Oper Leipzig presents an exquisite range of performances that promise to captivate diverse audiences. From the timeless tale of 'Carmen' to the mysterious adventure in 'Gesucht: Peter und der Wolf', the lineup is a blend of drama, humor, and enchantment. These events are set in the majestic Musikalische Komödie and Oper Leipzig, featuring performances that highlight opera legends and musical enigmas. These stories are brought to life by talented performers, promising an unforgettable theatrical experience. Join us for a celebration of creativity, cultural richness, and artistic talent.

Oper Leipzig's Diverse Performances: A Journey Through Drama, Mystery, and Festivity

Oper Leipzig is set to captivate audiences with a dynamic season of performances spanning opera, musicals, and unique interactive experiences. Highlights include the fiery retelling of 'Carmen', the engaging 'Gesucht: Peter und der Wolf', and the timeless operetta 'Die Fledermaus'. Each production offers a fresh perspective, showcasing the talent and creativity of a diverse range of performers. Whether you're drawn to the dramatic narratives of mythical knights or the playful intrigue of mistaken identities, Oper Leipzig promises a rich tapestry of cultural exploration.

Oper Leipzig's Spectacular Season: A Dive into Diverse Artistic Expressions

Oper Leipzig is set to stage a captivating array of performances, ranging from a mysterious musical, 'Gesucht: Peter und der Wolf', to the ultimate operetta 'The Bat'. With each event offering a unique experience, audiences will be treated to a rich tapestry of storytelling, music, and theatrical artistry. Whether you're intrigued by a detective's pursuit in the forest or the comedic twists of mistaken identities at a lavish ball, these performances promise to engage and entertain.

A Journey Through Oper Leipzig: Diverse Performances Unveiled

Experience the vibrant cultural landscape of Leipzig with Oper Leipzig's eclectic array of events. From the intriguing 'Gesucht: Peter und der Wolf' musical mystery, to the mesmerizing opera 'Amadis, the Knight', and the lively Poetry Slam, there's something for everyone. Whether you're captivated by dramatic tales, enchanted by classical music, or looking to explore the rich history of the Musikalische Komödie, these events promise unforgettable moments. Join us as we delve into these diverse cultural offerings and uncover what makes each event a remarkable part of Leipzig's artistic tapestry.

Discover Oper Leipzig's Diverse Offerings: From Mysteries to Red Carpets

Oper Leipzig offers an exciting array of events from enchanting musicals and riveting operas to engaging poetry slams and insightful tours. Whether it's the captivating story of 'Peter and the Wolf' or the thrilling opera 'Amadis, the Knight,' each event promises to deliver unforgettable experiences. Join us as we delve into the lineup of Oper Leipzig, where stories come alive through music, drama, and culture, offering something for audiences of all ages.

Exploring Oper Leipzig's Diverse Musical and Theatrical Delights

Having a charming, singing housekeeper save an operetta performance is in itself quite a fabulous theatrical highlight. And when the sidewalks of Montmartre respectively. the atelier of painting, composing and writing bohemians provides the tableau for amorous entanglements, and when the maître d' of the silver operetta era, Emmerich Kálmán, lends his work, premiered in 1930, the refined je ne sais quoi along with a fountain of catchy earworms, “Violet of Montmartre” has everything that is needed for a classy, ​​melancholic, upbeat operetta evening with a touch of signature Parisian perfume.

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The Violet of Montmartre

Musikalische Komödie

King Krawunkel suffers terribly from counting mania. After he has had all the fairy tales hidden in Seven Times Seven Land out of fear, little Jacob sets off to bring them back to the people. But danger lurks in the depths of the dark forest without end. A fairy with the strange name Flotte Lotte, who lives in the forest, could bring salvation.

Jacob and the King of the Seven Times Seven Lands

Oper Leipzig

The opera has barely gotten underway before the first death occurs and Don Giovanni is in hot pursuit. But this does not stop the seducer of all seducers from going after the next woman: he adores them all! His wildly colourful exploits sweep him through all social strata, regardless to whether the lady of choice is already involved with someone else. Even if one may have slight doubts when it comes to the total number of his conquests – 1470! – Don Giovanni's appeal amongst women is undeniable. But what exactly is his secret?

