2016/17 Season - Oper Frankfurt

2016/17 Season
New Productions
Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini
Der Sandmann (The Sandman / first performance in Germany)
Sunday September 18th 2016
Conductor: Hartmut Keil
Director: Christof Loy
Stage Designer: Barbara Pral
Costume Designer: Ursula Renzenbrink
With generous support from the Aventis Foundation
Commissioned by Theater Basel
A production from Theater Basel (World Premiere: October 20th 2012)
Benjamin Britten
Paul Bunyan (first performance in Frankfurt)
Sunday October 9th 2016 (Bockenheimer Depot)
Conductor: Nikolai Petersen
Director: Brigitte Fassbaender
Stage Desinger: Johannes Leiacker
Costume Designer: Bettina Munzer
Friedrich von Flotow
Martha oder Der Markt zu Richmond (Martha, or Richmond Market)
Sunday October 16th 2016
Conductor: Sebastian Weigle
Director: Katharina Thoma
Stage Designer: Etienne Plus
Costume Designer: Irina Bartels
Peter I. Tchaikovsky
Eugen Onegin
Sunday November 20th 2016
Conductor: Sebastian Weigle
Director: Jim Lucassen
Stage Designer: Katja Haß
Costume Designer: Wojciech Dziedzic
Heim.Spiele (Home.Games)
Ensemble Modern@Bockenheimer Depot
Saturday December 3rd 2016 – Thursday January 5th 2017 (Bockenheimer Depot)
Peter Eötvös Der goldene Drache/The Golden Dragon (revival) – Saturday December 3 2016
Steve Reich/Beryl Korot The Cave (first performance in Frankfurt) – Friday December 16 2016
Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians – Sunday December 25 2016
Martin Matalon/Mauricio Kagel Spectacle Spaces (World Premiere/First performance in Frankfurt) – Sat December 31 2016
A co-operation with the Ensemble Modern, at Oper Frankfurt's invitation.
With generous suppport from the Kulturfond Frankfurt RheinMain, the Aventis Foundation,
Deutsche Bank Stiftung, Crespo Foundation, Dr. Marschner Stiftung and other foundations.
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George Frideric Handel
Xerxes (first performance in Frankfurt)
Sunday January 8th 2017
Conductor: Constantinos Carydis
Director: Tilmann Köhler
Stage Designer: Karoly Risz
Costume Designer: Susanne Uhl
Giuseppe Verdi
Ernani (in concert / first performance in Frankfurt)
Friday January 20th 2017
Conductor: Simone Young
Chorus Master: Tilman Michael
Hector Belioz
Les Troyens (The Trojans)
Sunday February 19th 2017
Conductor: John Nelson / Dylan Corlay
Director: Eva Maria Höckmayr
Stage Designer: Jens Kilian
Costume Designer: Saskia Rettig
Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
Sunday March 19th 2017
Conductor: Carlo Montanaro / Simone Di Felice
Director: Hendrik Müller
Stage Designer: Rifail Ajdarpasic
Costume Designer: Katharina Weissenborn
Ernst Křenek
Der Diktator (The Dictator / first performance in Frankfurt)
Schwergewicht oder Die Ehre der Nation (Heavyweight or the Honour of the Nation /
first performance in Frankfurt)
Das geheime Königreich (The Secret Kingdom / first performance in Frankfurt)
Sunday April 30th 2017
Conductor: Lothar Zagrosek
Director: David Hermann
Stage Designer: Jo Schramm
Costume Designer: Katharina Tasch
Claude Debussy
La damoiselle élue (first performance in Frankfurt)
Arthur Honegger
Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher (Joan of Arc at the Stake)
Sunday June 11th 2017
Conductor: Marc Soustrot
Director: Àlex Ollé
Stage Designer: Alfons Flores
Costume Designer: Lluc Castells
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Betulia liberata (Searching for God / first performance in Frankfurt)
