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(Credit: Felix Broede) Soprano Barbara Hannigan has withdrawn from all the performances of Berg’s opera “Lulu” at the Staatsoper Hamburg due to the private reasons, according to the company’s official website.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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Omer Meir Wellber to Become Hamburg Staatsoper General Music Director and Chief Conductor

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Omer Meir Wellber will become Hamburg Staatsoper‘s General Music Director and Chief Conductor of Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra, beginning with the 2025-26 season, and will succeed Kent Nagano. Dr. Carsten Brosda, Senator for Culture and Media while introducing Wellber at City Hall, said, “With Omer Meir Wellber, we have been able to win an outstanding artistic personality for the cultural city {…}

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Tobias Kratzer Named Next Intendant at Hamburg Staatsoper

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Tobias Kratzer is set to be the next Intendant at the Hamburg Staatsoper. He will take over the position as of summer 2025, replacing Georges Delnon, who has held the position since 2015. “With Tobias Kratzer we can win one of the currently most exciting directors for the directorship of the Hamburg State Opera,” said Hamburg’s Senator for Culture Carsten {…}

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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 {…}

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Andreas Schager Named Kammersänger of the Wiener Staatsoper

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Andreas Schager has been named Kammersänger of the Wiener Staatsoper. The company announced the news via social media and said, “Yesterday, the Austrian heldentenor was awarded the Austrian professional title ‘Kammersänger.’ Currently, he is in the Ring Cycle at the Wiener Staatsoper, as Siegmund and Siegfried.” Schager is one of the leading Wagnerian tenors in the world who has performed {…}

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Ailyn Pérez Steps In for Krassimira Stoyanova at Staatsoper Hamburg

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

Omer Meir Wellber to Become Hamburg Staatsoper General Music Director and Chief Conductor

Tobias Kratzer Named Next Intendant at Hamburg Staatsoper

Staatsoper Berlin 2025-26 Review: Pelléas et Mélisande

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

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

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

Andreas Schager Named Kammersänger of the Wiener Staatsoper