Don Giovanni

»The story of the bamboo cutter, or of Princess Kaguya«, is Japan’s oldest romantic fairytalelike narrative, dating back to 900. While at work, a childless bamboo cutter discovers a stray child, which he and his wife raise as their own. The radiantly beautiful child has been sent to earth as a gift from the moon, and though her beauty attracts powerful men as suitors: Kaguya is the princess of the moon and must return there.

Die Mondprinzessin

Helena can't sleep, tomorrow is finally the day: the long-awaited operation is due and will finally make Helena feel complete. On this night, she relives her journey: how she secretly slipped into her mother's clothes as a teenager with a little color in her face, how she kept her true identity hidden for a long time and started a family with two sons; how she eventually made the courageous decision to reveal herself and how those around her and her family reacted to it.

A little color

She was Argentina’s »spiritual leader«, a »saint«. Eva »Evita« Perón was very inf luential and, above all, she caused a stir. But now she is gone: Evita, who died of cancer at the age of 33, has become a legend. The nation is in mourning, and Che looks back on her life: how a love affair with a tango singer brought her to the big city of Buenos Aires at the age of fifteen, where she met inf luential figures, including Juan Perón. She helped him to the presidency and used her voice in the fight against poverty and for the Argentine people, until one day her strength waned ...

Evita

What is really important? For Jacob it is shoes, because he doesn't have any. And the rescued fish actually grants him his wish. But Jacob's parents believe he could have wished for something more substantial. And so Jacob returns to call the fish. The fish fulfils every wish, but the parents are never satisfied. So Jacob has to return to the sea again and again. But the sea becomes fiercer and fiercer and the fish thinner and thinner. This profound fairy tale adaptation for a mezzo-soprano and percussion is one of the most successful and most performed children's operas of recent years.

Gold

On selected dates, we will sneak into a stage orchestra rehearsal of the Musikalische Komödie Orchestra together, take a first look at the new production and experience how balance, gestures, facial expressions and technique are being screwed and tinkered with, because the premiere is drawing ever closer ! Before and after the rehearsal, you will have the opportunity to talk to those involved in the production and learn exciting new things.

Kostprobe Musikalische Komödie

In October, Lukas Natschinski remembers his father, the well-known GDR composer Gerd Natschinski, our ensemble will take you on a journey through the operetta repertoire in March 2025, and Lasarah Sattler will dedicate herself to the wonderful grand dame of chanson Édith Piaf in May 2025.

Venus nights

When Salome had its world premiere in 1905, it marked the beginning of Richard Strauss’ operatic successes. Based on Oscar Wilde’s sensational tragedy, Strauss composed a musical drama rife with unleashed passion, whose worldwide success not even prudish censors could stop. Using one of the most scandalous stories in cultural history, whose origins lie in the New Testament, Strauss created a musical and stunning psychological profile of the unconscious, laying bare the conflict between sensuality and asceticism, between intoxication and loneliness, power and love.

Salome

Premieren-Matinée Musikalische Komödie

We've all been there: in hotels, you're always fascinated by people from all over the world and their customs! And when this motley crew find themselves in a tizzy because they all want to go to Paris for the coronation but are prevented from doing so by the transportation system? And when the Hotel zur Goldenen Lilie is run by an excellent proprietor like Madame Cortese, who is determined to make her guests' stay unforgettable, virtuoso, colorful entertainment is guaranteed. Love potions, deft personnel, fainting spells due to a missing hatbox, f librations and misunderstandings culminate in a banquet with international toasts: long live the monarch and long live international understanding!

The Journey to Reims

On four Wednesday evenings, art and music come together in the distinctive atmosphere of the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig. Musicians from the Orchestra and Chorus of the Musical Comedy present varied programs, in different musical constellations, resulting in a unique sound experience. The audience is invited to experience this interplay of space, sound, and image with all their senses.

Echo in the Museum

Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig

For the first creative endeavours beyond the big stage, »Out of the box« offers interested ensemble members the opportunity to try their hand at choreography. In an intimate setting, the ballet hall becomes a laboratory for exploring one's own artistic language - whether in fragments, improvisations or the first completed choreographies.

