The German conductor Axel Kober completed his studies at the University of Music Würzburg. His first engagements took him to Schwerin, Dortmund, Mannheim and finally to the Leipzig Opera, where he was Musical Director and also conducted concerts of the Gewandhaus Orchestra. From 2009 to 2024 he was General Music Director of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. There he conducted, among others, the productions "Wozzeck", "Der Kaiser von Atlantis", "Peter Grimes" and "Káťa Kabanová" as well as the world premiere of Jörg Widmann's "Gesicht im Spiegel", a new production of "Tristan and Isolde" and the live CD production of the "Ring des Nibelungen". From 2017 he was also Chief Conductor of the Duisburg Philharmonic, and from 2019 to 2025 General Music Director of the orchestra. As a guest he has a close relationship with the Vienna State Opera, where he made his debut in 2016. In addition to his enthusiastically received "Ring" cycles (2019 and 2022), he conducted "Hansel and Gretel", "Der Rosenkavalier", "Arabella", "Fidelio", Mahler's 4th Symphony, "Tosca", "Turandot", "Macbeth" and "Parsifal" in Vienna. In the 2025/26 season he will return to the house with "Tannhäuser" and "Parsifal". Regular guest conducting engagements have taken him, among others, to the Bayreuth Festival, the Berlin State Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Hamburg State Opera, the Semperoper Dresden and the Zurich Opera House. In Tokyo he conducted Keith Warner's "Tannhäuser", at La Scala in Milan "Salome", at the Opéra national du Rhin "Tristan and Isolde" and at the Royal Danish Opera "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg". On the concert podium he has conducted, among others, the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, the Bruckner Orchestra Linz and the WDR Symphony Orchestra.
Romantic opera in three acts by Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Libretto by the composer
From 13. February 2016 until 28. February 2016
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Duration :
2 hrs. 20 min. -
Language:
In German with German and English surtitles. -
More information:
Introduction 45 min before the performance.









