Wiener Staatsoper / Vienna State Opera 2024/2025 Season #OPERA

The Wiener Staatsoper has announced and started its 2024-25 season: Anna Netrebko, Lise Davidsen, Sonya Yoncheva, Elīna Garanča, Juan Diego Flórez, Jonas Kaufmann, Asmik Grigorian & Ludovic Tézier lead Wiener Staatsoper’s 2024-25 Season. I’m looking forward to this wonderful new season in Vienna. My highlights, which I’ll try to attend, include Anna Netrebko’s role debut as Lisa in The Queen of Spades and her performance as Ariadne in Strauss’ opera. I also want to see the new productions of Tannhäuser, Iolanta and Don Carlo with the second cast. Elina Garanca as Santuzza and Jonas Kaufmann in Pagliacci promise to be perfect evenings. The full Ring cycle by Wagner with Andreas Schager and Anja Kampe, along with Lohengrin featuring Camila Nylund, is fantastic! Parsifal with Vogt and Arabella conducted by Christian Thielemann... Andrea Chenier, Rosenkavalier, Il Trovatore with perfect casts... Vienna, you have my heart! Here are the premieres: Philippe Jordan conducts Verdi’s “Don Carlo” in a new production by Kirill Serebrennikov. The production stars Asmik Grigorian, Roberto Tagliavini, Joshua Guerrero, Étienne Dupuis, Eve-Maud Hubeaux, and Dmitry Ulyanov. The second cast will include Nicole Car, Elīna Garanča, and Vitalij Kowaljow. Performance Dates: Sept. 26, 2024-March 23, 2025 György Kurtág’s “Fin de Partie” will be conducted by Simone Young and directed by Herbert Fritsch. The production will star Charles Workman, Hilary Summers, Philippe Sly, and Georg Nigl. Performance Dates: Oct. 16-29, 2024 Two casts make up the new production of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte.” The first will star Georg Zeppenfeld, Julian Prégardien, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Serena Sáenz, Slávka Zámečníková, and Ludwig Mittelhammer. The second cast is led by Franz-Josef Selig, Cyrille Dubois, Clemens Unterreiner, Maria Nazarova, Sáenz, and Mittelhammer. Barbora Horáková directs the new production and Franz Welser-Möst and Adam Fischer alternate at the pit. Performance Dates: Jan. 27-May 5, 2025 Bellini’s “Norma” is set to star Federica Lombardi, Juan Diego Flórez, Ildebrando d’Arcangelo, and Vasilisa Berzhanskaya. Michele Mariotti conducts the new production by Cyril Teste. A second cast will include Lidia Fridman and Freddie de Tommaso conducted by Antonino Figliani. Performance Dates: Feb. 22-May 26, 2025 Tugan Sokhiev leads Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta” with Sonya Yoncheva in the title role. Evgeny Titov directs the new production which will also star Ivo Stanchev, Boris Pinkhasovich, and Dmytro Popov. Performance Dates: March 24-April 6, 2025 Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” will be conducted by Philippe Jordan and directed by Lydia Steier. Clay Hilley, Ekaterina Gubanova, Malin Byström, Ludovic Tézier, and Günther Groissböck. Performance Dates: May 22-June 4, 2025 Amazing casts and amazing season! Probably even the best season 2024/2025!