Opera
Artistic diversity is at the core of opera at Theater Basel. Great classics, from baroque to contemporary, meet new creations and play developments. Directors and conductors with strong artistic signatures shape the program. The opera ensemble, the choir of Theater Basel, the opera studio OperAvenir and guest singers of international caliber can be experienced on all stages of Theater Basel. We work continuously with the various orchestras and sound bodies of the musical city of Basel, such as the Basel Symphony Orchestra, the Basel Chamber Orchestra, the baroque ensemble La Cetra and the Ensemble Phoenix Basel. Artistic director of the opera is artistic director and stage director Benedikt von Peter.
Die Abos für die Spielzeit 23/24 sind im Ticketshop und bei der Billettkasse im Verkauf. Noch unentschlossen? Einen kleinen Wahl-o-mat zur Entscheidungserleichterung und den Überblick über das Angebot finden Sie hier:
For selected opera performances, there are now two exclusive seats in the orchestra pit. Observe the interaction between conductor and musicians and experience the orchestral sound at close range.
- From the third performance onwards for all performances of 'Salome', 'Lady in the Dark', 'Der wunderbare Mandarin / Herzog Blaubarts Burg' and 'Rigoletto'.
- CHF 100.-
- Registration: billettkasse@theater-basel.ch, +41 (0)61 295 11 33 or online
Mediathek
Premieres 22/23
1 hour, 1 artist, 1 classic
«Limitations reveal the master.» Goethe
Hamlet, Käthchen, Othello, Medea. Theater Basel is taking its educational mission seriously. Every month we will be performing a different work of the classical canon. On a specially designed small stage in the foyer. The run time is one hour. Budget-friendly admission. The theatre, ballet and opera departments are also involved in this cross-disciplinary project. Revolving around the most fundamental of all theatre questions: What has it got to do with me?
Debates, discourses, readings, performances, intimate concerts. Theater Basel invites everyone to come along and discuss current issues or experience the talents of in-house or visiting artists on the corner stage of the theatre café.
Opera Director
- Benedikt von Peter (Artistic Director)
- Jean Denes
- Roman Reeger (Head of Dramaturgy)
- Michael Clark (Choral Director)
Dramaturgy
- Roman Reeger
- Meret Kündig
- Niels Nuijten
- Malte Ubenauf (guest)
Musical department
- Hélio Vida (director OperAvenir)
- Thomas Wise (Head of musical department and conductor)
- Nadejda Belneeva (piano for the choir)
- Leonid Maximov (solo repertoire)
- Iryna Krasnovska (solo petition)
Assistant director
- Ulrike Jühe
- Tilman aus dem Siepen
Musical direction
- Ivor Bolton
- Titus Angel
- Jörg Halubek
- Clemens Heil
- Stefan Klingele
- Anda Kryeziu
- Michele Spotti
- Thomas Wise
Director
- Martin G. Berger
- Caterina Cianfarini
- Herbert Fritsch
- Lisenka Heijboer Castañon
- Vincent Huguet
- Christof Loy
- Christoph Marthaler
- Thomas Verstraeten
- Benedict von Peter
Stage/Costumes
- Márton Ágh
- Geraldine Arnold
- Victoria Behr
- Esther Bialas
- Eva Veronica Born
- Barbara Drosihn
- Herbert Fritsch
- Karoline Gundermann
- Sarah-Katharina Karl
- Jannis Varelas
- Thomas Verstraeten
- Anna Viebrock
- Katrin Wittig
- Pierre Yovanovitch
Lighting design
- Tamás Bányai
- David Hedinger
- Susanne Reinhardt
Assistant director and guest assistant
- Caterina Cianfarini
- Louisa Raspé
- Joachim Rathke
- Alba Rownes Selma
Assistant stage manager
- David Mohorič
Video
- Vincent Stefan
- Bert Zander
Sound design/composition
- Tamer Özgönenc
- Anda Kryeziu
Choreography
- Carla vom Hoff
- Marie-Christin Zeisset
Singers
- Tora Augestad
- Karl-Heinz Brandt
- Ronan Caillet
- Nicole Chevalier
- Kyu Choi
- Jason Cox
- Heather Engebretson
- Jasmine Etezadzadeh
- Inna Fedorii
- Christof Fischesser
- Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir
- Evelyn Herlitzius
- Nataliia Kukhar
- Nikoloz Lagvilava
- André Morsch
- Regula Mühlemann
- Andrew Murphy
- Jasin Rammal-Rykała
- Rolf Romei
- Alex Rosen
- Jochen Schmeckenbecher
- David Shipley
- Peter Tantsits
- Pavel Valuzhin
- Hubert Wild
- Adela Zaharia
Dance/Acting/Performance
- Kristian Alm
- Reto Bieri
- Raphael Clamer
- Gorka Culebras
- Bendix Dethleffsen
- Ueli Jäggi
- Wolfram Koch
- Patricia Kopatchinskaya
- Stefan Kurt
- Delia Mayer
- Carla Pérez Mora
- Christopher Nell
- Carol Schuler
- Nicky van Cleef
- Thomas van der Linden
OperAvenir
Choir
- Monika Anderhuber-Lichtenberg
- Ingo Anders
- Victor Andrés Barbagelata Contreras
- Martin Baumeister
- Boguslaw Bidzinski
- Eva Buffoni
- Carmela Calvano Forte
- Nadia Catania
- Stephanie Denzel-Hoffman
- Emily Jane Dilewski
- Giulia Gautschi-Del Re
- Sonja Ilona Goltz
- Piotr Jan Hoeder
- Antoni Kasprzak
- Georgia Knower
- Svetlana Korneeva
- Martin Krämer
- Jacek Krosnicki
- Flavio Fernando Mathias
- Evelyn Meier
- Mkhanyiseli Mlombi
- Doris Monnerat
- Markus Moritz
- Eckhard Otto
- Elisabeth Picello
- Marco Pobuda
- Esther Randegger
- Heike Roggenkamp
- Cécilia Roumi
- Constantin Rupp
- André Nicolas Schann
- Donovan Elliot Smith
- Thomas Trolldenier
- Vladimir Vassilev
- Lisa Westermann (Chorinspizient)
- Frauke Cornelia Willimczik-Mäder
- Vivian Zatta
- Xiaohui Zhang
Opera Choir Academy
- Kathrin Signer
- N. N., N. N., N. N.
Extra Choir
- Rahel Bänziger
- Patrice Battistelli
- Margrit Bietenholz
- Roman Blazejewski
- Cornelia Bühler
- Luis Conte
- Karin Diacon
- Manuela Gaggiotti
- Pamela Herzog
- Ursula Küpfer
- Andreas Laue
- Sylvia Marian
- Claudia Marugg
- Erika Nuber
- Dominik Nüscheler
- Nadja Pecinska
- Maurus Quinter
- Lize Raes
- Karl Rillig
- Alfredo Robles
- Edith Röthlisberger
- Antonie Santschi
- Renata Simon
- Dorothea Steiner
- Mirjam Stritt
- René Tena
- Roger Wirz
- Manfred Zanger