Vita
Der Opernchor der Bühnen der Stadt Köln besteht seit fast 200 Jahren als Berufschor. Als Leiter des Chores waren, meist in wechselnder Reihenfolge, der erste und zweite Kapellmeister für je ein Jahr zuständig. Erst vor ca. 100 Jahren wurde das Amt des Chordirektors eingeführt, der für die Einstudierungen des Chores verantwortlich ist. Die große Zeit des Chores begann mit dem Chordirektor Peter Hammers, der das Ensemble von 1936 bis 1948 leitete. Ihm folgte Heinz Kellers. 1959 übernahm Hans Wolfgang Schmitz die Leitung und machte den Opernchor durch Rundfunk- und Fernsehaufnahmen, Schallplatteneinspielungen und Gastauftritte über die Grenzen Kölns hinaus bekannt. Hans Wolfgang Schmitz und seinem Nachfolger Albert Limbach stand über 30 Jahre (bis 2006) Horst Meinardus als stellvertretender Chordirektor zur Seite, der in diesem Amt eigene Einstudierungen übernahm.
Von 1992 bis 2005 war Albert Limbach Chordirektor des Opernchores. Unter den zahlreichen Aufführungen seiner Zeit sind besonders Luigi Nonos »Intolleranza« und Peter Ruzickas »Celan« hervorzuheben. 2005 übergab er sein Amt an Andrew Ollivant. Das breitgefächerte Repertoire und die regelmäßigen Aufführungen zeitgenössischer Werke zeigen die hohe musikalische und klangliche Flexibilität, die der Opernchor unter seiner Leitung entwickeln konnte.
Seit der Spielzeit 2018.19 ist Rustam Samedov Chordirektor des Opernchores.
Events with Chor der Oper Köln
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22 Sun / dec 24StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. / revival / 15 € - 110 €
La BohèmeGiacomo Puccini
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25 Wed / dec 24StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. / 15 € - 110 €
La BohèmeGiacomo Puccini
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27 Fri / dec 24StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. / 15 € - 110 €
La BohèmeGiacomo Puccini
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29 Sun / dec 24StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. / 15 € - 110 €
La BohèmeGiacomo Puccini
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31 Tue / dec 24StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. / 15 € - 110 €
La BohèmeGiacomo Puccini
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02 Thu / jan 25StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. / 15 € - 95 €
La BohèmeGiacomo Puccini
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04 Sat / jan 25StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. / 15 € - 110 €
La BohèmeGiacomo Puccini
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08 Wed / jan 25StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. / 15 € - 95 €
La BohèmeGiacomo Puccini
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10 Fri / jan 25StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. / 15 € - 110 €
La BohèmeGiacomo Puccini
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15 Wed / jan 25StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. / Last performance / 15 € - 95 €
La BohèmeGiacomo Puccini
Past events
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StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 4:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. / P / premiere / 20 € - 140 €
DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN+ Einführung
Opera in three acts by Richard Strauss
Text by Hugo von Hofmannsthal -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 6:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. / P2 / 15 € - 95 €
DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN+ Einführung
Opera in three acts by Richard Strauss
Text by Hugo von Hofmannsthal -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 6:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. / Sam / 15 € - 110 €
DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN+ Einführung
Opera in three acts by Richard Strauss
Text by Hugo von Hofmannsthal -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 6:00 p.m. – 9:20 p.m. / revival / 15 € - 110 €
COSÌ FAN TUTTEDramma giocoso in two acts
Text by Lorenzo da Ponte -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:50 p.m. / 15 € - 95 €
COSÌ FAN TUTTEDramma giocoso in two acts
Text by Lorenzo da Ponte -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 6:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. / Fr. / 15 € - 110 €
DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN+ Einführung
Opera in three acts by Richard Strauss
Text by Hugo von Hofmannsthal -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 4:00 p.m. – 7:20 p.m. / 15 € - 110 €
COSÌ FAN TUTTEDramma giocoso in two acts
Text by Lorenzo da Ponte -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 5:00 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. / So. / 15 € - 110 €
DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN+ Einführung | + Nachgespräch
