Singer

Heroic sounds and heartfelt dramas – this is opera at its finest! Immerse yourself in the realm of otherworldly sounds and enjoy the unique sonic magic of the French composer Georges Bizet – 2025 marks the 150th anniversary of his death! Georges Bizet occupies a central position in opera history as a pioneer of musical realism. With his opera "Carmen," in particular, he created a work distinguished by its innovative compositional techniques, dramatic coherence, and psychological depth. In "Carmen," Bizet combined elements of the French opéra comique with a new kind of dramatic intensity, breaking down traditional structures and using musical leitmotifs to deepen the characters' personalities and the plot. The folkloristic elements – especially the Spanish musical language – served less to exoticize the work, but were primarily embedded as a stylistic device within the dramatic plot. Bizet's orchestration has always impressed with its colorfulness and expressiveness, while the vocal parts displayed a previously unusual combination of lyrical melodies and realistic declamation.

GREAT OPERA GALA – Homage to Georges Bizet

State Theatre Eisenach

Heroic sounds and heartfelt dramas – this is opera at its finest! Immerse yourself in the realm of otherworldly sounds and enjoy the unique sonic magic of the French composer Georges Bizet – 2025 marks the 150th anniversary of his death! Georges Bizet occupies a central position in opera history as a pioneer of musical realism. With his opera "Carmen," in particular, he created a work distinguished by its innovative compositional techniques, dramatic coherence, and psychological depth. In "Carmen," Bizet combined elements of the French opéra comique with a new kind of dramatic intensity, breaking down traditional structures and using musical leitmotifs to deepen the characters' personalities and the plot.

B1 GREAT OPERA GALA – Homage to Georges Bizet

Gotha Cultural Center

A blind old man teaches surviving children music-making. In a hospital a touring production of an opera entitled “Love and Guilt” is given, which shortly before it ends, is subject to a bombardment which wipes out all involved, including the audience. But again, music shepherds in hope in this dark world and the opera ends with a choral apotheosis.

Music for the living

Theater Bonn Opera House

Rome 1800. After the French Revolution, Napoleon’s army invades Italy, the church offers tough resistance. The painter Cavaradossi receives a commission to paint a picture depicting Mary Magdalene for a church chapel. When his lover Floria Tosca notices that the figure in the picture resembles a woman who has been praying in the church, she explodes in jealousy. To boot, the revolutionary Angelotti, who has escaped from the state penitentiary and is hiding in the same church, seeks asylum with the help of his old friend Cavaradossi.

Tosca

What does it mean when two people »fall« for each other? Weakness at the knees, a pounding heart, clammy hands, butterflies in the stomach – all these symptoms require a proven antidote – an elixir of love!  Donizetti in his opera probes with a wink the ups and downs that those loving and in love go through and he lets the lovers watching from his audience identify with them.

The Love Potion (L'elisir d'amore)

At the 12th Opera Gala in Bonn, international stars from the world’s biggest stages perform together on a single evening. They will delight audiences with a varied musical program at the highest level – accompanied by the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn and the Bonn Theatre Opera Chorus. All the artists performing waive their fees for a good cause.

Opengala

At Hansel and Gretel’s home there is rarely anything nourishing to eat: The family can simply not afford good food. One day the children see in their kitchen a jug full of milk and jump for joy at the idea of their getting rice pudding. Their mother comes and tells them off and unintentionally knocks over the milk jug. In a fit, as punishment, she impulsively sends the children off into the woods to gather strawberries. It occurs to her too late that a wicked witch is lurking there who likes to turn little children into gingerbread…

Baritone

Giorgos Kanaris

Events

Past events

Nov 28, 2025

GREAT OPERA GALA – Homage to Georges Bizet · Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach

Nov 27, 2025

B1 GREAT OPERA GALA – Homage to Georges Bizet · Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach

Future and recently performed repertoire

Baron Scarpia in Tosca by Puccini

Theater Bonn

Peter in Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck

Theater Bonn

Belcore in L'elisir d'amore by Donizetti

Theater Bonn

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