We are immensely looking forward to the approaching 2019/20 opera season, which will celebrate a wide variety of international composers. The upcoming program includes premieres at the Wiener Staatsoper, Salzburger Festspiele, Opéra Comique, and many more!
 

Opera highlights in the season 2019/20

28.06.2019
Emmerich Kálmán – Die Bajadere
Libretto by Julius Brammer, Alfred Grünwald
Pascale-Sabine Chevroton (stage director), Panagiotis Papadopoulos (musical director)   
2S.2T.B - Chr - 2.2.2.2 – 4.2.3.0 – timp.perc – hp.cel – str
Festspiele im Schlossgarten, Neustrelitz

29.06.2019
Giacomo Meyerbeer – Les Huguenots
Libretto by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps
Peter Konwitschny (stage director), Stefan Soltesz (musical director)
6S.2A.7T.10B – Chr.Ballet.Act - picc.2.2(1c.a).2(1bcl).4/4.Ophic.4.3.0 - timp.perc - harp - str
Semperoper Dresden, Dresden

28.07.2019
Pascal Dusapin – Medeamaterial
Libretto by Heiner Müller
Franck Ollu (musical director)   
0.0.0.0 - 0.0.0.0 - org - cem  - 6.5.4.4.2
Salzburger Festspiele, Salzburg

30.07.2019
Bernhard Lang – Der Reigen
Libretto by Michael Sturminger after Arthur Schnitzler's Der Reigen (1920)
Alexandra Liedtke (stage director), Walter Kobéra (musical director)   
S.Ms.Ct.Bar - 1.1.1.1.sax - 1.1.1.0 - 2synth- perc.dr - 6.0.3.2.2
Festspielhaus Werkstattbühne (Bregenzer Festspiele, Co-production with Neue Oper Wien) Bregenzer Festspiele, Bregenz (NP)

11.08.2019
George Enescu – Oedipe
Libretto by Edmond Fleg
Achim Freyer (stage director), Ingo Metzmacher (musical director)   
4.3.4.3 - 4.4.3.3 - timp - 2 perc - pf - cel - harm - 2 hp - Chr
Salzburger Festspiele, Salzburg

07.09.2019
Philip Venables – 4.48 Psychose
Libretto after Sarah Kane, transl. Durs Grünbein
Tobias Heyder (stage director), Max Renne (musical director)   
3S.3Ms - afl (picc).3ssax (3barsax).pf (synth).acc.tape.2perc.vl (vla).2vla.db
Semperoper Dresden, Dresden  

14.09.2019
Luigi Nono – Al gran sole carico d'amore
Libretto made up with various text edited by Luigi Nono and Jury Ljubimov
Sebastian Baumgarten (stage director), Jonathan Stockhammer (musical director)   
Many  voices (soloists and chorus); 8(4 ott).4.5(4 cl in si b, cl b in si b).4 / 4.4(in do).4.0. / 2timp - perc.mar - amplified hp.str(vlI-II.vla.vc.db) - tape - str
Theater Basel, Basel (NP) 

20.09.2019
Pascal Dusapin – Macbeth Underworld
Libretto by Katja Kruger
Thomas Jolly (stage director), Alain Altinoglu (musical director)   
3.2.3.2 - 4.2.2.1 - 4perc - org - arch - 12.10.8.6.4
Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels (WP)

25.09.2019
Benjamin Attahir – Le Silence des Ombres
Libretto by Maurice Maeterlinck
Olivier Lexa (stage director), Benjamin Attahir (musical director)   
1.1.1.1 - 2.0.0.0 - serp - perc - hp - pf - acc - 0.0.3.3.2
Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels (WP) 

27.09.2019
Francesco Filidei – L'inondation
based on Yevgeny Zamyatin's novel
Joël Pommerat (stage director), Emilio Pomarico (musical director)   
3S.M.C.CT.T.Bar.B - 2.2.2.bcl.2.sax - 2.2.2.1 - 4perc (4) - pf.cel.hp.acc - str
Opéra Comique, Paris (WP) 

05.10.2019
Luca Francesconi – Quartett
Libretto by Luca Francesconi after Heiner Müller
La Fura dels Baus (stage director), Maxime Pascal (musical director)   
S.Bar. - large orchestra (=2.2.2.2./4.2.3.1./timp.3perc. (3) - str); small orchestra (=2 fl./ott.ob./ca.i.cl.bcl.bsn – hn.2tpt.trb - 2perc - hp.pf-cel.2key - 2vl.vla.2vc.dbS
Teatro alla Scala, Milan

21.11.2019
Vittorio Montalti – Un romano a Marte
Libretto by Giuliano Compagno
Fabio Cherstich (stage director), John Axelrod (musical director)
Recitant voice -  S.T.Bar. - 2.2.2.2 - 2.2.2. - 3perc - midi key/toy pf - hp - str (10.8.6.4.2.) - el.audio files 
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Rome (WP) 

08.12.2019
Olga Neuwirth – Orlando
based on Virginia Woolf's Orlando
Karoline Gruber (stage director), Matthias Pintscher (musical director)   
2S.3Ms.1Ct.3Bar.3B.3Vx – 3Chr – 2.2.3.asax.2 – 3.3.2.1 – 3perc – 12.12.8.6.4 – el.video – 4on-stage musicians
Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna (WP) 

21.06.2020
Hèctor Parra – Les Bienveillantes
Libretto by Händl Klaus
Calixto Bieito (stage director), Peter Rundel (musical director)   
3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - timp - 2 perc - hp - pf - 1.1.1.1.1
Staatstheater Nürnberg, Nuremberg (NP) 
07.6.2020

Modest Mussorgsky – Chowanschtschina
Ed. János Bojti
Claus Guth (stage director), Vladimir Jurowski (musical director)   
2S.1MS.6T.2Bar.4B - Chr.Ballet - 3(III.picc).2.c.a.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - pf.hp.timp.3perc - str - 2hn.3tr.2trbn.tamb.mil.(on-stage)
Staatsoper Berlin, Berlin (WP)