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Mon
02
Nov
Offenbach

Hoffmanns Erzählungen | Theater Koblenz

Opera
18:00 – 21:30
Production: Offenbach: Hoffmanns Erzählungen
Theater Koblenz | Theaterzelt Greiffenklaustraße 1–3, 56077 Koblenz, DeutschlandMaps
A fantastical opera by Jacques Offenbach · Performed in French with German surtitles

Between romanticism and madness, between heavenly sounds and nocturnal hallucinations, a gripping dynamic unfolds in which art, memory and guilt are inextricably intertwined.
Wed
04
Nov
Offenbach

Hoffmanns Erzählungen | Theater Koblenz

Opera
18:00 – 21:30
Production: Offenbach: Hoffmanns Erzählungen
Theater Koblenz | Theaterzelt Greiffenklaustraße 1–3, 56077 Koblenz, DeutschlandMaps
A fantastical opera by Jacques Offenbach · Performed in French with German surtitles

Between romanticism and madness, between heavenly sounds and nocturnal hallucinations, a gripping dynamic unfolds in which art, memory and guilt are inextricably intertwined.
Sun
22
Nov
Verdi

Don Carlo | Semperoper Dresden

Opera
1st performance
18:00 – 21:50
Production: Verdi: Don Carlo
Semperoper Dresden Theaterplatz 2, 01067 Dresden, DeutschlandMaps
Opera in four acts
With a prologue for orchestra (world premiere) and an interlude for violoncello solo by Manfred Trojahn
Libretto by Joseph Mery and Camille du Locle in the Italian translation by Achille de Lauzieres-Themines and Angelo Zanardini

In Italian with German and English surtitles

Opening night
22 October 2021

Musical direction Marcus Merkel
Production Vera Nemirova
Artistic collaboration with director Sonja Nemirova
Stage design Heike Scheele
Costumes Frauke Schernau
Lighting Fabio Antoci
Choir Jonathan Becker
Video rocafilm
Dramaturgy Kai Weßler

Saxon State Opera Choir Dresden
Saxon State Orchestra Dresden

A co-production with the Salzburg Easter Festival

Filippo II Georg Zeppenfeld
Elisabetta di Valois Angel Blue
Don Carlo Stephen Costello
La Principessa Eboli Yulia Matochkina
Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa Boris Pinkhasovich
Il Conte di Lerma Simeon Esper
La Contessa d'Aremberg Leonie Nowak, Hyunduk Na
Tebaldo Nicole Chirka
Un Araldo reale Jin Yu
Il Grande Inquisitore Taras Shtonda
Un Frate Oleksandr Pushniak
Voce dal cielo Dalia Medovnikov
Deputati fiamminghi Danylo Matviienko, David Roy, Metehan Köklü, Martin-Jan Nijhof, Tilmann Rönnebeck
Fri
27
Nov
Verdi

Don Carlo | Semperoper Dresden

Opera
2nd performance
18:00 – 21:50
Production: Verdi: Don Carlo
Semperoper Dresden Theaterplatz 2, 01067 Dresden, DeutschlandMaps
Opera in four acts
With a prologue for orchestra (world premiere) and an interlude for violoncello solo by Manfred Trojahn
Libretto by Joseph Mery and Camille du Locle in the Italian translation by Achille de Lauzieres-Themines and Angelo Zanardini

In Italian with German and English surtitles

Opening night
22 October 2021

Musical direction Marcus Merkel
Production Vera Nemirova
Artistic collaboration with director Sonja Nemirova
Stage design Heike Scheele
Costumes Frauke Schernau
Lighting Fabio Antoci
Choir Jonathan Becker
Video rocafilm
Dramaturgy Kai Weßler

Saxon State Opera Choir Dresden
Saxon State Orchestra Dresden

A co-production with the Salzburg Easter Festival

Filippo II Georg Zeppenfeld
Elisabetta di Valois Angel Blue
Don Carlo Stephen Costello
La Principessa Eboli Yulia Matochkina
Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa Boris Pinkhasovich
Il Conte di Lerma Simeon Esper
La Contessa d'Aremberg Leonie Nowak, Hyunduk Na
Tebaldo Nicole Chirka
Un Araldo reale Jin Yu
Il Grande Inquisitore Taras Shtonda
Un Frate Oleksandr Pushniak
Voce dal cielo Dalia Medovnikov
Deputati fiamminghi Danylo Matviienko, David Roy, Metehan Köklü, Martin-Jan Nijhof, Tilmann Rönnebeck
Tue
01
Dec
Verdi

