05.07.2025 / Gala, Concert
Festliche Operngala
on the farewell of Christoph Meyer
Dates
19:30 - 22:30
Gala, Concert
Content
Presented by the Friends of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein e.V.
On July 5, 2025, Deutsche Oper am Rhein will bid farewell to its long-standing General Director Prof. Christoph Meyer, who led the two-city institute with its two divisions of opera and ballet from 2009 to 2025, with a grand gala.
More than 40 soloists will take to the stage for his farewell performance, including over 30 members of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein ensemble. Together with numerous guests and the choir of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, they will look back on Christoph Meyer's 16-year directorship - each season will be represented by a title. The musical direction is shared by chief conductor Vitali Alekseenok, Wen-Pin Chien, Antonino Fogliani and Axel Kober; the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker will perform.
You can look forward to excerpts from “Peter Grimes”, “Arabella”, “Der Fliegende Holländer”, “Die Walküre”, “Otello”, “Die Fledermaus” and “Orpheus in der Unterwelt”, among others, and to a reunion with guests and former members of the ensemble who have close ties to the house.
More than 40 soloists will take to the stage for his farewell performance, including over 30 members of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein ensemble. Together with numerous guests and the choir of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, they will look back on Christoph Meyer's 16-year directorship - each season will be represented by a title. The musical direction is shared by chief conductor Vitali Alekseenok, Wen-Pin Chien, Antonino Fogliani and Axel Kober; the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker will perform.
You can look forward to excerpts from “Peter Grimes”, “Arabella”, “Der Fliegende Holländer”, “Die Walküre”, “Otello”, “Die Fledermaus” and “Orpheus in der Unterwelt”, among others, and to a reunion with guests and former members of the ensemble who have close ties to the house.
Musikalische Leitung
Klavier
Cast
Gesang
Eduardo Aladrén, Liana Aleksanyan, Bogdan Baciu, Kimberley Boettger-Soller, Lavinia Dames, Mojca Erdmann, Jorge Espino, Morenike Fadayomi, David Fischer, Daniel Frank, Cornel Frey, Anooshah Golesorkhi, Günes Gürle, Sylvia Hamvasi, Anna Harvey, Stefan Heidemann, Torben Jürgens, Maria Kataeva, Rita Kapfhammer, Brigitta Kele, Anke Krabbe, Hans-Peter König, Katarzyna Kuncio, Sami Luttinen, Thomas Johannes Mayer, Jussi Myllys, Romana Noack, Ovidiu Purcel, Alma Sadé, Adrian Sâmpetrean, Elena Sancho Pereg, Florian Simson, Elisabet Strid, Andrés Sulbarán, Richard Šveda, Anna Sophia Theil, Beniamin Pop, Bogdan Taloș, Jacquelyn Wagner, Michael Weinius, Ramona Zaharia
Orchester
