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This season

In Hamburg

Così fan tutte

Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 19:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Omer Meir Wellber (Musical Director), Alice Meregaglia (Chorleitung), Olga Kulchynska (Fiordiligi), Simone McIntosh (Dorabella), Andrew Hamilton (Guglielmo), Jonah Hoskins (Ferrando), Kangmin Justin Kim (Despina), Chao Deng (Don Alfonso), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus)

Seeking to test their girlfriends’ fidelity, two men wager that they will remain steadfast. They subject the women to passionate onslaught, and in the end, the fortress of their faithfulness falls. The men, however, involved as they are in the experiment, failed to reckon that they too might betray their partners and feelings. All this cheating, confusing, lying – to others and oneself – is grotesquely comical and simultaneously cruel. One side is inclined not to think about the new situation (Guglielmo and Dorabella), while the others try to comprehend it to the point of exhaustion (Fiordiligi and Ferrando). The final ceremony seeks to cement the social status quo, bringing this new freedom to its knees. The marriage, however, is only for show, and beneath the surface of tradition, the first cracks appear. Director: Herbert Fritsch Costume Designer: Victoria Behr Lighting Designer: Carsten Sander Dramaturgy: Johannes Blum Premiere: September 8th, 2018

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This season

In Hamburg

Così fan tutte

Sun, Oct 19, 2025, 16:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Keren Kagarlitsky (Musical Director), Alice Meregaglia (Chorleitung), Olga Kulchynska (Fiordiligi), Simone McIntosh (Dorabella), Andrew Hamilton (Guglielmo), Jonah Hoskins (Ferrando), Kangmin Justin Kim (Despina), Chao Deng (Don Alfonso), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus)

Seeking to test their girlfriends’ fidelity, two men wager that they will remain steadfast. They subject the women to passionate onslaught, and in the end, the fortress of their faithfulness falls. The men, however, involved as they are in the experiment, failed to reckon that they too might betray their partners and feelings. All this cheating, confusing, lying – to others and oneself – is grotesquely comical and simultaneously cruel. One side is inclined not to think about the new situation (Guglielmo and Dorabella), while the others try to comprehend it to the point of exhaustion (Fiordiligi and Ferrando). The final ceremony seeks to cement the social status quo, bringing this new freedom to its knees. The marriage, however, is only for show, and beneath the surface of tradition, the first cracks appear. Director: Herbert Fritsch Costume Designer: Victoria Behr Lighting Designer: Carsten Sander Dramaturgy: Johannes Blum Premiere: September 8th, 2018

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This season

In Hamburg

Così fan tutte

Wed, Oct 22, 2025, 19:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Seeking to test their girlfriends’ fidelity, two men wager that they will remain steadfast. They subject the women to passionate onslaught, and in the end, the fortress of their faithfulness falls. The men, however, involved as they are in the experiment, failed to reckon that they too might betray their partners and feelings. All this cheating, confusing, lying – to others and oneself – is grotesquely comical and simultaneously cruel. One side is inclined not to think about the new situation (Guglielmo and Dorabella), while the others try to comprehend it to the point of exhaustion (Fiordiligi and Ferrando). The final ceremony seeks to cement the social status quo, bringing this new freedom to its knees. The marriage, however, is only for show, and beneath the surface of tradition, the first cracks appear. Director: Herbert Fritsch Costume Designer: Victoria Behr Lighting Designer: Carsten Sander Dramaturgy: Johannes Blum Premiere: September 8th, 2018

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This season

In Hamburg

Tosca

Thu, May 22, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Nicola Luisotti (Musical Director), Christian Günther (Chorleitung), Maria Agresta (Floria Tosca), Michael Fabiano (Mario Cavaradossi), Gabriele Viviani (Baron Scarpia), Chao Deng (Cesare Angelotti), Tigran Martirossian (Sagrestano), Peter Galliard (Spoletta), Grzegorz Pelutis (Sciarrone), Chorsolist (Un Carceriere), Solist des Hamburger Knabenchores (Un Pastore), Alsterspatzen – Kinder- und Jugendchor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Childrens’ choir), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra)

Scarpia, Rome’s chief of police, desires Tosca. Since her lover, the painter Cavaradossi, is among the government’s political enemies, Scarpia has him imprisoned. He orders Cavaradossi’s execution and hopes to force Tosca into granting him one night with her, in exchange for Cavaradossi’s release. She, however, thwarts his plans… Director: Robert Carsen Set and Costume Designer: Anthony Ward Lighting Designer: Davy Cunningham Premiere: 15.10.2000

