(Photo Credit: Jan Reiser) Theater Magdeburg has extended General Artistic Director Julien Chavaz’s contract. Chavaz will now remain with the company for another five years until 2031-32. The decision was made by the Magdeburg City Council in February and approved by the Administrative Committee. The Swiss national has led the four-part theater in the state capital of Saxony-Anhalt since the 2022-23 {…}
The Theater Magdeburg has announced its 2025-26 season. Premiere Erik Nielsen conducts Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” with Adele Thomas directing. Premiere Date: Sept. 14, 2025 “Clivia” by Nico Dostal will be conducted by Kai Tietje and directed by Julien Chavaz. Premiere Date: Nov. 9, 2025 Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” will be led by Fergus Sheil and directed by Jean-François Sivadier. Premiere {…}
(Credit: Morten Albek) Theater Magdeburg has announced Christian Øland as its new General Music Director beginning during the 25-26 season. The conductor was selected by a committee and his contract will begin on August 28, 2025. He will introduce himself to opera audiences as General Music Director at the opera premiere on May 2, 2026. In a statement, Øland said, {…}
(Photo Credit: Jan Reiser) For Theater Magdeburg’s General Director, Julien Chavaz, color is at the core of how he approaches his opera productions. It’s also where his artistic journey commenced. Specifically, he worked a job in painting as a teenager. When his attempts to embark on a college degree in agricultural engineering didn’t pan out, he returned to that very {…}
Germany’s Theater Magdeburg has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the opera and classical vocal showcases. “The Cunning Little Vixen” opens the season in a production by Clara Weyde with Anna Skryleva conducting. The opera stars Giorgi Mtchedlishvili, Weronika Rabek, Aleksandr Nestrenko, Marko Pantelic, Lada Bočková, Rosha Fitzhowle, and Emilie Renard, among others. Performance Dates: Sept. 7 – {…}
Germany’s Theater Magdeburg announced on its social media that it had to cancel its premiere of Verdi’s “Otello” on Feb. 16, 2019, due to the illness of both leading performers, Aldo Di Toro (Otello) and Raffaela Lintl (Desdemona). The theatre performed Puccini’s “La Bohème,” directed by Karen Stone, in its place. Baritone Gocha Abuladze, who was set to perform as {…}