Out of the Box

Premiere matinee opera

“And the whole thing ended happily,” wrote Weber about his new opera Der Freischütz to his bride Caroline Brandt in March of 1817. But before everything can end happily ever after in this eerie story about fear of failure, societal constraints, and the individual’s right to happiness, the abyss opens up, and for a moment it seems as though evil will prevail. Max, the young forester, knows that his social standing and romantic prospects are dependent upon his performance at the traditional test of skill in marksmanship. But the only way he sees to pass the test involves a deal with the devil. Kaspar, disillusioned, has already submitted to the devil. And Agathe, betrothed to Max, must ask herself: “Do I leave myself to the hand of Fate?” Troubled, she tries to fight against what she perceives to be her destiny’s inevitability. Like all of the characters in the opera, she believes that her God has a true enemy. Weber created a unique musical context in which his characters’ thoughts and deeds all take place in a religious-demonic world, one that is entangled with the dark powers

Der Freischütz

This season, we are once again immersing ourselves in the world of ballet in Leipzig. How do bodies tell stories, how political is dance and how does one actually become a professional ballet dancer?

Spitze! Backstage-Geflüster mit dem Leipziger Ballett

The young widow Selma has sworn off men, and together with her friends, founded the “Lose the Man” club. But a prank turns into confusion: who's marrying whom? Who's the man - and who's the woman? This entertaining operetta is an unknown gem from the pen of the man who wrote “The Merry Widow” and “Land des Smiles”.

The Fool's Marriage

Conceived as a preliminary evening to Wagner’s interpretation of world mythology, »Das Rheingold« introduces the central themes of this tetralogy: »Only he who renounces the power of love« can form the Rheingold into a ring that promises its bearer power over the world. It is the low E-flat in the strings that gives us the musical manifestation of the idea of a natural primitive state. But once Alberich steals the Rheingold, a chain of events are set in motion: Wotan’s megalomaniacal plan to build a structure representative of gods’ long-lost authority is followed by Alberich’s betrayal at Wotan and Loge’s hand and Alberich’s subsequent curse. The murder of Fasolt by his brother Fafner ensues. Not even Erda, with her wisdom and warning, can stop the chain of events from unfurling.

Das Rheingold

A place for creation. This is the Leipzig Ballet under the new direction of Rémy Fichet. The two-part ballet evening »Humans« opens up space for creativity and abstract narratives in the art form of dance.

Louis Stiens, born in Munich and most recently a dancer at the Stuttgart Ballet, not only explores how dance takes root in the body and how this affects his personal choreographic language, but also examines the history of the Leipzig Ballet and its work in the GDR, creating links with Schubert’s »Unfinished« Symphony.

Humans

Fire, water, storm - every child here knows this game. But how do children play in Japan or Taiwan? The children's choir goes on a musical search for games in all corners of the world. The programme tells of children's games, of experiencing time, of dreaming. Children have their say, ask questions, romp around and take the audience with them into the world of wondrous things. The children's choir sings, plays and dances songs for young and old. Children's songs to hum along, join in and with movement. The children's choir is supported and accompanied by Maria Hinze (piano) and Peter A. Bauer (percussion). Who will come along? And who will play and sing along?

Fire, Water, Storm

Singing students from the Leipzig University of Music present their work at a gala with the Musikalische Komödie orchestra as the crowning finale.

Singing students in operetta fever

Here, the youngest children from zero to two years of age are cordially invited to enjoy their first concert experience together with their adult carers. Familiar melodies and new sounds can be heard in an open, playful atmosphere. Based on the well-known folk song "Summ, summ, summ", the three musicians create a sonorous spring landscape. They hum and sing, make instruments resound and flowers bloom. You can listen attentively and observe, but also explore instruments and sounds together with the musicians.

Summ, summ, summ - My first concert

Tevye the milkman is poor in terms of money, but rich in terms of women: five daughters! Three of them of marriageable age. But it soon becomes clear that the young women's dreams do not conform to either the plans of the matchmaker, Yente, or those of their father, who dreams so avidly of "If I were a rich man". In this cult musical, which premiered on Broadway in 1964 and won nine Tony Awards, riveting dance scenes and full-scale show numbers underscore moments of a father whose dreams and hopes resonate deeply.

Fiddler on the Roof

On selected dates we will visit a rehearsal of the Leipzig Ballet together, take a first look at the new production and experience how balance, gestures, facial expressions and technique are being worked on and tinkered with as the premiere draws ever closer. Before and after the rehearsal, you will have the opportunity to talk to those involved in the production and learn exciting new things.

Kostprobe Leipziger Ballett

Rising from raging, fierce tempests of the sea stands a triumphant hero: Otello! The illustrious general is in love with the enchanting Desdemona. Against her father's will, she frees herself from the golden cage and now loves the man who dazzles so brilliantly amidst the splendor of society, yet remains so distant. As Jago takes the stage and plants seeds of doubt, jealousy begins to grow in Otello.