Opera in three acts by Richard Strauss
Text by Hugo von Hofmannsthal -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:50 p.m. / Last performance / 15 € - 95 €
COSÌ FAN TUTTEDramma giocoso in two acts
Text by Lorenzo da Ponte -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 4:00 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. / SoN / 15 € - 110 €
DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN+ Einführung
Opera in three acts by Richard Strauss
Text by Hugo von Hofmannsthal -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 6:00 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. / WoG / Last performance / 15 € - 110 €
DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN+ Einführung
Opera in three acts by Richard Strauss
Text by Hugo von Hofmannsthal -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 6:00 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. / revival / 15 € - 110 €
PETER GRIMES+ Einführung
Opera in three acts and a prologue
Libretto by Montague Slater -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:45 p.m. / 15 € - 95 €
PETER GRIMES+ Einführung
Opera in three acts and a prologue
Libretto by Montague Slater -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:45 p.m. / 15 € - 110 €
PETER GRIMES+ Einführung
Opera in three acts and a prologue
Libretto by Montague Slater -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 6:00 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. / 15 € - 110 €
PETER GRIMES+ Einführung
Opera in three acts and a prologue
Libretto by Montague Slater -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:45 p.m. / Last performance / 15 € - 110 €
PETER GRIMES+ Einführung
Opera in three acts and a prologue
Libretto by Montague Slater -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 6:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. / P / premiere / 20 € - 140 €
L'ELISIR D'AMORE+ Einführung
Melodramma giocoso in two acts
Libretto byFelice Romani -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. / P2 / 15 € - 95 €
L'ELISIR D'AMORE+ Einführung
Melodramma giocoso in two acts
Libretto byFelice Romani -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 6:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. / SoN / 15 € - 110 €
L'ELISIR D'AMORE+ Einführung
Melodramma giocoso in two acts
Libretto byFelice Romani -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. / WoG / 15 € - 95 €
L'ELISIR D'AMORE+ Einführung
Melodramma giocoso in two acts
Libretto byFelice Romani -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. / Fr. / 15 € - 110 €
L'ELISIR D'AMORE+ Einführung
Melodramma giocoso in two acts
Libretto byFelice Romani -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 6:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. / So. / 15 € - 110 €
L'ELISIR D'AMORE+ Einführung
Melodramma giocoso in two acts
Libretto byFelice Romani -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 11:00 a.m. – 1:45 p.m. / Einheitspreis 25 €
L'ELISIR D'AMORE+ Einführung
Melodramma giocoso in two acts
Libretto byFelice Romani -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. / 15 € - 110 €
L'ELISIR D'AMORE+ Einführung
Melodramma giocoso in two acts
Libretto byFelice Romani -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 6:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. / 15 € - 110 €
L'ELISIR D'AMORE+ Einführung
Melodramma giocoso in two acts
Libretto byFelice Romani -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. / 15 € - 95 €
L'ELISIR D'AMORE+ Einführung 30 Minuten vor Vorstellungsbeginn
Melodramma giocoso in two acts
Libretto byFelice Romani -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. / Sam / 15 € - 110 €
L'ELISIR D'AMORE+ Einführung 30 Minuten vor Vorstellungsbeginn
Melodramma giocoso in two acts
Libretto byFelice Romani -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. / P / premiere / 20 € - 140 €
DIE LUSTIGE WITWEOperetta in three acts
Libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein
Text edition for Opera Cologne by Bernd Mottl -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. / P2 / 15 € - 95 €
DIE LUSTIGE WITWEOperetta in three acts
Libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein
Text edition for Opera Cologne by Bernd Mottl -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. / Last performance / 15 € - 95 €
L'ELISIR D'AMORE+ Einführung 30 Minuten vor Vorstellungsbeginn
Melodramma giocoso in two acts
Libretto byFelice Romani -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. / 15 € - 95 €
DIE LUSTIGE WITWEOperetta in three acts
Libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein
Text edition for Opera Cologne by Bernd Mottl -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 4:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. / SoN / 15 € - 110 €
DIE LUSTIGE WITWEOperetta in three acts
Libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein
Text edition for Opera Cologne by Bernd Mottl -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. / WoG / 15 € - 95 €
DIE LUSTIGE WITWEOperetta in three acts
Libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein
Text edition for Opera Cologne by Bernd Mottl -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. / Sam / 15 € - 110 €
DIE LUSTIGE WITWEOperetta in three acts
Libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein
Text edition for Opera Cologne by Bernd Mottl -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. / Einheitspreis 25 €
DIE LUSTIGE WITWEOperetta in three acts
Libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein
Text edition for Opera Cologne by Bernd Mottl -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. / So. / 15 € - 110 €
DIE LUSTIGE WITWEOperetta in three acts
Libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein
Text edition for Opera Cologne by Bernd Mottl -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 6:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. / 15 € - 110 €
DIE LUSTIGE WITWEOperetta in three acts
Libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein
Text edition for Opera Cologne by Bernd Mottl -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. / 15 € - 95 €
DIE LUSTIGE WITWEOperetta in three acts
Libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein
Text edition for Opera Cologne by Bernd Mottl -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. / Fr. / 15 € - 110 €
DIE LUSTIGE WITWEOperetta in three acts
Libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein
Text edition for Opera Cologne by Bernd Mottl -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 6:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. / Last performance / 20 € - 140 €
DIE LUSTIGE WITWEOperetta in three acts
Libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein
Text edition for Opera Cologne by Bernd Mottl -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. / P / premiere / 20 € - 140 €
IDOMENEOIntroduction 30 minutes before the start of the performance in Saal 3
Dramma per musica in three acts
Libretto by Giambattista Varesco -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. / P2 / 15 € - 95 €
IDOMENEODramma per musica in three acts
Libretto by Giambattista Varesco -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. / So. / 15 € - 110 €
IDOMENEOIntroduction 30 minutes before the start of the performance in Saal 3
Dramma per musica in three acts
Libretto by Giambattista Varesco -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. / WoG / 15 € - 95 €
IDOMENEOIntroduction 30 minutes before the start of the performance in Saal 3
Dramma per musica in three acts
Libretto by Giambattista Varesco -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. / Sam / 15 € - 110 €
IDOMENEOIntroduction 30 minutes before the start of the performance in Saal 3
Dramma per musica in three acts
Libretto by Giambattista Varesco -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 6:00 p.m. – 9:20 p.m. / revival / 15 € - 110 €
FAUSTOpera with a prologue and four acts
Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
Original version from 1859 with spoken dialogues -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:00 p.m. – 10:20 p.m. / 15 € - 95 €
FAUSTOpera with a prologue and four acts
Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
Original version from 1859 with spoken dialogues -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. / Fr. / 15 € - 110 €
IDOMENEOIntroduction 30 minutes before the start of the performance in Saal 3
Dramma per musica in three acts
Libretto by Giambattista Varesco -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:00 p.m. – 10:20 p.m. / 15 € - 110 €
FAUSTOpera with a prologue and four acts
Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
Original version from 1859 with spoken dialogues -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 4:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. / SoN / 15 € - 110 €
IDOMENEOIntroduction 30 minutes before the start of the performance in Saal 3
Dramma per musica in three acts
Libretto by Giambattista Varesco -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. / Last performance / 15 € - 95 €
IDOMENEOIntroduction 30 minutes before the start of the performance in Saal 3
Dramma per musica in three acts
Libretto by Giambattista Varesco -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:00 p.m. – 10:20 p.m. / 15 € - 110 €
FAUSTOpera with a prologue and four acts
Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
Original version from 1859 with spoken dialogues -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 6:00 p.m. – 9:20 p.m. / Last performance / 15 € - 110 €
FAUSTOpera with a prologue and four acts
Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