Don Carlo | Semperoper Dresden

Opera
3rd performance
18:00 – 21:50
Production: Verdi: Don Carlo
Semperoper Dresden Theaterplatz 2, 01067 Dresden, DeutschlandMaps
Opera in four acts
With a prologue for orchestra (world premiere) and an interlude for violoncello solo by Manfred Trojahn
Libretto by Joseph Mery and Camille du Locle in the Italian translation by Achille de Lauzieres-Themines and Angelo Zanardini

In Italian with German and English surtitles

Opening night
22 October 2021

Musical direction Marcus Merkel
Production Vera Nemirova
Artistic collaboration with director Sonja Nemirova
Stage design Heike Scheele
Costumes Frauke Schernau
Lighting Fabio Antoci
Choir Jonathan Becker
Video rocafilm
Dramaturgy Kai Weßler

Saxon State Opera Choir Dresden
Saxon State Orchestra Dresden

A co-production with the Salzburg Easter Festival

Filippo II Georg Zeppenfeld
Elisabetta di Valois Angel Blue
Don Carlo Stephen Costello
La Principessa Eboli Yulia Matochkina
Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa Boris Pinkhasovich
Il Conte di Lerma Simeon Esper
La Contessa d'Aremberg Leonie Nowak, Hyunduk Na
Tebaldo Nicole Chirka
Un Araldo reale Jin Yu
Il Grande Inquisitore Taras Shtonda
Un Frate Oleksandr Pushniak
Voce dal cielo Dalia Medovnikov
Deputati fiamminghi Danylo Matviienko, David Roy, Metehan Köklü, Martin-Jan Nijhof, Tilmann Rönnebeck
Sat
12
Dec
Puccini

La Bohème | Theater Koblenz

Opera
Premiere
19:00 – 22:00
Production: Puccini: La Bohème
Theater Koblenz Clemensstraße 1, 56068 Koblenz, DeutschlandMaps
Opera by Giacomo Puccini

Four young artists struggle with the question of what is left to live on when creativity brings no income. In art, they find the last place of freedom and independence. They paint, write, compose and philosophise about the big picture and laugh about the hunger they try to conquer every day with wit and wine. But when the poet Rodolfo meets the seamstress Mimì, the dream of a different life becomes tangible and for a moment this life seems limitless.

Puccini's "La Bohème" captures this one happy moment and the tragedy of its transience. Between poetic lightness and ruthless reality, a play about the power and fragility of human closeness emerges.

With its large melodic arcs, intimate ensemble scenes and immediate emotionality, "La Bohème" demands everything from the singers: truthfulness, tenderness and the courage to be simple. The result is an evening of opera that touches us because it reminds us of what unites us all: the need to be seen, loved and understood.

In Italian with German surtitles.

Musical direction: Marcus Merkel
Staging: Inga Schulte
Sun
20
Dec
Puccini

La Bohème | Theater Koblenz

Opera
3rd performance
18:00 – 21:00
Production: Puccini: La Bohème
Theater Koblenz Clemensstraße 1, 56068 Koblenz, DeutschlandMaps
Opera by Giacomo Puccini

Four young artists struggle with the question of what is left to live on when creativity brings no income. In art, they find the last place of freedom and independence. They paint, write, compose and philosophise about the big picture and laugh about the hunger they try to conquer every day with wit and wine. But when the poet Rodolfo meets the seamstress Mimì, the dream of a different life becomes tangible and for a moment this life seems limitless.

Puccini's "La Bohème" captures this one happy moment and the tragedy of its transience. Between poetic lightness and ruthless reality, a play about the power and fragility of human closeness emerges.

With its large melodic arcs, intimate ensemble scenes and immediate emotionality, "La Bohème" demands everything from the singers: truthfulness, tenderness and the courage to be simple. The result is an evening of opera that touches us because it reminds us of what unites us all: the need to be seen, loved and understood.

In Italian with German surtitles.

