Tomasz Konieczny, Anthony Clark Evans, Elena Tsallagova & Sinéad Campbell Wallace Lead Staatstheater Wiesbaden’s 2024-25 Season

The Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2024-25 Season. Premieres Ligeti’s “Le Grand Macabre” will be conducted by GMD Leo McFall with Pınar Karabulut directing. Seth Carico, Cornel Frey, Galina Benevich, Josefine Mindus, Sion Goronwy, Ariana Lucas, Aaron Cawley, Hovhannes Karapetyan, Inna Fedorii, Fleuranne Brockway, Wooseok Shim, James Young, and Fabian-Jakob Balkhausen starring. Premiere Date: Sept. 28, 2024 Christian Rohrbach conducts {…}

Jan 19, 2022

Staastheater Wiesbaden Postpones Opening of ‘The Queen of Spades’ Due to COVID-19

(Credit: Sven Helge Czichy) 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 {…}

Dec 3, 2020

Hessian Theaters And Opera Houses Close Until End of January 2021 Due to COVID-19

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. {…}

Sep 25, 2020

Staatstheater Wiesbaden Cancels Performances

(Credit: Sven Helge Czichy) 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 Health Department {…}

Aug 27, 2020

Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden Cancels Performances Due to COVID-19

(Credit: Sven Helge Czichy) 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 it can {…}

May 22, 2020

Q & A: Michael Volle & Gabriela Scherer on their Return to the Stage in Wiesbaden

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 {…}

May 13, 2020

Staatstheater Wiesnbaden Announces Reopening Program Starring René Pape, Günther Groissböck, Annalisa Stroppa

(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 {…}

Apr 25, 2020

Erwin Schrott, Catherine Foster & Gabriela Scherer Highlight Staatstheater Wiesbaden’s 2020-21 Season

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 {…}

Feb 13, 2020

Anja Harteros, Catherine Foster & Andreas Schager lead Staatstheater Wiesbaden Mai Festspiele 2020

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 {…}

Apr 10, 2019

Anja Harteros, Vesselina Kasarova & René Pape Headline Staatstheater Wiesbaden’s 2019-20 Season

(Credit: Sven Helge Czichy) 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 {…}