The Semperoper Dresden has announced its 2024-25 season.

Premieres

Arrigo Boito’s “Mefistofele” is conducted by Andrea Battistoni and directed by Eva-Maria Höckmayr. The production will star Krzysztof Bączyk, Bekhzod Davronov, Marjukka Tepponen, and Martina Gedeck.

Performance Dates: Sept. 28-Oct. 24, 2024

Richard Strauss’s “Intermezzo” will be conducted by Patrick Hahn and directed by Axel Ranisch. The cast will include Maria Bengtsson, Christoph Pohl, Ute Selbig, James Ley, and Jürgen Müller.

Performance Dates: Nov. 1-Dec. 9, 2024

Sergej Prokofjew’s “The Love for Three Oranges” will be directed by Evgeny Titov and conducted by Erik Nielsen. The cast will include Georg Zeppenfeld, Mauro Peter, Nadezhda Karyazina, Aaron Pegram, and Flurina Stucki.

Performance Dates: Dec. 7, 2024-Jan. 3, 2025

Pedro Beriso & Mart van Berckel’s “Ändere die Welt!” is conducted by Pedro Beriso and directed by Mart van Berckel. Magdalena Lucjan, Fernanda Allande, Anton Beliaev, Vladyslav Buyalskiy, and Amara van der Elst star.

Performance Dates: Dec. 19-Jan. 7, 2025

Maurice Ravel’s “Das Kind und der Zauberspuk” will star Nicole Chirka, Michal Doron, Magdalena Lucjan, and Jasmin Delfs. Elias Grandy conducts the production by James Bonas.

Performance Dates: Feb. 16-March 19, 2025

Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence” is conducted by Maxime Pascal and directed by Lorenzo Fioroni. Paula Murrihy, Rosalia Cid, Anu Komsi, Mario Lerchenberger, and Markus Butter star in the production.

Performance Dates: March 15-April 11, 2025

Tuuli Takala, Oleksandr Pushniak, Liparit Avetisyan, Valerie Eickhoff, Danylo Matviienko, and Georg Zeppenfeld star in Gound’s “Roméo et Juliette.” Robert Jindra conducts the production Barbara Wysocka.

Performance Dates: May 3-June 8, 2025

David Butt Philip, Erin Morley, Tichina Vaughn, and Christoph Pohl star in Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide.” Karen Kamensek conducts.

Performance Dates: May 11-18, 2025

Florian Boesch, Jake Arditti, Jasmin Delfs, Mary Bevan, and James Ley star in Georg Friedrich Händel’s “Saul.” The production will be directed by Claus Guth and conducted by  Leo Hussain.

Performance Dates: June 1-July 2, 2025

Leonard Evers’ “humanoid” will be conducted by Chloé Dufresne and directed by Lars Marcel Braun. Sofia Savenko, Dominika Škrabalová, Johannes Wieners, Jongwoo Hong, Gerrit Illenberger, and Andreas Scheibner.

Performance Dates: June 13-25, 2025

Repertoire 

Axel Kober conducts Wagner’s “Der fliegende Holländer“ with a cast that includes Michael Volle, Jennifer Holloway, Georg Zeppenfeld, Christa Mayer, Tomislav Mužek, and Mario Lerchenberger.

Performance Dates: August 29-Sept. 20, 2024

Anton Rositskiy, Ante Jerkunica, Jérôme Boutillier, Tilmann Rönnebeck, Aaron Pegram, Vladyslav Buyalskiy, Jürgen Müller, Matthias Henneberg, Tuuli Takala, Štěpánka Pučálková, and Anton Beliaev star in Berlioz’s “Benvenuto Cellini.” Giampaolo Bisanti conducts.

Performance Dates: August 30-Sept. 29, 2024

Christoph Pohl, Danylo Matviienko, Julia Kleiter, Elena Gorshunova, Anna El-Khashem, Elsa Benoit, Michael Nagl, and Cecilia Molinari star in Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Riccardo Minasi and Andrés Orozco-Estrada conduct. 

Performance Dates: Sept. 3, 2024-March 29, 2025

Daniele Squeo conducts Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Jonah Hoskins, Misha Kiria, Valerie Eickhoff, Joshua Hopkins, and Aleksei Kulagin.

Performance Dates: Sept. 4-21, 2024

Three casts will be showcased in the revival of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” with Georg Zeppenfeld, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Tilmann Rönnebeck, Julia Sitkovetsky, Maria Perlt-Gärtner, Maria Perlt-Gärtner, Victoria Randem, Tuuli Takala, Heidi Stober, James Ley, Magnus Dietrich, Michael Nagl, Danylo Matviienko, Timothy Oliver, Aaron Pegram, Markus Marquardt, Sofia Savenko, Martin-Jan Nijhof, and Magdalena Lucjan. Gaetano d’Espinosa, Katharina Müllner, and Giulio Cilona conduct. 