Musical direction: Marcus Merkel
Staging: Inga Schulte
Fri
01
Jan
Lehár

Die lustige Witwe | Semperoper Dresden

Operetta
16:00 – 19:00
Semperoper Dresden Theaterplatz 2, 01067 Dresden, DeutschlandMaps
Operetta in three acts
Libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein after the comedy L'attaché d'ambassade by Henri Meilhac

In German with German and English surtitles

Premiere
29 November 2026

Musical direction Marcus Merkel
Production Dirk Schmeding
Stage Martina Segna
Costumes Frank Lichtenberg
Lighting Fabio Antoci
Choreography Kerstin Ried
Choir Jan Hoffmann
Dramaturgy Dorothee Harpain
Saxon State Opera Choir Dresden
Saxon State Orchestra Dresden

Baron Mirko Zeta Markus Marquardt
Valencienne Magdalena Lucjan
Count Danilo Danilowitsch Johannes Martin Kränzle
Hanna Glawari Erica Eloff
Camille de Rosillon Mario Lerchenberger
Viscount Cascada Jürgen Müller
Bogdanovich Martin-Jan Nijhof
Njegus Sabine Brohm
Mon
08
Feb
Mozart

Die Zauberflöte | Semperoper Dresden

Opera
1st performance
19:00 – 21:50
Production: Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Semperoper Dresden Theaterplatz 2, 01067 Dresden, DeutschlandMaps
Grand opera in two acts
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder

In German with German and English surtitles

Premiere
1 November 2020

Musical direction Marcus Merkel
Production Josef E. Köpplinger
Stage Walter Vogelweider
Costumes Dagmar Morell
Lighting Fabio Antoci
Choreography Ricarda Regina Ludigkeit
Choir Jan Hoffmann
Dramaturgy Johann Casimir Eule

Saxon State Opera Choir Dresden
Saxon State Orchestra Dresden

Sarastro Tilmann Rönnebeck
Queen of the Night Jasmin Delfs
Pamina Magdalena Lucjan
Tamino James Ley
Papageno Anton Beliaev
First Lady N.N.
Second lady Nicole Chirka
Third lady Michal Doron
Speaker Alexander Grassauer
Papagena Dalia Medovnikov
First priest David Roy
Second Priest N.N.
First Armourer Gerald Hupach
Second armourer Oleksandr Pushniak
Wed
10
Feb
Mozart

Die Zauberflöte | Semperoper Dresden

Opera
2nd performance
19:00 – 21:50
Production: Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Semperoper Dresden Theaterplatz 2, 01067 Dresden, DeutschlandMaps
Grand opera in two acts
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder

In German with German and English surtitles

Premiere
1 November 2020

Musical direction Marcus Merkel
Production Josef E. Köpplinger
Stage Walter Vogelweider
Costumes Dagmar Morell
Lighting Fabio Antoci
Choreography Ricarda Regina Ludigkeit
Choir Jan Hoffmann
Dramaturgy Johann Casimir Eule

Saxon State Opera Choir Dresden
Saxon State Orchestra Dresden

Sarastro Tilmann Rönnebeck
Queen of the Night Maria Perlt-Gärtner
Pamina Magdalena Lucjan
Tamino James Ley
Papageno Anton Beliaev
First Lady N.N.
Second lady Nicole Chirka
Third lady Michal Doron
Speaker N.N.
Papagena Dalia Medovnikov
First Priest David Roy
Second Priest N.N.
First armourer Gerald Hupach
Second armourer Oleksandr Pushniak
Fri
12
Feb
Mozart

Die Zauberflöte | Semperoper Dresden

Opera
3rd performance
19:00 – 21:50
Production: Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Semperoper Dresden Theaterplatz 2, 01067 Dresden, DeutschlandMaps
Grand opera in two acts
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder

In German with German and English surtitles

Premiere
1 November 2020

Musical direction Marcus Merkel
Production Josef E. Köpplinger
Stage Walter Vogelweider
Costumes Dagmar Morell
Lighting Fabio Antoci
Choreography Ricarda Regina Ludigkeit
Choir Jan Hoffmann
Dramaturgy Johann Casimir Eule

