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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

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

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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In Hamburg

Don Pasquale

Fri, Mar 14, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Francesco Ivan Ciampa (Musical Director), Christian Günther (Chorleitung), Roberto Frontali (Don Pasquale), Kartal Karagedik (Dottore Malatesta), Jack Swanson (Ernesto), Alexandra Oomens (Norina), Nicholas Mogg (Un Notario), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus)

Don Pasquale, an older, wealthy man with a desire for a young, modest wife, meets the young couple Ernesto and Norina in Donizetti's opera. The only thing missing for their great love happiness is the blessing of money. Malatesta, a doctor friend, develops a cunning plan so that in the end the perfect intrigue emerges and Don Pasquale becomes the plaything of the young people. Production: David Bösch Stage design: Patrick Bannwart Costumes: Falko Herold Lighting: Bernd Gallasch Dramaturgy: Detlef Giese Chorus: Christian Günther Premiere on: 29.05.2022

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In Hamburg

La Fanciulla del West (The Girl of the West)

Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Paolo Carignani (Musical Director), Christian Günther (Chorleitung), Anna Pirozzi (Minnie), Claudio Sgura (Jack Rance), Gregory Kunde (Dick Johnson), Andrew Dickinson (Nick), Han Kim (Ashby), Tigran Martirossian (Sonora), Paul Kaufmann (Trin), Nicholas Mogg (Sid), Charles Rice (Bello), Mziwamadoda Sipho Nodlayiya (Harry), Ziad Nehme (Joe), William Desbiens (Happy), Grzegorz Pelutis (Larkens), Mateusz Ługowski (Billy Jackrabbit), Aebh Kelly (Wowkle), David Minseok Kang (Jake Wallace), Keith Klein (Josè Castro), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus)

California in 1850: hundreds of thousands have fallen for the gold rush – and some of them also for the barkeeper Minnie, at whose saloon various fortune seekers meet every evening. Among them is Sheriff Jack Rance. Minnie, however, falls in love with the stranger Dick Johnson. It soon turns out that Johnson is a wanted robber: the sheriff wants to see him hang and have Minnie to himself. A round of poker is to decide about Dick’s life: is there yet another trump up Minnie’s sleeve? Puccini certainly held a trump with his Fanciulla, and even considered the piece his best: after world hits such as La Bohème and Madama Butterfly he had reinvented himself with this “spaghetti western”. In La Fanciulla del West, he combined ragtime rhythms, allusions to gospel singing and the music of the native Americans with Italian melodiousness, resulting in a lushly orchestrated broadband sound. This did not fail to affect the audience at the first performance at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 1910. And yet, compared to Puccini’s major hits, the piece languished in the shadows for a long time – until the musical gold diggers set out to reclaim it… Director: Vincent Boussard Set Designer: Vincent Lemaire Costume Designer: Christian Lacroix Lighting Designer: Guido Levi Premiere: 01.02.2015

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In Hamburg

La Fanciulla del West (The Girl of the West)

Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

California in 1850: hundreds of thousands have fallen for the gold rush – and some of them also for the barkeeper Minnie, at whose saloon various fortune seekers meet every evening. Among them is Sheriff Jack Rance. Minnie, however, falls in love with the stranger Dick Johnson. It soon turns out that Johnson is a wanted robber: the sheriff wants to see him hang and have Minnie to himself. A round of poker is to decide about Dick’s life: is there yet another trump up Minnie’s sleeve? Puccini certainly held a trump with his Fanciulla, and even considered the piece his best: after world hits such as La Bohème and Madama Butterfly he had reinvented himself with this “spaghetti western”. In La Fanciulla del West, he combined ragtime rhythms, allusions to gospel singing and the music of the native Americans with Italian melodiousness, resulting in a lushly orchestrated broadband sound. This did not fail to affect the audience at the first performance at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 1910. And yet, compared to Puccini’s major hits, the piece languished in the shadows for a long time – until the musical gold diggers set out to reclaim it… Director: Vincent Boussard Set Designer: Vincent Lemaire Costume Designer: Christian Lacroix Lighting Designer: Guido Levi Premiere: 01.02.2015

