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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)
Opera in three acts
Sung in German, with surtitles
Libretto by the composer
Premiere: 1868 in Munich
17.9.2022
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Cabaret

Musical
Book by Joe Masteroff based the play »I Am a Camera« by John van Druten and the novel »Goodbye to Berlin« by Christopher Isherwood
Song texts by Fred Ebb | Music by John Kander
Performed in German.
German version by Robert Gilbert, reduced orchestration by Chris Walker
Premiere: 1966 in New York City
18.9.2022
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Rigoletto

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901)
Opera in three acts
Sung in Italian, with German surtitles
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play "Le Roi s’amuse" by Victor Hugo
Premiere: 1851 in Venice
2.10.2022
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Pique Dame

The Queen of Spades
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893)
Opera in three acts
Sung in Russian, with German surtitles.
Libretto: Modest Tchaikocksy (1834), based on the novella of the same Alexander Puschkin
Premiere: 1890 in St. Petersburg
9.12.2022
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Tristan und Isolde

Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)
Opera in three acts
Sung in German, with surtitles.
Libretto: by the composer, based on the romance »Tristan« (ca. 1210) by Gottfried von Straßburg
Premiere: 1865 in Munich
29.1.2023
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Der Rosenkavalier

Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949)
Comic opera in three acts
Sung in German, with surtitles.
Libretto: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Premiere: 1911 in Dresden
26.2.2023
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Il trittico

Il tabarro / Suor Angelica / Gianni Schicchi
Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
Trilogy of one-acts opera
Sung in Italian, with German surtitles.
Libretti: Giuseppe Adami & Giovacchino Forzano
Premiere: 1918 in New York City
17.3.2023
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Carmen

Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875)
Opera in three acts
Sung in French, with German surtitles
Libretto: Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella (1845) by Prosper Mérimée
Premiere: 1875 in Paris
3.6.2023