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@CodewordFidelio Well, »Attila« is an opera, but this time in a concert performance. But the singing will still be great!

@semperoper No opera? :(

Ticket sale (17 Jan.) »Mensa Zeltschlösschen« from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm. We offering tickets to the »Evening Recital N° 2« of the Staatskapelle Dresden on Jan. 26, as well as the concert performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s »Attila« on Febr. 7 & 11. All tickets 10 euros. #semperoper

The Lithuanian conductor Giedrė Šlekytė takes over the musical direction of an opera at the #Semperoper for the first time with »La bohème« on Friday. Last summer, she stood on the podium of the Staatskapelle Dresden for a concert. 3x toi to her!

On Sunday, January 8, 2023, our longtime respected colleague & former General Music Director of the Staatskapelle Dresden, Professor Siegfried Kurz, passed away. The #semperoper expresses sincere condolences to the family.🖤

Today the curtain opened for the last time this season on Martin Smolka’s children’s opera »Das schlaue Gretchen« in Andrea Kramer’s staging. We thank all those involved in this colorful, amusing and entertaining production! #semperoper

The #Semperoperballett bids a fond farewell to its Senior Ballet Mistress Olga Kostritzky, who is now returning to the USA. After various guest residencies in Dresden, Olga was contracted as a Senior Ballet Mistress at the Semperoper Ballett in 2021. We wish her all the best!

REMINDER: You can still apply as a dancer and apprentices at the #Semperoperballett for the 2023/24 season until 8 January 2023. You can find all information about the application on the Semperoper Ballett website: semperoper.de/unser-haus/sem…

#Semperoper is at the »KarriereStart 2023« trade fair! Visit us from 20 to 22 January at the job fair »KarriereStart 2023« at our stand in Hall 2, Stand B23 at the Messe Dresden & find out about the apprenticeship programmes offered by the Sächsische Staatstheater.

From 2 to 16/04/2023, the Richard Strauss Days will take place at #Semperoper. The programme includes »Der Rosenkavalier«, »Arabella« & a concert performance of »Ariadne auf Naxos« as well as other concerts and supporting events. All information can be found on our website.

SAVE THE DATE: On 22 January from 10 am to 3 pm, numerous original costumes from the costume fund of the Sächsischen Staatstheater Dresden will be on sale in the central cloakroom of the #Semperoper at prices ranging from 3 to 99 euros.

We wish you a happy new year! At the turn of the year, we would like to take a look back with you at the stagings of the past months from the 2022/23 season. #semperoper #semperoperballett

Premiere day #semperoper! Andrea Kramer stages »The Clever Gretchen« about Grete, who becomes queen thanks to her cleverness, with great ingenuity. Stage and costume designer Stefanie Stuhldreier creates a colourful adventure world of unused and discarded objects for. 3xtoi!

The 3⃣ »Semper!« magazine 2022/23 is out! This issue is about Aribert Reimann’s »Die Gespenstersonate«, the concert performance of Verdi’s »Attila« & the tetralogy »Der Ring der Nibelungen«, among others. Its available at the box office & at performances or online. #semperoper

Premiere on 22 Dec: Inspired by the Grimm fairy tales, the Prague composer Martin Smolka created the children’s opera »Das schlaue Gretchen« (The Clever Gretchen) in 2006, which will be seen on the stage of Semper Zwei from 22 December in Andrea Kramer’s staging. #semperoper

Ticket sale for students in the Mensa Zeltschlösschen @tudresden for the last time this year. Tickets available for »Aida« on 14.12., »Rusalka« on 15. & 17.12. and »5. Symphoniekonzert« of @staatskapelle on 19. & 20.12. 10 euro per ticket. #semperoper

This Saturday, #semperoper ensemble member Tilmann Rönnebeck gives his role debut as the King in Verdi’s »Aida«! He is joined by Christa Mayer (Amneris), Maria José Siri (Aida), Jorge Puerta (Radamès), Vitalij Kowaljow (Ramfis) & Andrzej Dobber (Amonasro), among others. 3xtoi!

The #semperoperballett´s programming is all about »The Nutcracker«. At today's 3 p.m. performance, our audience can look forward to Vsevolod Maievskyi debuting as the Consort of the Sugar Plum Fairy, among others. We wish him & all participants good luck for today's performances!

Tonight: Puccini’s famous opera »La bohème« in our #semperoper with Vanessa Goikoetxea, who was a member of our Junges Ensemble ten (!) years ago and now returns to our stage as Mimì. Welcome back and toi toi toi.

Tonight: Revival of »The Nutcracker« with #semperoperballett: Chiara Scarrone (Marie), Alejandro Martínez (The Nutcracker Prince), Christian Bauch (Herr Drosselmeier), Sangeun Lee (The Sugar Plum Fairy), Gareth Haw (The Sugar Plum Fairy's Husband) & Aidan Gibson (The Snow Queen).