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This season

In Hamburg

Tosca

Sun, May 25, 2025, 18:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Scarpia, Rome’s chief of police, desires Tosca. Since her lover, the painter Cavaradossi, is among the government’s political enemies, Scarpia has him imprisoned. He orders Cavaradossi’s execution and hopes to force Tosca into granting him one night with her, in exchange for Cavaradossi’s release. She, however, thwarts his plans… Director: Robert Carsen Set and Costume Designer: Anthony Ward Lighting Designer: Davy Cunningham Premiere: 15.10.2000

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This season

In Hamburg

Tosca

Wed, May 28, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Scarpia, Rome’s chief of police, desires Tosca. Since her lover, the painter Cavaradossi, is among the government’s political enemies, Scarpia has him imprisoned. He orders Cavaradossi’s execution and hopes to force Tosca into granting him one night with her, in exchange for Cavaradossi’s release. She, however, thwarts his plans… Director: Robert Carsen Set and Costume Designer: Anthony Ward Lighting Designer: Davy Cunningham Premiere: 15.10.2000

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This season

In Hamburg

Le Nozze di Figaro

Fri, Jun 27, 2025, 19:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Nicholas Carter (Musical Director), Kartal Karagedik (Il Conte d'Almaviva), Olga Peretyatko (La Contessa d'Almaviva), Katharina Konradi (Susanna), Chao Deng (Figaro), Julia Lezhneva (Cherubino), Claire Gascoin (Marcellina), Peter Galliard (Don Basilio), Jürgen Sacher (Don Curzio), Tigran Martirossian (Don Bartolo), Keith Klein (Antonio), Marie Maidowski (Barbarina), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus)

During times of historical upheaval, the victors are filled with euphoric jubilation while fear spreads on the side of the losers. When cheerfulness grips the figures in Mozart’s piece, it is the swan song, full of schadenfreude, of dying structures, ancient privileges and traditional manners – including those between man and woman. Mozart (and Beaumarchais) hold the balance on the threshold between eras – as artists en route to self-marketing, as portraitists of their times, by precisely rendering a society whose balance is shifting, making Almaviva a ridiculous figure. His class is losing political power, and he compensates for this loss by becoming a slave to his sexual desire. The wind is blowing from the past, giving wing to Walter Benjamin’s angel of history. It is a storm for the winners, and for the losers a mere melancholy breeze. The angel sees nothing but ruins. Director: Stefan Herheim Set Designer: Christof Hetzer Costume Designer: Gesine Völlm Lighting Designer: Phoenix (Andreas Hofer) Video: fettFilm Dramaturgy: Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach Premiere: 15.11.2015

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This season

In Hamburg

Le Nozze di Figaro

Sun, Jun 29, 2025, 18:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

During times of historical upheaval, the victors are filled with euphoric jubilation while fear spreads on the side of the losers. When cheerfulness grips the figures in Mozart’s piece, it is the swan song, full of schadenfreude, of dying structures, ancient privileges and traditional manners – including those between man and woman. Mozart (and Beaumarchais) hold the balance on the threshold between eras – as artists en route to self-marketing, as portraitists of their times, by precisely rendering a society whose balance is shifting, making Almaviva a ridiculous figure. His class is losing political power, and he compensates for this loss by becoming a slave to his sexual desire. The wind is blowing from the past, giving wing to Walter Benjamin’s angel of history. It is a storm for the winners, and for the losers a mere melancholy breeze. The angel sees nothing but ruins. Director: Stefan Herheim Set Designer: Christof Hetzer Costume Designer: Gesine Völlm Lighting Designer: Phoenix (Andreas Hofer) Video: fettFilm Dramaturgy: Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach Premiere: 15.11.2015

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This season

In Hamburg

Le Nozze di Figaro

Thu, Jul 3, 2025, 19:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

During times of historical upheaval, the victors are filled with euphoric jubilation while fear spreads on the side of the losers. When cheerfulness grips the figures in Mozart’s piece, it is the swan song, full of schadenfreude, of dying structures, ancient privileges and traditional manners – including those between man and woman. Mozart (and Beaumarchais) hold the balance on the threshold between eras – as artists en route to self-marketing, as portraitists of their times, by precisely rendering a society whose balance is shifting, making Almaviva a ridiculous figure. His class is losing political power, and he compensates for this loss by becoming a slave to his sexual desire. The wind is blowing from the past, giving wing to Walter Benjamin’s angel of history. It is a storm for the winners, and for the losers a mere melancholy breeze. The angel sees nothing but ruins. Director: Stefan Herheim Set Designer: Christof Hetzer Costume Designer: Gesine Völlm Lighting Designer: Phoenix (Andreas Hofer) Video: fettFilm Dramaturgy: Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach Premiere: 15.11.2015

