Semperoper Dresden has unveiled its 2025-26 season.

New Productions

It opens with Verdi’s “Falstaff,” conducted by Daniele Gatti and directed by Damiano Michieletto with a cast starring Nicola Alaimo, Lodovico Ravizza, Yijie Shi, Eleonora Buratto, Rosalia Cid, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, and Nicole Chirka, among others.

Performance Dates: Oct. 5 – Oct. 24, 2025

Next up is Hans Abrahamsen’s “The Snow Queen.” Titus Engel conducts a cast starring Vera-Lotte Boecker, Valerie Eickhoff, Christa Mayer, Georg Zeppenfeld, and Simeon Esper. Immo Karaman directs.

Performance Dates: Dec. 7, 2025 – Jan. 8, 2026

Then comes Leonard Evers’ “Gold!” Annike Debus and Johannes Kilian star. Benedikt Arnold directs.

Performance Dates: Dec. 17, 2025 – March 3, 2026

Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmélites” follows in a production by Jetske Mijnssen. Michael Kraus, Marjukka Tepponen, Julien Dran, Evelyn Herlitzius, Sinéad Campbell-Wallace, Julie Boulianne, Rosalia Cid, Michal Doran, and Simeon Esper star.

Performance Dates: Jan. 31 – Feb. 23, 2026

Then comes “Parsifal” with Oleksandr Pushniak, Albert Dohmen, Georg Zeppenfeld, Eric Cutler, and Scott Hendricks. Michèle Losier rounds out the cast as Kundry. Daniele Gatti conducts and Floris Visser directs.

Performance Dates: March 22 – Aril 6, 2026

“Carmen” stars Eve-Maud Hubeaux and Caterina Piva. The two are joined by Attilo Glaser, Tomislav Muzek, Tuuli Takala, Marjukka Tepponen, and Krzysztof Baczyk. Lorenzo Passerini conducts and Nadja Loschky directs.

Performance Dates: May 1 – June 20, 2026

“Die Stadt ohne Juden” features Ensemble PHACE. Nacho de Paz conducts.

Performance Dates: May 28, 2026

Nino Rota’s “Der Flonentiner Hut” stars Piotr Buszewski, Alexander Grassauer, Maire Therese Carmack, Rosalia Cid, and Neven Crnic. Daniele Squeo conducts and Bernd Mottl directs.

Performance Dates: May 31 – June 29, 2026

“As One” stars Gabriel Rollinson and Lucy Joy Altus. Naomi Shamban conducts and Rahel Thiel directs.

Performance Dates: June 20 – 28, 2026

Revivals

Leo Hussain conducts Händel’s “Saul” with Florian Boesch, Jake Arditti, Mary Bevan, Jasmin Delfs, and James Ley.

Performance Dates: August 29 – Sept. 14, 2025

“Eugene Onegin” stars Marjukka Tepponen, Thomas Atkins, and Danylo Matviienko. Oksana Lyniv conducts

Performance Dates: August 29 – Sept. 12, 2025

Killian Farrell, Katharina Müllner, and Giulio Cilona conducts “Die Zauberflöte.” Casts include Georg Zeppenfeld, Tilmann Rönnebeck, Anthony Robin Schneider, Maria Perlt_Gärtner, Jasmin Delfs, Alina Wunderlin, Tuuli Takala, Nikola Hillebrand, Andrea Carroll, Katharina Konradi, Mario Lerchenberger, Tomislav Muzek, James Ley, Johan Krogius, Joshua Hopkins, Michael Nagl, and Danylo Matviienko.

Performance Dates: August 30, 2025 – July 4, 2026

“La Bohème” stars Yaritza Véliz, Elbnita Kajtazi, Isabel Díaz, Rosalia Cid, Nikola Hillerand, Long Long, José Simerilla Romero, Bekhzod Davronov, Sean Michael Plumb, and Danylo Matviienko. Stefano Ranzani conducts.