Otello

»Die Gedanken sind frei«

A Russian tsar, a small-town mayor, a shipyard worker, and three foreign diplomats meet in the time of Peter I. In the middle of it all, Marie fights with heart and mind for her groom. Like many of Lortzing's other operas, Zar und Zimmermann premiered in Leipzig. One of the Musikalische Komödie’s artistic goals is to cultivate Lortzing’s works, in order to keep the composer alive and well in the musical city of Leipzig.

Tsar and Carpenter

La Traviata is the final work in the Trilogia Popolare, Verdi’s trio of masterpieces written between 1850-52. Once again, he was inspired by an outsider: after the jester in Rigoletto and the gypsy Azucena in Il Trovatore, the courtesan Violetta Valéry -- a woman whose charm surpasses her predecessors -- takes center stage here. The Parisian demimonde is the setting for the story of the unconditional and hopeless love between Alfredo Germont and the terminally ill Violetta. From the very beginning, their love is threatened not only by death, but also by the norms of the society and the honor of a family.

La Traviata

The Young Siegfried (the original title of Wagner’s libretto) tells the story of the son of Siegmund and Sieglinde, the Wälsung pair. After his father’s death at Hunding’s hand, and his mother’s death in childbirth, Siegfried is raised by Mime. Siegfried tells the story of a young man railing against his foster father, who, though he claims to have the boy’s best interests at heart, is only interested in Siegfried as a part of his plan to claim the treasure of the Niebelungen from Fafner the dragon. Only one who has no fear can defeat Fafner. And so Siegfried forges his sword, slays Fafner, and claims the ring and the Tarnhelm for himself.

Siegfried

In 2025, we will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of the »Waltz King« Johann Strauss, who was born near Vienna in 1825. We will kick things off right at the beginning of the year as part of the Musikalische Komödie's New Year's concerts.

Neujahrskonzert

The curtain rises, and the stage is bathed in the light of a thousand candles. Stage director and designer Michiel Dijkema’s spectacular vision plays off of Puccini’s music, drawing the audience into the fickle worlds of love and power, church and state in Rome in 1800. Puccini’s Tosca at the Oper Leipzig is a suspense-filled crime drama, and a true celebration of the voice!

Tosca

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For children from 0 to 2 years | Duration: 45min
Overwhelming audience demand has helped certify the success enjoyed by the Musikalische Komödie’s series of baby concerts. Once again, children are allowed to bring up to two adults, and little ones can crawl, squeal, and delight to their heart’s content to the sounds of classical music

Baby Concert Musical Comedy

With stirring music and arguably the greatest love story in the literary canon, »Romeo and Juliet« is one of the most popular ballets of all time. The tale of young, impetuous love and deep-seated, age-old hatred has been adapted countless times for stage, film and television.

Romeo und Julia

On Christmas night, the bitter and heartless moneylender Ebenezer Scrooge encounters three ghosts who reproach him with his past, present and future in order to bring him closer to the message of Christmas and convert him into a better person.

Hausvermietung

In addition to a look behind the scenes of the theater, the guided tours of the Musical Comedy offer above all an impression of the architecture of the building complex built in 1912. Unusual perspectives are shown, among other things, during the tour of the historic reinforced concrete ceiling above the auditorium.

House Tour Musical Comedy

The Oper Leipzig technical cabinet houses over 300 pieces of historical lighting equipment from almost 150 years of theatre history. Initially founded in 1984 as a training cabinet for stage craftsmen and lighting technicians, the technical cabinet is now a place of collecting and preservation. Spotlights, signal boxes and colour changers found in numerous German theatres over the years are lovingly restored and cared for, their historical backgrounds researched and processed. In addition, the cabinet has extensive archive and documentation material that is used to systematically catalogue the exhibits and is being digitised step by step.

Führung Technisches Kabinett

During a concert, Dutch singer Maartje de Lint had a sudden realization about the topic of dementia. Since then, she has actively worked for individuals with dementia, and, with the support of scientists, has developed special sing-along concerts for individuals and families affected by illness. Since the 2017/18 season, the Oper Leipzig has offered these concerts in cooperation with the Selbst-Bestimmt Leben e.V. association

In mir singt ein Lied

In order to protect herself from the onslaught of potential marriage candidates, beautiful Countess Mariza fakes an engagement with Zsupán, a landowner from Warasdin, magnanimously inviting all of local newspapers to their engagement party. But when Zsupán suddenly appears in the flesh before Mariza, the chaos is complete. With Gräfin Mariza, Kálmán managed to repeat the recipe for success he first used for Die Csárdásfürstin.

