The Staastheater Weisbaden has postponed the opening of its new production of “The Queen of Spades.” The company noted that due to COVID-19 precautions, the organization was forced to delay the opening of the production which will now open on Jan. 29, 2022. In a statement, the company said, “due to the measures decided by the Prime Ministers’ Conference and {…}
Credit: Staatstheater Wiesbaden official website The Staatstheater Kassel, Staatstheater Wiesbaden and Staatstheater Darmstadt, along with the Landestheater Marburg and Stadttheater Gießen, have decided to shut down until January 31, 2021 due to ongoing concerns over the spread of COVID-19. The five theaters made the decision after extensive consultations with Angela Dorn, the Minister for Culture of the state of Hessen. {…}
Credit: Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden official website The Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced that it has received the order by the State Ministry for Science and Art which bans the performances from Sep. 25 – Sep. 27, 2020. According to the official statement on the opera house’s website, the reason for the cancellation is a hygiene concept that was approved by the {…}
(Credit: Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden official website) Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden has canceled all the planned performances until Sept. 5, 2020. The latest Decree by the authorities of the City of Wiesbaden explicitly prohibits all events with more than 50 participants, until at least Sept. 21, 2020. The opera house stated that it has received a special permission by the authorities so {…}
On May 18, the Staatstheater Wiesbaden opened its doors after a nearly two month lockdown in Germany. The theater re-imagined its May Festival and programmed recitals and semi-staged selections of operas. For the concerts, the theater was able to engage some of the world’s greatest soloists including real-life couple, Michael Volle and Gabriela Scherer. Originally scheduled to perform in the {…}
(Photo by Jiyang Chen) The Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced the reopening of the theater on May 18, 2020. The German theater revealed that following the regulations of the government, the company has put together a new program. The new program will open on My 18 and run through June 6, 2020 and will include excerpts from the originally planned International {…}
Credit: Uwe Arens/Dario Acosta/Tatyana Vlasova The Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2020-21 season featuring eight new productions, the Ring Cycle and a number of important revivals. Here is a look. Premieres Konrad Junghänel conducts a new production of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Tilo Nest directing. Ioan Hotea and Antonio Garés share the role of the count while Silvia {…}
Staatstheater Wiesbaden has just announced its May Festival program, featuring seven operas and number of vocal works. Operas Wagner’s ‘Tristan und Isolde” will spotlight Catherine Foster, Lance Ryan, Andreas Schager, René Pape, Tobias Kehrer, Thomas de Vries, Margarete Joswig, Andreas Karasiak, Julian Habermann, and Erik Biegel. Ryan and Schager will alternate in the title role of Tristan, while Pape and Kehrer will {…}
The Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2019-20 season, featuring seven new productions and a number of stars. Here is a look at what the season will offer. New Production Patrick Lange conducts a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen” by Uwe Eric Laufenberg. Lena Belkina stars in the title role with tenors Sebastien Gueze, Aaron Cawley, and Brandon Jovanovich sharing the {…}