Around the Music Festival

The Saxony State Opera, known as Semper Oper, has announced a lineup of performances for the 2020/2021 season. The new productions are the following 7 works.

One of the most remarkable works is Wagner’s “The Ring of the Nibelung”, directed by Willie Decker. Revival through performance of the four works will start from the end of January 2021. The conductor is Christian Thielemann, the chief conductor.

Rossini “Guillame Tell”
Sep.27 →
PRODUCTION：Georg Schmiedleitner
CONDUCTOR：Giampaolo Bisanti
CAST：Christoph Pohl　/　Michal Doron　/　Michael Spyres　/　Venera Gimadieva　/　Alexandros Stavrakakis　/　Georg Zeppenfeld

Mozart “The Magic Flute”
Nov.1 →
PRODUCTION：Josef E. Köpplinger
CONDUCTOR：Omer Meir Wellber
CAST：René Pape　/　Georg Zeppenfeld　/　Alexandros Stavrakakis　/　Julia Sitkovetsky　/　Sofia Fomina　/　Joseph Dennis　/　Martin Mitterrutzner　/　Bernhard Hansky

Manfred Weiss “Blues Brothers”
Jan.21 →
PRODUCTION：Timo Dentler
CONDUCTOR：Max Renne
CAST：Aaron Pegram　/　Simeon Esper

Monteverdi “L’Orfeo”
Mar.26 →
PRODUCTION：Nikolaus Habjan
CONDUCTOR：Wolfgang Katschner
CAST：Rolando Villazón　/　Julia Maria Dan　/　Mariya Taniguchi　/　Stepanka Pucalkova　/　Michal Doron

Aribert Reimanm “Die Gespenstersonate”
Apr.17 →
PRODUCTION：Stefan Hunstein
CONDUCTOR：Petr Popelka
CAST：Jürgen Müller　/　Julia Muzychenko　/　Gerald Hupach　/　Doğukan Kuran　/　Angela Liebold　/　Sabine Brohm

Richard Strauss “Capriccio”
May.8 →
PRODUCTION：Jens-Daniel Herzog
CONDUCTOR：Christian Thielemann
CAST：Krassimira Stoyanova　/　Christoph Pohl　/　Daniel Behle　/　Nikolay Borchev　/　Georg Zeppenfeld　/　Christa Mayer

Puccini “Turandot”
Jul.3 →
PRODUCTION：Marie-Eve Signeyrole
CONDUCTOR：Ivan Repusic
CAST：Lise Lindstrom　/　Riccardo Massi　/　Hrachuhi Bassénz

Photo：Semperoper Dresden


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