Countess Mariza

For over a century, Engelbert Humperdinck’s fairy-tale opera »Hänsel and Gretel« has been enchanting generations of young opera-goers. Not insignificantly, the premiere of this work took place on the night before Christmas Eve. To this day, this beloved opera is performed near Christmastime in many opera houses. After all, Christmas is a time for family, and »Hänsel and Gretel« is a family opera par excellence: While their children’s eyes widen in wonder at their first opera experience, parents can reminisce and delight in nostalgia. In this new production, director Birgit Eckenweber, together with her set- and costume designer Alexander Mudlagk, sends Hansel and Gretel into a fantastical fairy-tale world that’s guaranteed to fascinate. Ah, to be young again!

Hänsel und Gretel

The Association of Friends and Supporters of the Musical Comedy Leipzig was founded in 1999. The association maintains close contact with the audience through events and concerts and also strives to further increase the popularity of the theater by issuing publications. Important projects are also promoted with financial support.

Advent concert of the Association of Friends of Musical Comedy e. V.

Whether Undine, Rusalka, or Ariel, mermaids have historically been all the rage in children's literature – and the present is no exception. These creatures – half-human, half-animal – that move between worlds provide endless fascination. After Peter and the Wolf and Carnival of the Animals, The Little Mermaid is one of the most performed orchestral works for children in the German-speaking world.

The Little Mermaid

The Cheshire Cat. The Mad Hatter. Lewis Carroll’s tale of adventure is full of whimsical, fantastical creatures. And it all begins with the White Rabbit: Alice follows him down a rabbit hole, and arrives in a curious land ­teeming with peculiar beings and the most absurd places. In no time at all, she joins a bizarre tea party and plays ­croquet with the Queen of Hearts. But most puzzling of all is Alice herself. As she bravely takes on Wonderland’s ­challenges, she is forced to answer the question: »Who in the world am I?«

Alice im Wunderland

In the Musical Comedy, music critic Peter Korfmacher opens his musical poison cabinet again. In addition to the most superfluous compositions and a horror cabinet of great artists at the lowest point in their careers, he will also present his torture chamber of the most gruesome interpretations of the last seventy years.

Korfmacher's Poison Cabinet

Every woman has a secret. But woe betide her if it suddenly turns up on her doorstep. Hanna and Rolf have been married for 40 years, have a daughter together and are celebrating their K-Day today. In other words, the day on which they f irst got to know each other. Because that is more unique. And it is on this day that someone is singing from afar for all to hear: »Ti amo«? It’s Matteo. And after all these years, he just can’'t get Hanna out of his mind. Recently divorced, he knocks on the door and says: »Hello again?« Will Hanna now leave Rolf, go to Venice with Matteo and celebrate the life she has always dreamed of ? Could this be the beginning of the rest of her life

Hello! Again?

In December and May, the red carpet is rolled out again at the Musikalische Komödie. You can listen to exciting stories over a glass of wine in a humorous atmosphere in the Lortzing restaurant.

Red Carpet

Lortzing Leipzig Theaterrestaurant & Bar

The choreographic language and legacy of Uwe Scholz is internationally recognized and undoubtedly legendary. As choreographer and ballet director from 1991 until his death in 2004, he was instrumental in shaping the program and identity of the Leipzig Ballet to this day.

Scholz Symphonies

At a train station, somewhere in Germany, businessman Max Habermann is waiting – handsome (he’s well aware of it), on the verge of a burn-out (he’s unaware of it yet), pompous and condescending to everyone else. Where on earth is the train that is supposed to take him to the airport? Main thing is to get far away fast! The business meeting is waiting. When the announcement is made that there will be no more trains for the time being due to an approaching storm, the likeable guy on the platform completely loses it ...

Delayed to Happiness - A Winter Revue

Together with Livelyrix e. V., the successful poetry slam series will be continued at the Musikalische Komödie: The best poets in the country, accompanied by a band made up of members of the Musikalische Komödie, will once again perform some specialities this season.

