Artistic Director of the Saxon State Opera, Nora Schmid, has presented her programme for the upcoming opera and ballet season in Dresden. Audiences can look forward to no fewer than 317 performances, ...

The Semperoper, or Semper Opera House, is a glowing gem in Dresden's historical town center. It's considered one of the loveliest opera houses in Europe. What few people know is that this is already ...

In the current 2023/24 season, the Saxon State Opera Dresden has achieved gross ticket sales of just under EUR 17,690,669 (as of 23 June 2024) for the 249 performances in its core business. This ...

Forty years after Dresden was destroyed in World War II, a key landmark was restored and reopened: the Semperoper Opera House. The world watched as the East German triumph was unveiled. Despite frosty ...

On a cold Halloween night, a treat was found on a stage in Chelsea, where the Dresden Semperoper Ballett made its Joyce Theater debut with an evening of contemporary ballet premieres. The company’s ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Caspar drags a dead body with him to the Wolf’s Glen. As the act begins, he hauls out a knife and hacks off its head.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In what was arguably 2013’s most expensive karaoke night, Renée Fleming read her song texts live from a gigantic TV ...

Rebuilt twice, the timepiece at the Semperoper in Dresden, Germany, also has ties to the luxury brand A. Lange & Söhne. By David Belcher High above the proscenium at the Semperoper opera house in the ...

The Sächsische Staatsoper is known the world over by the name of its architect, Gottfried Semper. The Semperoper is the most important venue of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden and its principal ...