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This season

In Hamburg

Così fan tutte

Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 19:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Seeking to test their girlfriends’ fidelity, two men wager that they will remain steadfast. They subject the women to passionate onslaught, and in the end, the fortress of their faithfulness falls. The men, however, involved as they are in the experiment, failed to reckon that they too might betray their partners and feelings. All this cheating, confusing, lying – to others and oneself – is grotesquely comical and simultaneously cruel. One side is inclined not to think about the new situation (Guglielmo and Dorabella), while the others try to comprehend it to the point of exhaustion (Fiordiligi and Ferrando). The final ceremony seeks to cement the social status quo, bringing this new freedom to its knees. The marriage, however, is only for show, and beneath the surface of tradition, the first cracks appear. Director: Herbert Fritsch Costume Designer: Victoria Behr Lighting Designer: Carsten Sander Dramaturgy: Johannes Blum Premiere: September 8th, 2018

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This season

In Hamburg

Così fan tutte

Sun, Oct 19, 2025, 16:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Seeking to test their girlfriends’ fidelity, two men wager that they will remain steadfast. They subject the women to passionate onslaught, and in the end, the fortress of their faithfulness falls. The men, however, involved as they are in the experiment, failed to reckon that they too might betray their partners and feelings. All this cheating, confusing, lying – to others and oneself – is grotesquely comical and simultaneously cruel. One side is inclined not to think about the new situation (Guglielmo and Dorabella), while the others try to comprehend it to the point of exhaustion (Fiordiligi and Ferrando). The final ceremony seeks to cement the social status quo, bringing this new freedom to its knees. The marriage, however, is only for show, and beneath the surface of tradition, the first cracks appear. Director: Herbert Fritsch Costume Designer: Victoria Behr Lighting Designer: Carsten Sander Dramaturgy: Johannes Blum Premiere: September 8th, 2018

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This season

In Hamburg

Così fan tutte

Wed, Oct 22, 2025, 19:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Seeking to test their girlfriends’ fidelity, two men wager that they will remain steadfast. They subject the women to passionate onslaught, and in the end, the fortress of their faithfulness falls. The men, however, involved as they are in the experiment, failed to reckon that they too might betray their partners and feelings. All this cheating, confusing, lying – to others and oneself – is grotesquely comical and simultaneously cruel. One side is inclined not to think about the new situation (Guglielmo and Dorabella), while the others try to comprehend it to the point of exhaustion (Fiordiligi and Ferrando). The final ceremony seeks to cement the social status quo, bringing this new freedom to its knees. The marriage, however, is only for show, and beneath the surface of tradition, the first cracks appear. Director: Herbert Fritsch Costume Designer: Victoria Behr Lighting Designer: Carsten Sander Dramaturgy: Johannes Blum Premiere: September 8th, 2018

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This season

In Hamburg

Così fan tutte

Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 19:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Seeking to test their girlfriends’ fidelity, two men wager that they will remain steadfast. They subject the women to passionate onslaught, and in the end, the fortress of their faithfulness falls. The men, however, involved as they are in the experiment, failed to reckon that they too might betray their partners and feelings. All this cheating, confusing, lying – to others and oneself – is grotesquely comical and simultaneously cruel. One side is inclined not to think about the new situation (Guglielmo and Dorabella), while the others try to comprehend it to the point of exhaustion (Fiordiligi and Ferrando). The final ceremony seeks to cement the social status quo, bringing this new freedom to its knees. The marriage, however, is only for show, and beneath the surface of tradition, the first cracks appear. Director: Herbert Fritsch Costume Designer: Victoria Behr Lighting Designer: Carsten Sander Dramaturgy: Johannes Blum Premiere: September 8th, 2018

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This season

In Hamburg

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Sun, Nov 23, 2025, 16:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Keren Kagarlitsky (Musical Director), Christian Günther (Chorus), Hubert Kowalczyk (Sarastro), Liv Redpath (Pamina), Chao Deng (Speaker), Mziwamadoda Sipho Nodlayiya (Priester), Aleksandra Olczyk (Königin der Nacht), Narea Son (Erste Dame), Kady Evanyshyn (Zweite Dame), Michal Doron (Dritte Dame), Andrew Hamilton (Papageno), Peter Galliard (Monostatos), Marie Maidowski (Papagena), Jürgen Sacher (Erster Geharnischter), Keith Klein (Zweiter Geharnischter), Alsterspatzen – Kinder- und Jugendchor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Drei Knaben), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus)

This opera is the world in a theatrical nutshell: it deals with growing older, with trials and tribulations, with intransparent decisions. One person searches for individuality, another is too lazy to do so. Others postulate that the community is the only adequate place for the individual. Power has either been legitimised by long tradition or usurped by new regimes. Values such as assimilation and loyalty are set against self-assertiveness and independence. There is loving and dreaming, cheating and trusting. Suicides are prevented, tests passed, adventures survived. Who is right? Who has been wronged? The world of the magic flute is opaque, and everyone is looking for a pathway: within it, into it or out of it. Who holds the reigns? Who can be trusted? Could it be music? Director: Jette Steckel Set Designer: Florian Lösche Costume Designer: Pauline Hüners Dramaturgy: Johannes Blum, Carl Hegemann Video: EINS[23].TV (Alexander Bunge) Lighting Design: Paulus Vogt Premiere: 23.9.2016 Please note that stroboscope effects and partly very bright lights are being used.