Poetry Slam

The brave knight Amadis is held responsible for the disappearance of the brother of Arcabonne and Arcalaus. The two use their magical powers and mobilize the demonic underworld to lure Amadis into their realm and defeat him once and for all. Suddenly, nothing is as it seems: Amadis is abandoned in the forest by his beloved Princess Oriane and held captive in Arcalau's secret laboratory. All seems lost... but fortunately the powers of heaven have something to say about it.

Amadis, the Knight

The soloists and orchestra of the Musikalische Komödie as well as the children's and youth choir of the Leipzig Opera bring a festive Advent atmosphere to the Old Town Hall.

Advent in the Old Town Hall

Old Town Hall Leipzig

“Casta Diva” – “Chaste Goddess”. With this famous cavatina, the priestess Norma commands the population to remain peaceful in the fight against the Roman occupiers. However, Norma herself is conflicted, having broken her vows and secretly being a lover and mother. She leads a double life, as do her lover, the Roman general Pollione, and the novice Adalgisa. All these dangerous secrets escalate into a drama of life, death, and the sacrifice of love in the face of conflicts over occupation and Roman supremacy. It is said that all weapons are fair game in war – even those that strike at the heart and destroy all that we love

Norma

On the first Advent, children big and small are cordially invited to help the Christmas tree in the Musikalische Komödie shine brightly. While listening to Christmas music and enjoying sweet treats, children can decorate and craft.

Musical Christmas Tree Decorating

Welcome to the mysterious fairy-tale world of the »Magic Flute«! Even the names of the characters sound magical and remind us of our first visits to the opera: Tamino, Pamina, Papageno, Sarastro … Hardly any other work of opera literature includes so many contradictory elements, so harmoniously combined into a coherent entity by Mozart's music . Is his arguably most popular opera an adventure story about growing up? A parable of wisdom, philosophy and friendship? Is it simply about staying true to oneself, like the bird catcher Papageno? He accompanies Prince Tamino, who has fallen in love with a picture of the kidnapped Pamina and plans to free her. We are reminded that the world cannot always be divided into good and evil: the Queen of the Night and Sarastro illustrate this to us through their quarrel over Pamina. On our journey we are also accompanied by three ladies, three boys, a glockenspiel, and a flute that tames even the wildest animals.

The Magic Flute

»Die Fledermaus« is considered the ultimate operetta, full of waltzes, polkas, who-with-whom, champagne, mistaken identity, masquerading and fraternization. How refreshing it is that Gabriel von Eisenstein, eager to have some quick fun with young ladies before he goes to prison, is repaid tit-for-tat by his wife Rosalinde: with her old vocal coach Alfred. Only a tenor could be so audacious! Adele, the maid, has high aspirations, but first she attends the ball as Miss Olga in the dress of her gracious lady. And this is how all the lovable characters, who are not too concerned with the truth, converge at the ball of Prince Orlofsky. He is young, rich, bored – such a retaliatory action by Dr. Falke is just what he needs. The latter has a score to settle with Eisenstein: "This is the way the bat takes revenge!" Orlofsky's ball becomes a stage. And in the end they all meet again in prison. Here Herr von Eisenstein learns who his close pal, the Chevalier Chagrin, really is and what the doppelganger in his dressing gown is all about. Eisenstein's acquittal is celebrated with champagne, because after all, he alone was to blame, was he not?

The bat

The forest. In it a beautiful little house with a pond. Idyllic. But isn't it too quiet? Detective Ulyana Craine is investigating a mysterious case: Daria the duck is missing! Where are the main suspects, Peter and Viktor the wolf? There is also no trace of grandfather Hans, Anastasia the cat and Sofia the bird. What could have happened? Join us on a search for clues and solve this exciting case with the help of Sergei Prokofiev's music!

Gesucht: Peter und der Wolf

Carmen is the personification of the ill-fated woman. Mirko Mahr uses the sensual language of dance to retell Carmen’s pure provocation against society as a timeless myth to an adolescent audience.

Carmen

The critics‘ jurors of the German Record Critics’ Award have been appearing in public since 2010. They sit down in threes or fours, as a trio or quartet, to discuss a work live in front of an audience and compare different interpretations in recordings. To date, this talk show format has already met 97 times in 35 cities.

