Sonya Yoncheva, Ailyn Pérez, Olga Peretyatko & Benjamin Bernheim Lead Staatsoper Hamburg’s 2021-22 Season
By Francisco Salazar(Credit: Christoph Köstlin/Javier del Real/Chris Singer)
(Artcle In collaboration with Dejan Vukosavljevic)
Premieres
Bernhard Lang’s “Playing Trump” will star Donatienne Michel-Dansac.
Performance Dates: August 20-25, 2021
Daniele Finzi Pasca directs a new production of Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” with Benjamin Bernheim in the title role and Olga Peretyatko as the four heroines. Angela Brower and Luca Pisaroni round out the cast. Kent Nagano conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 4-25, 2021
Mozart’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” will star Burghart Klaußner, Tuuli Takala, Narea Son, Dovlet Nurgeldiyev, Michael Laurenz, and Ante Jerkunica. Adam Fischer conducts the new production by Paul-Georg Dittrich.
Performance Dates: Oct. 17-Nov. 13, 2021
Dmitri Tcherniakov directs a new production of R. Strauss’ “Elektra” with Ausrine Stundyte in the title role. Violeta Urmana, Jennifer Holloway, and Lauri Vasar also star with Kent Nagano conducting.
Performance Dates: Nov. 28, 2021-April 13, 2022
Puccini’s “Turandot“ gets a new production by Yona Kim with Anna Smirnova singing the title role. The cast also includes Gregory Kunde, Guanqun Yu, and Liang Li. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts.
Performance Dates: March 13-April 1, 2022
Kornél Mundruczó directs Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” with Georg Zeppenfeld, Klaus Florian Vogt, Christoph Pohl, Daniel Kluge, Jennifer Holloway, and Tanja Ariane Baumgartne. Kent Nagano conducts.
Performance Dates: April 25-June 5, 2022
The final new production of the season will be Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale“ by David Bösch. Ambrogio Maestri sings the title role with Rosa Feola, Kartal Karagedik, and Levy Sekgapane. Matteo Beltrami conducts.
Performance Dates: May 29-June 16, 2022
Opera Stabile
Daveth Clark conducts the run of “Das Laub fällt auch im Paradies.”
Performance dates: Oct. 15 – Nov. 2, 2021
Samuel Penderbayne’s “Unser kleines Scheißkaff – Fucking Åmål” will spotlight Larissa Wäspy, Kady Evanyshyn, Ida Aldrian, Marie-Dominique Ryckmanns, Nicholas Mogg, Hubert Kowalczyk, Peter Galliard, and Katja Pieweck. Ingmar Beck conducts.
Performance dates: Jan. 21 – 30, 2022
Jóhann Kristinsson, Tahnee Niboro, Renate Spingler, and Jannik Nowak star in Isabelle Aboulker’s “Bella und Blaubart.” Luiz de Godoy conducts the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg.
Performance dates: Feb. 12 – 27, 2022
Lorenzo Romano’s “La Luna” showcases Marie-Dominique Ryckmanns, Kady Evanyshyn, Collin André Schöning, Seungwoo Simon Yang, Nicholas Mogg, Han Kim, and David Minseok Kang.
Performance dates: June 24 – July 2, 2022
Revivals
Sonya Yoncheva leads Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” alongside Kartal Karagedik and Brian Jagde. Francesco Ivan Ciampa conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 9-15, 2021
Schumann’s “Szenen aus Goethes Faust” stars Christian Gerhaher, Katharina Konradi, and Franz-Josef Selig. Kent Nagano conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 14-21, 2021
Axel Kober conducts Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” with Alexey Bogdanchikov, Olesya Golovneva, Pavol Breslik, and Kristina Stanek.
Performance Dates: Sept. 28-Oct. 10, 2021
Hui He leads Puccini’s “Tosca” with Pavel Černoch and Andrzej Dobber. Alexander Joel conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 29-Oct. 12, 2021
Axel Kober conducts Verdi’s “Falstaff” with a cast that includes Pietro Spagnoli, Kartal Karagedik, Oleksiy Palchykov, Anna Princeva, Elbenita Kajtazi, and Nadezhda Karyazina.
Performance Dates: Sept. 30-Oct. 9, 2021
Venera Gimadieva sings the title role in Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” with Alexey Bogdanchikov, Oleksiy Palchykov, and Alexander Roslavets.