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This season

In Hamburg

Hänsel und Gretel (Hansel and Gretel)

Sun, Nov 30, 2025, 18:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Killian Farrell (Musical Director), Chao Deng (Peter), Katja Pieweck (Gertrud), Kady Evanyshyn (Hänsel), Eliza Boom (Gretel), Jürgen Sacher (Knusperhexe), Elizaveta Kulagina (Sandmännchen), Marie Maidowski (Taumännchen), Alsterspatzen – Kinder- und Jugendchor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Childrens’ choir), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra)

“Don‘t you know the horrible dark place, don’t you know the evil one lives there?” Hastily, their parents set out for the woods to save Hansel and Gretel from the witch Rosina Leckermaul. As they feared, the children have got lost in the woods and found the gingerbread house. They cannot resist the sweet temptation – and fall straight into the trap of the witch, who likes children so much she could eat them up… literally. As in most tales of the Brothers Grimm, in Engelbert Humperdinck’s setting of the fairytale all ends well: until that point, however, Humperdinck’s romantic music accompanies the children deep into the dark forest of legend. Here it invokes magical beings, calls on 14 angels to protect the siblings and allows the witch to ride her broomstick through the air. Today, Humperdinck’s classic, premiered in Weimar in 1893, is as much a part of Christmastime as gingerbread and tree decorations – and has invited young audiences and those young at heart all over the world into its fairytale world ever since. Director: Peter Beauvais Set Designer: Jan Schlubach Costume Designer: Barbara Bilabel / Susanne Raschig Premiere: 06.12.1972

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This season

In Hamburg

Hänsel und Gretel (Hansel and Gretel)

Mon, Dec 1, 2025, 18:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Killian Farrell (Musical Director), Chao Deng (Peter), Katja Pieweck (Gertrud), Aebh Kelly (Hänsel), Eliza Boom (Gretel), Jürgen Sacher (Knusperhexe), Elizaveta Kulagina (Sandmännchen), Marie Maidowski (Taumännchen), Alsterspatzen – Kinder- und Jugendchor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Childrens’ choir), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra)

“Don‘t you know the horrible dark place, don’t you know the evil one lives there?” Hastily, their parents set out for the woods to save Hansel and Gretel from the witch Rosina Leckermaul. As they feared, the children have got lost in the woods and found the gingerbread house. They cannot resist the sweet temptation – and fall straight into the trap of the witch, who likes children so much she could eat them up… literally. As in most tales of the Brothers Grimm, in Engelbert Humperdinck’s setting of the fairytale all ends well: until that point, however, Humperdinck’s romantic music accompanies the children deep into the dark forest of legend. Here it invokes magical beings, calls on 14 angels to protect the siblings and allows the witch to ride her broomstick through the air. Today, Humperdinck’s classic, premiered in Weimar in 1893, is as much a part of Christmastime as gingerbread and tree decorations – and has invited young audiences and those young at heart all over the world into its fairytale world ever since. Director: Peter Beauvais Set Designer: Jan Schlubach Costume Designer: Barbara Bilabel / Susanne Raschig Premiere: 06.12.1972

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This season

In Hamburg

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Wed, Dec 3, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Keren Kagarlitsky (Musical Director), Christian Günther (Chorus), Hubert Kowalczyk (Sarastro), Eliza Boom (Pamina), Chao Deng (Speaker), Mziwamadoda Sipho Nodlayiya (Priester), Aleksandra Olczyk (Königin der Nacht), Narea Son (Erste Dame), Kady Evanyshyn (Zweite Dame), Michal Doron (Dritte Dame), Andrew Hamilton (Papageno), Daniel Kluge (Monostatos), Marie Maidowski (Papagena), Jürgen Sacher (Erster Geharnischter), Keith Klein (Zweiter Geharnischter), Alsterspatzen – Kinder- und Jugendchor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Drei Knaben), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus)

This opera is the world in a theatrical nutshell: it deals with growing older, with trials and tribulations, with intransparent decisions. One person searches for individuality, another is too lazy to do so. Others postulate that the community is the only adequate place for the individual. Power has either been legitimised by long tradition or usurped by new regimes. Values such as assimilation and loyalty are set against self-assertiveness and independence. There is loving and dreaming, cheating and trusting. Suicides are prevented, tests passed, adventures survived. Who is right? Who has been wronged? The world of the magic flute is opaque, and everyone is looking for a pathway: within it, into it or out of it. Who holds the reigns? Who can be trusted? Could it be music? Director: Jette Steckel Set Designer: Florian Lösche Costume Designer: Pauline Hüners Dramaturgy: Johannes Blum, Carl Hegemann Video: EINS[23].TV (Alexander Bunge) Lighting Design: Paulus Vogt Premiere: 23.9.2016 Please note that stroboscope effects and partly very bright lights are being used.

