Frankfurt Oper breaks bank with 11 new shows

This is the dazzling roll-out from Oper Frankfurt:

2024/25 Season

New Productions
Hans Werner Henze
Der Prinz von Homburg (The Prince of Homburg)
Sunday September 22nd 2024
Conductor: Takeshi Moriuchi
Director: Jens Daniel Herzog
Set and Costume Designer: Johannes Schütz
Lighting Designer: Joachim Klein
Dramaturge: Mareike Wink

Alban Berg
Lulu
Sunday November 3rd 2024
Conductor: Thomas Guggeis
Director: Nadja Loschky
Set Designer: Katharina Schlipf
Costume Designer: Irina Spreckelmeyer
Lighting Designer: Jan Hartmann
Conceptual collaboration: Yvonne Gebauer
Dramaturge: Mareike Wink

George Frideric Handel
Partenope (first ever performance in Frankfurt)
Sunday November 10th 2024 (Bockenheimer Depot)
Conductor: George Petrou
Director: Julia Burbach
Set Designer: Herbert Barz-Murauer
Costume Designer: Raphaela Rose
Choreographer: Cameron McMillan
Lighting Designer: Joachim Klein
Dramaturge: Zsolt Horpácsy

Giuseppe Verdi
Macbeth
Sunday December 1st 2024
Conductor: Thomas Guggeis / Simone Di Felice
Director: R.B. Schlather
Set Designer: Etienne Pluss
Costume Designer: Doey Lüthi
Choreographer: Gal Fefferman
Lighting Designer: Olaf Winter
Chorus Master: Tilman Michael
Dramaturge: Konrad Kuhn

Albéric Magnard
Guercœur (first ever performance in Frankfurt)
Sunday February 2nd 2025
Conductor: Marie Jacquot / Lukas Rommelspacher
Director: David Herrmann
Set Designer and Video: Jo Schramm
Costume Designer: Sibylle Wallum
Lighting Designer: Joachim Klein
Chorus Master: Tilman Michael
Dramaturge: Mareike Wink

Adolphe Adam
Le Postillon de Lonjumeau
Sunday March 2nd 2025
Conductor: Beomseok Yi / Takeshi Moriuchi
Director: Hans Walter Richter
Set and Costume Designer: Kaspar Glarner
Choreographer: Gabriel Wanka
Lighting Designer: Jakob Bogensperger
Chorus Master: Tilman Michael
Dramaturge: Mareike Wink
A production acquired from Tiroler Festspiele Erl

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Doktor und Apotheker (Doctor and Apothecary)
Saturday March 8th 2025 (Bockenheimer Depot)
Conductor: Alden Gatt / Lukas Rommelspacher
Director: Ute M. Engelhardt
Set and Costume Designer: Kaspar Glarner
Lighting Designer: Jan Hartmann
Dramaturge: Deborah Einspieler

Aribert Reimann
L’invisible (first ever performance in Frankfurt)
Sunday March 30th 2025
Conductor: Titus Engel
Director: Daniela Löffner
Set Designer: Fabian Wendling
Costume Designer: Teresa Vergho
Lighting Designer: Joachim Klein
Dramaturge: Maximilian Enderle

Richard Wagner
Parsifal
Sunday May 18th 2025
Conductor: Thomas Guggeis
Director: Birgitte Fassbaender
Set and Costume Designer: Johannes Leiacker
Lighting Designer: Jan Hartmann
Chorus Master: Tilman Michael
Dramaturge: Konrad Kuhn

Aribert Reimann
Melusine (first ever performance in Frankfurt)
Friday June 6th 2025 (Bockenheimer Depot)
Conductor: Karsten Januschke
Director: Aileen Schneider
Set Designer: Christoph Fischer
Costume Designer: Lorena Díaz Stephens
Lighting Designer: Jan Hartmann
Dramaturge: Maximilian Enderle

George Frideric Handel
Alcina (first ever performance in Frankfurt)
Sunday June 15th 2025
Conductor: Julia Jones
Director: Johannes Erath
Set and Costume Designer: Kaspar Glarner
Lighting Designer: Joachim Klein
Dramaturge: Zsolt Horpácsy