The Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2023-24 season featuring premieres, revivals, and recitals.

Premieres

Wagner’s “Lohengrin” will be conducted by Michael Güttler and directed by Henriette Hörnigk. The cast will be led by Mirko Roschkowski, Marco Jentzsch, Klaus Florian Vogt, Heather Engebretson, Khatuna Mikaberidze, KS Thomas de Vries, Egils Silins, Young Doo Park, and Timo Riihonen.

Performance Dates: Sept. 16, 2023-May 31, 2024

Stephen Sondheim’s “Follies” will star Pia Douwes, Dirk Weiler, Jacqueline Macaulay, Thomas Maria Peters, Kelly Panier, Niklas Roling, Larissa Hartmann, Johannes Summer, and Annette Luig, among others. Albert Horne conducts the production by Tom Gerber.

Performance Dates: Oct. 21, 2023-June 27, 2024

Konrad Junghänel conducts Uwe Eric Laufenberg new production of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte.” The cast includes Young Doo Park, Timo Riihonen, Ioan Hotea, Gustavo Quaresma, Beate Ritter, Christina Esterházy, Anastasiya Taratorkina, Alyona Rostovskaya, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Christopher Bolduc, and Benjamin Russell.

Performance Dates: Dec. 3, 2023-June 29, 2024

Weber’s “Der Freischütz” will star Christopher Bolduc, Mikhail Biryukov, Alyona Rostovskaya, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Thomas Blondelle, Anastasiya Taratorkina, and Erik Biegel. Johannes Klumpp conducts the new production by Clemens Bechtel.

Performance Dates: March 17-June 9, 2024

Olesya Golovneva and Anna Netrebko share the title role in Puccini’s “Turandot” in a new production by Daniela Kerck. The cast will also include Young Doo Park, Aaron Cawley, Yusif Eyvazov, and Heather Engebretson.

Performance Dates: April 13-June 22, 2024

Željko Lučić sings the title role of Verdi’s “Falstaff” in a production by Uwe Eric Laufenberg. Antonello Allemandi conducts a cast that also includes Aluda Todua, Ioan Hotea, Gustavo Quaresma, Erik Biegel, Alyona Rostovskaya, Anastasiya Taratorkina, and Romina Boscolo.

Performance Dates: May 1-June 30, 2024

Revivals 

Christopher Bolduc, Benjamin Russell, Alyona Rostovskaya, Slávka Zámečníková, Anastasiya Taratorkina, Anna El-Khashem, Benjamin Russell, Konstantin Krimmel, Silvia Hauer, and Heather Engebretson star in Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Konrad Junghänel conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 17, 2023-May 29, 2024

Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth von Mtensk” is set to star Cornelia Beskow, Andrey Valentiy, Samuel Levine, and Aaron Cawley.

Performance Dates: Sept. 29-Nov. 10, 2023

Lehár’s “Die lustige Witwe” is set to star Alyona Rostovskaya, Elissa Huber, Thomas Blondelle, Alexandre Beuchat, Ioan Hotea, Gustavo Quaresma, Ralf Lukas, Stephanos Tsirakoglou, Elisabeth Breuer, Rinnat Moriah, and Anastasiya Taratorkina. Yoel Gamzou, Johannes Klumpp, and Holger Reinhardt alternate in the pit.

Performance Dates: Dec. 10, 2023-Feb. 25, 2024

Humperdinck’s “Hänsel und Gretel” will star Vera Ivanovic, Fleuranne Brockway, Silvia Hauer, Anastasiya Taratorkina, and Kangmin Justin Kim. Holger Reinhardt conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 17-28, 2023

Andreas Schager and Aaron Cawley sing the title role of Verdi’s “Otello” with Elena Bezgodkova, Aluda Todua, and Gustavo Quaresma.