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In Hamburg

Il trovatore

Thu, Mar 27, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Paolo Arrivabeni (Musical Director), Christian Günther (Chorleitung), George Petean (Luna), Marco Berti (Manrico), Olga Peretyatko (Leonora), Kristina Stanek (Azucena), Hubert Kowalczyk (Ferrando), Marie Maidowski (Inez), Aaron Godfrey-Mayes (Ruiz), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra)

For Leonora, the song of the troubadour Manrico holds the promise and glow of love; Manrico's rival Count Luna perceives in it threat and danger. Verdi's opera is a celebration of Italian opera singing at its best - so it is no coincidence that the title character is a singer himself. And yet for the composer, Azucena, Manrico's mother, was the real protagonist. Il trovatore is rich in dramatic intricacies and intense emotions, which Verdi abruptly juxtaposes in images and scenes. Tragedy relentlessly unfolds before our eyes and ears until the truth is revealed in the opera's final seconds. Stage: Alex Eales Costumes: Herbert Murauer Lighting: James Farncombe Video: Philipp Contag-Lada Dramaturgy: Ralf Waldschmidt Chorus: Christian Günther

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In Hamburg

La Fanciulla del West (The Girl of the West)

Sat, Mar 29, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

California in 1850: hundreds of thousands have fallen for the gold rush – and some of them also for the barkeeper Minnie, at whose saloon various fortune seekers meet every evening. Among them is Sheriff Jack Rance. Minnie, however, falls in love with the stranger Dick Johnson. It soon turns out that Johnson is a wanted robber: the sheriff wants to see him hang and have Minnie to himself. A round of poker is to decide about Dick’s life: is there yet another trump up Minnie’s sleeve? Puccini certainly held a trump with his Fanciulla, and even considered the piece his best: after world hits such as La Bohème and Madama Butterfly he had reinvented himself with this “spaghetti western”. In La Fanciulla del West, he combined ragtime rhythms, allusions to gospel singing and the music of the native Americans with Italian melodiousness, resulting in a lushly orchestrated broadband sound. This did not fail to affect the audience at the first performance at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 1910. And yet, compared to Puccini’s major hits, the piece languished in the shadows for a long time – until the musical gold diggers set out to reclaim it… Director: Vincent Boussard Set Designer: Vincent Lemaire Costume Designer: Christian Lacroix Lighting Designer: Guido Levi Premiere: 01.02.2015

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In Hamburg

Il trovatore

Tue, Apr 1, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

For Leonora, the song of the troubadour Manrico holds the promise and glow of love; Manrico's rival Count Luna perceives in it threat and danger. Verdi's opera is a celebration of Italian opera singing at its best - so it is no coincidence that the title character is a singer himself. And yet for the composer, Azucena, Manrico's mother, was the real protagonist. Il trovatore is rich in dramatic intricacies and intense emotions, which Verdi abruptly juxtaposes in images and scenes. Tragedy relentlessly unfolds before our eyes and ears until the truth is revealed in the opera's final seconds. Stage: Alex Eales Costumes: Herbert Murauer Lighting: James Farncombe Video: Philipp Contag-Lada Dramaturgy: Ralf Waldschmidt Chorus: Christian Günther

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In Hamburg

Falstaff

Thu, Apr 3, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Finnegan Downie Dear (Musical Director), Christian Günther (Chorleitung), Christopher Purves (Falstaff), Simon Keenlyside (Ford), Seungwoo Simon Yang (Fenton), Jürgen Sacher (Dr. Cajus), Daniel Kluge (Bardolfo), Tigran Martirossian (Pistola), Danielle de Niese (Alice Ford), Olivia Warburton (Nannetta), Anna Kissjudit (Mrs. Quickly), Kady Evanyshyn (Meg Page), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus)