Performance Dates: August 31 – Dec. 12, 2025

“Schneewitte” stars Christiane Hosffeld, Larissa Maria Wäspy, Alexander Ritter, and Michael Günther. Sebastian Ludwig conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 6 – 12, 2025

“Die Entführung aus dem Serail” stars Regula Mühlemann, Nikola Hillebrand, Jasmin Delfs, James Ley, Aaron Pegram, Ante Jerkunica, and Jaron Löwenberg. Leo Hussain conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 6 – Nov. 7, 2025

“The Love of Three Oranges” will be conducted by Erik Nielsen and features Georg Zeppenfeld, Goran Juric, Tomislav Muzek, Christa Mayer, Neven Crnic, and Aaron Pegram.

Performance Dates: Oct. 9 – 19, 2025

Aleksandra Kurzak and Roberto Alagna headline “Tosca” alongside Oleksandr Pushniak. John Fiore conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 18 -25, 2025

“Roméo et Juliette” stars Tuuli Takala, Emily Pogorelc, Dukee Kim, and Bekhzod Davranov. Robert Jindra conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 30, 2025 – July 7, 2026

Leonard Evers’ “Humanoid” will be conducted by Alexander Bülow. Natasha Gesto, Winona Martin, Johannes Wieners, and Jongwoo Hong star.

Performance Dates: Nov. 12 – 23, 2025

Camilla Nylund headlines “Turandot” alongside Ivan Gyngazov, Marjukka Tepponen, and Aleksei Kulagin. Axel Kober conducts.

Performance Dates: Nov. 16 – 29, 2025

“Hänsel and Gretel” stars Nicole Chirka and Valerie Eickhoff as Hänsel and Tuuli Takala and Andrea Carroll as Gretel. Dominik Beykirch conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 19 – 28, 2025

Marcus Merkel conducts “Die Fledermaus” with Christoph Pohl, Elissa Huber, Mario Lerchenberger, Valerie Eickhoff, and Karina Galka.

Performance Dates: Dec. 27, 2025 – Jan. 16, 2025

Selene Zanetti headlines “Madama Butterfly” with Sun-Ly Pierce, Tomislav Muzek, and Neven Crnic. Vitali Alekseenok conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 4 – 30, 2026

Alexander Hoetzinger conducts “The Toxic Avenger” with Lukas Witzel, Lara Hofmann, Anna Overbeck, Maren Somberg, and Markus Störk starring.

Performance Dates: Jan. 19 – 29, 2026

Lucas Meachem headlines “Don Giovanni.” He is joined by conductor Giulio Cilona and a cast starring Tilmann Rönnebeck, Polina Pastirchak, James Ley, Tara Erraught, Neven Crnic, Vladyslav Buialskyi, and Valerie Eickhoff.

Performance Dates: Feb. 21 – March 2, 2026

Ravel’s “L’Enfant et les Sortilèges” stars Nicole Chirka, Michal Doron, Sofia Savenko, and Dalia Medovnikov. Elias Grandy conducts.

Performance Dates: March 15 – April 26, 2026

Chailly’s “Die kahle Sängrin” stars Stephen Chaundy, Dominika Skrabalová, Lena Haselmann, Jennifer Riedel, Martin-Jan Nijhoff, and Dalia Medovnikov. Henry Websdale conducts.

Performance Dates: March 24 – April 1, 2026

Adela Zaharia, Amitai Pati, and George Gagnidze headline “La Traviata.” Nicholas Carter and Clelia Cafiero conduct.

Performance Dates: March 28 – April 28, 2026

Patrick Hahn conducts “Intermezzo” starring Clara Nadeshdin, Christoph Pohl, Ute Selbig, and James Ley.

Performance Dates: April 23 – 30, 2026

“Ändere die Welt!” gets a run with Magdalena Lucjan, Natasha Gesto, and Amara van der Elst. Nathan Raskin conducts.

Performance Dates: May 2 – 12, 2026

Iván Ayón-Rivas, Oleksandr Pushniak, and Marina Monzó star “Rigoletto” with Francesco Angelico conducting.

Performance Dates: May 8 – 30, 2026

“Aida” will star Ailyn Pérez, Eve-Maud Hubeaux, Francesco Meli, Soloman Howard, and Oleksandr Pushniak. Erik Nielsen conduct.

Performance Dates: June 11 – 28, 2026