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This season

In Hamburg

Hänsel und Gretel (Hansel and Gretel)

Sat, Dec 6, 2025, 20:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Killian Farrell (Musical Director), Chao Deng (Peter), Katja Pieweck (Gertrud), Ida Aldrian (Hänsel), Narea Son (Gretel), Jürgen Sacher (Knusperhexe), Aebh Kelly (Sandmännchen), Marie Maidowski (Taumännchen), Alsterspatzen – Kinder- und Jugendchor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Childrens’ choir), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra)

“Don‘t you know the horrible dark place, don’t you know the evil one lives there?” Hastily, their parents set out for the woods to save Hansel and Gretel from the witch Rosina Leckermaul. As they feared, the children have got lost in the woods and found the gingerbread house. They cannot resist the sweet temptation – and fall straight into the trap of the witch, who likes children so much she could eat them up… literally. As in most tales of the Brothers Grimm, in Engelbert Humperdinck’s setting of the fairytale all ends well: until that point, however, Humperdinck’s romantic music accompanies the children deep into the dark forest of legend. Here it invokes magical beings, calls on 14 angels to protect the siblings and allows the witch to ride her broomstick through the air. Today, Humperdinck’s classic, premiered in Weimar in 1893, is as much a part of Christmastime as gingerbread and tree decorations – and has invited young audiences and those young at heart all over the world into its fairytale world ever since. Director: Peter Beauvais Set Designer: Jan Schlubach Costume Designer: Barbara Bilabel / Susanne Raschig Premiere: 06.12.1972

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This season

In Hamburg

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 19:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Keren Kagarlitsky (Musical Director), Christian Günther (Chorus), Hubert Kowalczyk (Sarastro), Dovlet Nurgeldiyev (Tamino), Eliza Boom (Pamina), Chao Deng (Speaker), Mziwamadoda Sipho Nodlayiya (Priester), Aleksandra Olczyk (Königin der Nacht), Narea Son (Erste Dame), Kady Evanyshyn (Zweite Dame), Ida Aldrian (Dritte Dame), Andrew Hamilton (Papageno), Daniel Kluge (Monostatos), Marie Maidowski (Papagena), Jürgen Sacher (Erster Geharnischter), Keith Klein (Zweiter Geharnischter), Alsterspatzen – Kinder- und Jugendchor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Drei Knaben), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus)

This opera is the world in a theatrical nutshell: it deals with growing older, with trials and tribulations, with intransparent decisions. One person searches for individuality, another is too lazy to do so. Others postulate that the community is the only adequate place for the individual. Power has either been legitimised by long tradition or usurped by new regimes. Values such as assimilation and loyalty are set against self-assertiveness and independence. There is loving and dreaming, cheating and trusting. Suicides are prevented, tests passed, adventures survived. Who is right? Who has been wronged? The world of the magic flute is opaque, and everyone is looking for a pathway: within it, into it or out of it. Who holds the reigns? Who can be trusted? Could it be music? Director: Jette Steckel Set Designer: Florian Lösche Costume Designer: Pauline Hüners Dramaturgy: Johannes Blum, Carl Hegemann Video: EINS[23].TV (Alexander Bunge) Lighting Design: Paulus Vogt Premiere: 23.9.2016 Please note that stroboscope effects and partly very bright lights are being used.

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This season

In Hamburg

Hänsel und Gretel (Hansel and Gretel)

Sun, Dec 14, 2025, 14:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

“Don‘t you know the horrible dark place, don’t you know the evil one lives there?” Hastily, their parents set out for the woods to save Hansel and Gretel from the witch Rosina Leckermaul. As they feared, the children have got lost in the woods and found the gingerbread house. They cannot resist the sweet temptation – and fall straight into the trap of the witch, who likes children so much she could eat them up… literally. As in most tales of the Brothers Grimm, in Engelbert Humperdinck’s setting of the fairytale all ends well: until that point, however, Humperdinck’s romantic music accompanies the children deep into the dark forest of legend. Here it invokes magical beings, calls on 14 angels to protect the siblings and allows the witch to ride her broomstick through the air. Today, Humperdinck’s classic, premiered in Weimar in 1893, is as much a part of Christmastime as gingerbread and tree decorations – and has invited young audiences and those young at heart all over the world into its fairytale world ever since. Director: Peter Beauvais Set Designer: Jan Schlubach Costume Designer: Barbara Bilabel / Susanne Raschig Premiere: 06.12.1972