Sir John Falstaff is an anarchist who obeys only the reign of his own enjoyment, an egoist who feeds only his power-hunger and his own flesh, and who would prefer to raze the small-minded morals of his contemporaries like the walls of a fortress – by seducing two women at the same time. Needless to say, his plan is thwarted, but those trying to expose him also fail to emerge unruffled from the confusion they unleash around him – which only the audience can keep track of, barely. “Tutto nel mondo è burla,” but these jokes are only funny because falling into the abyss actually does pose quite a serious risk. Arrigo Boito, the librettist of “Otello”, distilled a sophisticated, ingenious libretto from Shakespeare’s original, driving Verdi to highly complex compositional heights. Director: Calixto Bieito Set Designer: Susanne Gschwender Costume Designer: Anja Rabes Dramaturgy: Bettina Auer Lighting Designer: Michael Bauer Premiere: January 19th 2020

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In Hamburg

La Fanciulla del West (The Girl of the West)

Fri, Apr 4, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

California in 1850: hundreds of thousands have fallen for the gold rush – and some of them also for the barkeeper Minnie, at whose saloon various fortune seekers meet every evening. Among them is Sheriff Jack Rance. Minnie, however, falls in love with the stranger Dick Johnson. It soon turns out that Johnson is a wanted robber: the sheriff wants to see him hang and have Minnie to himself. A round of poker is to decide about Dick’s life: is there yet another trump up Minnie’s sleeve? Puccini certainly held a trump with his Fanciulla, and even considered the piece his best: after world hits such as La Bohème and Madama Butterfly he had reinvented himself with this “spaghetti western”. In La Fanciulla del West, he combined ragtime rhythms, allusions to gospel singing and the music of the native Americans with Italian melodiousness, resulting in a lushly orchestrated broadband sound. This did not fail to affect the audience at the first performance at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 1910. And yet, compared to Puccini’s major hits, the piece languished in the shadows for a long time – until the musical gold diggers set out to reclaim it… Director: Vincent Boussard Set Designer: Vincent Lemaire Costume Designer: Christian Lacroix Lighting Designer: Guido Levi Premiere: 01.02.2015

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In Hamburg

Il trovatore

Sat, Apr 5, 2025, 19:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

For Leonora, the song of the troubadour Manrico holds the promise and glow of love; Manrico's rival Count Luna perceives in it threat and danger. Verdi's opera is a celebration of Italian opera singing at its best - so it is no coincidence that the title character is a singer himself. And yet for the composer, Azucena, Manrico's mother, was the real protagonist. Il trovatore is rich in dramatic intricacies and intense emotions, which Verdi abruptly juxtaposes in images and scenes. Tragedy relentlessly unfolds before our eyes and ears until the truth is revealed in the opera's final seconds. Stage: Alex Eales Costumes: Herbert Murauer Lighting: James Farncombe Video: Philipp Contag-Lada Dramaturgy: Ralf Waldschmidt Chorus: Christian Günther

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In Hamburg

Falstaff

Sun, Apr 6, 2025, 19:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Sir John Falstaff is an anarchist who obeys only the reign of his own enjoyment, an egoist who feeds only his power-hunger and his own flesh, and who would prefer to raze the small-minded morals of his contemporaries like the walls of a fortress – by seducing two women at the same time. Needless to say, his plan is thwarted, but those trying to expose him also fail to emerge unruffled from the confusion they unleash around him – which only the audience can keep track of, barely. “Tutto nel mondo è burla,” but these jokes are only funny because falling into the abyss actually does pose quite a serious risk. Arrigo Boito, the librettist of “Otello”, distilled a sophisticated, ingenious libretto from Shakespeare’s original, driving Verdi to highly complex compositional heights. Director: Calixto Bieito Set Designer: Susanne Gschwender Costume Designer: Anja Rabes Dramaturgy: Bettina Auer Lighting Designer: Michael Bauer Premiere: January 19th 2020

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La Traviata

Tue, Apr 8, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Stefano Ranzani (Musical Director), Christian Günther (Chorleitung), Ruzan Mantashyan (Violetta Valery), Ida Aldrian (Flora Bervoix), Renate Spingler (Annina), Oleksiy Palchykov (Alfredo Germont), Alexey Markov (Giorgio Germont), Peter Galliard (Gastone), Mateusz Ługowski (Il Barone Douphol), William Desbiens (Il Marchese d'Obigny), Keith Klein (Il Dottore Grenvil), Aaron Godfrey-Mayes (Giuseppe), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus)

