Opera

Artistic diversity is at the heart of opera at Theater Basel. Great classics, from baroque to contemporary, meet new creations and redeveloped pieces. Directors and conductors with their own unique styles shape the programme. The opera ensemble, the Theater Basel choir, the opera studio OperAvenir and guest singers of international renown can be experienced on all the stages of Theater Basel. We collaborate continuously with the various orchestras and ensembles of the musical city of Basel, such as Sinfonieorchester Basel, Kammerorchester Basel, Barockensemble La Cetra and Ensemble Phoenix Basel. The head of opera is the artistic director and opera director Benedikt von Peter.

1 hour, 1 artist, 1 classic
«Limitations reveal the master.» Goethe

Hamlet, Käthchen, Othello, Medea. The theatre department is taking its educational mission seriously. Every month we will be performing a different work of the classical canon. Reworked as a solo performance. On a specially designed small stage in the foyer. The run time is one hour. Budget-friendly admission. The ballet and opera departments are also involved in this cross-disciplinary project within the framework of ‹Klassikermaschine spezial›. Revolving around the most fundamental of all theatre questions: What has it got to do with me?

The night café is legendary. Its new home after 14 November 2020 will be in the recently opened theatre café. Surprise formats of all kinds perform on the newly installed café stage. Every 3rd Friday of the month. At eleven in the evening. Dance, performance, music or show.

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Operndirektion

• Benedikt von Peter (Künstlerische Leitung)
• Jean Denes (Operndirektor)
• Roman Reeger (Leitung Dramaturgie)
• Michael Clark (Chordirektor)

Dramaturgie

• Roman Reeger
• Meret Kündig
• Niels Nuijten

Musikalische Einstudierung

• Hélio Vida (Leitung OperAvenir)
• Thomas Wise (Studienleitung und Dirigent)
• Nadejda Belneeva (Pianistin für den Chor)
• Leonid Maximov (Solorepetitor)
• Iryna Krasnovska (Solorepetitorin)

Regieassistenz

• Caterina Cianfarini
• Ulrike Jühe

Musikalische Leitung

• Tito Ceccherini
• Alessandro De Marchi
• Clemens Heil
• Johannes Keller
• Francesc Prat
• Jonathan Stockhammer
• Hélio Vida
• Thomas Wise

Gastensemble/Musik

• Basler Madrigalisten
• Kammerorchester Basel
• Knabenkantorei Basel
• Mädchenkantorei Basel
• I Musici de la Cetra
• Ensemble Phoenix Basel

Regie

• Caterina Cianfarini
• Herbert Fritsch
• Nikolaus Habjan
• Vincent Huguet
• Susanne Kennedy
• Krystian Lada
• Les Reines Prochaines & Friends
• Thom Luz
• Christof Loy
• Sebastian Matthias
• Simon McBurney
• Benedikt von Peter
• Hubert Wild

Mitarbeit Regie

• Josie Daxter
• Ulrike Jühe
• Ruth Sullivan

Bühne/Kostüme

• Geraldine Arnold
• Victoria Behr
• Nicky Gillibrand
• Didzis Jaunzems
• Michael Levine
• Marion Andrea Menziger
• Bente Rolandsdotter
• Katrin Wittig
• Tina Bleuler
• Jakob Brossmann
• Herbert Fritsch
• Denise Heschl
• Nils Amadeus Lange
• Les Reines Prochaines & Friends
• Olivia Lopez
• Herbert Murauer
• Richard Peduzzi
• Lene Schwind
• Markus Selg
• Murielle Veya
• Natascha von Steiger
• Teresa Vergho

Mitarbeit Bühne

• Andrej Rutar

Lichtdesign

• Stefan Bolliger
• Jean Kalman
• Susanne Reinhardt
• Tina Bleuler

Video

• Finn Ross
• Roderik Biersteker
• Seraphina Schweiger
• Bert Zander

Sounddesign/Komposition

• Gareth Fry
• Nicolas Buzzi vor Fry
• Alexandra Holtsch
• Richard Jansen
• Ida Lundén

