Press

Season break until 14 August 2024 inclusive!

But the opera box office will be open already from 8 August..

The press management will be available again from 12 August.

 

See the review 23/24: audience hits and green initiatives >>>

More Press Releases of the Leipzig Opera

At Oper Leipzig's annual press conference on 8 March 2024, Tobias Wolff and his team  presented personnel news and the premieres of the 24/25 season. >>>

Ivan Repušić, one of the most renowned conductors of his generation, has been appointed as the future General Music Director of Oper Leipzig from the 2025/26 season. >>>

Berlin-born conductor Michael Nündel is to become the new Music Director of the Musikalische Komödie, Oper Leipzig's venue specialising in musicals and operettas. >>>

Yura Yang will be the new First Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Opera and the Gewandhausorchestra next season. >>>

Selection of Press Photos

The following images are available to the media free of charge - if their publication relates to the Leipzig Opera and the copyright is mentioned. Thank you!

Facts and Figures

The Leipzig Opera follows the tradition of over 330 years of musical theatre in Leipzig: in 1693, the first opera house on the Brühl was opened as the third civic music theatre in Europe after Venice and Hamburg. Since 1840, the world-renowned Gewandhaus Orchestra has played for all performances of the opera and the Leipzig ballet. In addition to today's opera house on Augustusplatz, built in 1960, Leipzig Opera includes the Musikalische Komödie, a special venue for operettas and musical. With over 720 employees, it is the city's largest in-house cultural institution and comprises five mainstays: the opera, Musikalische Komödie, Leipzig Ballet, their 360° outreach and educational programme, and the craft studios which work for all of the city's theatres. 
 

Media Contact