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He begins the new season once again as Giorgio Germont, the father whose actions seal Violetta Valery\u2019s fate in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theater-chemnitz.de\/spielplan\/detailseite\/la-traviata\/14709\"><em>La Traviata<\/em><\/a>. Immediately thereafter he appears as Peter Loose in the world premiere of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theater-chemnitz.de\/spielplan\/detailseite\/rummelplatz\"><em>Rummelplatz<\/em><\/a>, a Chemnitz Opera commission by composer Ludger Vollmer with a libretto by Jenny Erpenbeck. Based on Werner Br\u00e4unig\u2019s novel, the opera portrays life in post-war East Germany. Benjamin Reiners, the new General Music Director of Oper Chemnitz, conducts; Frank Hilbrich directs.<\/p>\n<h2>Theater Chemnitz<\/h2>\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theater-chemnitz.de\/spielplan\/detailseite\/la-traviata\/14709\"><em>La Traviata<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/artists\/thomas-essl\/\">Thomas Essl<\/a>: Giorgio Germont<br \/>\n<strong>Sep 6; Oct 12; Nov 1, 2025; Jan 11, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ludger Vollmer:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theater-chemnitz.de\/spielplan\/detailseite\/rummelplatz\"><em>Rummelplatz<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/artists\/thomas-essl\/\">Thomas Essl<\/a>: Peter Loose<br \/>\n<strong>Sep 20, 2025 (premiere); Sep 28; Oct 3, 11, 19, 30; Nov 28, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past three years, Austrian baritone\u00a0Thomas Essl\u00a0has enjoyed success at the Chemnitz Opera House with a very broad repertoire,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[207],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.7 - 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