Reingehört: »Norma«

Experience the scariest adventure in Leipzig! Immerse yourself in the dark world of the catacombs beneath the Musikalische Komödie and discover what has been lurking there in secret for many years. At this eerie special opening of our exhibition »Lost Stories Told in the Dark - The Haunted Theatre«, you can expect creepy surprises and gruesome figures that only the bravest can escape. Venture through labyrinthine corridors where the unknown lurks and the shadows of abandoned plays come to life. Every step could be your last, because nothing here is as it seems!

Halloween

The soloists, ballet, chorus and orchestra of the Musical Comedy welcome you with highlights of the new season.

On the Saturday before the gala, the exhibition “From the new operetta theater to the Musical Comedy” by the Friends of the Musical Comedy, will be officially opened at 5.30 pm.

season opening gala

The children's and youth choir is a lively, fun and radiant ensemble with lots to try out. The children and young people experience the exhilarating feeling of community and the power of the voice and of singing together, both musically and through dance and experimentation. All of this can be experienced at the ‘Thank you for the Music’ concert. Come along and immerse yourself in our musical world!

Thank you for the Music

The Flying Dutchman navigates the earth, accursed, tirelessly searching for salvation. But he can only find deliverance if he finds a woman who will promise to be faithful to him, even in death. Wagner's atmospheric thriller encompasses the search for home and the desire for another.

The Flying Dutchman

Beim 2. Kammermusikkonzert der Reihe »RICHARD WAGNER | INTERMEZZI« in der Alten Nikolaischule steht »Der fliegende Holländer« im Fokus. In der Richard-Wagner-Aula werden unter anderem Kompositionen und Bearbeitungen von Franz Liszt, Joachim Raff bis Paul Hindemith sowie Arien aus dem »Holländer« zu hören sein. 

Richard Wagner | Intermezzi

Die Proben laufen für unsere Familienoper: Es wird spannend, lustig und zauberisch bei »Amadis der Ritter«. Wir wollen Euch einen Vorgeschmack auf dieses quietschbunte Opernvergnügen geben. Am Samstag den 7.9. um 10.00 gibt es eine Matinee im Opernhaus, bei der für alle Generationen etwas dabei ist. Kinder können Sänger und unsere Ritter aus der Zukunft kennenlernen, basteln und sich verkleiden; Erwachsene können Einblick in unsere Produktion bekommen und Ausschnitte hören. Thomaskantor Andreas Reize animiert die ganze Familie zum Mitsingen und wir erzählen mit dem Produktionsteam spielerisch die Geschichte vom tapferen Ritter Amadis, seiner Freundin Oriane und den Zauberergeschwistern Arcalaus und Arcabonne

Premieren-Matinée Oper special

Willkommen in der neuen Spielzeit! Wir laden Sie herzlich ein, die Spielzeit mit uns zu starten, der Company bei ihrem täglichen Training zuzusehen und unseren neuen Ballettdirektor Rémy Fichet kennenzulernen.

Auftakt Leipziger Ballett

At the Good Friday Concert 2025 with the Leipzig Opera Children's and Youth Choir and the Musikalische Komödie Orchestra, you can look forward to works by Nico Dostal, Francis Poulenc, Johannes Brahms and excerpts from Martín Palmeri's tango mass »Misa a Buenos Aires« under the motto »The Last Dance«.

In Concert!

In 2025, Leipzig Ballet is once again inviting dance professionals and dance enthusiasts to experience the fascination of dance in the foyers of the opera house. UNESCO established World Dance Day in 1982 to honour dance as a universal language that transcends the boundaries of politics, culture and ethnicity

Welttanztag

»Dearest papa! I cannot write poetically: I am not a poet. I cannot artificially classify the idioms so that they give shadow and light: I am not a painter. I cannot even express my attitudes and thoughts through interpretation and pantomime: I am not a dancer. But I can do it through sounds: I am a musician! «This is how the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart described himself in a letter. And he was a musician through and through from an early age. At the same time, however, he was, besides the much-vaunted child prodigy, simply the "Wolferl", highly gifted, but also with a lot of fun with musical and linguistic jokes. His sister, known as »Nannerl«, observed that this trait persisted into adulthood: »(...) apart from the music he was and almost always remained a child." And now comes "Trazom Suedama Gnagflow", as he called himself in a letter to his mother, to the concert foyer to tell his youngest audience what his many names are all about, to show how he used to do magic with sounds as a child or smear a sandwich on the piano keyboard. But his favorite characters from his operas can also be heard next to curious instruments, like a magical carillon that sounds so wonderful!