Choreographie

• Ixchel Mendoza Hernández
• Salome Schneebeli

Sänger*innen

• Joachim Bäckström
• Derrick Ballard
• Nathan Berg
• Michael Borth
• Noel Bouley
• Katarina Bradić
• Karl-Heinz Brandt
• John Chest
• Nicole Chevalier
• Arthur Espiritu
• Jasmin Etezadzadeh
• Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir
• Kali Hardwick
• Théo Imart
• Kai Kluge
• Stefanie Knorr
• Rainelle Krause
• Les Reines Prochaines & Friends
• Jamez McCorkle
• Vuyani Mlinde
• André Morsch
• Regula Mühlemann
• Andrew Murphy
• Thomas Oliemans
• Günter Papendell
• Ena Pongrac
• Rolf Romei
• Alex Rosen
• Kristina Stanek
• Flurina Stucki
• Peter Tantsits
• Beth Taylor
• Anne Sofie von Otter
• Judith van Wanroij
• Hubert Wild
• Patrick Zielke

Tänzer*innen/Schauspieler*innen/Performer*innen

• Kristian Alm
• Suzan Boogaerdt
• Raphael Clamer
• Diamanda La Berge Dramm
• Stephan Eberhard
• Nicolas Franciscus
• Matilda Gustafsson
• Martin Hug
• Marquis’ McGee
• Ixchel Mendoza Hernández
• Daniele Pintaudi
• Seraphina Schweiger 
• Giulia Tornarolli
• Bianca van der Schoot
• Frank Willens

OperAvenir

• Alex Banfield
• Nataliia Kukhar
• Kyu Choi
• Jasin Rammal-Rykala
• N.N.

Chor

• Monika Anderhuber-Lichtenberg
• Ingo Anders
• Victor Andrés Barbagelata Contreras
• Martin Baumeister
• Boguslaw Bidzinski
• Eva Buffoni
• Carmela Calvano Forte
• Nadia Catania
• Emily Jane Dilewski
• Giulia Gautschi-Del Re
• Sonja Ilona Goltz
• Karin Hellmich
• Piotr Jan Hoeder
• Antoni Kasprzak
• Georgia Knower
• Svetlana Korneeva
• Martin Krämer
• Jacek Krosnicki
• Flavio Fernando Mathias
• Evelyn Meier
• Mkhanyiseli Mlombi
• Doris Monnerat
• Markus Moritz
• Monika Noll-Talenta
• Eckhard Otto
• Elisabeth Picello
• Marco Pobuda
• Esther Randegger
• Heike Roggenkamp
• Constantin Rupp
• André Nicolas Schann
• Donovan Elliot Smith
• Vladimir Vassilev
• Lisa Westermann (Chorinspizientin)
• Frauke Cornelia Willimczik-Mäder
• Vivian Zatta
• Xiaohui Zhang

Opernchorakademie

• Stephanie Denzel-Hoffman
• Emily Jane Dilewski
• Cécilia Roumi

Extrachor

• Rahel Bänziger
• Patrice Battistelli
• Tarik Benchekmoumou
• Margrit Bietenholz
• Roman Blazejewski
• Cornelia Bühler
• Karin Diacon
• Manuela Gaggiotti
• Beat Hediger
• Pamela Herzog
• Ursula Küpfer
• Andreas Laue
• Sylvia Marian
• Claudia Marugg
• Erika Nuber
• Dominik Nüscheler
• Maurus Quinter
• Lize Raes
• Karl Rillig
• Alfredo Robles
• Edith Röthlisberger
• Antonie Santschi
• Volker Scheuber
• Renata Simon
• Dorothea Steiner
• Mirjam Stritt
• René Tena
• Roger Wirz
• Manfred Zanger