Saxon State Opera Choir Dresden
Saxon State Orchestra Dresden

Sarastro Tilmann Rönnebeck
Queen of the Night Maria Perlt-Gärtner
Pamina Magdalena Lucjan
Tamino James Ley
Papageno Anton Beliaev
First Lady N.N.
Second lady Nicole Chirka
Third lady Michal Doron
Speaker N.N.
Papagena Dalia Medovnikov
First Priest David Roy
Second Priest N.N.
First armourer Gerald Hupach
Second armourer Oleksandr Pushniak
Sat
24
Apr
Debussy

Pelléas et Mélisande | Theater Koblenz

Opera
Premiere
19:00 – 22:30
Production: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Theater Koblenz Clemensstraße 1, 56068 Koblenz, DeutschlandMaps
An opera by Claude Debussy

In a gloomy castle realm surrounded by moats, Prince Golaud finds a young woman named Mélisande in the forest. She seems to come from another world; she is reserved and fearful, and has no discernible past.

He takes her with him and marries her, but it soon becomes clear that a quiet bond is growing between Mélisande and his half-brother Pelléas. This affection, which no one speaks of and yet is inevitable, forms the heart of this opera, in which scarcely a word or a gesture goes without resonance.

Claude Debussy chose the genre ‘Drame lyrique’ to describe his work, which premiered in Paris in 1902. With music that tends to revolve around moods and fleeting sensations, *Pelléas et Mélisande* is entirely devoted to the inner lives of its characters. Sound replaces explanation.

The result is an evening of opera in which time does not pass linearly, but rather overlaps in memories, the present and premonitions. ‘Pelléas et Mélisande’, this musical and theatrical study of the ephemeral, will enrich the musical theatre programme for the 2026/2027 season with a special event, more than 70 years after its last performance in Koblenz.

Performed in French with German surtitles.

Conductor: Marcus Merkel
Director: Elmar Goerden
Sun
02
May
Debussy

Pelléas et Mélisande | Theater Koblenz

Opera
2nd performance
18:00 – 21:30
Production: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Theater Koblenz Clemensstraße 1, 56068 Koblenz, DeutschlandMaps
An opera by Claude Debussy

In a gloomy castle realm surrounded by moats, Prince Golaud finds a young woman named Mélisande in the forest. She seems to come from another world; she is reserved and fearful, and has no discernible past.

He takes her with him and marries her, but it soon becomes clear that a quiet bond is growing between Mélisande and his half-brother Pelléas. This affection, which no one speaks of and yet is inevitable, forms the heart of this opera, in which scarcely a word or a gesture goes without resonance.

Claude Debussy chose the genre ‘Drame lyrique’ to describe his work, which premiered in Paris in 1902. With music that tends to revolve around moods and fleeting sensations, *Pelléas et Mélisande* is entirely devoted to the inner lives of its characters. Sound replaces explanation.

The result is an evening of opera in which time does not pass linearly, but rather overlaps in memories, the present and premonitions. ‘Pelléas et Mélisande’, this musical and theatrical study of the ephemeral, will enrich the musical theatre programme for the 2026/2027 season with a special event, more than 70 years after its last performance in Koblenz.

Performed in French with German surtitles.

Conductor: Marcus Merkel
Director: Elmar Goerden
Sat
15
May
Debussy

Pelléas et Mélisande | Theater Koblenz

Opera
4th performance
19:00 – 22:30
Production: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Theater Koblenz Clemensstraße 1, 56068 Koblenz, DeutschlandMaps
An opera by Claude Debussy

In a gloomy castle realm surrounded by moats, Prince Golaud finds a young woman named Mélisande in the forest. She seems to come from another world; she is reserved and fearful, and has no discernible past.

He takes her with him and marries her, but it soon becomes clear that a quiet bond is growing between Mélisande and his half-brother Pelléas. This affection, which no one speaks of and yet is inevitable, forms the heart of this opera, in which scarcely a word or a gesture goes without resonance.

Claude Debussy chose the genre ‘Drame lyrique’ to describe his work, which premiered in Paris in 1902. With music that tends to revolve around moods and fleeting sensations, *Pelléas et Mélisande* is entirely devoted to the inner lives of its characters. Sound replaces explanation.

The result is an evening of opera in which time does not pass linearly, but rather overlaps in memories, the present and premonitions. ‘Pelléas et Mélisande’, this musical and theatrical study of the ephemeral, will enrich the musical theatre programme for the 2026/2027 season with a special event, more than 70 years after its last performance in Koblenz.

Performed in French with German surtitles.