Amadeus the Musician

»Either I am terribly mistaken, or ›The Queen of Spades‹ really is the crowning achievement of my life’s work!«, was Peter Tchaikovsky’s verdict on his penultimate opera, which premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg in 1890 and has captivated audiences ever since.

Pique Dame

We are surrounded by clichés, whether we work on them, use them, laugh at them or question them. In this year's issue, we take a trip to the ballet theatre and dig deep into the cliché box: pointe shoes filled with raw meat, catfights, everything is pink and men only wear tights.

Attention! Attention! Cliche

Stand in the ballet hall for once and experience the daily training on your own body. Ballet director Rémy Fichet offers classical training for interested dancers aged 14 and over. Afterwards, we will attend the company's training together.

Training Plus

Two things must be known about Undines, aquatic beings in feminine form; first, they can only attain an immortal soul by marrying an earthly man. Second, if Undine's love is betrayed, she must kill the unfaithful man. When the knight Hugo falls in love with Undine, it seems that happiness is perfect at last, the wedding bells ring, the village rejoices and celebrates. But then Bertalda appears and the lake's water level ominously begins to rise.

Undine

Men are crazy! While the violinist Orpheus immerses himself in his work and escapes into an affair to distract himself from his unfulfilled marriage to his wife Eurydice, the underworld god Pluto takes a liking to her and steals her into his realm – Orpheus is happy to be rid of her! Later, the guardian Styx and the chief god of Olympus, Jupiter, see their chance with Eurydice. And the women? Well, Jupiter’s wife Juno immediately blames her husband for everything, and Eurydice has fun elsewhere until she becomes the plaything of the suitors. At least public opinion is stepping up to the plate and putting the gentlemen in their place. But Eurydice is fed up anyway and would rather have a drink with the Bacchantes. Cheers!

Orpheus in der Unterwelt

To what lengths may a person to go to free themselves from terrible circumstances? The young Katerina, married into wealth yet lonely nonetheless, imprisoned in a mercilessly cold world dominated by men and controlled by its police force, is longing for something more. She is forced to hide her joie de vivre on account of her tyrannical father-in-law, and suppress her desires for love because her husband is impotent and distant. When he is away and the bravado Sergei starts working on the farm, she seems to have found a way out of this dull situation devoid of action. But in the end, four people are dead, including a murderess. Premiered in Leningrad in 1934, the acclaimed opera was intended to further fuel the promising career of the then 24-year-old Dmitri Shostakovich. But one visit to a performance by Stalin was enough for him to suspect the celebrated star of being a potential enemy of the regime. From then on, Shostakovich was forced to live and compose in oppressive fear. Yet where words are forbidden, his musical world simmers, sizzles and lies in wait to explode at the next touch.

Lady Macbeth von Mzensk

Not only for babies, but also for many others, this concert is the ideal opportunity to enjoy classical music - without feeling that you might disturb someone else. So a warm invitation to people who don't want to or can't sit still in the dark. Catering, ample space for strollers and baby changing facilities will also be provided.

listening concert

For several years now, the orchestra of the Musikalische Komödie has been performing the closing concert of the city festival on the stage at Augustusplatz. With soloists and ballet, the people of Leipzig can expect a musical fireworks display of well-known operettas and musicals.

closing concert of the city festival

»Der Rosenkavalier« is a “literature opera”, a disguise comedy, a trial about the transience of time, about holding on and letting go. A work of modern times, which looks back to a completely different time, a homage to an invented past: at times melancholic-lyrical, at times in a waltz beat, at times in a comic parlando

Der Rosenkavalier

In theatre, a Black Box typically describes a simple performance space, usually square, with black walls. It is the simplicity of the space that opens up a multitude of possibilities for stage configuration and, sometimes, audience interaction.

Black Box

On May 10th, there will be an opportunity to get to know the Musical Comedy beyond a performance. Anyone who is interested can finally take a look behind the scenes, get a taste of the stage atmosphere, chat with a member of the ensemble or just be curious about what a theater actually has to offer. Because there is a lot! The doors are open from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and during this time a varied program with various attractions will be offered. There will be a children's play as part of the "Freischütz for Children". You can also attend a stage rehearsal with an orchestra of a current production, watch dancers training, have your makeup done or take part in a tour of the building. Of course, the entire ensemble of the Musical Comedy will also be there and warmly welcome visitors!

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