Performance Dates: Sept. 6, 2024-June 6, 2025

“Drei miese, fiese Kerle” will star Larissa Wäspy, Christiane Hossfeld, Sarah Alexandra Hudarew, Doğukan Kuran, and Daniel Pastewski. David Preil conducts. 

Performance Dates: Sept. 7-19, 2024

Gregory Kunde and Najmiddin Mavlyanov star in Verdi’s “Otello” alongside Alexey Markov and Polina Pastirchak. Timur Zangiev conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 2-19, 2024

Martin Gerke, Franziska Schuster, Christian Venzke, Bettina Weichert, and Til Ormeloh star in “Woyzeck.“ Max Renne conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 2-15, 2024

David Afkam conducts Beethoven’s “Fidelio” with a cast that includes David Butt Philip, Markus Marquardt, Marlis Petersen, Jasmin Delfs, Georg Zeppenfeld, Mario Lerchenberger, and Neven Crnić.

Performance Dates: Oct. 3-26, 2024

Puccini’s “La bohème” will star Marjukka Tepponen, Tuuli Takala, Elbenita Kajtazi, Slávka Zámečníková, Rosalia Cid, Tomislav Mužek, Bekhzod Davronov, Long Long , Navasard Hakobyan, Danylo Matviienko, Gerrit Illenberger, Aleksei Kulagin, Alexander Kopeczi, Anton Beliaev, and Alexandros Stavrakakis. Stefano Ranzani, and Antonello Allemandi conduct.

Performance Dates: Oct. 20, 2024-June 27, 2025

Amanda Majeski stars in Strauss’ “Salome” with Markus Marquardt, Mario Lerchenberger, and Evelyn Herlitzius. Juraj Valčuha conducts.

Performance Dates: Nov. 2-10, 2024

Tuuli Takala and Emily Pogorelc star in Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Piotr Buszewski, Bekhzod Davronov, James Rutherford, and Christoph Pohl. Gaetano d’Espinosa and Marta Gardolińska alternate at the podium. 

Performance Dates: Nov. 9, 2024-Jan. 25, 2025

Humperdinck’s “Hänsel und Gretel” returns for the Holidays with two casts. The opera will star Nicole Chirka, Valerie Eickhoff, Andrea Carroll, Christina Gansch, Markus Marquardt, Oleksandr Pushniak, Christa Mayer, and Evelyn Herlitzius. John Fiore conducts. 

Performance Dates: Dec. 10-26, 2024

J. Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus“ will be star Christoph Pohl, Flurina Stucki, Mario Lerchenberger, Josy Santos, Jasmin Delfs, and Rafael Fingerlos. Marcus Merkel conducts. 

Performance Dates: Dec. 31, 2024-Jan. 17, 2025

“The Toxic Avenger” will be conducted by Alexander Hoetzinger and will star Lukas Witzel, Lara Hofmann, and Anna Overbeck.

Performance Dates: Jan. 16-30, 2025

Georg Fritzsch conducts Weber’s “Der Freischütz” with Markus Butter, Tilmann Rönnebeck, Golda Schultz, Mirjam Mesak, Ante Jerkunica, and Maximilian Schmitt.

Performance Dates: Feb. 15-28, 2025

Marjukka Tepponen, Christa Mayer, Tomislav Mužek, and Neven Crnić star Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” Paolo Arrivabeni conducts.

Performance Dates: Feb. 22-March 16, 2025

Pavol Breslik takes on the title role of Wagner’s “Lohengrin” with Georg Zeppenfeld, Johanni van Oostrum, Markus Marquardt, Anja Kampe, and Birger Radde. Sebastian Weigle conducts. 

Performance Dates: March 30-April 6, 2025

Maria Agresta, Joseph Calleja, and Erwin Schrott star in Puccini’s “Tosca” with Marco Armiliato conducting.

Performance Dates: April 5-May 1, 2025

Pretty Yende stars in Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” with Bekhzod Davronov, Neven Crnić, and Peter Kellner. Roberto Rizzi Brignoli conducts

Performance Dates: April 20-May 8, 2025

Alejo Pérez conducts Puccini’s “Turandot” with a cast that includes Elisabeth Teige, Aleksei Kulagin, Yonghoon Lee, and Elbenita Kajtazi.

Performance Dates: June 7-22, 2025

Oksana Lyniv conducts Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” with Sabine Brohm, Marjukka Tepponen, Nicole Chirka, Thomas Atkins, Danylo Matviienko, and Tareq Nazmi.

Performance Dates: July 3-11, 2025