Conductor: Marcus Merkel
Director: Elmar Goerden
Mon
17
May
Debussy

Pelléas et Mélisande | Theater Koblenz

Opera
5th performance
18:00 – 21:30
Production: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Theater Koblenz Clemensstraße 1, 56068 Koblenz, DeutschlandMaps
An opera by Claude Debussy

In a gloomy castle realm surrounded by moats, Prince Golaud finds a young woman named Mélisande in the forest. She seems to come from another world; she is reserved and fearful, and has no discernible past.

He takes her with him and marries her, but it soon becomes clear that a quiet bond is growing between Mélisande and his half-brother Pelléas. This affection, which no one speaks of and yet is inevitable, forms the heart of this opera, in which scarcely a word or a gesture goes without resonance.

Claude Debussy chose the genre ‘Drame lyrique’ to describe his work, which premiered in Paris in 1902. With music that tends to revolve around moods and fleeting sensations, *Pelléas et Mélisande* is entirely devoted to the inner lives of its characters. Sound replaces explanation.

The result is an evening of opera in which time does not pass linearly, but rather overlaps in memories, the present and premonitions. ‘Pelléas et Mélisande’, this musical and theatrical study of the ephemeral, will enrich the musical theatre programme for the 2026/2027 season with a special event, more than 70 years after its last performance in Koblenz.

Performed in French with German surtitles.

Conductor: Marcus Merkel
Director: Elmar Goerden
Thu
20
May
Debussy

Pelléas et Mélisande | Theater Koblenz

Opera
6th performance
19:00 – 22:30
Production: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Theater Koblenz Clemensstraße 1, 56068 Koblenz, DeutschlandMaps
An opera by Claude Debussy

In a gloomy castle realm surrounded by moats, Prince Golaud finds a young woman named Mélisande in the forest. She seems to come from another world; she is reserved and fearful, and has no discernible past.

He takes her with him and marries her, but it soon becomes clear that a quiet bond is growing between Mélisande and his half-brother Pelléas. This affection, which no one speaks of and yet is inevitable, forms the heart of this opera, in which scarcely a word or a gesture goes without resonance.

Claude Debussy chose the genre ‘Drame lyrique’ to describe his work, which premiered in Paris in 1902. With music that tends to revolve around moods and fleeting sensations, *Pelléas et Mélisande* is entirely devoted to the inner lives of its characters. Sound replaces explanation.

The result is an evening of opera in which time does not pass linearly, but rather overlaps in memories, the present and premonitions. ‘Pelléas et Mélisande’, this musical and theatrical study of the ephemeral, will enrich the musical theatre programme for the 2026/2027 season with a special event, more than 70 years after its last performance in Koblenz.

Performed in French with German surtitles.

Conductor: Marcus Merkel
Director: Elmar Goerden
Fri
21
May
Strauss

Der Rosenkavalier | Theater Koblenz

Opera
Premiere
18:00 – 22:00
Production: Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Theater Koblenz Clemensstraße 1, 56068 Koblenz, DeutschlandMaps
Comedy for music by Richard Strauss

A morning in Vienna: Field Marshal Princess Werdenberg wakes up after a romantic night with her young lover Octavian. But the fleeting magic of the moment vanishes as soon as it has begun. Everyday life, society and the order of things catch up with her. Her self-satisfied cousin Baron Ochs bursts in and asks her to find him a messenger for his planned engagement. On a whim, the marshal suggests Octavian of all people. When he later presents the young Sophie with the silver rose, the moment becomes a revelation: two people meet and everything shifts. Future, expectation, love.

Behind this elegant comedy of masquerades and social ceremonial, a painfully beautiful reflection on the transience of time unfolds. The Marschallin knows that nothing is permanent: not youth, not love, not the splendour of an era. She senses how life is changing while she is still trying to hold on to it.

Thus, "Der Rosenkavalier" tells of the impossible and the irretrievable, and it is precisely in this that a special realisation can be found: life only gains depth through what we are prepared to let go of.

Richard Strauss and his librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal create a world that begins to melt from its own excess. In their music, the moment expands until it becomes timeless - like the essence of a love that fades and yet remains like the scent of a rose.

