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Staatsoper Hamburg Suspends Substantial Portion of Fall 2020 Season

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The Staatsoper Hamburg has suspended all performances between September through December with a few exceptions. The company has announced an opening concert entitled “Molto Agitato” which will take place on Sept. 5, 2020 and will feature music by Weill, Ligeti, and Brahms. The concert will feature five soloists and a chamber orchestra. Per the German company’s official website, the first {…}

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Plácido Domingo Cancels Staatsoper Hamburg Performances Due To Coronavirus Outbreak

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(Credit: Chad Batka) Plácido Domingo has canceled his upcoming performances at the Staatsoper Hamburg. The theater announced in a press release that due to medical recommendations regarding his regarding age and a higher risk of infection of the coronavirus, Domingo has opted out of performances scheduled on March 22, 26, and April 2. The Staatsoper Hamburg stated, “We understand and {…}

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Ailyn Pérez Steps In for Krassimira Stoyanova at Staatsoper Hamburg

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(Credit: Dario Acosta) The Staatsoper Hamburg has announced a cast change for Verdi’s “Otello.” The company announced that Ailyn Pérez will take over the role of Desdemona replacing Krassimira Stoyanova. Pérez is coming off acclaimed performances at the Wiener Staatsoper where she sang the title role in Massenet’s “Manon.” The soprano is scheduled to return to the Metropolitan Opera in {…}

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Mojca Erdmann Replaces Barbara Hannigan in Staatsoper Hamburg’s ‘Lulu’

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(Credit: Felix Broede) Soprano Barbara Hannigan has withdrawn from all the performances of Berg’s opera “Lulu” at the Staatsoper Hamburg due to the private reasons, according to the company’s official website. Soprano Mojca Erdmann will perform in her stead in the title role. Erdmann will join a cast that includes Anne Sofie von Otter, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Charles Workman, Ivan Ludlow, {…}

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Cast Change: Florian Boesch Replaces Günther Groissböck in Wiener Staatsoper Recital

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced a cast change for its performance of “Winterreise.” The company said, “Due to a recently diagnosed case of tonsillitis, Günther Groissböck will not be able to sing at the concert scheduled for tomorrow. Florian Boesch will perform in his place singing Franz Schubert’s ‘Winterreise.’” Boesch is a baritone who has performed at the Wiener Konzerthaus, {…}

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Staatsoper Berlin 2025-26 Review: Pelléas et Mélisande

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(Credit: Tatjana Daschel) Ruth Berghaus’s legendary production of “Pelléas et Mélisande” (seen July 9), which has remained in the repertoire of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden since 1991, returned once again to Berlin, proving that genuinely great theatre neither ages nor relinquishes its power to surprise. The evening possessed the aura of an encounter with operatic history: not merely a {…}

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Cast Change: Hovhannes Ayvazyan Joins Hamburg’s ‘Luisa Miller’ Production

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The Staatsoper Hamburg has announced a cast change for its production of “Luisa Miller.” The company said that Hovhannes Ayvazyan will sing the role of Rodolfo. Ayvazyan is a tenor who has performed at the Prague State Opera, Teatr Wielki Warsaw, Mariinsky theatre, Dubai Opera, Bolshoi Theatre, Poznan Opera, Hungarian State Opera, and Müpa Budapest. The tenor is known for his {…}

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Foundation for the Promotion of the Hamburg State Opera Names 2026 Prize Winners

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The Foundation for the Promotion of the Hamburg State Opera has announced the recipients of its annual prizes. The Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer Prize was awarded to the seven current scholarship holders of the International Opera Studio Hamburg — Colin Aikins, William Desbiens, Aebh Kelly, Keith Klein, Marie Maidowski, Mziwamadoda Sipho Nodlayiya, and Mariana Poltorak — as well as to Hamburg {…}

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Q & A: Soprano Vivica Genaux on Mentoring Hasse Artaserse at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg

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(Credit: RibaltaLuce-Studio) Celebrated as one of the preeminent mezzo-sopranos of her generation, Vivica Genaux is a definitive champion of the baroque and bel canto repertoires. Renowned for her instrumental role in the modern revival of Johann Adolf Hasse, she was honored with the Hasse-Preis by the Hasse-Stiftung Hamburg in 2025. She is actively collaborating with HfMT Hamburg as a mentor {…}