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This season

In Hamburg

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Keren Kagarlitsky (Musical Director), Christian Günther (Chorus), Hubert Kowalczyk (Sarastro), Dovlet Nurgeldiyev (Tamino), Eliza Boom (Pamina), Chao Deng (Speaker), Mziwamadoda Sipho Nodlayiya (Priester), Aleksandra Olczyk (Königin der Nacht), Narea Son (Erste Dame), Kady Evanyshyn (Zweite Dame), Ida Aldrian (Dritte Dame), Andrew Hamilton (Papageno), Peter Galliard (Monostatos), Marie Maidowski (Papagena), Jürgen Sacher (Erster Geharnischter), Keith Klein (Zweiter Geharnischter), Alsterspatzen – Kinder- und Jugendchor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Drei Knaben), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus)

This opera is the world in a theatrical nutshell: it deals with growing older, with trials and tribulations, with intransparent decisions. One person searches for individuality, another is too lazy to do so. Others postulate that the community is the only adequate place for the individual. Power has either been legitimised by long tradition or usurped by new regimes. Values such as assimilation and loyalty are set against self-assertiveness and independence. There is loving and dreaming, cheating and trusting. Suicides are prevented, tests passed, adventures survived. Who is right? Who has been wronged? The world of the magic flute is opaque, and everyone is looking for a pathway: within it, into it or out of it. Who holds the reigns? Who can be trusted? Could it be music? Director: Jette Steckel Set Designer: Florian Lösche Costume Designer: Pauline Hüners Dramaturgy: Johannes Blum, Carl Hegemann Video: EINS[23].TV (Alexander Bunge) Lighting Design: Paulus Vogt Premiere: 23.9.2016 Please note that stroboscope effects and partly very bright lights are being used.

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Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Thu, Dec 18, 2025, 19:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

This opera is the world in a theatrical nutshell: it deals with growing older, with trials and tribulations, with intransparent decisions. One person searches for individuality, another is too lazy to do so. Others postulate that the community is the only adequate place for the individual. Power has either been legitimised by long tradition or usurped by new regimes. Values such as assimilation and loyalty are set against self-assertiveness and independence. There is loving and dreaming, cheating and trusting. Suicides are prevented, tests passed, adventures survived. Who is right? Who has been wronged? The world of the magic flute is opaque, and everyone is looking for a pathway: within it, into it or out of it. Who holds the reigns? Who can be trusted? Could it be music? Director: Jette Steckel Set Designer: Florian Lösche Costume Designer: Pauline Hüners Dramaturgy: Johannes Blum, Carl Hegemann Video: EINS[23].TV (Alexander Bunge) Lighting Design: Paulus Vogt Premiere: 23.9.2016 Please note that stroboscope effects and partly very bright lights are being used.

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Hänsel und Gretel (Hansel and Gretel)

Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 18:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

“Don‘t you know the horrible dark place, don’t you know the evil one lives there?” Hastily, their parents set out for the woods to save Hansel and Gretel from the witch Rosina Leckermaul. As they feared, the children have got lost in the woods and found the gingerbread house. They cannot resist the sweet temptation – and fall straight into the trap of the witch, who likes children so much she could eat them up… literally. As in most tales of the Brothers Grimm, in Engelbert Humperdinck’s setting of the fairytale all ends well: until that point, however, Humperdinck’s romantic music accompanies the children deep into the dark forest of legend. Here it invokes magical beings, calls on 14 angels to protect the siblings and allows the witch to ride her broomstick through the air. Today, Humperdinck’s classic, premiered in Weimar in 1893, is as much a part of Christmastime as gingerbread and tree decorations – and has invited young audiences and those young at heart all over the world into its fairytale world ever since. Director: Peter Beauvais Set Designer: Jan Schlubach Costume Designer: Barbara Bilabel / Susanne Raschig Premiere: 06.12.1972

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Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 19:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Keren Kagarlitsky (Musical Director), Christian Günther (Chorus), Hubert Kowalczyk (Sarastro), Dovlet Nurgeldiyev (Tamino), Liv Redpath (Pamina), Chao Deng (Speaker), Mziwamadoda Sipho Nodlayiya (Priester), Aleksandra Olczyk (Königin der Nacht), Narea Son (Erste Dame), Kady Evanyshyn (Zweite Dame), Ida Aldrian (Dritte Dame), Andrew Hamilton (Papageno), Peter Galliard (Monostatos), Marie Maidowski (Papagena), Jürgen Sacher (Erster Geharnischter), Keith Klein (Zweiter Geharnischter), Alsterspatzen – Kinder- und Jugendchor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Drei Knaben), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus)

This opera is the world in a theatrical nutshell: it deals with growing older, with trials and tribulations, with intransparent decisions. One person searches for individuality, another is too lazy to do so. Others postulate that the community is the only adequate place for the individual. Power has either been legitimised by long tradition or usurped by new regimes. Values such as assimilation and loyalty are set against self-assertiveness and independence. There is loving and dreaming, cheating and trusting. Suicides are prevented, tests passed, adventures survived. Who is right? Who has been wronged? The world of the magic flute is opaque, and everyone is looking for a pathway: within it, into it or out of it. Who holds the reigns? Who can be trusted? Could it be music? Director: Jette Steckel Set Designer: Florian Lösche Costume Designer: Pauline Hüners Dramaturgy: Johannes Blum, Carl Hegemann Video: EINS[23].TV (Alexander Bunge) Lighting Design: Paulus Vogt Premiere: 23.9.2016 Please note that stroboscope effects and partly very bright lights are being used.

