Oper Leipzig has announced its 2024-25 season.

Premieres

Bach’s “Amadis, der Ritter” is set to star Matthias Stier, Daniel Arnaldos, Olga Jelínková, Samantha Gaul, Sarah Traubel, Olena Tokar, Franz Xaver Schlecht, Jonathan Michie, Jonathan Michie, Gabrielė Kupšytė, Nora Steuerwald, and Franziska Zwink.

Performance Dates: Sept. 21, 2024-June 15, 2025

Daniele Squeo conducts Bellini’s “Norma” with a cast that includes Dominick Chenes, Yorck Felix Speer, Randall Jakobsh, Roberta Mantegna, and Kathrin Göring. Anthony Pilavachi directs the production.

Performance Dates: Dec. 1, 2024-Jan. 24, 2025

Rossini’s “Il viaggio a Reims” will be directed by Daisy Evans and will be conducted by Matthias Foremny. The cast includes Olena Tokar, Sarah Traubel, Gabrielė Kupšytė, Olga Jelínková, Franziska Krötenheerdt, Samantha Gaul, Daniel Arnaldos, Anton Rositskiy, Giorgi Manoshvili, Sejong Chang, Peter Dolinšek, Jonathan Michie, Franz Xaver Schlecht, and Nora Steuerwald.

Performance Dates: March 15-April 19, 2025

Anna Skryleva conducts a new production of Tcahikovsky’s “Pique Dame” by Lorenzo Fioroni. The cast includes Brenden Gunnell, Tuomas Pursio, Mathias Hausmann, Ulrike Schneider, Solen Mainguené, and Nora Steuerwald.

Performance Dates: May 10-June 7, 2025

Revivals 

Verdi’s “La Traviata” will be conducted by Christoph Gedschold and Yura Yang. Sarah Traubel, Olga Jelínková, Matthias Stier, Ovidiu Purcel, Mathias Hausmann, and Franz Xaver Schlecht star.

Performance Dates: Sept. 8, 2024-March 2, 2025

Christoph Gedschold conducts Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Hollander” with a cast that includes Martina Welschenbach, Ulrike Schneider, Ólafur Sigurdarson, Derrick Ballard, Yorck Felix Speer, and Brenden Gunnell.

Performance Dates: Sept. 15-Oct. 20, 2024

Barno Ismatullaeva, Kathrin Göring, Carlos Cardoso, and Mathias Hausmann star in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Matthias Foremny and Christoph Gedschold conducting.

Performance Date: Sept. 27-Oct. 31, 2024

Yura Yang conducts Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” with Randall Jakobsh, Yorck Felix Speer, Matthias Stier, Maximilian Mayer, David Fischer, Mathias Hausmann, Tuomas Pursio, Ylva Stenberg, Olena Tokar, and Samantha Gaul.

Performance Dates: Oct. 12, 2024-April 25, 2025

Karine Babajanyan sings the title role of Bizet’s “Carmen” with Solen Mainguené, Irakli Kakhdize, and Bogdan Baciu. Matthias Foremny conducts.

Performance Dates: Nov. 1-16, 2024

Samuel Emanuel conducts Humperdinck’s “Knusper, Knusper, Knäuschen” in a production by Gundula Nowack. 

Performance Dates: Nov. 21, 2024-Feb. 12, 2025

Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel” will star Ulrike Schneider,  Kathrin Göring, Gabrielė Kupšytė, Samantha Gaul, Olena Tokar, Einar Dagur Jónsson, and Dan Karlström.

Performance Dates: Dec. 13-27, 2024

Liana Aleksanyan stars in Puccini’s “Tosca” with Andrea Shin, Irakli Kakhdize, and Ólafur Sigurdarson. Christoph Gedschold conducts.

Performance Dates:  Jan. 4-April 5, 2025

Constantin Trinks conducts Wagner’s “Siegfried” with a cast that includes Ulrike Schneider, Ricarda Merbeth, Samantha Gaul, Thomas Mohr, Dan Karlström, James Rutherford, Simon Neal, Markus Marquardt, Tuomas Pursio, and Randall Jakobsh.

Performance Dates: Jan. 11-March 30, 2025

Xavier Moreno, Ivan Inverardi, Matthias Stier, Solen Mainguené, and Kathrin Göring star in Verdi’s “Otello.” Ivan Repušić conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 18-Feb. 15, 2025

“SUMM, SUMM, SUMM – MEIN ERSTES KONZERT” will be presented.

Performance Dates: Jan. 25 & 27, 2025

Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” will be conducted by Matthias Foremny and will star Kathrin Göring, Solen Mainguené, Sarah Traubel, Ulrike Schneider, Olga Jelínková, Gabrielė Kupšytė, Nora Steuerwald, Nicholas Brownlee, Tuomas Pursio, Mathias Hausmann, Einar Dagur Jónsson, Thomas Mohr, Yorck Felix Speer, Randall Jakobsh, Kay Stiefermann, and Dan Karlström

Performance Dates: Feb. 7 & March 29, 2025

Yura Yang conducts Weber’s “Der Freischütz” with a cast that includes Sarah Traubel, Samantha Gaul, Verena Hierholzer, Tuomas Katajala, Derrick Ballard, and Tuomas Pursio.

Performance Dates: Feb. 14-April 20, 2025

Dara Hobbs stars in Strauss “Salome” with Ulrike Schneider, Nora Steuerwald, Brenden Gunnell, and Tuomas Pursio. Matthias Foremny conducts.

Performance Dates: March 22 & April 13, 2025

Leonard Evers’ “Gold” will be directed by Christina Geißler and will star Nora Steuerwald, Dirk Richter, Levin Fischer, and Sebastian Linz.

Performance Dates: March 26-April 13, 2025

Christoph Gedschold conducts Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with Jonathan Michie, Yorck Felix Speer, Sarah Traubel, Josh Lovell, Kathrin Göring, Sejong Chang, Peter Dolinšek, and Samantha Gaul.

Performance Dates: April 4-June 21, 2025

Christina Geißler directs “Amadeus Musikus.” Franz Xaver Schlecht stars.

Performance Dates: May 7-14, 2025

Lortzing’s “Undine” will star Olena Tokar, Matthias Stier, Joseph Dennis, Jonathan Michie, Mathias Hausmann, Sejong Chang, Peter Dolinšek, Kathrin Göring, Karin Lovelius, Olga Jelínková, Sarah Traubel, Sven Hjörleifsson, and Dan Karlström. Yura Yang conducts.

Performance Dates: May 18-June 8, 2025

Dmitry Belosselskiy, Matthias Stier, Kristine Opolais, Pavel Černoch, Dan Karlström, Liam James Karai, Sven Hjörleifsson, and Franz Xaver Schlecht star in Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.” Andris Nelsons conducts the work.

Performance Dates: May 25 & 29, 2025

Samuel Emanuel conducts the Orchester Gewandhausorchester in Lauschkonzert.

Performance Dates: June 5-8, 2025

Solen Mainguené, Yorck Felix Speer, Gabrielė Kupšytė, Mathias Hausmann, and Samantha Gaul star in Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier.” Christoph Gedschold conducts.

Performance Dates: March 30-June 29, 2025