The Staatsoper Hamburg has announced its 2023-24 season.

Opera

Kent Nagano conducts Frank Castorf’s production of Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov.” The opera will star Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Kady Evanyshyn, Olivia Boen, Renate Spingler, Matthias Klink, Alexey Bogdanchikov, Vitalij Kowaljow, Oleksiy Palchykov, and Ryan Speedo Green.

Performance Dates: Sept. 16-Oct. 7, 2023

Catherine Foster and Ewa Płonka sing the title role of Puccini’s “Turandot” alongside Tigran Martirossian, Liang Li, Rodrigo Porras Garulo, Gregory Kunde, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, and Adriana González. Axel Kober and Evelino Pidò conduct.

Performance Dates: Sept. 27, 2023-April 12, 2024

Layla Claire, Jake Arditti, Matthias Klink, Cody Quattlebaum, Kady Evanyshyn, Mark Stone, Vera Talerko, and Nicholas Mogg star in Salvatore Sciarrino’s “Venere e Adone.” Kent Nagano conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 2023

Burghart Klaußner, Sofia Fomina, Narea Son, Dovlet Nurgeldiyev, Daniel Kluge, and Peter Kellner star in Mozart’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail.” Stephanie Childress conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 5-21, 2023

Aida Garifullina and Elbenita Kajtazi star in Verdi’s “La Traviata” alongside Thomas Atkins and Łukasz Golińsk. Matteo Beltrami conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 14-24, 2023

Asmik Grigorian takes on the title role of Strauss’ “Salome” alongside John Daszak, Violeta Urmana, Kyle Ketelsen, and Oleksiy Palchykov. Kent Nagano conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 29-Nov. 15, 2023

Puccini’s “Tosca” will star two casts. Natalya Romaniw, Young Woo Kim, and Andrzej Dobber star in the first cast. Ailyn Pérez, Adam Smith, and Franco Vassallo headline the second cast. Paolo Carignani and Yoel Gamzou conduct.

Performance Dates: Nov. 3, 2023-March 27, 2024

Leo Hussain conducts Verdi’s “Don Carlos” with Alexander Vinogradov, Russell Thomas, Alexey Bogdanchikov, Liang Li Le, Tigran Martirossian, Nino Machaidze, Eve-Maud Hubeaux, and Katja Pieweck.

Performance Dates: Nov. 11-26, 2023

Gustav Peter, Andreas Seifert, Gabriele Rossmanith, Ida Aldrian, Aaron Godfrey-Mayes, and Grzegorz Pelutis star in Handel’s Factory. Johannes Harneit conducts.

Performance Dates: Nov. 4-12, 2023

Kent Nagano conducts Beethiven’s “Fidelio” with a cast that includes Nicholas Mogg, Leigh Melrose, Matthew Polenzani, Jennifer Holloway, Franz-Josef Selig, Narea Son, and Dovlet Nurgeldiyev.

Performance Dates: Nov. 16-29, 2023

Paolo Arrivabeni conducts Verdi’s “Rigoletto” with Sergey Romanovsky, Yngve Søberg, Siobhan Stagg, Chao Deng, and Hubert Kowalczyk.

Performance Dates: Nov. 22-30, 2023

“Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank” will be conducted by Volker Krafft.

Performance Dates: Nov. 25, 2023-April 18, 2024 

Long Long, Chao Deng, Alexey Bogdanchikov, David Minseok Kang, Mateusz Ługowski, Natalia Tanasii, and Olivia Boen star in Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Giampaolo Bisanti conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 7-19, 2023

Franz-Josef Selig, Gabriela Scherer, Michael Spyres, Daniel Kluge, and Michael Volle lead “Der Fliegende Holländer” with Adam Fischer conducting.

Performance Dates: Dec. 10-15, 2023

In time for the holiday season Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel” will be performed with a cast that includes Chao Deng, Katja Pieweck, Ida Aldrian, Jana Kurucová, Elbenita Kajtazi, Narea Son, Jürgen Sacher, and Hellen Kwon. Volker Krafft conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 16-26, 2023

The year ends with Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus” starring Huw Montague Rendall, Jacquelyn Stucker, Hubert Kowalczyk, Kristina Stanek, Seungwoo Simon Yang, and Katrina Galka. Jonathan Darlington conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 22, 2023-Jan. 5, 2024

Natalya Romaniw stars in Janacek’s “Jenůfa” with Clay Hilley, Dovlet Nurgeldiyev, and Evelyn Herlitzius. Tomáš Netopil conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 6-13, 2024

Puccini’s “Il trittico” will be conducted by Alexander Joel. “Gianni Schicchi” will star Lucas Meachem, Elbenita Kajtazi, Katja Pieweck, and Oleksiy Palchykov. Meanwhile, “ll tabarro” will star Lucas Meachem, Stefano La Colla, Selene Zanetti, and Katja Pieweck. Selene Zanetti stars in “Suor Angelica” with Katja Pieweck.