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Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Sat, Jan 3, 2026, 19:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Keren Kagarlitsky (Musical Director), Christian Günther (Chorus), Hubert Kowalczyk (Sarastro), Dovlet Nurgeldiyev (Tamino), Liv Redpath (Pamina), Chao Deng (Speaker), Mziwamadoda Sipho Nodlayiya (Priester), Aleksandra Olczyk (Königin der Nacht), Narea Son (Erste Dame), Kady Evanyshyn (Zweite Dame), Ida Aldrian (Dritte Dame), Andrew Hamilton (Papageno), Daniel Kluge (Monostatos), Marie Maidowski (Papagena), Jürgen Sacher (Erster Geharnischter), Keith Klein (Zweiter Geharnischter), Alsterspatzen – Kinder- und Jugendchor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Drei Knaben), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus)

This opera is the world in a theatrical nutshell: it deals with growing older, with trials and tribulations, with intransparent decisions. One person searches for individuality, another is too lazy to do so. Others postulate that the community is the only adequate place for the individual. Power has either been legitimised by long tradition or usurped by new regimes. Values such as assimilation and loyalty are set against self-assertiveness and independence. There is loving and dreaming, cheating and trusting. Suicides are prevented, tests passed, adventures survived. Who is right? Who has been wronged? The world of the magic flute is opaque, and everyone is looking for a pathway: within it, into it or out of it. Who holds the reigns? Who can be trusted? Could it be music? Director: Jette Steckel Set Designer: Florian Lösche Costume Designer: Pauline Hüners Dramaturgy: Johannes Blum, Carl Hegemann Video: EINS[23].TV (Alexander Bunge) Lighting Design: Paulus Vogt Premiere: 23.9.2016 Please note that stroboscope effects and partly very bright lights are being used.

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Maria Stuarda

Sun, Feb 15, 2026, 19:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Stefano Montanari (Musical Director), Alice Meregaglia (Chorleitung), Raffaella Lupinacci (Elisabetta), Mariangela Sicilia (Maria Stuarda), Elizaveta Kulagina (Anna Kennedy), Oleksiy Palchykov (Roberto), Oleksiy Palchykov (Graf von Leicester), Ilia Kazakov (Giorgio Talbot), Ilia Kazakov (Graf von Shrewsbury), Chao Deng (Lord Guglielmo Cecil), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra)

Maria and Elisabetta: two queens fight for power and love. Between them stands Count Leicester, Elisabetta's lover, who is attracted to Maria. The two women meet in the park of Fotheringhay Castle - a duel of emotions, fought with the weapons of bel canto, coloratura on a knife's edge. In the end, the Catholic Maria will ascend the scaffold with her head held high, while the Protestant Elisabetta will keep her throne but lose her love. Musical Direction: Antonino Fogliani Production: Karin Beier Stage: Amber Vandenhoeck Costumes: Eva Dessecker Lighting: Annette ter Meulen Lighting Dramaturgy: Rita Thiele

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Maria Stuarda

Thu, Feb 26, 2026, 19:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Maria and Elisabetta: two queens fight for power and love. Between them stands Count Leicester, Elisabetta's lover, who is attracted to Maria. The two women meet in the park of Fotheringhay Castle - a duel of emotions, fought with the weapons of bel canto, coloratura on a knife's edge. In the end, the Catholic Maria will ascend the scaffold with her head held high, while the Protestant Elisabetta will keep her throne but lose her love. Musical Direction: Antonino Fogliani Production: Karin Beier Stage: Amber Vandenhoeck Costumes: Eva Dessecker Lighting: Annette ter Meulen Lighting Dramaturgy: Rita Thiele

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Maria Stuarda

Wed, Mar 4, 2026, 18:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Maria and Elisabetta: two queens fight for power and love. Between them stands Count Leicester, Elisabetta's lover, who is attracted to Maria. The two women meet in the park of Fotheringhay Castle - a duel of emotions, fought with the weapons of bel canto, coloratura on a knife's edge. In the end, the Catholic Maria will ascend the scaffold with her head held high, while the Protestant Elisabetta will keep her throne but lose her love. Musical Direction: Antonino Fogliani Production: Karin Beier Stage: Amber Vandenhoeck Costumes: Eva Dessecker Lighting: Annette ter Meulen Lighting Dramaturgy: Rita Thiele

