2021/22 Season

New Productions

George Frideric Handel Amadigi Saturday September 25 2021 (Bockenheimer Depot) Conductor: Roland Böer Director: Andrea Bernard Set Designer: Alberto Beltrame Costume Designer: Elena Beccaro Lighting Designer: Jan Hartmann Dramaturge: Zsolt Horpácsy

Domenico Cimarosa L'italiana in Londra Sunday September 26 2021 Conductor: Leo Hussain Director: R.B. Schlather Set Designer: Paul Steinberg Costume Designer: Doey Lüthi Lighting Designer: Joachim Klein Dramaturge: Mareike Wink

Carl Nielsen Maskerade (Masquerade) Sunday October 31 2021 Conductor: Director: Tobias Kratzer Set & Costume Designer: Rainer Sellmaier Lighting Designer: Joachim Klein Choreographer: Kinsun Chan Chorus Master: Tilman Michael Dramaturge: Konrad Kuhn With generous support from the Danish Ministry for Culture and Royal Danish Embassy

Nikolai A. Rimsky-Korsakov Die Nacht vor Weihnachten (The Night Before Christmas) Sunday December 5 2021 Conductor: Director: Set Designer: Johannes Leiacker Costume Designer: Ursula Renzenbrink Lighting Designer: Olaf Winter Choreographer: Klevis Elmazaj Flying Choreographer: Ran Arthur Braun Chorus Master: Tilman Michael Dramaturge: Maximilian Enderle

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Hauke Berheide The People Out There (World Premiere) Wednesday December 22 2021 (Bockenheimer Depot) Conductor: Roland Böer Director: Amy Stebbins Set Designer: Christian Wiehle Costume Designer: Belén Montoliu Video: Lukas Rehm Lighting Designer: Joachim Klein Dramaturge: Mareike Wink The Commissioned by Oper , funded by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation

Warten auf heute (Waiting for Today) Arnold Schönberg Von heute auf morgen (From Today till Tomorrow) Arnold Schönberg Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene (film music) op. 34 Frank Martin Six Monologues from Jedermann for baritone and orchestra Arnold Schönberg Erwartung (Expectation) Sunday January 16 2022 Conductor: Alexander Soddy Director: David Hermann Set Designer & Video: Jo Schramm Costume Designer: Sibylle Wallum Lighting Designer: Joachim Klein Dramaturge: Mareike Wink

Gioachino Rossini Bianca e Falliero (first ever performance in Frankfurt) Sunday February 20 2022 Conductor: Giuliano Carella Director: Tilmann Köhler Set Designer: Karoly Risz Costume Designer: Susanne Uhl Lighting Designer: Joachim Klein Video: Marlene Blumert Chorus Master: Tilman Michael Dramaturge: Zsolt Horpácsy With generous support from the Frankfurt Patronatsverein – Sektion Oper

Umberto Giordano Fedora Sunday April 3 2022 Conductor: Carlo Montanaro Director: Christof Loy Set & Costume Designer: Herbert Murauer Lighting Designer: Olaf Winter Video: Velourfilm AB Chorus Master: Tilman Michael Dramaturge: Thomas Jonigk A production from the Royal Swedish Opera Stockholm, premiere: December 10 2016 With generous support from the Frankfurt Patronatsverein – Sektion Oper

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Benjamin Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream Wednesday May 11 2022 (Bockenheimer Depot) Conductor: Geoffrey Paterson Director: Brigitte Fassbaender Set Designer: Christoph Fischer Costume Designer: Anna-Sophie Lienbacher Lighting Designer: Jan Hartmann Dramaturge: Deborah Einspieler

Giacomo Puccini Madama Butterfly Sunday May 22 2022 Conductor: Director: Mateja Koležnik Set Designer: Raimund Orfeo Voigt Lighting Designer: Olaf Winter Chorus Master: Tilman Michael Dramaturge: Konrad Kuhn With generous support from the DZ BANK AG

Luigi Dallapiccola Ulisse Sunday June 26 2022 Conductor: Francesco Lanzillotta Director: Tatjana Gürbaca Set & Lighting Designer: Klaus Grünberg Costume Designer: Silke Willrett Chorus Master: Tilman Michael Dramaturge: Maximilian Enderle

Revivals

Vincenzo Bellini Norma Sunday September 12 2021 Conductor: Erik Nielsen Director: Christof Loy

Igor Stravinsky Oedipus Rex Peter I. Tchaikovsky Iolanta Saturday October 2 2021 Conductor: Valentin Uryupin Director:

Richard Strauss Friday October 8 2021 Conductor: Titus Engel Director: With generous support from the DZ BANK AG and Frankfurt Patronatsverein – Sektion Oper 3

Engelbert Humperdinck Königskinder Saturday November 6 2021 Conductor: Sebastian Weigle Director: David Bösch

Georges Bizet Carmen Friday November 12 2021 Conductor: Giedrė Šlekytė Director: Barrie Kosky

Franz Lehár Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) Saturday December 11 2021 Conductor: Sebastian Weigle Director: Claus Guth With generous support from the DZ BANK AG and Frankfurt Patronatsverein – Sektion Oper

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Così fan tutte Friday January 21 2022 Conductor: Lothar Koenigs Director: Christof Loy

Giuseppe Verdi Saturday January 29 2022 Conductor: Jader Bignamini Director: Hendrik Müller

Richard Strauss Sunday March 13 2022 Conductor: Sebastian Weigle Director:

Richard Wagner Lohengrin Saturday April 9 2022 Conductor: Sebastian Weigle Director: Jens-Daniel Herzog

Gioachino Rossini La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) Friday April 22 2022 Conductor: Karsten Januschke Director: David Alden

Karol Szymanowski Król Roger () Saturday April 30 2022 Conductor: Director: 4

Giuseppe Verdi (The Force of Destiny) Sunday May 29 2022 Conductor: Pier Giorgio Morandi Director: Tobias Kratzer

Henry Purcell Dido and Aeneas Béla Bartók Herzog Blaubarts Burg (Bluebeard's Castle) Sunday June 5 2022 Conductor: Benjamin Reiners Director: Barrie Kosky

Giacomo Puccini Il trittico Friday July 8 2022 Conductor: Lorenzo Passerini Director: Claus Guth

Recitals

Sabine Devieilhe soprano Tuesday September 14 2021

Peter Mattei baritone Tuesday October 26 2021

Jamie Barton mezzo-soprano Tuesday November 30 2021

Gordon Bintner bass-baritone Tuesday December 21 2021

Tamara Wilson soprano Tuesday January 4 2022

Claudia Mahnke mezzo-soprano Tuesday March 29 2022

Jakub Józef Orliński countertenor Tuesday May 17 2022

Information about a further recital will be published later.

Recitals in the Holzfoyer

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Concerts

Chamber Music Happy New Ears Opera Studio Soirée Concerts Semifinal concert for the Anny-Schlemm-Preis Museumsconcerts by the Frankfurt Opern- und Museumsorchester

JETZT! (NOW! Opera for you)

For children and families Aramsamsam Opera for children Orchestra Close Up Christmas Concert Opera for Families Family workshops Children's chorus

For young adults Youth Club JuniorCard

For adults and newcomers to opera Opera to go Intermezzo Opera Workshop

Schools and Further Studies Workshops for school groups Advanced training for teachers Orchestra Workshops in Schools

All JETZT projects made possible by generous support from Stadt Eschborn

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