Theater Dortmund Announces 2025-26 Season, Featuring Asmik Grigorian, Anna El-Khashem & Anna Lucia Richter

Theater Dortmund has announced its 2025-26 season.PremieresJordan de Souza conducts Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” will be showcased in a new production by Vincent Boussard. Mandla Mndebele, Anna Sohn, Sooyeon Lee, Ks.

Morgan Moody, Denis Velev, Maayan Licht, and Samuel Mariño star.Premiere Date: Sept. 21, 2025 & Nov.



22, 2025Mandla Mndebele, Daegyun Jeong, Yeeun Yeo, Sooyeon Lee, and Zicong Han star in Orff’s “Carmina Burana” with Jordan de Souza conducting a concept by Edward Clug.Premiere Date: Oct. 18, 2025“Grease” will star Philipp Büttner, Antonia Kalinowski, Maria-Danaé Bansen, Karen Müller, Friederike Zeidler, Markus Schneider, Pedro Reichert, Julius Störmer, Kelly Panier, David Jakobs, and Mark Seibert.

Stephan Kanyar conducts the production by Gil Mehmert.Premiere Date: Nov. 8, 2025Bianca Mărgean and Asmik Grigorian headline Puccini’s “Turandot” alongside Alfred Kim, Anna Sohn, Denis Velev, and Artyom Wasnetsov.

Jordan de Souza conducts the production by Tomo Sugao.Premiere Date: Nov. 30, 2025Patricia Meeden, Bettina Mönch, Amani Robinson, and Ks.

Morgan Moody star in “A Musical Christmas” with Stephan Kanyar conducting.Performance Dates: Dec. 16 & 17, 2025“Märchen im Grand-Hotel” will be conducted by Koji Ishizaka and directed by Jörn-Felix Alt.

Tanja Christine Kuhn, Fritz Steinbacher, Rob Pelzer, Johanna Schoppa, Matthias Störmer, Ks. Morgan Moody, Nina Weiß, Christian Pienaar, Mario Ahlborn, Min Lee, Daegyun Jeong, and Shinyoung Hwang.Premiere Date: Jan 24, 2026Tchaikovsky’s “Mazeppa” will star Anna Sohn, Mandla Mndebele, Sungho Kim, Artyom Wasnetsov, and Denis Velev.

Jordan de Souza conducts the production by Martin G. Berger.Premiere Date: March 15, 2026The operngala “Mein lieber Schwan” will feature music by Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Arrigo Boito, Charles Gounod, Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, Giuseppe Verdi, Edvard Grieg, Amilcare Ponchielli, and Giacomo Puccini.

Anna Sohn, Alfred Kim, Marcelo Puente, Sungho Kim, Mandla Mndebele, and Artyom Wasnetsov star.Premiere Date: March 29, 2026Denis Velev, Gloria Rehm, Daegyun Jeong, David DQ Lee, Sooyeon Lee, Ruth Katharina Peeck, Sungho Kim, Ks. Morgan Moody, and Nefeli Kotseli star in “WIR (WE).

” Michael Wendeberg conducts the production by Eva-Maria Höckmayr.Premiere Date: May 14, 2026Revivals “Klangstreich” will star Cosima Büsing, Wendy Krikken, and Franz Schilling. Thomas Hannig conducts the production Magdalena Schnitzler.

Revival Date: Sept. 14, 2025-June 26, 2026“Kirsas Musik” will star Franz Schilling, Cosima Büsing, and Wendy Krikken. Michael Shannon conducts.

Revival Date: Sept. 26, 2025Thomas Hanning conducts “Was das Nashorn sah, als es auf die andere Seite des Zauns schaute” with Wendy Krikken, Cosima Büsing, and Franz Schilling.Revival Date: Nov.

10, 2025Cosima Büsing, Wendy Krikken, and Franz Schilling star in “RIESEN RIESELN” with Michael Shannon conducts.Revival Date: Nov. 28, 2025 Wendy Krikken, Cosima Büsing, and Franz Schilling star in “Prinzessin sein? Nein, danke!” Carlos Vázquez conducts.

Revival Date: Dec. 6, 2025“Marie-Antoinette oder Kuchen für alle!” will star Wendy Krikken, Franz Schilling, and Cosima Büsing. Marc L.

Vogler conducts.Revival Date: Feb. 28, 2025“Das NEINhorn” by Michael Essl will star Cosima Büsing, Franz Schilling, and Wendy Krikken.

Jordan de Souza conducts.Revival Date: April 10, 2026Mozart’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” will star Sooyeon Lee, Yeeun Yeo, Sungho Kim, Fritz Steinbacher, Artyom Wasnetsov, and Kristine Stahl. Motonori Kobayashi conduct.

Revival Date: May 28, 2026A revival of “Persona” will be performed by Ruth Katharina Peeck, Anna Lucia Struck, and Marcelo de Souza Felix. Christoph JK Müller conducts.Revival Date: TBDWe DO Opera!“Rudeltanzen” will be revived.

Premiere Date: March 9, 2026“Sing mit uns!” will also be performed as part of “We Do Opera.”Premiere Date: May 23, 2026“Alle reden nur noch von Jamie” will be performed.Premiere Date: June 17, 2026“Tatort: Opernhaus” is final work of the series.

Premiere Date: June 20, 2026Concerts The season will open with open-air concerts.Performance Dates: Sept. 6 & 7, 2025Bach’s “St.

John Passion” will be performed by Kieran Carrel, Anna El-Khashem, Anna Lucia Richter, Michael Nagy, Mandla Mndebele, and Ks. Morgan Moody. Jordan de Souza conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 28 & 29, 2025Bach’s “St. John Passion” will feature soloists Kieran Carrel, Anna El-Khashem, Zohar Fresco, and Taiseer Elias.

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