While La Bohème consists only of poetry and not of action, it is said that with Tosca it is the other way around: only action, no poetry. Even the librettist Giuseppe Giacosa considered Sardou's original completely unsuitable for an opera. “What made Puccini come to terms with such a real and dealing with a brutal subject whose actors are little more than puppets entangled in a highly intelligent, cleverly designed plot? ”asked the music critic Mosco Carner. Maybe just that? For over 20 years Willy Decker's classic production of Puccini's Sex and Crime masterpiece has been a repertory perennial.

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Tosca

The Staatstheater Stuttgart

A man in the midst of a personal crisis in his life: Gustav von Aschenbach is very successful professionally, but a vague sense of yearning drives him to search for something new and mysterious – he therefore decides to travel to Venice. In 1973 and based on a libretto by Myfanwy Piper, Benjamin Britten set to music author Thomas Mann‘s famous novella. Piper’s work has masterfully translated the storyline into theatrical images, and with his opera, the British composer surprised with a many-colored and exotic sounding work.

Death in Venice

The survival of the Holy Grail’s community is threatened by King Amfortas‘ wound which he received by the magician Klingsor. The only hope that the men have left now is the arrival of a so-called »innocent fool«, who has to become »knowledgeable by empathy«. Parsifal is the chosen one, but is unaware of his appointment as the redeemer of their plight. The seeress Kundry takes it upon her to show him his destiny.

Parsifal

In 1930 Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht created a new type of grand opera, radical in both, entertainment as well as criticism. With the wit of an epic theater and the musical esprit of old and worn bar songs mixed with music of the avant-garde, Weill and Brecht built the fable of a city in paradise that finally perishes from its own utopias: in the end there is only one mortal sin left – the sin of insolvency. Together with a young ensemble, director Ulrike Schwab explores the one question: Who would still dare to dream of a better future today.

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Attractive because repulsive - that’s one way to describe the contradictory fascination potential of William Shakespeare’s most enigmatic character, Othello. He probably could not have existed at the time of his creation: Black, a stranger, yet risen to the top of Venetian society through merit and spectacular eloquence, he marries the beautiful Desdemona.

Otello 

Rigoletto wants to protect his daughter by all means from the advances of the hated, encroaching Duke - but in the end he is struck by the tragic realization that his revenge has failed most horribly: instead of the Duke, his own daughter has fallen victim to him. Tenor Kai Kluge makes his debut as the Duke of Mantua, while Beate Ritter once again takes on the role of Gilda after the acclaimed series in the 2018/19 season. Devid Cecconi sings the title role. The young, internationally acclaimed Italian-Turkish conductor Nil Venditti is at the podium of the Staatsorchester Stuttgart.

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Events

Upcoming events

6 - 27 Jan, 2025

Tosca · Staatsoper Stuttgart

Feb 9 - Mar 18, 2025

Death in Venice · Staatsoper Stuttgart

Feb 9 - Mar 18, 2025

Death in Venice · Staatsoper Stuttgart

Apr 6 - May 11, 2025

Parsifal · Staatsoper Stuttgart

Apr 16 - May 9, 2025

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny · Staatsoper Stuttgart

Future and recently performed repertoire

A Locksmith in Tosca by Puccini

Staatsoper Stuttgart

A Shepherd in Tosca by Puccini

Staatsoper Stuttgart

Sciarrone in Tosca by Puccini

Staatsoper Stuttgart

Harold in Otello by Verdi

Staatsoper Stuttgart

Six Girls of Mahagonny in Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny by Weill

Staatsoper Stuttgart

Giovanna in Rigoletto by Verdi

Staatsoper Stuttgart

Gräfin von Ceprano in Rigoletto by Verdi

Staatsoper Stuttgart

Graf von Ceprano in Rigoletto by Verdi

Staatsoper Stuttgart

Page in Rigoletto by Verdi

Staatsoper Stuttgart

1.3. Flower girl in Parsifal by Wagner

Staatsoper Stuttgart

Apollo (dancer) in Death in Venice by Britten

Staatsoper Stuttgart

Beggar in Death in Venice by Britten

Staatsoper Stuttgart

Hotel porter in Death in Venice by Britten

Staatsoper Stuttgart

Hotel waiter / Restaurant waiter in Death in Venice by Britten

Staatsoper Stuttgart

Voice of Apollo in Death in Venice by Britten

Staatsoper Stuttgart

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