Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden

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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 –1827)
Opera in two acts
Sung in German, with subtitles.

Libretto: Joseph Sonnleitner & Stephan von Breuning
Premiere: 1814 in Vienna

16.10.2022

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The Merry Widow

Franz Lehár (1870 – 1948)
Operetta in three acts
Sung in German.

Libretto: Victor Léon & Leo Stein, based on the comic play "L'attaché d'ambassade" (The Embassy Attaché) by Henri Meilhac
Premiere: 1905 in Vienna

Co-produced with the Latvian National Opera Riga

3.12.2022

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Antonín Dvorák (1841 – 1904)
Opera ('lyric fairy tale') in three acts
Sung in Czech, with German surtitles.

Libretto: Jaroslav Kvapil
Premiere: 1901 in Prague

21.1.2023

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Søren Nils Eichberg (*1973)
Performed in English, with German surtitles.

Libretto: Hannah Dübgen, based on the 2003 novel by Margaret Atwood
A new work commission by Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden

18.2.2023

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From the House of the Dead

Leoš Janácek (1854 – 1928)
Opera in three acts
Sung in Czech, with German surtitles.

Libretto by the composer, based on the 1862 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Premiere: 1930 in Brno

30.4.2023

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The Makropulos Affair

Leoš Janácek (1854 – 1928)
Opera in three acts
Sung in Czech, with German surtitles.

Libretto by the composer, based on the play by the same name (1922) by Karel Capek
Premiere: 1926 in Brno

30.4.2023

2022/23 Season