Wagner performances
2007-2008

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Austria

Belgium

France

Germany

Great Britain

Italy

Netherlands

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United States

 

GERMANY

Bayreuth - Richard Wagner Festspiele

Der Ring des Nibelungen

Das Rheingold July 28, August 8, 20, 2008
Die Walküre July 29, August 9, 21, 2008
Siegfried July 31, August 11, 23, 2008
Götterdämmerung August 2, 13, 25, 2008

Parsifal - NEW PRODUCTION
July 25, August 3, 6, 16, 28, 2008

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
July 27, August 4, 7, 15, 19, 27, 2008

Tristan und Isolde
July 26, August 5, 14, 18, 26, 2008

Aachen - Theater Aachen

Der fliegende Holländer
August 26, 28, 30, September 9, 14, 22, 30, October 7, 14, 20, November 2, 25, December 5 2007


Altenburg-Gera
- Landestheater Altenburg/Bühnen der Stadt Gera

Lohengrin
April 25, 2008  (further performance dates to be announced)

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Berlin - Staatsoper unter den Linden

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
meistersinger

March 16, 19, 24, 2008

Daniel Barenboim conducts James Morris, Roman Trekel, Dorthea Röschmann, Burkhard Fritz


Tannhäuser
tannhauser

March 30, April 6, 12, 22, 26, 2008

Philippe Jordan conducts Robert Dean Smith, Roman Trekel, Anne Schwanewilms


Tristan und Isolde
tristan

May 12, 2008

Daniel Barenboim conducts Katharina Dalayman, Peter Seiffer, Roman Trekel

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Berlin - Deutsche Oper

Der fliegende Holländer - New Production
June 8, 12, 17, 21, 29, 2008

Der Ring des Nibelungen

Das Rheingold January 5, 2008
Die Walküre January 6, 2008
Siegfried January 10, 2008
Götterdämmerung January 12, 2008

Mikko Franck conducts Greer Grimsley, Petra Lang, Eva Johannson, Stephen Gould, Matti Salminen

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
meistersinger

February 2, 10, 16, 2008

Peter Schneider conducts Robert Holl, Michaela Kaune, Stig Andersen, Clemens Bieber

Lohengrin
lohengrin

May 10, 16, 20, 25, 2008

Michael Schønwandt conducts Petra-Maria Schnitzer, Stuart Skelton, Sergej Leiferkus, Jane Henschel

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Bielefeld - Theater

Tristan und Isolde - NEW PRODUCTION
May 18, 24, June 1, 8, 21, 2008


Bonn
- Theater

Der Ring - Das Musical - World Premiere
A commissioned work for the Bonn Theater based on the Ring

December 21, 28, 2007; January 9, 24, 26, February 2, 3, 10, March 4, 6, 2008


Braunschweig
- Staatstheater

Lohengrin - NEW PRODUCTION
May 11, 2008
Further performances to be announced


Chemnitz - Opernhaus

Lohengrin
lohengrin

October 6, November 4, 2007; March 22, April 6, May 17, 2008

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Cologne - Oper Köln

Tannhäuser - NEW PRODUCTION
March 15, 23, 28; April 4, 6, 18; May 3, 10, 16, 2008


Darmstadt
- Staatstheater

Parsifal
February 10, 17, March 20, 21, 2008


Dessau
- Anhaltisches Theater

Tristan und Isolde
September 29, November 25, December 15, 2007

Parsifal - NEW PRODUCTION
April 26, May 4, 17, June 21, 2008

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Detmold
- Landestheater

Das Rheingold - NEW PRODUCTION
May 31, 2008
Further performances to be announced


Dresden - Semper Oper
(in English)

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - NEW PRODUCTION
October 14, 17, 20, 24, 27, 31, 2007; June 29, 2008

Fabio Luisi conducts Alan Titus, Endrik Wottrich, Bo Skovus, Camilla Nylund

Der Ring des Nibelungen

Rheingold January 6, 8, 2008
Walküre January 11, 13, 2008
Siegfried January 20, 23, 2008
Götterdämmerung January 27, 30, 2008

Lohengrin
lohengrin

September 23, 30, October 3, 7, 2007
with Robert Dean Smith

Parsifal
March 21, 24, 27, 2008
Peter Schneider conducts Klaus Florian Vogt, Franz Grundheber;


Tannhäuser

tannhauser

June 22, 25, 28, 2008
with Robert Gambill

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Düsseldorf
- Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Tannhäuser (Düsseldorf)
December 16, 22, 30, 2007

Der fliegende Holländer
January 6, 20, 2008 (Düsseldorf)

Parsifal
March 9, 16, 21, 2008 (Duisburg)

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
March 23, 30, 2008 (Düsseldorf)

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Essen - Aalto Musiktheater

Tristan und Isolde
tristan

October 7, 14, 20 2007

Tannhäuser - New Production
March 29, April 4, 6, 12, 17, 23, May 11, 22, June 1, 7, 2008


Eisenach - Landestheater

Tannhäuser
March 23, April 13, May 23, 2008

wartburg

THESE PERFORMANCES TAKE PLACE IN THE ACTUAL LOCATION ON THE WARTBURG!

