The Saxony State Opera known as “Semper Opere” announced a performance lineup for the 2019/2020 season. The new production will be the six following performances. Rossini’s “Il Viaggio a Reims”, Ligeti’s “Le Grand Macabre”, Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg”, Verdi’s “Don Carlo”, Offenbach’s “Die Großherzogin von Gerolstein”, and Torsten Rasch’s “The Other Wife”.
Rasch was born in 1965 in Dresden. As a member of “Hikashu” in Japan for a while since 1990, he worked on the production of movie music and others. “The Other Wife” is handled by German novelist Helmut Krausser. Among the new productions, Amon Miyamoto is directed at “Madama Butterfly”, and Kenzo Takada handles costumes. Also, Anna Netrepko will challenge for the first time as a “Don Carlo” Elisabetta role. Christian Teieleman conducts “Don Carlo” and “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg”.
Rossini “Il Viaggio a Reims”
Sep28-Nov11,2019
PRODUCTION:Laura Scozzi
CONDUCTOR:Francesco Lanzillotta
Ligeti “Le Grand Macabre”
Nov3-29, 2019
PRODUCTION:Calixto Bieito
CONDUCTOR:Omer Meir Wellber
Wagner “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg”
Jan26-Feb16, 2020
PRODUCTION:Jens-Daniel Herzog
CONDUCTOR:Christian Thielemann
Offenbach “Die Großherzogin von Gerolstein”
Feb29-March26, 2020 & July1-7, 2020
PRODUCTION:Josef E. Köpplinger
CONDUCTOR:Jonathan Darlington
Puccini “Madama Butterfly”
April26-May31, 2020
PRODUCTION:Amon Miyamoto
CONDUCTOR:Lorenzo Viotti
Verdi “Don Carlo”
May23-June1, 2020
PRODUCTION:Vera Nemirova
CONDUCTOR:Christian Thielemann
Torsten Rasch “The Other Wife”
June3-24, 2020
PRODUCTION:Immo Karaman
CONDUCTOR:Roland Kluttig
Photo:Semperoper Dresden
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