Saturday, 26. September 2026  |  7:30 p.m.

IN THE PENAL COLONY (IN DER STRAFKOLONIE)
Philip Glass

Premiere
Chamber Opera at the Mainz State Museum

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Conductor: Andri Joël Harison

​​​Stage Director: Sophie Kochanowska
Stage Designer: Matthias Werner

 

CAST​

Visitor: Mark Watson Williams

Officer: Daniel Semsichko

Soldier: Matthias Beitien / Julius Klinger

Condemned Man: Felipe Salazar / Jonas Wegner

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Extras of the Mainz State Theatre

Members of the Mainz State Philharmonic Orchestra​

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Mainz State Museum (Landesmuseum Mainz), Steinhalle

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Follow-up Performances:
07. October 2026   7:30 p.m.

23. October 2026   7:30 p.m.

07. November 2026   8:00 p.m.

02. December 2026   7:30 p.m.​

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Friday, 30. October 2026  |  7:30 p.m.

THE MAGIC FLUTE
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Opera at the Mainz State Theatre

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Conductor: Andri Joël Harison

Stage Director: Dominik Wilgenbus

 

CAST​

Sarastro: Stephan Bootz / Derrick Ballard
Tamino: Mark Watson Williams / Myungin Lee / Collin A. Schöning
Queen of the Night: Alexandra Samouilidou
Pamina: Dorin Rahardja / Julietta Aleksanyan
First Lady: Maren Schwier
Second Lady: Alexandra Uchlin
Third Lady: Verena Tönjes / Karina Repova

First Spirit: Jason Tosto* / Felix Heitmann*

Second Spirit: Rafael Beier*

Third Spirit: Jonathan Ketelhut* / Boris Domischljarski* / Jonathan Kummermehr*
Papagena: Liudmila Maytak
Papageno: Tim-Lukas Reuter / Gabriel Rollinson
First Armored Man / Second Priest: Alexander Spemann
Second Armored Man / First Priest: Doğuş Güney
Monostatos: David Jakob Schläger / Nikolas Groth
Speaker: Jinsei Park

Mainz State Philharmonic Orchestra

Choir of the Mainz State Theatre

Extras of the Mainz State Theatre

* Members of the Mainz Cathedral Choir (Mainzer Domchor)

Staatstheater Mainz, Main Stage (Großes Haus)​

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Follow-up Performance:
29. December 2026   7:30 p.m.

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Sunday, 9. November 2026  |  7:30 p.m.

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Arthur Sullivan & William Schwenk Gilbert

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Operetta at the Mainz State Theatre

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Conductor: Andri Joël Harison

Stage Director: K.D. Schmidt

 

CAST
The Pirate King: Brett Carter
Major-General Stanley: Alexander Spemann
Frederic: Mark Watson Williams
Ruth: Katja Ladentin
Mabel: Alexandra Samouilidou
Edith: Katharina Sebastian
Kate: Anke Peifer
Isabel: Anke Trittin
Samuel: Jinsei Park
Sergeant of Police: Scott Ingham
Pirate Students, Moths, et. al.: Robin Haug, Paul Ziehmer

Mainz State Philharmonic Orchestra

Choir of the Mainz State Theatre

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Staatstheater Mainz, Main Stage (Großes Haus)