- Oper Leipzig
Oper Leipzig is an
opera house andopera company inLeipzig ,Germany .The Leipzig Opera traces its establishment to the year 1693, making it the third opera venue in Europe after
La Fenice (Venice, Italy) and theHamburg State Opera (Hamburg, Germany). The Leipzig Opera does not have its own opera orchestra, and theLeipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra performs as the orchestra for the opera. This relationship dates back to 1766, with performances of theSingspiel "Der Teufel ist los oder Die verwandelten Weiber" byJohann Adam Hiller .The previous theater (the "Neues Theater") was inaugurated on January 28, 1868, with "Jubilee Overture" by
Carl Maria von Weber and the overture for "Iphigénie en Aulide " by Gluck andGoethe 's play "Iphigenia in Tauris".From 1886 to 1888,
Gustav Mahler was the second conductor (Arthur Nikisch was his superior).During an air raid in the night of December 3, 1943, the theater was destroyed (as were all Leipzig's theatres).
Construction of the modern opera house began in 1956. The theatre was inaugurated on
October 8 ,1960 , with a performance of Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg ".In May 2008, the appointments of Alexander von Maravic as Artistic Director ("Intendant") and Peter Konwitschny as principal director of productions at Leipzig Opera were announced. [cite news | author=Peter Korfmacher | title=Chailly hört bei der Oper auf — Verlängerung beim Gewandhaus | url=http://www.lvz-online.de/aktuell/content/63516.html | work=Leipziger Volkszeitung | date=Date|2008-05-27 | accessdate=2008-06-20]
General Music Directors (GMD)
*
Arthur Nikisch (1878)
*Gustav Mahler (1886–1888)
* Otto Lohse (1912)
* Gustav Brecher (1923)
* Paul Schmitz (1932)
* Helmut Seydelmann (1951)
* Paul Schmitz (1964)
*Lothar Zagrosek (1990–1992)
* Jiri Kout (1993)
*Mikhail Jurowski (1999)
*Riccardo Chailly (2005–2008)References
External links
* [http://www.oper-leipzig.de/html/ Oper Leipzig's website]
* [http://www.amadelio.com/amadelio_vlog/archiv/archiv_vlog_rel/vlog_2006_diaz.htm/ Interview with Damien Diaz, Principal Dancer under Uwe Scholz]
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