan. 9, 2022. The decision has been taken after consultations with the Mayor of Leipzig. “We have always known that a worsening corona situation requires further measures and are now taking these into account. The focus of all our considerations {…}