Violetta is the most sought-after courtesan of the Parisian demimonde. However, her encounter with Alfredo makes her pleasure-seeking life seem questionable: they fall in love and try to build a life for themselves, far from the fast pleasures of the city. Her past, however, catches up with Violetta. Alfredo’s father persuades her that a separation is the only way to restore his family honour. Alfredo, unaware of the true reasons for her decision, insults Violetta in public. When they are finally reunited, Violetta has run out of time. Giuseppe Verdi was on the lookout for such a provocative, innovative tale when he encountered the novel La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas the Younger. In the spring of 1852 he saw the “Lady of the Camellias” as a play adapted by the writer himself at the Vaudeville Theatre in Paris. The impression this made on him strengthened his resolve to use the tale for his next opera; the story gave him an opportunity to reformulate his grand theme: love defeated by the resistance of society. Director: Johannes Erath Stage Designer: Annette Kurz Costume Designer: Herbert Murauer Lighting Designer: Olaf Freese Dramaturgy: Francis Hüsers Premiere: 17.02.2013

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Il trovatore

Wed, Apr 9, 2025, 19:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

For Leonora, the song of the troubadour Manrico holds the promise and glow of love; Manrico's rival Count Luna perceives in it threat and danger. Verdi's opera is a celebration of Italian opera singing at its best - so it is no coincidence that the title character is a singer himself. And yet for the composer, Azucena, Manrico's mother, was the real protagonist. Il trovatore is rich in dramatic intricacies and intense emotions, which Verdi abruptly juxtaposes in images and scenes. Tragedy relentlessly unfolds before our eyes and ears until the truth is revealed in the opera's final seconds. Stage: Alex Eales Costumes: Herbert Murauer Lighting: James Farncombe Video: Philipp Contag-Lada Dramaturgy: Ralf Waldschmidt Chorus: Christian Günther

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Next month

In Hamburg

Falstaff

Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Sir John Falstaff is an anarchist who obeys only the reign of his own enjoyment, an egoist who feeds only his power-hunger and his own flesh, and who would prefer to raze the small-minded morals of his contemporaries like the walls of a fortress – by seducing two women at the same time. Needless to say, his plan is thwarted, but those trying to expose him also fail to emerge unruffled from the confusion they unleash around him – which only the audience can keep track of, barely. “Tutto nel mondo è burla,” but these jokes are only funny because falling into the abyss actually does pose quite a serious risk. Arrigo Boito, the librettist of “Otello”, distilled a sophisticated, ingenious libretto from Shakespeare’s original, driving Verdi to highly complex compositional heights. Director: Calixto Bieito Set Designer: Susanne Gschwender Costume Designer: Anja Rabes Dramaturgy: Bettina Auer Lighting Designer: Michael Bauer Premiere: January 19th 2020

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La Traviata

Sun, Apr 13, 2025, 18:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Violetta is the most sought-after courtesan of the Parisian demimonde. However, her encounter with Alfredo makes her pleasure-seeking life seem questionable: they fall in love and try to build a life for themselves, far from the fast pleasures of the city. Her past, however, catches up with Violetta. Alfredo’s father persuades her that a separation is the only way to restore his family honour. Alfredo, unaware of the true reasons for her decision, insults Violetta in public. When they are finally reunited, Violetta has run out of time. Giuseppe Verdi was on the lookout for such a provocative, innovative tale when he encountered the novel La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas the Younger. In the spring of 1852 he saw the “Lady of the Camellias” as a play adapted by the writer himself at the Vaudeville Theatre in Paris. The impression this made on him strengthened his resolve to use the tale for his next opera; the story gave him an opportunity to reformulate his grand theme: love defeated by the resistance of society. Director: Johannes Erath Stage Designer: Annette Kurz Costume Designer: Herbert Murauer Lighting Designer: Olaf Freese Dramaturgy: Francis Hüsers Premiere: 17.02.2013

