Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa, Anastasia Bartoli, Xavier Sabata, Kathrin Zukowski & Seth Carico Lead Oper Köln’s 2024-25 Season
By Francisco SalazarOper Köln has announced its 2024-25 season.
Premieres
Marc Minkowski conducts Haydn’s “The Creation” in a production by Melly Still. The production will star Kathrin Zukowski, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Alex Rosen, Giulia Montanari, and André Morsch.
Performance Dates: Oct. 5-20, 2024
Allison Oakes stars in Strauss’ “Elektra” alongside Lioba Braun, KS Dalia Schaechter, Astrid Kessler, Martin Koch, Karl-Heinz Lehner, and Insik Choi. Felix Binder conducts the production by Roland Schwab.
Performance Dates: Oct. 6-Nov. 3, 2024
Xavier Sabata leads Händel’s “Orlando” with Kathrin Zukowski, Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa, Giulia Montanari, Gianluca Buratto, and Alina König Rannenberg. Rafael R. Villalobos directs the new production and Rubén Dubrovsky conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov. 17-Dec. 12, 2024
Ernesto Petti and Stefano Meo headline Verdi’s “Nabucco” alongside Marta Torbidoni, Trine Møller, Evgeny Stavinsky, Karl-Heinz Lehner, Aya Wakizono, Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa, Young Woo Kim, and Vasyl Solodkyy. Sesto Quatrini and Giulio Cilona conduct the production by Ben Baur.
Performance Dates: Dec. 1, 2024-Jan. 12, 2025
Seth Carico, Kathrin Zukowski, Emily Hindrichs, Dmitry Ivanchey, Karl-Heinz Lehner, Christoph Seidl, Valentina Mastrangelo, Judith van Wanroij, Adrian Sâmpetrean, Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger, Giulia Montanari, and Maria Koroleva star in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Tomáš Netopil conducts the production by Cecilia Ligorio.
Performance Dates: March 9-April 6, 2025
Stravinsky’s “Le rossignol” and Poulenc’s “Les mamelles de Tirésias” will be featured in a double bill by Olivier Py. François-Xavier Roth conducts a cast that includes Giulia Montanari, Regina Richter, Dmitry Ivanchey, KS Miljenko Turk, Insik Choi, and Victor Sicard.
Performance Dates: April 26-May 25, 2025
Michael Krasznay-Krausz’s “Eine Frau von Format” is set to showcase the vocal talents of Annette Dasch, Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger, Claudia Rohrbach, KS Dalia Schaechter, Tobias Hieronimi, and Richard Glöckner. Adam Benzwi conducts the production by Christian von Götz.
Performance Dates: May 11-June 4, 2025
Saariaho’s “La Passion de Simone” will be led by Lavinia Dames and will be conducted by Christian Karlsen. Friederike Blum directs.
Performance Dates: May 18-31, 2025
Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa, Germán E. Alcántara, and Tatiana Saphir lead Piazzola’s “Maria de Buenos Aires.” Natalia Salinas conducts the production by Teresa Rotemberg.
Performance Dates: May 24-July 11, 2025
Philippe Manoury’s “Die letzten Tage der Menschheit” is set to star Anne Sofie von Otter, Tamara Bounazou, Christina Daletska, Emily Hindrichs, Philipp Hochmair, Dmitry Ivanchey, Martin Koch, Sebastian Rudolph, Lucas Singer, KS Miljenko Turk, Olivia Vermeulen, and Patrycia Ziolkowska. François-Xavier Roth conducts the production by Nicolas Stemann.
Performance Dates: June 27-July 9, 2025
The company will present “De Kölsche Fledermaus.”
Revivals
Puccini’s “La Bohème” is set to star Arthur Espiritu, Insik Coi, KS Miljenko Turk, Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger, Lucas Singer, Christoph Seidl, William Socolof, Anastasia Bartoli, Angela Nisi, Federica Guida, and Emily Hindrichs. Giuseppe Finzi and Mino Marani condcut.
Performance Dates: Dec. 22, 2024-Jan. 15, 2025
Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa leads Bizet’s “Carmen” alongside Young Woo Kim, Jessica Muirhead, Ivana Rusko, and Insik Choi. Andrés Orozco-Estrada and Enrico Delamboye alternate at the pit.
Performance Dates: March 23-April 13, 2025
Sonja Runje, Kathrin Zukowski, Giulia Montanari, Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa, Anna Lucia Richter, Sonia Prina, Matthias Hoffmann, Regina Ricnter, and Tina Drole headline Handel’s “Giulio Cesare in Egitto.” Rubén Dubrovsky conducts.
Performance Dates: July 5-12, 2025
Kinderoper
“Nils Karlsson Däumling” will be conducted by Michal Hoffmeyer and will star Alina König Rannenberg and Maike Raschke.
Performance Dates: Sept. 12-Oct. 3, 2024
“Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten” will showcase KS Miljenko Turk, Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger, Armando Elizondo, Rhydian Jenkins, Johanna Thomsen, Elena Plaza Cebrian, Alina König Rannenberg, Maria Koroleva, Lucas Singer, and William Socolof. Rainer Mühlbach conducts the production by Theresa Von Halle.
Performance Dates: Oct. 27-Dec. 29, 2024
“Die Zauberflöte für Jung & Alt” will feature Armando Elizondo, Christoph Seidl, Alina König Rannenberg, Rhydian Jenkins, Maria Koroleva, Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger, and William Socolof. Rainer Mühlbach conducts.
Performance Dates: Jan. 26-July 5, 2025
“Superheldennormalos” will be conducted by Rainer Mühlbach and will star Armando Elizondo, Alina König Rannenberg, Rhydian Jenkins, Johanna Thomsen, and Maike Raschke.
Performance Dates: April 25-May 4, 2025
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