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The Oper Frankfurt ( Frankfurt Opera) is a German opera company based in .

Opera in Frankfurt am Main has a long tradition, with many world premieres such as Franz Schreker's Der ferne Klang in 1912, Fennimore und Gerda by Frederick Delius in 1919, and Carl Orff's Carmina Burana in 1937. Frankfurt's international recognition began in the Gielen era (1977–1987), when and stage directors such as collaborated.

A historic opera house from 1880 was destroyed in World War II, and rebuild as a concert hall, the . The present , built in 1963, is under one roof with the stage for drama. The opera orchestra is called Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester. Today's venue for Baroque and contemporary opera is the Bockenheimer Depot, a former tram depot.

Oper Frankfurt has been voted 'Opera House of the Year' by Opernwelt several times since 1996, including 2020, 2022 and 2023, Oper Frankfurt is part of the Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt. It received the "Opera Company of the Year" award at the 2013 International Opera Awards.

History
Early history
Frankfurt's first opera was 's Adam und Eva, performed in 1698 by Johann Velten's touring company. The first operas Goethe's experienced in his hometown of Frankfurt were productions by Theobald Marchand's company.F. M. Stockdale, M. R. Dreyer The Opera Guide 1990 342

1782 – 1880
Opened in 1782, the was the first permanent venue of the Frankfurt Theater (drama and opera). In 1878 German violinist Willy Hess took up the leadership of the Oper Frankfurt. He resigned from that post in 1886 to take up a professorship in the Rotterdam Conservatorium voor Muziek.

1880 – 1944
The first representative opera house of the city was inaugurated in Frankfurt in 1880 at . Under the direction of the first Intendant and the first Kapellmeister Felix Otto Dessoff, the house was opened with Mozart's opera .

During the 1920s, the opera in Frankfurt had more prominent Jewish singers than any other company in Germany, including the tenor , bass (the first King in Schreker's Der Schatzgräber), baritone Richard Breitenfeld and contralto , who also toured with Frankfurt Opera performing Wagner in the Netherlands. These singers were forced to leave the opera in June 1933. Orff's Carmina Burana was premiered at Oper Frankfurt in 1937. Jewish members of the opera company among those rounded up on 9 November 1938 at the Festhalle Frankfurt, where Erl sang In diesen Heil'gen Hallen, from the for the deportees.

(2026). 9783598440885, De Gruyter. .
Members of Frankfurt Opera were sent to Auschwitz and other camps where they perished.

1945 – 1970s
The opera house was damaged in an air raid in January 1944, and then almost completely destroyed in March.Die Frankfurter "Alte Oper": Baumonographie eines Opernhauses Christiane Wolf Di Cecca – 1997 p225 "Das Frankfurter Opernhaus erfährt am 29. Januar 1944 durch einen Luftangriff zunächst eine leichte, schließlich in der Nacht zum 23. März 1944 eine schwere Beschädigung. Nach dem Krieg fehlt vor allem zunächst das Geld für Abriß und ..." In 1952, became Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) and Intendant of the Oper Frankfurt, where he remained in charge for nine years. A new house for opera and drama was built, completed in 1963 at the Theaterplatz (now Willy-Brandt-Platz).

The Gielen era
From 1977 to 1987, Frankfurt Opera was led by .Richard Wagner, Fritz Lang, and the Nibelungen ix David J. Levin – 1999 "For a decade, 1978 to 1988, Frankfurt Opera under Michael Gielen was such a place. ' He hired some of the most interesting and innovative production teams — stage directors as well as set and costume designers ..." This decade became known as the "Gielen era", notable for the music of a conductor who was also a composer, and directors including and , whose productions of standard works such as Verdi's and Wagner's Ring Cycle were thought-provoking. Operas which received their world premieres at the house were also performed again, including Franz Schreker's .

1987 – present
The stage of the opera house was destroyed by a fire in November 1987. The opera house was rebuilt and opened in April 1991. Many famous singers started their career with the company, including Franz Völker, , , and , and many established artists have been engaged there in recent seasons including Christian Gerhaher, whose roles here have included Monteverdi's L'Orfeo and his first Wolfram in Wagner's Tannhäuser, Piotr Beczała in Massenet's and Jan-Hendrik Rootering in Wagner's .