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Maria Stuarda

Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 18:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Maria and Elisabetta: two queens fight for power and love. Between them stands Count Leicester, Elisabetta's lover, who is attracted to Maria. The two women meet in the park of Fotheringhay Castle - a duel of emotions, fought with the weapons of bel canto, coloratura on a knife's edge. In the end, the Catholic Maria will ascend the scaffold with her head held high, while the Protestant Elisabetta will keep her throne but lose her love. Musical Direction: Antonino Fogliani Production: Karin Beier Stage: Amber Vandenhoeck Costumes: Eva Dessecker Lighting: Annette ter Meulen Lighting Dramaturgy: Rita Thiele

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Lohengrin

Sun, Mar 22, 2026, 16:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Omer Meir Wellber (Musical Director), Alice Meregaglia (Chorus), Gábor Bretz (König Heinrich), Klaus Florian Vogt (Lohengrin), Sara Jakubiak (Elsa), Martin Gantner (Friedrich von Telramund), Yulia Matochkina (Ortrud), Szymon Mechli?ski (Heerrufer), Peter Galliard (1. Brabantischer Edler), Colin Aikins (2. Brabantischer Edler), Chao Deng (3. Brabantischer Edler), Keith Klein (4. Brabantischer Edler), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus)

Elsa of Brabant is suspected of having killed her younger brother Gottfried in the forest. This accusation is put forward by Friedrich of Telramund, Count of Brabant, whose wife Ortrud is secretly plotting against Elsa. When King Henry the Fowler asks Elsa to defend herself, she pleads for an imaginary knight to come to her aid. King Henry asks the men present to fight to defend the honour of Elsa of Brabant, but no one steps forward. Suddenly, Lohengrin, the Knight of the Swan, appears. He promises to fight for Elsa, but makes her promise beforehand never to question him about his identity or provenance. Director: Peter Konwitschny Set and Costume Designer: Helmut Brade Costume Design Collaboration: Inga von Bredow Lighting Designer: Manfred Voss Dramaturgy: Werner Hintze Premiere: 18.01.1998

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Lohengrin

Sat, Mar 28, 2026, 18:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Elsa of Brabant is suspected of having killed her younger brother Gottfried in the forest. This accusation is put forward by Friedrich of Telramund, Count of Brabant, whose wife Ortrud is secretly plotting against Elsa. When King Henry the Fowler asks Elsa to defend herself, she pleads for an imaginary knight to come to her aid. King Henry asks the men present to fight to defend the honour of Elsa of Brabant, but no one steps forward. Suddenly, Lohengrin, the Knight of the Swan, appears. He promises to fight for Elsa, but makes her promise beforehand never to question him about his identity or provenance. Director: Peter Konwitschny Set and Costume Designer: Helmut Brade Costume Design Collaboration: Inga von Bredow Lighting Designer: Manfred Voss Dramaturgy: Werner Hintze Premiere: 18.01.1998

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Lohengrin

Fri, Apr 3, 2026, 16:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Elsa of Brabant is suspected of having killed her younger brother Gottfried in the forest. This accusation is put forward by Friedrich of Telramund, Count of Brabant, whose wife Ortrud is secretly plotting against Elsa. When King Henry the Fowler asks Elsa to defend herself, she pleads for an imaginary knight to come to her aid. King Henry asks the men present to fight to defend the honour of Elsa of Brabant, but no one steps forward. Suddenly, Lohengrin, the Knight of the Swan, appears. He promises to fight for Elsa, but makes her promise beforehand never to question him about his identity or provenance. Director: Peter Konwitschny Set and Costume Designer: Helmut Brade Costume Design Collaboration: Inga von Bredow Lighting Designer: Manfred Voss Dramaturgy: Werner Hintze Premiere: 18.01.1998

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Lohengrin

Mon, Apr 6, 2026, 16:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Elsa of Brabant is suspected of having killed her younger brother Gottfried in the forest. This accusation is put forward by Friedrich of Telramund, Count of Brabant, whose wife Ortrud is secretly plotting against Elsa. When King Henry the Fowler asks Elsa to defend herself, she pleads for an imaginary knight to come to her aid. King Henry asks the men present to fight to defend the honour of Elsa of Brabant, but no one steps forward. Suddenly, Lohengrin, the Knight of the Swan, appears. He promises to fight for Elsa, but makes her promise beforehand never to question him about his identity or provenance. Director: Peter Konwitschny Set and Costume Designer: Helmut Brade Costume Design Collaboration: Inga von Bredow Lighting Designer: Manfred Voss Dramaturgy: Werner Hintze Premiere: 18.01.1998

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