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La Traviata

Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Violetta is the most sought-after courtesan of the Parisian demimonde. However, her encounter with Alfredo makes her pleasure-seeking life seem questionable: they fall in love and try to build a life for themselves, far from the fast pleasures of the city. Her past, however, catches up with Violetta. Alfredo’s father persuades her that a separation is the only way to restore his family honour. Alfredo, unaware of the true reasons for her decision, insults Violetta in public. When they are finally reunited, Violetta has run out of time. Giuseppe Verdi was on the lookout for such a provocative, innovative tale when he encountered the novel La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas the Younger. In the spring of 1852 he saw the “Lady of the Camellias” as a play adapted by the writer himself at the Vaudeville Theatre in Paris. The impression this made on him strengthened his resolve to use the tale for his next opera; the story gave him an opportunity to reformulate his grand theme: love defeated by the resistance of society. Director: Johannes Erath Stage Designer: Annette Kurz Costume Designer: Herbert Murauer Lighting Designer: Olaf Freese Dramaturgy: Francis Hüsers Premiere: 17.02.2013

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La Traviata

Sat, Apr 19, 2025, 19:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Violetta is the most sought-after courtesan of the Parisian demimonde. However, her encounter with Alfredo makes her pleasure-seeking life seem questionable: they fall in love and try to build a life for themselves, far from the fast pleasures of the city. Her past, however, catches up with Violetta. Alfredo’s father persuades her that a separation is the only way to restore his family honour. Alfredo, unaware of the true reasons for her decision, insults Violetta in public. When they are finally reunited, Violetta has run out of time. Giuseppe Verdi was on the lookout for such a provocative, innovative tale when he encountered the novel La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas the Younger. In the spring of 1852 he saw the “Lady of the Camellias” as a play adapted by the writer himself at the Vaudeville Theatre in Paris. The impression this made on him strengthened his resolve to use the tale for his next opera; the story gave him an opportunity to reformulate his grand theme: love defeated by the resistance of society. Director: Johannes Erath Stage Designer: Annette Kurz Costume Designer: Herbert Murauer Lighting Designer: Olaf Freese Dramaturgy: Francis Hüsers Premiere: 17.02.2013

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Pique Dame

Tue, Apr 29, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Graeme Jenkins (Musical Director), Christian Günther (Chorus), Najmiddin Mavlyanov (Herman), Pavel Yankovsky (Graf Tomsky), Alexey Bogdanchikov (Fürst Jeletzky), David Minseok Kang (Ssurin), Elena Zaremba (Gräfin), Elena Guseva (Lisa), Kai Rüütel-Pajula (Pauline), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus)

The outsider Herman loves Liza, who is engaged to Prince Yeletsky. Herman is a passionate gambler: he is desperate to win a fortune and reputation in order to win Liza’s heart. When he learns that her grandmother knows the secret of the three winning cards, fate takes its course. Director: Willy Decker Set and Costume Designer: Wolfgang Gussmann Lighting Designer: Hans Toelstede Premiere: 25.05.2003

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Pique Dame

Sat, May 3, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

The outsider Herman loves Liza, who is engaged to Prince Yeletsky. Herman is a passionate gambler: he is desperate to win a fortune and reputation in order to win Liza’s heart. When he learns that her grandmother knows the secret of the three winning cards, fate takes its course. Director: Willy Decker Set and Costume Designer: Wolfgang Gussmann Lighting Designer: Hans Toelstede Premiere: 25.05.2003

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Pique Dame

Thu, May 8, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

The outsider Herman loves Liza, who is engaged to Prince Yeletsky. Herman is a passionate gambler: he is desperate to win a fortune and reputation in order to win Liza’s heart. When he learns that her grandmother knows the secret of the three winning cards, fate takes its course. Director: Willy Decker Set and Costume Designer: Wolfgang Gussmann Lighting Designer: Hans Toelstede Premiere: 25.05.2003

