It is a game of life and death initiated by the elusive Princess Turandot: each suitor for her hand must solve three riddles. Failure means execution. And so far, no prince has been able to win the great prize. But then a stranger arrives in the kingdom of Turandot, Prince Calaf, who is determined to take on the challenge. When he solves the riddles and claims the princess in marriage as agreed, he encounters a frightened woman who refuses to wed the stranger – and now the princess becomes the tortured one, for she must find out the prince’s name in order to keep her freedom. Unfinished at his death, Giacomo Puccini’s final opera was premiered as a fragment in 1926. This is a multi-layered masterpiece of great emotional intensity, musical brilliance and unique in its use of exotic Chinese melody. French stage director Marie-Eve Signeyrole makes her Semperoper debut with this operatic thriller.

Turandot

Semperoper Dresden

Sandra presents the results of her research on the melting polar ice caps in the form of stand-up comedy and hopes in this way to sensitize people to the alarming situation of our planet. While on the one hand applauded for her efforts, she is also constantly confronted with skeptical questions. Her warnings go unheard even in her own family, as is true of the mythical figure Cassandra who predicts the destruction of Troy in flames. The God Apollo grants her visionary powers, but because she refuses to give into his attempts to seduce her, he ensures that no one believes her prophecies.

Cassandra

Bebelplatz

Berlin State Opera

"Così fan tutte: Everyone does it!" The cynical Don Alfonso doesn't believe in promises of love or vows of fidelity. He makes a bet with two friends, determined to prove that their fiancées will be unfaithful within a single day. Intrigues, seduction games, and emotional turmoil ensue. Mozart's "Così fan tutte" portrays humanity adrift and lost – searching for friendship and love, searching for itself. French director Marie-Ève ​​Signeyrole invites 20 couples from Wiesbaden to each performance, allowing them to take their seats on stage and experience the theatrical evening with a unique sense of immediacy.

Fabien Teigné

Events

Upcoming events

17 - 27 Jun, 2026

Così fan tutte: Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Staatstheater Wiesbaden

Past events

16 - 29 Nov, 2025

Turandot · Semperoper Dresden

7 - 22 Jun, 2025

Turandot · Semperoper Dresden

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