Performance Dates: Oct. 12, 2021-Jan. 14, 2022
Andrzej Dobber and Oksana Dyka lead Verdi’s “Nabucco.” Paolo Arrivabeni conducts the production which also stars Piotr Buszewski, Alexander Vinogradov, and Aigul Akhmetshina.
Performance Dates: Oct. 31-Nov. 21, 2021
Alice Coote sings the title role of Handel’s “Agrippina” with Luca Tittoto, Julia Lezhneva, Iestyn Davies, Franco Fagioli, Renato Dolcini, and Vasily Khoroshev.
Performance Dates: Dec. 5-15, 2021
Ida Aldrian and Elbenita Kajtazi star in the title roles of Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel.” Volker Krafft conducts a cast that also includes Renate Spingler, Katja Pieweck, and Chao Deng.
Performance Dates: Dec. 12-26, 2021
Nadine Sierra sings the title role in Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Dmytro Popov and Andrzej Dobber. Giampaolo Bisanti conducts.
Performance Dates: Dec. 12, 2021-March 20, 2022
Bo Skovhus, Jacquelyn Wagner, Chao Deng, Jana Kurucová, Oleksiy Palchykov, Bernhard Hansky, and Narea Son star in J. Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus.” Jonathan Darlington conducts the holiday presentation.
Performance Dates: Dec. 22, 2021-Jan. 12, 2022
Dirk Kaftan conducts Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” with Julia Kleiter, Serena Malfi, Alessio Arduini, Dovlet Nurgeldiyev, Narea Son, and Pietro Spagnoli.
Performance Dates: Jan. 20-Feb, 2, 2022
Kent Nagano conducts Wagner’s “Lohengrin” with Eric Cutler in the title role, Simone Schneider, John Lundgren, Okka von der Damerau, Andrzej Dobber, and Christof Fischesser
Performance Dates: Jan. 16-29, 2022
Elbenita Kajtazi stars in Massenet’s “Manon” alongside Enea Scala, Wilhelm Schwinghammer, and Thomas Oliemans.
Performance Dates: Jan. 30-Feb, 12, 2022
Piotr Buszewski, Andrzej Dobber, and Nadezhda Pavlova star in Verdi’s “Rigoletto” with Roberto Rizzi Brignoli conducting. Tigran Martirossian and Jana Kurucová round out the cast as Maddalena and Sparafucile.
Performance Dates: Feb. 11-17, 2022
Liana Aleksanyan sings the title role of Verdi’s “Luisa Miller” with Ramon Vargas, Alexander Vinogradov, and George Petean. Paolo Arrivabeni conducts.
Performance Dates: Feb. 16-March 31, 2022
Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” returns to the star with Andrei Bondarenko in the title role, Luca Pisaroni as Leporello, Nadezhda Pavlova as Donna Anna, Dovlet Nurgeldiyev as Don Ottavio, Alexander Vinogradov as Il Commendatore, Jana Kurucová as Donna Elvira, and Julia Lezhneva as Zerlina. Adam Fischer conducts.
Performance Dates: Feb. 26-March 11, 2022
Paolo Carginani conducts Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Ermonela Jaho in her signature role, Kristina Stanek, Pavel Černoch, and Ambrogio Maestri.
Performance Dates: March 15-24, 2022
Tatiana Serjan sings the title role of Verdi’s “Aida” with Fabio Sartori, Violeta Urmana, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, and Alexander Roslavets. Daniele Callegari conducts
Performance Dates: March 22-April 4, 2022
Elbenita Kajtazi, Piotr Buszewski, Kartal Karagedik, and Tigran Martirossian lead Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” with Gianluca Capuano conducting.
Performance Dates: April 12-22, 2022
Jacquelyn Wagner leads Beethoven’s “Fidelio” with Simon Neal, Benjamin-Helge Bruns, Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Tahnee Niboro, and Bernhard Berchtold. Kent Nagano conducts Beethoven’s only opera.
Performance Dates: April 26-May 11, 2022
Kent Nagano leads Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmélites” with a cast that includes Mojca Erdmann, Piotr Buszewski, Janina Baechle, Catherine Naglestad, Katja Pieweck, Narea Son, and Kristina Stanek.
Performance Dates: May 10-22, 2022
Christoph Pohl, Ailyn Pérez, Katharina Konradi, Alessio Arduini, and Serena Malfi lead Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” with Nicolas André conducting.
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