June 2024
09:30
Entrance Foyer
Tonangeber
10:00
Probebühne 2
OpernIntro
Repertory
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Like Mahler's music, the ballet was not created according to a Libretto. The music itself is its theme. The following is therefore not a literal synopsis. These word-images are John Neumeier's spontaneous answers to the question of meaning in his ballet—written long after its creation.
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June 30 to July 14
49th Hamburg Ballet Days
Every year they are the highlight of the season: the Hamburg Ballet Days. The 49th edition of the two-week festival will open on 30 June 2024 with "Epilogue", John Neumeier's last world premiere for the Hamburg Ballet to date. In addition, the ballet days offer insights into the repertoire of the season, including John Neumeier's recently revived ballet "Odyssey". Other highlights include the two-day guest performance by a guest company. On July 9 and 10, 2024, the Birmingham Royal Ballet presents the first real heavy metal ballet experience with "Black Sabbath - The Ballet" and the glamorous "Nijinsky Gala XLIX", John Neumeier bids farewell after 51 years as artistic director of the Hamburg Ballet.
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Premiere
Epilogue
The world premiere of "Epilogue" on June 30 marks the end of John Neumeier's 51-year tenure as artistic director and chief choreographer of the Hamburg Ballet. John Neumeier has created an intimate, chamber music-like work with piano and singing on stage. The production shines with the participation of international guest artists: the renowned French Schubert interpreter David Fray, the celebrated Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian will perform Richard Strauss' "Four Last Songs". For the costumes, John Neumeier has enlisted Swiss designer Albert Kriemler.
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Guest Company
Birmingham Royal Ballet – "Black Sabbath – The Ballet"
A ballet experience of a different kind: Birmingham Royal Ballet will be making a guest appearance at the 49th Hamburg Ballet Festival on July 9 and 10, 2024 with the German premiere of "Black Sabbath - The Ballet". The audience can expect an exciting synthesis of two seemingly incompatible forms of artistic expression, classical ballet and heavy metal music by the band from the hometown of Birmingham Royal Ballet.
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On Tour to the Nervi Festival
To mark the glittering conclusion of John Neumeier's 51-year era as Chief Choreographer and Director of the Hamburg Ballet, the company will make a guest appearance at the international Nervi Music Ballet Festival 2024 on July 19 and 20. On the initiative of Genoese First Soloist , designated Artistic Director of the Nervi Ballet Festival from 2025, the Hamburg Ballet will present John Neumeier's adaptation of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in the open-air theatre in the enchanting setting of the Nervi Parks. The Nervi Music Ballet Festival continues the great tradition of the historic Nervi Ballet Festival founded by Mario Porcile in 1954, which was one of the most important festivals on the European dance scene until the early 2000s.
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It's off to Venice!
In January 2025, the Hamburg Ballet will perform abroad for the first time under the direction of Demis Volpi. For five performances of "Romeo and Juliet", the dancers will be guests at the renowned Teatro La Fenice and dance John Neumeier's first full-length ballet to the music of Sergei Prokofiev for the first time in Venice. The guest performance continues the long friendship that connects the Hamburg Ballet and the world-famous theatre in the heart of the lagoon city: the Hamburg Ballet made its first guest appearance at La Fenice in 1975 and has been there five more times since then, most recently in 2023 with John Neumeier's ballet "Lady of the Camellias".
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ARTE-TV
John Neumeier - A Life for Dance
On June 30, ARTE will be showing the documentary film: "John Neumeier – A Life for Dance". John Neumeier looks back on more than 60 years of dance: first as a ballet dancer, then as a choreographer and later as artistic director of the Hamburg Ballet. The end of his artistic directorship provides an opportunity for an intimate portrait in which John Neumeier embarks on a journey into his past. (June 30, 10.50 pm, available in the ARTE-Mediathek until September 27). On the same evening at 11.45 pm, ARTE will be broadcasting John Neumeier's ballet "The Glass Menagerie" with the Hamburg Ballet and guest star Alina Cojocaru in the leading role.
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New Webshop for 2024/25!
The Hamburg State Opera will have a new webshop for the booking of tickets from the 2024/25 season. Were you already a customer of our previous webshop? Then register now in the new webshop for the 2024/25 season. Your registered email address will remain valid as your online user name in the future. For data protection reasons, all existing customers must reset their password in our new webshop. To do this, simply click on "Forgot password". Please click HERE.
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NEW: Online-Services for Subscribers
From June 13, 2024 at 11 am, subscribers will have access to exclusive advance sales for the coming season. You can also use this to purchase individual tickets online without shipping costs and change subscription dates. Please note: In order to use the new online services and for data protection reasons you will need to re-enter a password under your known user name. Passwords can now be assigned HERE. You can find more information about registering in the new webshop HERE. The previous webshop will be available for purchasing events for the current season until July 14, 2024. Your current login details will remain valid there.
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New Webshop for 2024/25
We have summarized for you all the important questions about (first-time) registration in the new webshop. We would like to invite you to visit the new webshop and familiarize yourself with the new interface. The new webshop can be used on all digital devices with an internet connection. As soon as you open it on your smartphone, tablet or computer, the display automatically adapts to your device.
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Online Application Process
Ballet Workshops of the 24/25 Season
Demis Volpi will continue the tradition of the ballet workshops. On four Sundays in the upcoming season, the artists of the different productions will give insights into their work. Due to the high demand, an online application process will take place for tickets to these events: From June 18 to 20, 2024, you can submit your ticket requests for the first two workshops (September 15 & November 10, 2024) via our website. You can order a maximum of two tickets per workshop. Tickets are allocated randomly. Another application phase will follow at a later date for the two dates of the 2025 ballet workshops.
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Podcast
"Choreography is spontaneity"
On May 27, John Neumeier was a guest on Deutschlandfunk Kultur's podcast "Im Gespräch" (in German). In a conversation with journalist Britta Bürger, he talks about his work, his childhood, his career, the world premiere of "Epilogue", his impending departure from the Hamburg Ballet and his future plans.
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50 Years of Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier
We have waited a long time for it, finally it is here! To celebrate John Neumeier's anniversary, Henschel Verlag has published the illustrated book "50 Years of Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier". With the help of hundreds of photographs, some of which have never been published before, the illustrated book looks back on half a century of relentless, artistic vision-driven, unique work by the dancer, ballet director and exceptional choreographer John Neumeier. This illustrated biography pays tribute to John Neumeier, his creativity and his unforgettable, magnificent ballets.
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Current Program Booklets
Are you going to the ballet soon? Would you like to find out more about the piece in advance and read up on the topic? In our online shop you have the opportunity to order all current season programs online. You can find a list of the current program booklets
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Journal No 6
June/July | 49. Hamburger Ballett-Tage. Premiere: "Epilog". John Neumeier im Michel – mit Bischöfin Fehrs. Bundesjugendballett: "Die Unsichtbaren" im Ernst Deutsch Theater. Das Birmingham Royal Ballet zu Gast mit "Black Sabbath – The Ballet". Die neue Saison 24/25. Das Balletträtsel Nr. 2. Leute: Operndinner 2024 und "The World of John Neumeier" in Kopenhagen. You will find the Journal here as download. Archives...
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Cast Changes
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