Oper Leipzig has canceled the premiere of “Pit and Paula – Freshly Salted” on June 27. The company said, “Due to the high temperatures, Oper Leipzig and the Lindenfels Theatre have cancelled the premiere of the musical fairy tale ‘Pit and Paula – Freshly Salted’ scheduled for June 27th at 3 pm. The performance by the children’s and youth choir {…}
Oper Leipzig has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Premiere Ivan Repušić and Yura Yang conduct a new production of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” directed by Vasily Barkhatov. The cast will be led by Franz Xaver Schlecht and Mathias Hausmann with Kathrin Göring, Olena Tokar, Maya Gour, Gabrielė Kupšytė, Peter Dolinšek, and Yorck Felix Speer. Performance Dates: Oct. 10, 2026-Feb. 7, 2027 Mozart’s {…}
Oper Leipzig has named Peter Heilker its new artistic director. Heilker was picked from 30 other applicants and will take over the artistic direction of the opera house on August 1, 2028. He will succeed Tobias Wolff, who will become General Director of the Braunschweig State Theatre in the summer of 2026. In a statement Leipzig’s Mayor for Culture, Skadi {…}
Oper Leipzig is facing bankruptcy after experiencing falling attendance and a rising wage bill. According to reports by Backstage Classical, the company is currently operating with a deficit of 2.3 million euros, which is expected to rise in the coming years. Moreover, reports from Vennicio Media indicate that the company’s occupancy last year fell to 64 percent in quarter two {…}
Oper Leipzig has announced its 2025-26 season. Premieres A new production of Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” will be performed with Sarah Traubel, Gabrielė Kupšytė, Franz Xaver Schlecht, Matthias Winckhler, Josh Lovell, Matthias Stier, Samantha Gaul, Mirjam Neururer, Sejong Chang, and Tuomas Pursio. Matthias Foremny and Yura Yang conduct the new production by Katharina Thoma. Performance Dates: Sept. 13, 2025-May 23, {…}
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, {…}
Oper Leipzig has named conductor Yura Yang its First Kapellmeister, beginning during the 2024-25 season. She is currently the First Coordinated Kapellmeister at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Yang studied at the Detmold University of Music and the University of Music and Theatre Munich. From 2012 to 2018, she was engaged as solo répétiteur with conducting duties at the Musiktheater im Revier {…}
Michael Nündel has been announced as the new Music Director of Leipzig’s Musikalische Komödie during the 2024-25 season. The theater, which specializes in theater and musicals noted, “It is with great pleasure that we announce that Michael Nündel will take over the position of Music Director and Chief Conductor in Musikalische Komödie from the 2024-25. Michael Nündel can already be {…}
Opwer Leipzig has named a new Music Director. Repušić is a Croatian conductor who is Chief Conductor of the Munich Radio Orchestra and the first permanent guest conductor of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He is also the Chief Conductor of the Zadar Chamber Orchestra. He has recorded for BR-Klassik, CPO, and Warner Classics. In a statement via social media, the company said, “Welcome {…}
Germany’s Oper Leipzig has announced its 2023-24 season featuring five new productions. Premieres Peter Maxwell Davies’s “Majesty and Madness” will be presented in a production by Marlene Hahn. Samuel Emanuel conducts a cast that includes Marie-Luise Dreßen and Franz Xaver Schlecht. Performance Dates: Sept. 21-24, 2023 Mozart’s “Die Zauberflote” will be conducted by Jonathan Darlington, Ivan Repušić, Christoph Gedschold, and {…}
Susanne Moser was named the new chair of the Operkonferenz last weekend. Moser, who is the co-artistic director and managing director of the Komische Oper Berlin, will take over for Bernd Loebe of the Frankfurt Opera, who held the position since 2010. “I am very pleased about the election to chair the German-speaking Opera Conference and thank you for your {…}