{"id":1257224,"date":"2026-08-24T10:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/1257224\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T10:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:08:16","slug":"opera-kicks-off-new-season-opening-concert-and-the-ugly-duckling-to-mark-the-start-%c2%b7-leipziger-zeitung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/1257224\/","title":{"rendered":"Opera kicks off new season: opening concert and *The Ugly Duckling* to mark the start \u00b7 Leipziger Zeitung"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verf\u00fcgbar: Zum deutschen Artikel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The summer of 2026 is drawing to a close. Now the major theatres are resuming their programmes. At the Opera House, the start of the season will be celebrated with an open day on Saturday 5 September. Guided tours of the building, technical demonstrations, dance workshops and numerous other activities offer visitors the chance to discover theatre life from new perspectives. As the musical finale to the day, the 2026\/27 opening concert will offer a preview of the coming season.<\/p>\n

The concert will feature excerpts from new productions and revivals, performed by the Gewandhaus Orchestra under the baton of General Music Director Ivan Repu\u0161i\u0107, alongside guests such as Elbenita Kajtazi, Martin Muehle and Lucio Gallo, members of the ensemble and the opera choir.<\/p>\n

The season\u2019s first premiere on 15 September is presented by the Junge Oper Leipzig: \u2018The Ugly Duckling\u2019<\/a> retells the famous fairy tale \u2013 in the Venussaal of the Musikalische Kom\u00f6die. For this, Marko Drechsel, a clarinettist in the Musikalische Kom\u00f6die orchestra, has created a fresh arrangement for string quartet, narrator and dancer.<\/p>\n

The story goes like this: no sooner has it hatched from its egg than a duckling is teased by everyone: they say it is a very ugly duckling. Convinced of this, it finds little joy in life and sets off into the wide world, until it seems almost lost. But as it grows up, it suddenly rediscovers itself.<\/p>\n

Pre-programme<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s actually a programme even before that. In fact, things kick off on Saturday, 29 August, with a guided tour of the opera house \u2013 a lovely opportunity to take a peek behind the scenes. The tour begins at 2 pm.<\/p>\n

And on Thursday 3 September, the Concert Foyer will host the revival of \u2018Hexe Hillary geht in die Oper\u2019 (Hillary the Witch Goes to the Opera), a project by the Junge Oper. Start: 11.00 am.<\/p>\n

Friday 4 September offers a full programme.<\/p>\n

10.00 am: \u2018The Little Mermaid\u2019 at the Musikalische Kom\u00f6die.
11.00 am: \u2018Hexe Hillary geht in die Oper\u2019 in the concert foyer of the Opera House<\/p>\n

And the Leipzig Opera\u2019s Children\u2019s and Youth Choir also has a highlight on the calendar for 4 September: at St Peter\u2019s Church, \u2018Together! Leipzig \u2013 Madrid. Two Choirs. One Sound.\u2019 \u2013 a joint concert with the Madrid Opera\u2019s Children\u2019s Choir \u2013 will take place.<\/p>\n

Revivals of popular productions<\/p>\n

With the revival of \u2018Eurydice\u2019 from 19 September, there will once again be an opportunity to descend into the underworld alongside the Leipzig Ballet and experience limbo as an airport terminal. The modern ballet by Spanish choreographer Fran D\u00edaz, set to music by 20th-century Polish avant-garde composers, left hardly anyone unmoved before the summer break.<\/p>\n

And four of the opera\u2019s audience favourites are returning to the programme to kick off the season: Wagner\u2019s *The Flying Dutchman* on 12 September, Mozart\u2019s *The Magic Flute* on 13 September, Puccini\u2019s *Tosca* on 20 September and Verdi\u2019s *La Traviata* on 25 September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verf\u00fcgbar: Zum deutschen Artikel. The summer of 2026 is drawing to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1257223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[1832],"tags":[3364,29,233392,30,71,83624,859],"class_list":["post-1257224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-leipzig","tag-de","tag-deutschland","tag-english-version","tag-germany","tag-leipzig","tag-opera","tag-sachsen"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@de\/117149938971729994","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1257224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1257223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1257224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1257224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1257224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}