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Frankfurt - Oper

Tannhäuser

September 9, 20, 23, 29, October 5, 2007

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Hagen - Theater

Tannhäuser
tannhauser
October 3, 12, November 4, 2007; January 18, February 9, 2008


Halle - Oper

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg -NEW PRODUCTION
September 22, October 3, 14, 31, December 1, 25, 2007


Hamburg - Staatsoper

Das Rheingold - New Production
March 16, 19, 24, 27, April 2, 9, 2008

Simone Young conducts with Falk Struckmann

Tannhäuser

December 8, 13, 16, 2007
Peter Schneider conducts John Treleaven and Emily Magee

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Hannover - Staatsoper

Tannhäuser
tannhauser

March 9, 16; May 1, 2008

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Kiel - Opernhaus

Tannhäuser
tannhauser

October 12, 21, 2007


Leipzig - Oper

Rienzi - NEW PRODUCTION
November 13, 16, 18, 21, 24; December 7, 9, 2007

Parsifal
parsifal

March 15, 21, 23, 2008


Lübeck - Theater Lübeck

Das Rheingold
rheingold

September 15, 30, October 14, November 3, 17, December 2, 26 2007;
January 19, 2008

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Magdeburg - Theater

Tannhäuser
tannhauser

October 5; November 3, 2007


Mannheim - Nationaltheater

Der fliegende Holländer - NEW PRODUCTION
April 12, 23; May 6, 25; June 28, 2008


Meiningen - Meininger Theater

Der fliegende Holländer
November 7; December 29, 2007; February 1, 2008


Munich - Bayerische Staatsoper

Der Fliegende Holländer
hollander

September 30, October 5, 9, 2007; May 11, 14, 18, 2008
with Wolfgang Brendel/Alan Titus, Stephen Gould/Robert Dean Smith, Eva Johansson/Anja Kampe

Parsifal
parsifal

March 20, 23, 2008
Kent Nagano conducts


Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

meistersinger

July 31, 2008
Peter Schneider conducts Wolfgang Brendel, Robert Dean Smith, Anja Harteros

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Münster - Städtische Bühnen

Tristan und Isolde - NEW PRODUCTION
March 29, 2008; further performances to be announced


Nürnberg - Staatstheater

Lohengrin - NEW PRODUCTION
May 3, 18, 22; June 1, 8; July 13, 2008

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Stuttgart - Staatstheater

Der fliegende Holländer - NEW PRODUCTION
January 25, 28; February 2, 8, 13, 20, 26; March 19, 24, 28; April 10, 20


Trier - Theater

Die Walküre - NEW PRODUCTION
October 21, 26, 2008 - further performances to be announced


Weimar - Nationaltheater

Die Walküre
walkure

September 29; October 31; November 18; December 30, 2007

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AUSTRIA

Innsbruck - Tiroler Landestheater

Der fliegende Holländer
hollander

December 1, 15, 20, 27, 2007; January 31; February 27; March 27; April 25, 2008

Vienna - State Opera

Die Walküre - NEW PRODUCTION
December 2, 6, 9, 13, 16, 20, 2007

Franz Welser-Möst conducts Nina Stemme, Eva Johannsen, Johan Botha, Juha Uusitalo


Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
meistersinger

January 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 2008
Christian Thielemann conducts Falk Struckmann, Johan Botha, Adrian Eröd, Ricarda Merbeth

Der fliegende Holländer

February 9, 12, 15; April 8, 11, 14, 2008
Ulf Schirmer conducts Nina Stemme, Klaus Florian Vogt, Alan Titus

Parsifal

March 20, 22, 26, 2008
Christian Thielemann conducts Falk Struckmann, Stephen Milling, Thomas Moser, Mihoko Fujimura

Tristan und Isolde

March 24, 28; April 1, 2008
Leif Segerstam conducts John Treavelen, Evelyn Herlitzius, Stephen Milling

Siegfried - NEW PRODUCTION
April 27, May 1, 4, 8, 11, 14, 2008

Franz Welser-Möst conducts Stephen Gould, Deborah Voigt, Juha Uusitalo

Lohengrin

May 22, 25, 28; June 1, 2008
Peter Schneider conducts Klaus Florian Vogt, Angela Denoke, Falk Struckman, Janina Baechle, Kwangchul Youn

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SWITZERLAND

Zürich - Opernhaus

no Wagner this season

Genève - Grand Théâtre

Lohengrin - NEW PRODUCTION
May 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 2008

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ITALY

Milan - Teatro alla Scala

Tristan und Isolde - NEW PRODUCTION
December 7, 11, 16, 20, 23, 28, 2007; January 2, 2008

Daniel Barenboim conducts Ian Storey, Waltraud Meier, Matti Salminen - Patrice Chereau directs

Naples - Teatro San Carlo

Parsifal - NEW PRODUCTION
December 2, 6, 9, 12, 15, 2008

Jeffrey Tate conducts Albert Dohmen, Klaus Florian Vogt, Kristin Sigmundsson, Lioba Braun

