Last year, Francisco Negrin’s new production replaced the ancient Joachim Herz staging (1965) of the revision Shostakovich made – Katerina Izmailova – once the original had been banned. Only a few ...

Oper Leipzig has announced it will reopen on Jan. 22. The company noted that it will reopen to the public in accordance with the latest Saxonian pandemic regulations and will offer 500 seats to a ...

In autumn 2023, Oper Leipzig launches an exciting new season spanning classical, experimental and Broadway, planned by Director Tobias Wolff and his team. Under the slogan « Leipzig Dances ! » the ...

Oper Leipzig starts the new season with diversity and new accents. From musicals to world premieres - there are also signs of change backstage. A new General Music Director, a world premiere and a ...

Anticipation levels were high. After three years of preparation, the designated General Director of the Oper Leipzig, Tobias Wolff, together with his artistic management team, introduced his debut ...

Oper Leipzig served up Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen as the closing piece of its Wagner Festtage “Frühe Werke”, as they refer to the composer’s trio of early works here. Nicolas Joël’s production of ...

Opera Leipzig is to become increasingly sustainable in future. "We have set ourselves goals to work in an increasingly climate-friendly way," said Artistic Director Tobias Wolff in an interview with ...

As a writer, Manu mines the depths of the internet for subversive and evocative practices. He holds a Master in Asian Art Histories from LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore. Going beyond his ...

After Leipzig’s sensational production last year of Wagner’s early work Die Feen, the only current staging in opera, I returned to this optimistic German city for Gounod’s Cinq Mars, or here renamed ...

Oper Leipzig has announced that on August 1, 2022, Tobias Wolff will officially take over as Intendant. Wolff has also made a number of new appointments. Wolff announced that Cornelia Preissinger will ...

Oper Leipzig’s 2022/ 2023 season under its new General Director Tobias Wolff will kick off on October 29 with Albert Lortzing’s “Undine”. This also marks the beginning of the major Lortzing cycle, the ...