Performance Dates: Jan. 21-Feb. 1, 2024

Elena Guseva, Ida Aldrian, Robert Watson, and Simone Piazzola star in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Alexander Joel conducting.

Performance Dates: Jan. 18-Feb. 4, 2024

Emily Pogorelc and Tuuli Takala star in Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” alongside Oleksiy Palchykov, Ioan Hotea, Alexander Roslavets, Kartal Karagedik, and Christoph Pohl. Lorenzo Passerini and Evelino Pidò conducts.

Performance Dates: Feb. 3-April 6, 2024

Gregory Kunde takes on the title role of Britten’s “Peter Grimes” alongside Jennifer Holloway and Iain Paterson. Kent Nagano conducts. 

Performance Dates: Feb. 11-21, 2024

Olga Peretyatko stars as Bellini’s “Norma” alongside Marcelo Álvarez, Angela Brower, and Hubert Kowalczyk. Paolo Arrivabeni conducts.

Performance Dates: Feb. 13-22, 2024

“Kannst du pfeifen, Johanna” will be conducted by Luiz de Godoy.

Performance Dates: Feb. 24-May 7, 2024

Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” will star Anton Rositskiy, Efraín Solís, Tigran Martirossian, Raffaella Lupinacci, Roberto Tagliavini, and Erwin Schrott. Francesco Lanzillotta conducts.

Performance Dates: Feb. 29-March 15, 2024

Guanqun Yu, Elena Maximova, Kristina Stanek, and Gwyn Hughes Jones will star in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” with Giampaolo Bisanti and Leonardo Sini conducting. Annilese Miskimmon directs.

Performance Dates: March 17-April 7, 2024

Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” will star Ekaterina Gubanova, Vittorio Grigolo, and George Petean while Vittorio Grigolo will sing Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” with Anna Princeva, George Petean, Seungwoo Simon Yang, and Nicholas Mogg.

Performance Dates: March 29-April 11, 2024

Tchiakovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” will star Katja Pieweck, Elbenita Kajtazi, Kristina Stanek, Janina Baechle, Alexey Bogdanchikov, Dovlet Nurgeldiyev Wladimir, and Alexander Tsymbalyuk. Finnegan Downie Dear conducts.

Performance Dates: April 14-20, 2024

Bernard Richter stars in Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” alongside Michèle Losier, Kangmin Justin Kim, Katharina Konradi, Tara Erraught, and David Minseok Kang.

Performance Dates: April 28-May 11, 2024

Michele Pertusi stars in Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” with Kartal Karagedik, Filipe Manu, and Narea Son. Evelino Pidò conducts.

Performance Dates: April 19-23, 2024

Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” will star Jacques Imbrailo, Ruzan Mantashyan, Katharina Konradi, Krzysztof Bączyk, and Julia Lezhneva. Louis Lohraseb conducts.

Performance Dates: May 9-19, 2024

Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” will star Alexander Roslavets, Vincent Wolfsteiner, Eva-Maria Westbroek Katerina Lwowna, Pavel Černoch, and Madeleine Shaw. Kent Nagano conducts.

Performance Dates: May 12-18, 2024

Massenet’s “Manon” will star Elbenita Kajtazi, Pene Pati, Kartal Karagedik, and Tigran Martirossian. Giedrė Šlekytė conducts.

Performance Dates: May 20-31, 2024

“Saint François d‘Assise” will star Anna Prohaska, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Ioan Hotea, Kartal Karagedik, Dovlet Nurgeldiyev, Andrew Dickinson, and Alexander Roslavets. Kent Nagano conducts.

Performance Dates: June 2-9, 2024

Katharina Konradi, Seungwoo Simon Yang, Adam Filończyk, and Tigran Martirossian star in Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” with Leonardo Sini conducting.

Performance Dates: June 2-9, 2024

Korngold’s “Die Tote Stadt” will star Klaus Florian Vogt, Simone Schneider, and Daniel Schmutz. Yoel Gamzou conducts.

Performance Dates: June 5-19, 2024

Bizet’s “Carmen” will star Jean-François Borras, Kostas Smoriginas, J’Nai Bridges, and Verity Wingate. Ariane Matiakh conducts.

Performance Dates: June 14-27, 2024

Adriana González, Jana Kurucová, Nicholas Mogg, Martin Mitterrutzner, Kangmin Justin Kim, and Chao Deng star in Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” Dirk Kaftan conducts.

Performance Dates: June 16-26, 2024

“Ciboulette” will star Olivia Boen, Yeonjoo Katharina Jang, Claire Gascoin, Aaron Godfrey-Mayes, Florian Panzieri, Mateusz Ługowski, Liam James Karai, and Grzegorz Pelutis.

Performance Dates: July 5-13, 2024

The Art of 

Sonya Yoncheva will perform alongside Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg.

Performance Date: Dec 21, 2023

Jakub Józef Orliński will perform in concert.

Performance Date: April 29, 2024