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Pique Dame

Sat, May 10, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

The outsider Herman loves Liza, who is engaged to Prince Yeletsky. Herman is a passionate gambler: he is desperate to win a fortune and reputation in order to win Liza’s heart. When he learns that her grandmother knows the secret of the three winning cards, fate takes its course. Director: Willy Decker Set and Costume Designer: Wolfgang Gussmann Lighting Designer: Hans Toelstede Premiere: 25.05.2003

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Pique Dame

Tue, May 13, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

The outsider Herman loves Liza, who is engaged to Prince Yeletsky. Herman is a passionate gambler: he is desperate to win a fortune and reputation in order to win Liza’s heart. When he learns that her grandmother knows the secret of the three winning cards, fate takes its course. Director: Willy Decker Set and Costume Designer: Wolfgang Gussmann Lighting Designer: Hans Toelstede Premiere: 25.05.2003

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Die dunkle Seite des Mondes

Sun, May 18, 2025, 18:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Unsuk Chin (Komposition), Dead Centre (Inszenierung), Kent Nagano (Musical Director), Jeremy Herbert (Bühne), Janina Brinkmann (Costume), James Farncombe (Licht), Sophie Lux (Video), Dr. Angela Beuerle (Dramaturgie), Christian Günther (Chorleitung), Thomas Lehman (Dr. Kieron), Bo Skovhus (Meister Astaroth), Siobhan Stagg (Miriel), Kangmin Justin Kim (Anima), Narea Son (Das lichte Mädchen), Aaron Godfrey-Mayes (Cornelius), William Desbiens (Dr. Pulski), Karl Huml (Dr. Raubenstock), Jürgen Sacher (Dr. Spinberg), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra)

Dr. Kieron is a brilliant scientist, respected and feared by his colleagues. But what nobody suspects is that every night he is haunted in his dreams by three recurring beings, enigmatic numbers and mysterious symbols, which he experiences with unbearably intense feelings. It is from these apparitions that he receives his scientific visions - the fundamental basis of his success. He also leads a double life. A highly respected scientist by day, he dives into the shady underworld at night in a restless search for human happiness. But his control over himself is slipping away. In order to satisfy his irrepressible urge for scientific knowledge and an emotionally fulfilling life, Kieron wants to have his dreams analyzed and enters into an alliance with the diabolical master Astaroth, with fatal consequences. Unsuk Chin drew inspiration for her second opera from the life and work of the legendary physicist Wolfgang Pauli and his relationship with the psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung. Faustian material for the 21st century. Musical Direction: Kent Nagano Production: Dead Centre Stage: Jeremy Herbert Costumes: Janina Brinkmann Lighting: James Farncombe Video: Sophie Lux Dramaturgy: Angela Beuerle, Michael Sangkuhl Commissioned by the State Opera Hamburg with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Opera in two acts and ten pictures Based on a fictional story by the composer, inspired by the relationship between Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Gustav Jung

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Die dunkle Seite des Mondes

Wed, May 21, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Unsuk Chin (Komposition), Dead Centre (Inszenierung), Kent Nagano (Musical Director), Jeremy Herbert (Bühne), Janina Brinkmann (Costume), James Farncombe (Licht), Sophie Lux (Video), Michael Sangkuhl (Dramaturgie), Dr. Angela Beuerle (Dramaturgie), Christian Günther (Chorleitung), Thomas Lehman (Dr. Kieron), Bo Skovhus (Meister Astaroth), Siobhan Stagg (Miriel), Kangmin Justin Kim (Anima), Narea Son (Das lichte Mädchen), Aaron Godfrey-Mayes (Cornelius), William Desbiens (Dr. Pulski), Karl Huml (Dr. Raubenstock), Jürgen Sacher (Dr. Spinberg), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra)