Musical direction: Marcus Merkel
Staging: Markus Dietze
Sun
23
May
Strauss

Der Rosenkavalier | Theater Koblenz

Opera
2nd performance
15:00 – 19:00
Production: Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Theater Koblenz Clemensstraße 1, 56068 Koblenz, DeutschlandMaps
Comedy for music by Richard Strauss

A morning in Vienna: Field Marshal Princess Werdenberg wakes up after a romantic night with her young lover Octavian. But the fleeting magic of the moment vanishes as soon as it has begun. Everyday life, society and the order of things catch up with her. Her self-satisfied cousin Baron Ochs bursts in and asks her to find him a messenger for his planned engagement. On a whim, the marshal suggests Octavian of all people. When he later presents the young Sophie with the silver rose, the moment becomes a revelation: two people meet and everything shifts. Future, expectation, love.

Behind this elegant comedy of masquerades and social ceremonial, a painfully beautiful reflection on the transience of time unfolds. The Marschallin knows that nothing is permanent: not youth, not love, not the splendour of an era. She senses how life is changing while she is still trying to hold on to it.

Thus, "Der Rosenkavalier" tells of the impossible and the irretrievable, and it is precisely in this that a special realisation can be found: life only gains depth through what we are prepared to let go of.

Richard Strauss and his librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal create a world that begins to melt from its own excess. In their music, the moment expands until it becomes timeless - like the essence of a love that fades and yet remains like the scent of a rose.

Musical direction: Marcus Merkel
Staging: Markus Dietze
Thu
27
May
Strauss

Der Rosenkavalier | Theater Koblenz

Opera
3rd performance
18:00 – 22:00
Production: Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Theater Koblenz Clemensstraße 1, 56068 Koblenz, DeutschlandMaps
Comedy for music by Richard Strauss

A morning in Vienna: Field Marshal Princess Werdenberg wakes up after a romantic night with her young lover Octavian. But the fleeting magic of the moment vanishes as soon as it has begun. Everyday life, society and the order of things catch up with her. Her self-satisfied cousin Baron Ochs bursts in and asks her to find him a messenger for his planned engagement. On a whim, the marshal suggests Octavian of all people. When he later presents the young Sophie with the silver rose, the moment becomes a revelation: two people meet and everything shifts. Future, expectation, love.

Behind this elegant comedy of masquerades and social ceremonial, a painfully beautiful reflection on the transience of time unfolds. The Marschallin knows that nothing is permanent: not youth, not love, not the splendour of an era. She senses how life is changing while she is still trying to hold on to it.

Thus, "Der Rosenkavalier" tells of the impossible and the irretrievable, and it is precisely in this that a special realisation can be found: life only gains depth through what we are prepared to let go of.

Richard Strauss and his librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal create a world that begins to melt from its own excess. In their music, the moment expands until it becomes timeless - like the essence of a love that fades and yet remains like the scent of a rose.

Musical direction: Marcus Merkel
Staging: Markus Dietze
Thu
10
Jun
Strauss

Der Rosenkavalier | Theater Koblenz

Opera
5th performance
18:00 – 22:00
Production: Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Theater Koblenz Clemensstraße 1, 56068 Koblenz, DeutschlandMaps
Comedy for music by Richard Strauss

A morning in Vienna: Field Marshal Princess Werdenberg wakes up after a romantic night with her young lover Octavian. But the fleeting magic of the moment vanishes as soon as it has begun. Everyday life, society and the order of things catch up with her. Her self-satisfied cousin Baron Ochs bursts in and asks her to find him a messenger for his planned engagement. On a whim, the marshal suggests Octavian of all people. When he later presents the young Sophie with the silver rose, the moment becomes a revelation: two people meet and everything shifts. Future, expectation, love.

Behind this elegant comedy of masquerades and social ceremonial, a painfully beautiful reflection on the transience of time unfolds. The Marschallin knows that nothing is permanent: not youth, not love, not the splendour of an era. She senses how life is changing while she is still trying to hold on to it.

Thus, "Der Rosenkavalier" tells of the impossible and the irretrievable, and it is precisely in this that a special realisation can be found: life only gains depth through what we are prepared to let go of.

Richard Strauss and his librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal create a world that begins to melt from its own excess. In their music, the moment expands until it becomes timeless - like the essence of a love that fades and yet remains like the scent of a rose.

