The second opera premiere of the season is “The Abduction from the Seraglio” by Mozart on the program of the Hamburg State Opera.
The fact that there was also some excitement at this date has nothing to do with the corona pandemic, but is due to the fact that the director changed not even two weeks ago.
David Bösch stepped in for the originally committed Paul-Georg Dittrich, who brought Jules Massenet's “Manon” to the stage in January in the house on Dammtorstrasse.
Hamburg - Adam Fischer is the musical director.
Burghart Klaußner (72) makes his debut at the State Opera in the speaking role of Bassa Selim.
The soprano Tuuli Takala embodies the kidnapped Konstanze and the tenor Dovlet Nurgeldiyev the young Belmonte, who tries to free his fiancée Konstanze.
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