Dr. Kieron is a brilliant scientist, respected and feared by his colleagues. But what nobody suspects is that every night he is haunted in his dreams by three recurring beings, enigmatic numbers and mysterious symbols, which he experiences with unbearably intense feelings. It is from these apparitions that he receives his scientific visions - the fundamental basis of his success. He also leads a double life. A highly respected scientist by day, he dives into the shady underworld at night in a restless search for human happiness. But his control over himself is slipping away. In order to satisfy his irrepressible urge for scientific knowledge and an emotionally fulfilling life, Kieron wants to have his dreams analyzed and enters into an alliance with the diabolical master Astaroth, with fatal consequences. Unsuk Chin drew inspiration for her second opera from the life and work of the legendary physicist Wolfgang Pauli and his relationship with the psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung. Faustian material for the 21st century. Musical Direction: Kent Nagano Production: Dead Centre Stage: Jeremy Herbert Costumes: Janina Brinkmann Lighting: James Farncombe Video: Sophie Lux Dramaturgy: Angela Beuerle, Michael Sangkuhl Commissioned by the State Opera Hamburg with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Opera in two acts and ten pictures Based on a fictional story by the composer, inspired by the relationship between Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Gustav Jung

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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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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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Die dunkle Seite des Mondes

Tue, May 27, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Unsuk Chin (Komposition), Dead Centre (Inszenierung), Kent Nagano (Musical Director), Jeremy Herbert (Bühne), Janina Brinkmann (Costume), James Farncombe (Licht), Sophie Lux (Video), Michael Sangkuhl (Dramaturgie), Dr. Angela Beuerle (Dramaturgie), Christian Günther (Chorleitung), Thomas Lehman (Dr. Kieron), Bo Skovhus (Meister Astaroth), Siobhan Stagg (Miriel), Kangmin Justin Kim (Anima), Narea Son (Das lichte Mädchen), Aaron Godfrey-Mayes (Cornelius), William Desbiens (Dr. Pulski), Karl Huml (Dr. Raubenstock), Jürgen Sacher (Dr. Spinberg), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra)

Dr. Kieron is a brilliant scientist, respected and feared by his colleagues. But what nobody suspects is that every night he is haunted in his dreams by three recurring beings, enigmatic numbers and mysterious symbols, which he experiences with unbearably intense feelings. It is from these apparitions that he receives his scientific visions - the fundamental basis of his success. He also leads a double life. A highly respected scientist by day, he dives into the shady underworld at night in a restless search for human happiness. But his control over himself is slipping away. In order to satisfy his irrepressible urge for scientific knowledge and an emotionally fulfilling life, Kieron wants to have his dreams analyzed and enters into an alliance with the diabolical master Astaroth, with fatal consequences. Unsuk Chin drew inspiration for her second opera from the life and work of the legendary physicist Wolfgang Pauli and his relationship with the psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung. Faustian material for the 21st century. Musical Direction: Kent Nagano Production: Dead Centre Stage: Jeremy Herbert Costumes: Janina Brinkmann Lighting: James Farncombe Video: Sophie Lux Dramaturgy: Angela Beuerle, Michael Sangkuhl Commissioned by the State Opera Hamburg with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Opera in two acts and ten pictures Based on a fictional story by the composer, inspired by the relationship between Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Gustav Jung

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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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Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde)

Thu, May 29, 2025, 16:00

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Kent Nagano (Musical Director), Christian Günther (Chorleitung), Simon O'Neill (Tristan), René Pape (König Marke), Catherine Foster (Isolde), N. N. (Kurwenal), Jürgen Sacher (Melot), Katja Pieweck (Brangäne), Seungwoo Simon Yang (Ein Hirt), William Desbiens (Ein Steuermann), Aaron Godfrey-Mayes (Stimme eines jungen Seemanns), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus)

Inspired by his romantic love for Mathilde Wesendonck, Richard Wagner created one of the most beautiful operas in music history. This season, the Hamburg State Opera revives its legendary production by Ruth Berghaus of 1988. Director: Ruth Berghaus Set Design: Hans-Dieter Schaal Costume Design: Marie-Luise Strandt Dramaturgy: Sigrid Neef Premiere: 13.03.1988

