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Sparkling music and sparkling melodies are on the programme of the New Year's Concert - with duets, arias and ensembles from popular operettas, including several evergreens of this champagne-sparkling genre, from global successes such as "The Land of Smiles" or "The Merry Widow", from "The Csárdás Princess" or "The Bat". The New Year's Concert is also a musical homage to a famous Duisburg artist, because with his arias, tenor Sebastian Kohlhepp follows in the footsteps of the legendary Rudolf Schock, who was born in 1915 as the son of a Duisburg dock worker. With his radiant tenor voice, he has captivated an audience of millions and is still considered one of the best operetta tenors of the last century.

The operetta gala is led by the expert conductor Srba Dinić, who is already known to the audience in Duisburg from the “Philharmonic Debate” in March 2024. Also no strangers are soprano Mandy Fredrich , who has been a guest with the orchestra several times, and mezzo-soprano Sarah Ferede, a member of the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.

Operetta Gala New Year's Concert 2025

Philharmonie Mercatorhalle

Max, the hunter’s apprentice, has to land a direct hit at the upcoming shooting match in order to marry his beloved Agathe. Out of his fear of potential failure, Max gets involved with "dark forces" in the wolf’s canyon: Six sure-fire bullets for his sole use whilst the seventh bullet is reserved for the devil to strike any victim he chooses. Carl Maria von Weber‘s Freischütz, which premiered in 1821, is the epitome of a German romantic opera. Never before have occult, transcendental and supernatural ideas been transformed into music so full of suggestive sounds.

Mandy Fredrich

Soprano

Events

Past events

Jan 1, 2025

Operetta Gala New Year's Concert 2025 · Duisburger Philharmoniker

Sep 18 - Nov 8, 2024

Der Freischütz · Staatsoper Stuttgart

Future and recently performed repertoire

Agathe in Der Freischütz by Weber

Staatsoper Stuttgart

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