Wednesday June 21st 2017 (Bockenheimer Depot)
Conductor: Titus Engel
Director: Jan Philipp Gloger
Stage Designer: Franziska Bornkamm
Costume Designer: Katharina Tasch
Revivals
Georges Bizet
Carmen
Sunday September 4th 2016
Conductor: Mark Shanahan / Sebastian Zierer / Björn Huestege
Director: Barrie Kosky
Stage and Costume Designer: Katrin Lea Tag
With generous support from the DZ Bank
Giuseppe Verdi
Falstaff
Friday September 23rd 2016
Conductor: Julia Jones / Gaetano Soliman
Director: Keith Warner
Stage Designer: Boris Kudlička
Costume Designer: Kaspar Glarner
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin
Friday October 21st 2016
Conductor: Stefan Blunier
Director: Jens-Daniel Herzog
Stage and Costume Designer: Mathis Neidhardt
Giuseppe Verdi
Stiffelio
Saturday October 29th 2016
Conductor: Giuliano Carella
Director: Benedict Andrews
Stage Designer: Johannes Schütz
Costume Designer: Victoria Behr
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberflöte
Sunday November 27th 2016
Conductor: Sebastian Zierer / Sebastian Weigle / Nikolai Petersen
Director: Alfred Kirchner
Stage and Costume Designers: Michael Sowa, Vincent Callara
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Giacomo Puccini
La Bohème
Friday December 2nd 2016
Conductor: Dirk Kaftan / Sebastian Zierer
Director: Alfred Kirchner
Stage and Costume Designer: Andreas Reinhardt
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Ezio
Friday December 9th 2016
Conductor: Simone Di Felice
Director: Vincent Boussard
Stage Designer: Kaspar Glarner
Costume Designer: Christian Lacroix
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni
Friday January 13th 2017
Conductor: Antonello Manacorda / Nikolai Petersen
Director: Christof Loy
Stage Designer: Johannes Leiacker
Costume Designer: Ursula Renzenbrink
Sergei S. Prokofiev
Der Spieler (Igrok / The Gambler)
Friday January 27th 2017
Conductor: Sebastian Weigle
Director: Harry Kupfer
Stage Designer: Hans Schavernoch
Costume Designer: Yan Tax
Claude Debussy
Pelléas et Mélisande
Saturday March 25th 2017
Conductor: Joana Mallwitz
Director: Claus Guth
Stage and Costume Designer: Christian Schmidt
Igor Stravinsky
The Rake’s Progress
Friday March 31st 2017
Conductor: Tito Ceccherini
Director: Axel Weidauer
Stage Designer: Moritz Nitsche
Costume Designer: Berit Mohr
Richard Strauss
Arabella
Saturday May 6th 2017
Conductor: Stefan Soltesz / Sebastian Weigle
Director: Christof Loy
Stage and Costume Designer: Herbert Murauer
In co-operation with Göteborgs Operan
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Richard Wagner
Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Saturday May 20th 2017
Conductor: Sebastian Weigle
Director: David Bösch
Stage Designer: Patrick Bannwart
Costume Designer: Meentje Nielsen
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca
Friday June16th 2017
Conductor: Antonino Fogliani
Director: Andreas Kriegenburg
Stage Designer: Harald Thor
Costume Designer: Tanja Hofmann
Recitals
Andreas Schager tenor
Tuesday October 11th 2016
Johannes Martin Kränzle baritone
Tuesday December 13th 2016
Stéphane Degout baritone
Tuesday January 17th 2017
Lawrence Zazzo countertenor
Tuesday February 28th 2017
Piotr Beczała tenor
Tuesday March 14th 2017
Anna Caterina Antonacci soprano
Tuesday May 9th 2017
Camilla Nylund soprano
Tuesday June 6th 2017
Dagmar Manzel singer
Tuesday June 27th 2017
With generous support from the Mercedes-Benz-Niederlassung Frankfurt / Offenbach
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