Sa
28
Sep
OperaPremiereGrosses Haus19:3014+
19:00 Pre-performance talk in the Foyer
György Ligeti (1923 – 2006)
Opera in two acts
Sung in Englisch, with German surtitles.

Libretto by Michael Meschke and György Ligeti, based on Michel de Ghelderode's "La balade du Grand Macabre"
Premiere: 1978 / 1996 in Stockholm
10580
2076
Su
29
Sep
OperaPremiereGrosses Haus19:3012+
19:00 Pre-performance talk in the Foyer
A sit-in on the main stage with baroque music by Barbara Strozzi (1619 –1677) and contemporaries
Sung in English & German.
10586
2077

October 2024

Sa
12
Oct
DramaPremiereGrosses Haus19:30
By Georg Büchner
Performed in German
10678
2087

November 2024

Su
10
Nov
OperaPremiereGrosses Haus18:0013+
Jacques Offenbach (1819 –1880)
Opéra-comique in three acts
Sung in German, with surtitles.

Libretto by Paul de Musset and Charles Nuitter,
based on Alfred de Musset's comedy by the same name
German translation by Carsten Golbeck, adapted by Anna Weber and Hanna Kneißler
Premiere: 1872 in Paris
10601
2078
Su
24
Nov
JUSTPremiere | Family ProductionGrosses Haus11:006+
Family Production

Pinocchio

By Carlo Collodi
Performed in German
* Pre-sale date to be announced *
10575
2126
Fr
29
Nov
DancePremiereGrosses Haus19:30

Broken Bob

(Working Title)
Choreography by Xie Xin and Imre & Marne van Opstal
10684
2098

January 2025

Su
19
Jan
OperaPremiereGrosses Haus18:0016+

Der fliegende Holländer

The Flying Dutchman
Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)
Romantic Opera in three acts
Sung in German, with surtitles in German and English.

Libretto by the composer, based on "The Memoirs of Mister von Schnabelewopski"
by Heinrich Heine
Premiere: 1843 in Dresden
10625
2079

February 2025

Su
16
Feb
DancePremiereGrosses Haus18:00
Choreography by Liliana Barros, Dunja Jocić, David Raymond & Tiffany Tregarthen, Anouk van Dijk i.a.
10689
2099

March 2025

Sa
15
Mar
OperaPremiereGrosses Haus19:3015+
Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)
Melodrama in three acts
Sung in Italian, with surtitles in German and English.

Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa, based on the drama by Victorien Sardou
Premiere: 1900 in Rome
10640
2080
Su
30
Mar
OperaPremiereGrosses Haus18:008+

Il barbiere di Siviglia

The Barber of Seville
Gioachino Rossini (1792 – 1868)
Oper buffa in two acts
Sung in Italian, with German surtitles.

Libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on "Le barbier de Séville" by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Premiere: 1816 in Rome
Arrangement for chamber ensemble by Peter Leipold
10649
2081

May 2025

Th
1
May
OperaPremiere | International May FestivalGrosses Haus19:3014+

Les pêcheurs de perles

The Pearl Fishers
Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875)
Opera in three acts
Sung in French, with surtitles in German and English.

Libretto by Michel Carré and Eugène Cormon
Premiere: 1863 in Paris
10664
2082

June 2025

Th
19
Jun
OperaPremiereGrosses Haus19:0010+

Die Schöpfung

The Creation
Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)
Staged oratorio
Sung in German, with surtitles.

Based on texts from the Bible and John Milton's "Paradise lost", freely translated into German by Gottfried van Swieten
Premiere: 1798 in Vienna
10667
2083