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Die dunkle Seite des Mondes

Sat, May 31, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Unsuk Chin (Komposition), Dead Centre (Inszenierung), Kent Nagano (Musical Director), Jeremy Herbert (Bühne), Janina Brinkmann (Costume), James Farncombe (Licht), Sophie Lux (Video), Michael Sangkuhl (Dramaturgie), Dr. Angela Beuerle (Dramaturgie), Christian Günther (Chorleitung), Thomas Lehman (Dr. Kieron), Bo Skovhus (Meister Astaroth), Siobhan Stagg (Miriel), Kangmin Justin Kim (Anima), Narea Son (Das lichte Mädchen), Aaron Godfrey-Mayes (Cornelius), William Desbiens (Dr. Pulski), Karl Huml (Dr. Raubenstock), Jürgen Sacher (Dr. Spinberg), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra)

Dr. Kieron is a brilliant scientist, respected and feared by his colleagues. But what nobody suspects is that every night he is haunted in his dreams by three recurring beings, enigmatic numbers and mysterious symbols, which he experiences with unbearably intense feelings. It is from these apparitions that he receives his scientific visions - the fundamental basis of his success. He also leads a double life. A highly respected scientist by day, he dives into the shady underworld at night in a restless search for human happiness. But his control over himself is slipping away. In order to satisfy his irrepressible urge for scientific knowledge and an emotionally fulfilling life, Kieron wants to have his dreams analyzed and enters into an alliance with the diabolical master Astaroth, with fatal consequences. Unsuk Chin drew inspiration for her second opera from the life and work of the legendary physicist Wolfgang Pauli and his relationship with the psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung. Faustian material for the 21st century. Musical Direction: Kent Nagano Production: Dead Centre Stage: Jeremy Herbert Costumes: Janina Brinkmann Lighting: James Farncombe Video: Sophie Lux Dramaturgy: Angela Beuerle, Michael Sangkuhl Commissioned by the State Opera Hamburg with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Opera in two acts and ten pictures Based on a fictional story by the composer, inspired by the relationship between Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Gustav Jung

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Die dunkle Seite des Mondes

Thu, Jun 5, 2025, 19:30

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

Unsuk Chin (Komposition), Dead Centre (Inszenierung), Kent Nagano (Musical Director), Jeremy Herbert (Bühne), Janina Brinkmann (Costume), James Farncombe (Licht), Sophie Lux (Video), Michael Sangkuhl (Dramaturgie), Dr. Angela Beuerle (Dramaturgie), Christian Günther (Chorleitung), Thomas Lehman (Dr. Kieron), Bo Skovhus (Meister Astaroth), Siobhan Stagg (Miriel), Kangmin Justin Kim (Anima), Narea Son (Das lichte Mädchen), Aaron Godfrey-Mayes (Cornelius), William Desbiens (Dr. Pulski), Karl Huml (Dr. Raubenstock), Jürgen Sacher (Dr. Spinberg), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Chorus), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Orchestra)

Dr. Kieron is a brilliant scientist, respected and feared by his colleagues. But what nobody suspects is that every night he is haunted in his dreams by three recurring beings, enigmatic numbers and mysterious symbols, which he experiences with unbearably intense feelings. It is from these apparitions that he receives his scientific visions - the fundamental basis of his success. He also leads a double life. A highly respected scientist by day, he dives into the shady underworld at night in a restless search for human happiness. But his control over himself is slipping away. In order to satisfy his irrepressible urge for scientific knowledge and an emotionally fulfilling life, Kieron wants to have his dreams analyzed and enters into an alliance with the diabolical master Astaroth, with fatal consequences. Unsuk Chin drew inspiration for her second opera from the life and work of the legendary physicist Wolfgang Pauli and his relationship with the psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung. Faustian material for the 21st century. Musical Direction: Kent Nagano Production: Dead Centre Stage: Jeremy Herbert Costumes: Janina Brinkmann Lighting: James Farncombe Video: Sophie Lux Dramaturgy: Angela Beuerle, Michael Sangkuhl Commissioned by the State Opera Hamburg with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Opera in two acts and ten pictures Based on a fictional story by the composer, inspired by the relationship between Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Gustav Jung

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