Francesco Meli, Marina Rebeka, Angel Blue, Nicole Car, Carolina López Moreno, Klaus Florian Vogt & Ryan Speedo Green Lead Semperoper Dresden’s 2026-27 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Semperoper Dresden has announced its 2026-27 season.
Premieres
The opera premieres begin with Verdi’s “Un ballo in maschera,” a new production by Angela Denoke in her Semperoper directorial debut, conducted by Daniele Gatti and Stefano Tanzanian. Francesco Meli, Giorgio Berrugi, Nicole Car, Yulia Matochkina, Rosalia Cid, George Petean, and Lodovico Filippo Ravizza.
Performance Dates: Oct. 4, 2026-May 21, 2027
Torsten Rasch’s “Die wunderbaren Jahre” will star Dalia Medovnikov, Valentin Ruckebier, Alexandra Sagurna, and Christina Baader. Christian Blex conducts the production by Nora Bussenius.
Performance Dates: Oct. 16, 2026-July 6, 2027
Lehár’s “The Merry Widow” will be directed by Dirk Schmeding and conducted by Killian Farrell. The production will star Erica Eloff, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Markus Marquardt, Magdalena Lucjan, Mario Lerchenberger, and Jürgen Müller.
Performance Dates: Nov. 29, 2026-Jan. 31, 2027
Martinů’s “The Greek Passion” will be directed by Elisabeth Stöppler and will be conducted by Erik Nielsen. The cast of this first Dresden production of the piece includes Pavol Breslik, Marjukka Tepponen, Birger Radde, Markus Marquardt, Martin-Jan Nijhof, Gerald Hupach, Danylo Matviienko, David Roy, Mario Lerchenberger, Gerald Hupach, and Simeon Esper.
Performance Dates: March 13-April 11, 2027
Performance Dates: April 3-14, 2027
Paër’s “Leonora” will be directed by Andrea Moses with Giulio Cilona conducting. The cast will include Peter Kellner, Jasmin Delfs, Louise McClelland Jacobsen, Simeon Esper, Jonah Hoskins, and Anton Beliaev.
Performance Dates: April 24-May 20, 2027
Samuel Penderbayne’s “Subotnik” will star Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein and Henriette Zahn. Theresa von Halle directs.
Performance Dates: June 5-15, 2027
Eva-Maria Höckmayr directs a new production of Wagner’s “Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes.” Klaus Florian Vogt stars alongside Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Sinéad Campbell Wallace, and Catriona Morison, under the musical direction of Patrick Hahn.
Performance Dates: June 26-July 10, 2027
Repertoire
Three casts will be showcased in Bizet’s “Carmen” with Caterina Piva singing all performances. She will be joined first by Attilio Glaser, Marjukka Tepponen, and Krzysztof Bączyk. Later performances will include Matthew Polenzani, Louise McClelland Jacobsen, Neven Crnić, and Tomislav Mužek. Lorenzo Passerini conducts.
Performance Dates: August 29-October. 9, 2026
Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte”is set to starGeorg Zeppenfeld, Maria Perlt-Gärtner, Louise McClelland Jacobsen, James Ley, Michael Nagl, Tilmann Rönnebeck, Johan Krogius, Nikola Hillebrand, James Ley, Anton Beliaev, Annija Adamsone, Magdalena Lucjan, Mario Lerchenberger, Jasmin Delfs, and Goran Jurić.
Performance Dates: August 30, 2026-May 23, 2027
Nino Rota’s “Der Florentiner Hut” will star Piotr Buszewski, Alexander Grassauer, Maire Therese Carmack, Neven Crnić, Valerie Eickhoff, Danylo Matviienko, Dalia Medovnikov, Martin-Jan Nijhof, Jongwoo Hong, and Gerald Hupach. Daniele Squeo conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 3-11, 2026
Bernstein’s “Trouble in Tahiti” will star Winona Martin, Steffan Lloyd Owen, Natasha Gesto, Timothy Oliver, and Joseph Parrish. Ingunn Korsgård Hagen conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 11-22, 2026
Natalya Romaniw and Aleksandra Kurzak star in Puccini’s “Tosca” alongside SeokJong Baek, Riccardo Massi, and Gevorg Hakobyan. John Fiore conducts.