Performance Dates: Jan. 13-May 19, 2024

Derrick Ballard, Michael Volle, Birger Radde, Joachim Goltz, Aaron Cawley, Thomas Blondelle, KS Thomas de Vries, Paul Kaufmann, Timo Riihonen, Young Doo Park, Katrin Wundsam, Betsy Horne, and Helena Köhne star in Wagner’s “Das Rheingold.” Michael Güttler conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 28-May 25, 2024

Aaron Cawley, Marco Jentzsch, Young Doo Park, Derrick Ballard, Michael Volle, Betsy Horne, Manuela Uhl, and Katrin Wundsam star in Wagner’s “Die Walküre.” Michael Güttler conducts.

Performance Dates: Feb. 4, May 26, 2024

Klaus Florian Vogt and Andreas Schager lead Wagner’s “Siegfried” with Paul Kaufmann, Derrick Ballard, Michael Volle, KS Thomas de Vries, Young Doo Park, Helena Köhne, and Manuela Uhl. Michael Güttler conducts

Performance Dates: Feb. 11-May 28, 2024

Klaus Florian Vogt, Andreas Schager, Birger Radde, Joachim Goltz, KS Thomas de Vries, Albert Pesendorfer, Manuela Uhl, Betsy Horne, and Katrin Wundsam star in Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung.” Michael Güttler conducts

Performance Dates: Feb. 18-May 30, 2024

Verdi’s “Don Carlo” is set to star Rodrigo Porras Garulo, Ioan Hotea, Aluda Todua, Young Doo Park, Timo Riihonen, Timo Riihonen, Young Doo Park, Elena Bezgodkova, and Ketevan Kemoklidze. Will Humburg conducts.

Performance Dates: March 22-June 23, 2024

Aaron Cawley and Klaus Florian Vogt sing the title role of Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” with Betsy Horne, Elena Bezgodkova, Katrin Wundsam, Benjamin Russell, Christopher Bolduc, Young Doo Park, and Timo Riihonen.

Performance Dates: June 15-26, 2024

Jung Oper

“Das verschwundene Lied” will be presented with Shira Patchornik.

Performance Dates: TBA

Concerts 

Bach, Zimmermann, and Bruckner will be performed by Johannes Klumpp and soloists Silvia Hauer, Julian Habermann, and KS Thomas de Vries.

Performance Dates: Oct. 25, 2023

Anastasiya Taratorkina performs Bach, Händel, Locatelli, and Haydn with Konrad Junghänel conducting.

Performance Date: Feb. 21, 2024

Beate Ritter and Ketevan Kemoklidze perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Yoel Gamzou conducting.

Performance Date: May 22, 2024

Will Humburg conducts Beethiven’s Symphony No. 9 with Alyona Rostovskaya, Zlata Khershberg, Marco Jentzsch, and Young Doo Park.

Performance Date: June 5, 2024

Chamber Music 

Benjamin Russell performs a chamber concert alongside Patrick Peters, Eleanor Kendra James, Emanuela Simeonova, and Adrian Krämer. The concert includes music by Rebecca Clarke, Benjamin Britten, Georg Butterworth, and Samuel Coleridge Taylor.

Performance Date: Oct. 1, 2023

Yeonjin Choi performs alongside Jessica Jiang and Mariam Saakova in a concert with music by Caplet, Fauré, Strauss, Berlioz, Vaughan Williams, Daniel S. Wood, André Jolivet, and Ravel.

Performance Date: Dec. 13, 2023

Recitals 

Stella An performs a Lieder recital.

Performance Date: Sept. 18, 2023

Fleuranne Brockway performs Lieder.

Performance Date: Oct. 9, 2023

Ioan Hotea returns for an evening of song.

Performance Date: Nov. 6, 2023

Mikhail Biryukov performs a recital.

Performance Date: Dec. 14, 2023

Alyona Rostovskaya performs in recital.

Performance Date: Jan. 15, 2024

Aaron Cawley performs in recital.

Performance Date: Feb. 19, 2024

Erik Biegel performs Lieder.

Performance Date: March 25, 2024

KS Thomas de Vries performs a recital.

Performance Date: April 15, 2024

Gustavo Quaresma concludes the recital series.

Performance Date: June 3, 2024