Musical direction: Marcus Merkel
Staging: Markus Dietze
Fri
11
Jun
Debussy

Pelléas et Mélisande | Theater Koblenz

Opera
9th performance
19:00 – 22:30
Production: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Theater Koblenz Clemensstraße 1, 56068 Koblenz, DeutschlandMaps
An opera by Claude Debussy

In a gloomy castle realm surrounded by moats, Prince Golaud finds a young woman named Mélisande in the forest. She seems to come from another world; she is reserved and fearful, and has no discernible past.

He takes her with him and marries her, but it soon becomes clear that a quiet bond is growing between Mélisande and his half-brother Pelléas. This affection, which no one speaks of and yet is inevitable, forms the heart of this opera, in which scarcely a word or a gesture goes without resonance.

Claude Debussy chose the genre ‘Drame lyrique’ to describe his work, which premiered in Paris in 1902. With music that tends to revolve around moods and fleeting sensations, *Pelléas et Mélisande* is entirely devoted to the inner lives of its characters. Sound replaces explanation.

The result is an evening of opera in which time does not pass linearly, but rather overlaps in memories, the present and premonitions. ‘Pelléas et Mélisande’, this musical and theatrical study of the ephemeral, will enrich the musical theatre programme for the 2026/2027 season with a special event, more than 70 years after its last performance in Koblenz.

Performed in French with German surtitles.

Conductor: Marcus Merkel
Director: Elmar Goerden
Sat
12
Jun
Strauss

Der Rosenkavalier | Theater Koblenz

Opera
6th performance
18:00 – 22:00
Production: Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Theater Koblenz Clemensstraße 1, 56068 Koblenz, DeutschlandMaps
Comedy for music by Richard Strauss

A morning in Vienna: Field Marshal Princess Werdenberg wakes up after a romantic night with her young lover Octavian. But the fleeting magic of the moment vanishes as soon as it has begun. Everyday life, society and the order of things catch up with her. Her self-satisfied cousin Baron Ochs bursts in and asks her to find him a messenger for his planned engagement. On a whim, the marshal suggests Octavian of all people. When he later presents the young Sophie with the silver rose, the moment becomes a revelation: two people meet and everything shifts. Future, expectation, love.

Behind this elegant comedy of masquerades and social ceremonial, a painfully beautiful reflection on the transience of time unfolds. The Marschallin knows that nothing is permanent: not youth, not love, not the splendour of an era. She senses how life is changing while she is still trying to hold on to it.

Thus, "Der Rosenkavalier" tells of the impossible and the irretrievable, and it is precisely in this that a special realisation can be found: life only gains depth through what we are prepared to let go of.

Richard Strauss and his librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal create a world that begins to melt from its own excess. In their music, the moment expands until it becomes timeless - like the essence of a love that fades and yet remains like the scent of a rose.

Musical direction: Marcus Merkel
Staging: Markus Dietze
Tue
15
Jun
Strauss

Der Rosenkavalier | Theater Koblenz

Opera
7th performance
18:00 – 22:00
Production: Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Theater Koblenz Clemensstraße 1, 56068 Koblenz, DeutschlandMaps
Comedy for music by Richard Strauss

A morning in Vienna: Field Marshal Princess Werdenberg wakes up after a romantic night with her young lover Octavian. But the fleeting magic of the moment vanishes as soon as it has begun. Everyday life, society and the order of things catch up with her. Her self-satisfied cousin Baron Ochs bursts in and asks her to find him a messenger for his planned engagement. On a whim, the marshal suggests Octavian of all people. When he later presents the young Sophie with the silver rose, the moment becomes a revelation: two people meet and everything shifts. Future, expectation, love.

Behind this elegant comedy of masquerades and social ceremonial, a painfully beautiful reflection on the transience of time unfolds. The Marschallin knows that nothing is permanent: not youth, not love, not the splendour of an era. She senses how life is changing while she is still trying to hold on to it.

Thus, "Der Rosenkavalier" tells of the impossible and the irretrievable, and it is precisely in this that a special realisation can be found: life only gains depth through what we are prepared to let go of.

Richard Strauss and his librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal create a world that begins to melt from its own excess. In their music, the moment expands until it becomes timeless - like the essence of a love that fades and yet remains like the scent of a rose.

Musical direction: Marcus Merkel
Staging: Markus Dietze
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