Since 2002, has served as Intendant of the company. The company's current GMD is , succeeding , who held this position since 2008 until the end of the 2023–24 season. Weigle has made commercial recordings of opera with the company for the OEHMS Classics label.

Oper Frankfurt was voted "Opera House of the Year" by the magazine in 1996, 2003, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024. In 2023, they were distinguished also in the categories Chorus, directed by , world premiere (for Blühen), and rediscovery (for Die ersten Menschen). The company received the distinction again in 2024, with recognition also in the categories Chorus and Production (shared) for Wagner's Tannhäuser, conducted by Guggeis and directed by . Director of the year was , including for her Frankfurt production of Verdi's , and singer of the year John Osborn, including for his Frankfurt portrayal of Éléazar in Halevy's .

, new buildings for the Städtische Bühnen are planned.

Artistic leadership
The first conductors had the title Kapellmeister. From 1924, the title was GMD, who often also held the administrative leadership Intendant (Int.).

  • Felix Otto Dessoff (1880–1892, Kapellmeister)
  • Ludwig Rottenberg (1893–1924, Kapellmeister)
  • (1924–1929, GMD)
  • Hans Wilhelm Steinberg (1929–1933)
  • Bertil Wetzelsberger (1933–1934)
  • Karl Maria Zwißler (1935–1936)
  • Georg Ludwig Jochum (1937–1938)
  • Franz Konwitschny (1938–1944, GMD)
  • Bruno Vondenhoff (1945–1951, GMD)
  • (1952–1961, GMD & Int.)
  • Lovro von Matačić (1961–1966, GMD & Int.)
  • Christoph von Dohnányi (1967–1977, GMD & Int.)
  • (1977–1987, GMD & Int.)
  • (1987–1991, GMD)
  • Sylvain Cambreling (1993–1997, GMD)
  • Martin Steinhoff (1997–2002, Int.)
  • (1999–2008, GMD)
  • (2002–present, Int.)
  • (2008–2023, GMD)
  • (2023–present, GMD)

Premieres
World premieres at the Frankfurt Opera have included:

16 September 1810SilvanaCarl Maria von Weber
4 April 1819Zemire und Azor
20 January 1851
26 November 1853RübezahlFriedrich von Flotow
8 December 1881Das Käthchen von HeilbronnCarl Martin Reinthaler
12 November 1902DornröschenEngelbert Humperdinck
18 August 1912Der ferne Klang
15 March 1913Das Spielwerk und die PrinzessinFranz Schreker
25 April 1918Franz Schreker
21 October 1919Fennimore und Gerda
21 January 1920Der SchatzgräberFranz Schreker
1 July 1920Die ersten Menschen
14 May 1921Die Prinzessin Girnara
26 March 1922
9 July 1924Der Sprung über den Schatten
8 November 1924SakahraSimon Bucharoff
25 February 1926Die zehn Küsse
14 November 1926Der GolemEugen d'Albert
25 December 1926Die LästerschulePaul von Klenau
1 February 1930Von heute auf morgenArnold Schönberg
23 March 1930Achtung, Aufnahme!!
25 May 1930Transatlantic
31 January 1934Prinz Eugen der edle Ritter
22 May 1935
26 May 1936Doktor Johannes Faust
8 June 1937Carmina Burana
13 January 1942ColumbusWerner Egk
7 September 1942OdysseusHermann Reutter
20 February 1943Carl Orff
1 March 1962
24 September 1964 Gerhard Wimberger
15 June 1986
14 November 1986Die Reise zum Mittelpunkt der ErdeHans-Joachim Hespos
12 December 1987 1 & 2
18 May 1989What Where
14 June 2002Dr. Popels fiese Falle
7 October 2006Caligula
29 June 2014Der goldene DrachePéter Eötvös
14 September 2014
31 May 2015An unserem Fluss (By our River)
12 November 2017
27 June 2021Inferno
23 January 2023BlühenVito Žuraj

Städtische Bühnen
Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt Opera) and Schauspiel Frankfurt (Theatre Frankfurt) are part of the Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt am Main GmbH.

Statistics
The opera house has 1,369 seats. , the occupancy rate of the Oper Frankfurt in the 2022/23 season was 81%. About 11 premieres and 15 revivals were shown per season.

See also
  • Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester
  • Bockenheimer Depot
  • Schauspiel Frankfurt

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