Original version from 1859 with spoken dialogues -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. / So. / revival / 15 € - 110 €
TOSCAOpera in three acts
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. / 15 € - 95 €
TOSCAOpera in three acts
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. / 15 € - 110 €
TOSCAOpera in three acts
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. / 15 € - 95 €
TOSCAOpera in three acts
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. / 15 € - 110 €
TOSCAOpera in three acts
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. / 15 € - 110 €
TOSCAOpera in three acts
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. / 15 € - 95 €
TOSCAOpera in three acts
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. / Last performance / 15 € - 110 €
TOSCAOpera in three acts
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. / P / premiere / 20 € - 140 €
UN BALLO IN MASCHERAMelodramma in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Antonio Somma -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. / P2 / 15 € - 95 €
UN BALLO IN MASCHERAMelodramma in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Antonio Somma -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. / Sam / 15 € - 110 €
UN BALLO IN MASCHERAMelodramma in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Antonio Somma -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. / WoG / 15 € - 95 €
UN BALLO IN MASCHERAMelodramma in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Antonio Somma -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. / Fr. / 15 € - 110 €
UN BALLO IN MASCHERAMelodramma in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Antonio Somma -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. / SoN / 15 € - 110 €
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA+ Nachgespräch
Melodramma in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Antonio Somma -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. / 15 € - 95 €
UN BALLO IN MASCHERAMelodramma in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Antonio Somma -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. / So. / 15 € - 110 €
UN BALLO IN MASCHERAMelodramma in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Antonio Somma -
StaatenHaus Saal 1 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. / Last performance / 15 € - 110 €
UN BALLO IN MASCHERAMelodramma in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Antonio Somma -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. / premiere / 20 € - 140 €
LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLESConcert performance
Opera in three acts and four pictures by Georges Bizet
Libretto byMichel Carré and Eugène Cormon -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. / 15 € - 95 €
LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLESConcert performance
Opera in three acts and four pictures by Georges Bizet
Libretto byMichel Carré and Eugène Cormon -
StaatenHaus Saal 3 / 6:00 p.m. – 7:50 p.m. / P / world premiere / 35 € - 50 €
INESIntroduction 30 Minutes before the start of the performance in Maskenstatt.
Opera with a prologue and five pictures
Libretto by Katharina Schmitt
World Premiere -
StaatenHaus Saal 2 / 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. / Last performance / 15 € - 95 €
LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLESConcert performance
Opera in three acts and four pictures by Georges Bizet
Libretto byMichel Carré and Eugène Cormon -
StaatenHaus Saal 3 / 7:30 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. / Sam / 35 € - 50 €
INESIntroduction 30 Minutes before the start of the performance in Maskenstatt.
Opera with a prologue and five pictures
Libretto by Katharina Schmitt
World Premiere -
StaatenHaus Saal 3 / 7:30 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. / WoG / 35 € - 50 €
INESIntroduction 30 Minutes before the start of the performance in Maskenstatt.
Opera with a prologue and five pictures
Libretto by Katharina Schmitt
World Premiere -
StaatenHaus Saal 3 / 7:30 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. / Fr. / 35 € - 50 €
INESIntroduction 30 Minutes before the start of the performance in Maskenstatt.
Opera with a prologue and five pictures
Libretto by Katharina Schmitt
World Premiere -
StaatenHaus Saal 3 / 4:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. / SoN / 35 € - 50 €
INESIntroduction 30 Minutes before the start of the performance in Maskenstatt.
Opera with a prologue and five pictures
Libretto by Katharina Schmitt
World Premiere -
StaatenHaus Saal 3 / 7:30 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. / Last performance / 35 € - 50 €
INESOPERNTAG | Introduction 30 Minutes before the start of the performance in Maskenstatt.
Opera with a prologue and five pictures
Libretto by Katharina Schmitt
World Premiere