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UNITED KINGDOM

London - Royal Opera

Der Ring des Nibelungen

Antonio Pappano conducts Lisa Gasteen, John Tomlinson, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Rosalind Plowright, Emily Magee, Philip Landridge, John Treleaven, Philip Ens


Die Walküre, Act III, 2005

Die Walküre
September 26 (preview)

Siegfried
September 28 (preview)

The Cycles

Das Rheingold October 2, 17, 26, 2008
Die Walküre October 4, 19, 28, 2008
Siegfried October 7, 21, 31, 2008
Götterdämmerung October 9, 24, November 2, 2008

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BELGIUM

Antwerp / Ghent - Vlaamse Opera

Siegfried - NEW PRODUCTION
November 4, 7, 10, 13, 15, 18, 23, 25, 28, December 1 (all performances in Ghent)

Götterdämmerung - NEW PRODUCTION
June 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 2008 (all performances in Antwerp)

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FRANCE

Paris - Opera National de Paris

Tannhäuser - NEW PRODUCTION (co-production with Barcelona Teatro Liceu)
December 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 2007

Pinchas Steinberg conducts Stephen Gould, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Matthias Goerne, Béatrice Uria-Monzon

Parsifal - NEW PRODUCTION
March 4, 7, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 2008

Hartmut Haenchen conducts Waltraud Meier, Alexander Marco-Buhrmester, Franz-Joseph Selig, Christopher Ventris

 

Aix-en-Provence - Festival

Siegfried - NEW PRODUCTION
Aix-en-Provence Festival details to be announced in November

June 28; July 1, 4, 7, 2008
Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic, Ben Heppner, Willard White, Katharina Dalayman

Lyon - Opéra

Siegfried - NEW PRODUCTION (Co-production with Canadian Opera)
October 18, 24, 27, November 10, 13, 2007

lyon_siegfried


Strasbourg - Opéra National du Rhin

Die Walküre - NEW PRODUCTION
April 18, 21, 27, May 2, 6, 2008

(tour to Mulhouse)
May 16, 18, 2008

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NETHERLANDS

Amsterdam - Het Muziktheater

Tristan und Isolde - NEW PRODUCTION
May 6, 10, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28, 2008

Ingo Metzmacher conducts

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SPAIN

Barcelona - Gran Teatre del Liceu

Tannhäuser - NEW PRODUCTION
March 19, 25, 27, 29, 31, April 3, 6, 8, 10, 2008

Pinchas Steinberg conducts Peter Seiffert, Petra Maria Schnitzer, Bo Skovus, Béatrice Uria-Monzon


Sevilla - Teatro de la Maestranza

El Holandés Errante (Der fliegende Holländer)
sevilla_hollander

February 2, 5, 8, 10, 2008


Valencia - Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia

Siegfried - NEW PRODUCTION
June 14, 17, 22, 2008

Zubin Mehta conducts

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SWEDEN

Stockholm - Kungliga Operan

Rhenguldet (Das Rheingold)
stockholm_rheingold

January 5, 23, February 23, 2008

Valkyrian (Die Walküre)
stockholm_walkure

January 12, 26, February 26, 2008

Siegfried
stockholm_siegfried

January 15, 29, March 1, 2008

Ragnarök (Götterdämmerung)
stockholm_gott

September 29, October 3, 8, 19, 2007;
January 19, February 2, March 8, 2008

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UNITED STATES

California - San Diego Opera

Tannhäuser
January 26, 29, February 1, 3, 2008

Christoph Perick conducts Robert Gambill, Camila Nylund, and Petra Lang in the famous Metropolitan Opera settings

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California - San Francisco Opera

Tannhäuser - NEW PRODUCTION
September 18, 23, 26, 29, October 3, 7, 12, 2007

sf_tann

Donald Runnicles conducts Peter Seiffert, Petra Maria Schnitzer, Petra Lang, Eric Halfvarson

Das Rheingold - NEW PRODUCTION (Co-production with Washington Opera)
June 3, 6, 14, 29, 22, 28, 2008

sfo_rheingold

Donald Runnicles conducts Mark Delavan, Jennifer Larrimore, Richard Paul Fink

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Colorado - Opera Colorado

Der fliegende Holländer
April 18, 20, 2008

James Morris sings the title role

 

New York - Glimmerglass Opera

Das Liebesverbot -NEW PRODUCTION

July 19, 22, 28, August 2, 10, 14, 16, 22, 2008

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New York - Metropolitan Opera

Die Walküre
met_walkure

January 7, 14, 28, February 2, 6, 9, 2008
Lorin Maazel conducts Gasteen, Pieczonka, Morris; Donald Runnicles will conduct February 9

Tristan und Isolde
met tristan

March 10, 14, 28, 22, 25, , 28, 2007
James Levine conducts Deborah Voigt and Ben Heppner

 

Washington D.C. - Washington National Opera

Der fliegende Holländer
March 15, 20, 25, 30, April 2, 5, 7, 10, 2008

Heinz Fricke conducts Alan Held and Jennifer Wilson

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