Carolina López Moreno, Marta Torbidoni, Christopher Purves, & Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa Lead Oper Köln’s 2025-26 Season

Oper Köln has announced its 2025-26. Premieres Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” will get a new production featuring Carolina López Moreno, Insik Choi, Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger, Gaston Rivero, and Young Woo Kim. Andrés Orozco-Estrada and Arne Willimczik conduct the new production by Carlos Wagner. Performance Dates: Sept. 28-Oct. 19, 2025 Marc Albrecht conducts Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” with Paul-Georg Dittrich directing a new {…}

Jun 21, 2024

Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa, Anastasia Bartoli, Xavier Sabata, Kathrin Zukowski & Seth Carico Lead Oper Köln’s 2024-25 Season

Oper Köln has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Marc Minkowski conducts Haydn’s “The Creation” in a production by Melly Still. The production will star Kathrin Zukowski, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Alex Rosen, Giulia Montanari, and André Morsch. Performance Dates: Oct. 5-20, 2024 Allison Oakes stars in Strauss’ “Elektra” alongside Lioba Braun, KS Dalia Schaechter, Astrid Kessler, Martin Koch, Karl-Heinz Lehner, and Insik {…}

Aug 18, 2023

Daniela Köhler and AJ Glueckert to Lead Oper Köln’s Season Opening Premiere of ‘Die Frau ohne Schatten’

On Sept. 17, Oper Köln will kick off its 2023-24 season with the premiere of R. Strauss and Von Hoffmansthal’s “Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman Without a Shadow).” Considered exceptionally demanding, and requiring a massive orchestra, the opera is a fairy tale that Strauss believed was his most important work. The story relates the tale of an ethereal Empress {…}

Jun 26, 2023

Oper Köln Unveils 2023-24 Season

Oper Köln has unveiled its 2023-24 season. First up is “Marla, Die Maifliege” by Brigitta Gillessen and Ralf Gscheidle. The opera stars Tina Drole, Ruth Hade, Alina Koenig, and Maike Raschke. Performance Dates: August 27 – Sept. 21, 2023 Next up is “Die Frau ohne Schatten.” Maria Albrecht conducts a cast starring AJ Glueckhert, Daniela Köhler, Irmgard Vilsmaier, Jordan Shanahan, {…}

Feb 13, 2023

Oper Köln Announces Two New Productions for April 2023

Oper Köln is set to present two unique opera productions this coming April. First up, Oper Köln will present a new version of composer Arnaud Petit’s “La Bête dans la Jungle” based on the novella by Henry James. The work will be world premiered on April 14, 2023 with Frederic Wake-Walker directing. François-Xavier Roth conducts with KS Miljenko Turk and {…}

Apr 14, 2022

Enea Scala, Mane Galoyan, Raffaele Pe & Zuzana Marková Highlight Oper Köln’s 2022-23 Season

The Oper Köln has announced its 2022-23 season featuring nine new productions and five revivals. Here is a look at the operatic productions of the season. Premieres Enea Scala headlines Berlioz’s “Les Troyens” alongside Mirko Roschkowski in a new production by Johannes Erath. The cast also includes Veronica Simeoni, Isabelle Druet, and Marco Spotti. Francois Xavier-Roth conducts. Premiere Date: Sept. {…}

Jan 6, 2022

Oper Köln Cancels Another Performance of ‘Die Vögel’ Due to Illness in the House

Oper Köln has canceled the Jan. 6, 2022 performance of Walter Braunfels’ rarely performed opera “Die Vögel” due to multiple cases of illness in the opera house. The company did not specify the nature of the illness. The opera was set to star Burkhard Fritz, Joshua Bloom, Samuel Youn, Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger, Ana Durlovski, Anna Malesza-Kutny, Lotte Verstaen, Mine Yücel, {…}

Dec 29, 2021

Oper Köln Cancels Another Performance of ‘Die Vögel’ Due to Illness in the House

(Credit: © Raimond Spekking/Wikimedia Commons) Oper Köln has canceled the Dec. 30 performance of Walter Braunfels’ rarely performed opera “Die Vögel” due to multiple sick cases in the opera house. The company did not specify the nature of the illness. The opera house already canceled a performance of “Die Vögel” on Dec. 28, again due to an undisclosed sickness. The {…}

Dec 28, 2021

Oper Köln Cancels ‘Die Vögel’ Due to Illness in the House

(Credit: © Raimond Spekking/Wikimedia Commons) Oper Köln canceled the Dec. 28 performance of Walter Braunfels’ rarely performed opera “Die Vögel” due to multiple sick cases in the opera house. The company did not specify the nature of the illness. The opera was set to star Young Woo Kim, Joshua Bloom, Bjarni Thor Kristinsson, Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger, Gloria Rehm, Anna Malesza-Kutny, {…}

Dec 18, 2021

Q & A: Sydney Mancasola on French Opera, Big Paris Break & COVID-19

(Credit: ©Barbara Anmüller) “Comedy today, tragedy tomorrow.” American soprano Sydney Mancasola uttered these words before going to the stage at the Adelaide Festival on March 13 2020, in the role of Bess in opera “Breaking the Waves.” The opera had a second performance on March 15, and at that time the coronavirus pandemic already begun its deadly march across Europe {…}

Apr 29, 2021

Oper Köln Ends 2020-21 Season

(Credit: Oper Köln official website) The Oper Köln has announced that it has decided to cancel the rest of its 2020-21 season. “Together with the Mayor Henriette Reker, Head of Culture Susanne Laugwitz-Aulbach and the directors of the Köln Philharmonic, the Köln stages and the Gürzenich Orchestra, it was decided to end the 2020-21 season due to the current pandemic {…}