Classical

7.30 pm

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni

Dramma giocoso in two acts | Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte | In Italian with German surtitles | Playing time approx. 3 hours | One interval

It is considered the “opera of all operas”. The seducer of all seducers is up to mischief again: In the dramma giocoso by Mozart and his congenial librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, the audience witnesses the downfall of the libertine Don Giovanni, who unwaveringly pursues quick sex and great pleasure to the brink of the grave. His irrepressible desire for the big life finds its counterpart in Mozart's music.

There are 50 seats available for WGT visitors. Reservations are not possible!

22.00

Choral concert: Nachtgesang 63 with the MDR Radio Choir, Conductor: Florian Helgath

Vocal works by Henry Purcell, Krzysztof Penderecki, Galina Grigorjeva, Alec Roth, Ingvar Lidholm and Frank Martin will be performed.

18.00

Chamber music concert:
“Black Stories of Music” - From Schubert's skull and Webern's cigar

This chamber music performance with the Gewandhaus Quartet includes Anton Webern’s “Slow Movement for Strings” and Franz Schubert’s “String Quartet in G major D 887”. Gewandhaus composer Thomas Adès will also make a guest appearance. He will accompany the quartet of Gewandhaus musicians on the piano in the quintet he composed.

Afterwards (in German):
How does the thought of one's own mortality influence creative work and composing? What myths exist about the death of composers? What exactly is the “immortal” in music? Together with grief counselor Isabell Meyer-Kalis, we approach these topics and uncover posthumous composers' careers.

There are 100 places available for WGT visitors. Reservations are not possible.

22.30

Concert: “Curlew River” – A Parable for Church Performance by Benjamin Britten

Production: Landesbühnen Sachsen in cooperation with the Wave-Gotik-Treffen, including the Ensemble Nobiles and the Elbland Philharmonie Sachsen

Admission with WGT wristband or with separate tickets available at the box office or in advance in Leipzig at Musikalienhandlung Oelsner or in the MDR ticket store (Hainstr. 1)

19.00

Concert: Petra Hermanova (CZ) - “In Death's Eyes”
The music of Czech singer, composer and musician Petra Hermanova moves between vocals and heavy, distorted drones. The artist uses autoharp, voice and pipe organ with techniques from folk and sacred traditions to explore the spiritual and earthly dimensions of devastating loss and grief. At the WGT, Petra Hermanova will perform together with two instrumentalists and improvisers: Denny Wilke on the electric organ and Jon Eirik Boska on drums.

21.00

Concert with the Canzonetta Chamber Choir Leipzig: “Nordic Lights”
Vocal works by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger, Wilhelm Weismann, Sergei Rachmaninov, Rihards Dubra, Ola Gjeilo, John Tavener, Franz Biebl, Arvo Pärt, Orlando Gibbons, Christian Lahusen and Samuel Barber will be performed, as well as some Norwegian encores.

Conductor: Gudrun Hartmann
Baritone solo: Stefan Hellem

15.00 (14.30 introduction in the Venussaal)

“The Producers” - a Mel Brooks musical

Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan | Music and vocal lyrics by Mel Brooks | Original direction and choreography by Susan Stroman | In agreement with StudioCanal | German by Nina Schneider | Duration: approx. 3h

The musical by Mel Brooks is not only a parody of Hitler and the National Socialists, but also of show business and captivates with bitter humor that pushes the boundaries of good taste.

There are 50 seats available for WGT visitors. Reservations are not possible

17.00

Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto

Opera in three acts | Text by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the verse drama “Le roi s'amuse” (1832) by Victor Hugo | In Italian. With German surtitles | Playing time approx. 3 hours | Two intermissions

Rigoletto has nothing to laugh about: As court jester to the notorious womanizer Duke of Mantua, he regularly mocks his master's numerous victims for the amusement of the court - until one day it is his own daughter Gilda who falls into the Duke's clutches. Inspired by Victor Hugo’s drama “Le roi s'amuse”, Verdi put a timeless opera classic on paper with “Rigoletto”.

There are 150 seats available for WGT visitors. Reservations are not possible!

16.00 in the Main Chapel

Choral Concert in the main chapel for Pentecost with the Männerchor Leipzig-Nord (men’s choir)
Conductor: Matthias Domsgen

The program includes works by Michael Praetorius, Anton Bruckner, Franz Schubert and Max Reger as well as some folk songs.

19.30

Concert: “The Lord of the Rings in concert”
Hubertus Schmidt - trombone, Karl Joseph Eckel - electric organ, Ivo Nitschke - percussion

Hubertus Schmidt has brought the epochal film music cycle “The Lord of the Rings” back to the classical version for his trio of trombone, organ and percussion. Together with a new grandmaster on the organ, Karl Joseph Eckel, and the expert for medieval percussion instruments Ivo Nitschke, our protagonist and solo trombonist Hubertus Schmidt once again presents a refreshed version of the great musical cycle “The Lord of the Rings”. Together on Whitsun Sunday, let us set the last hellhound hidden in the vault to flight with musical power. A new age for Middle-earth begins!

15.00

The Little Prince

Ballet by Bryan Arias | Music by Helge Burggrabe (Human Suite), Milana Zilnik, Ralph Vaughan Williams and others | Duration approx. 2 1/4 hours | One intermission

The Little Prince's appeal has been boundless since 1943: Over 200 million copies of this enchanting story by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry for children and adults have been sold worldwide, and countless versions for film, television, radio and theater have been created. Together with the Puerto Rican choreographer and Faust Prize winner Bryan Arias, the Leipzig Ballet reinterprets this plea for friendship and humanity. Travel and dream with us!

There are 150 seats available for WGT visitors. Reservations are not possible!