Performance Dates: Oct. 8-Nov. 21, 2026
Albert Lortzing’s “Der Wildschütz” will star Philipp Jekal, Sabine Brohm, Maximilian Schmitt, Maria Perlt-Gärtner, Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein, Georg Zeppenfeld, Louise McClelland Jacobsen, and Gerald Hupach. Christoph Gedschold conducts.
Performance Dates: Oct. 24-Nov. 3, 2026
Bosse Vogt, Christian Venzke, David Whitley, Madina Frey, Gerald Hupach, Bettina Weichert, Annika Steinkamp, and Janik Oelsch star in “Blues Brothers.” Max Renne conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov. 7-20, 2026
Two casts will headline Verdi’s “Don Carlo.” The first cast will star Georg Zeppenfeld, Angel Blue, Stephen Costello, Yulia Matochkina, Boris Pinkhasovich, and Taras Shtonda.
The second cast includes John Relyea, Marina Rebeka, Joshua Guerrero, Yulia Matochkina, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, and Morris Robinson.
Timur Zangiev and Marcus Merkel conduct.
Performance Dates: Nov. 22, 2026-June 18, 2027
Leonard Evers’ “Gold!” will star Annike Debus, Stefan Köcher, and Lola Mlačnik.
Performance Dates: Nov. 28-Dec. 9, 2026
Georg Zeppenfeld, John Matthew Myers, Christa Mayer, Neven Crnić, Danylo Matviienko, Sam Carl, Flurina Stucki, Michal Doron, Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein, Louise McClelland Jacobsen, Taras Shtonda, Tilmann Rönnebeck, Dalia Medovnikov, and Gerald Hupach star in Prokofiev’s “The Love for Three Oranges.” Erik Nielsen conducts.
Performance Dates: Dec. 4-22, 2026
Amina Edris, Mariangela Sicilia, and Carolina López Moreno star in Puccini’s “La Boheme” alongside Natasha Gesto, René Barbera, Rosalia Cid, Kang Wang, Sean Michael Plumb, Pene Pati, Danylo Matviienko, and Kang Wang. Lorenzo Passerini and Adam Hickox conduct.
Performance Dates: Dec. 5, 2026-June 2, 2027
Klaus Florian Vogt and Camilla Nylund lead Korngold’s “Die Tote Stadt” with Jérôme Boutillier, Christa Mayer, and Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein. Axel Kober conducts.
Performance Dates: Dec. 10, 2026-Jan. 3, 2027
Jens Joneleit’s “Schneewitte” stars Christiane Hossfeld, Larissa Wäspy, Alexander Ritter, and Michael Günther.
Performance Dates: Jan. 16-26, 2027
Irene Roberts, Angelo Villari, Elena Zaremba, Oleksandr Pushniak, and Nicole Chirka star in Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” while Riccardo Massi, Marjukka Tepponen, Neven Crnić, and Anton Beliaev star in Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci.” Paolo Arrivabeni conducts.
Performance Dates: Jan. 20-29, 2027
Axel Kober conducts Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier” with Johanni van Oostrum, Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Emily Sierra, Martin Gantner, and Soraya Mafi.
Performance Dates: Feb. 20-March 14, 2027
Oleksandr Pushniak, Albert Dohmen, Georg Zeppenfeld, Eric Cutler, Scott Hendricks, and Michèle Losier star in Wagner’s “Parsifal.” Daniele Gatti conducts.
Performance Dates: March 26-April 4, 2027
John Matthew Myers, David Butt Philip, Simon Neal, Eleanor Lyons, Rosalia Cid, Georg Zeppenfeld, Mario Lerchenberger, and Vladyslav Buialskyi star in Beethiven’s “Fidelio.” Finnegan Downie Dear conducts.
Performance Dates: April 3-May 2, 2027
Christoph Pohl, Jacquelyn Stucker, Rosalia Cid, Neven Crnić, and Valerie Eickhoff star in Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Christoph Koncz conducts.
Performance Dates: May 30-June 19, 2027
Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” will star Ryan Speedo Green, Antonio Di Matteo, Mariangela Sicilia, James Ley, Carolina López Moreno, Vladyslav Buialskyi, Metehan Köklü, and Valerie Eickhoff. Nicholas Collon conducts.
Performance Dates: June 30-July 9, 2027
