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“Having escaped the storm of the elements, Otello will succumb to the storms of his own self.”
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What an opening to an opera! Amid an apocalyptic storm, a naval battle rages off the coast of Venice. Without warning, Giuseppe Verdi transports us into the action with thunder, lightning, and cannon shots; we can almost feel the storm and spray on our skin. The situation seems hopeless for the Venetian fleet—then their general, Otello, appears unscathed and victorious at the harbor. He has defeated not only his enemies, but also the forces of nature. But how will this war hero cope in civilian life? Traumatic memories haunt him; an all-encompassing mistrust has taken hold of him; he feels isolated from society; no one can get through to him. In this atmosphere, his relationship with his wife crumbles before our eyes and ears. Desdemona was once the only person with whom Otello could be completely himself; now he eyes her suspiciously and threatens her. Verdi's music depicts Othello's journey from celebrated soldier to murderer of his wife, whose love he simultaneously longs for.

Otello

Staatstheater Hannover

For Leonora, the troubadour Manrico's song holds the promise and the fervor of love, while Manrico's rival Count Luna perceives threat and danger in it. Verdi's opera is a celebration of Italian opera singing at its finest - it is no coincidence that the title character is himself a singer. And yet, for the composer, Azucena, Manrico's mother, was the real main character. Il trovatore is rich in dramatic complications and intense emotions, which Verdi juxtaposes harshly in images and scenes. The tragedy unfolds relentlessly before our eyes and ears until the truth is revealed in the last seconds of the opera.

Il trovatore

Hamburg State Opera

"At the White Horse Inn on Lake Wolfgangsee, happiness is at your doorstep" - in the popular inn, all kinds of different characters meet each other, all looking for happiness (in love): waiter Leopold loves his boss, the landlady of the "Rössl", Josepha Vogelhuber, but is constantly rejected because Josepha is interested in her regular guest Dr. Siedler. But he has his eye on the factory owner's daughter Ottilie, who in turn is to marry Sigismund, the son of her father's greatest competitor. Sigismund, however... in short: Lake Wolfgangsee is not just an Alpine Salzkammergut idyll, but also a tangle of love and competition. And then the emperor comes.

Im weissen Rössl

Staatstheater Braunschweig

Faced with an authoritarian state, opera singer Floria Tosca finds herself in a struggle for her freedom and dignity as a woman and a stage artist. In a spiral of fear and violence, the boundaries between stage and reality begin to blur in a paranoid way.

Tosca

Stadttheater Klagenfurt

A woman who was remarkably emancipated for her time is at the center of Kaija Saariaho's monodrama Emilie . Emilie du Châtelet was a French mathematician, physicist and philosopher during the Enlightenment.

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Emilie (DE)

Staatstheater Mainz

Kay and Gerta's journey to the Snow Queen and into the depths of the human soul.

Director

Immo Karaman

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 7, 2025 - Jan 8, 2026

The Snow Queen · Semperoper Dresden

Past events

Sep 24 - Oct 10, 2025

Otello · Staatstheater Hannover

Mar 27, 2025

Il trovatore · Staatsoper Hamburg

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