Throughout the season

Mazeppa

Opera in five acts and six scenes by Clémence de Grandval, on a libretto by Charles Grandmougin and Georges Hartmann, premiered at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux on 23 April 1892.
Opera
© Björn Hickmann
“Lending itself very well to the stage, this work, admirably rendered, and at once elegant, intense, masterful and transparent, has received such acclaim in Bordeaux that one cannot doubt that Paris, too, will shortly be hearing it.” (Fernand Bourgeat, Vert-vert, 25 April 1882).

Dates

Sun 15 March 2026
18.00
Oper Dortmund, Dortmund
Sun 22 March 2026
16.00
Oper Dortmund, Dortmund
Fri 10 April 2026
19.30
Oper Dortmund, Dortmund
Sat 2 May 2026
19.30
Oper Dortmund, Dortmund
Fri 15 May 2026
19.30
Oper Dortmund, Dortmund

Performers

DORTMUNDER PHILHARMONIKER
Jordan de Souza conductor
OPERNCHOR THEATER DORTMUND
Fabio Mancini chorus master 
Martin G. Berger stage director
Sarah-Katharina Karl set designer
Alexander Djurkov Hotter costume designer
Vincent Stefan video animations
Nikita Dubov dramaturgy

Mazeppa Mandla Mndebele
Matréna Anna Sohn
Iskra Sungho Kim
Kotchoubey Artyom Wasnetsov
L’Archimandrite Denis Velev
Staged version
As part of the festival Wagner-Kosmos
Production Oper Dortmund
In collaboration with the Palazzetto Bru Zane
Score published by Choudens (revised by the Palazzetto Bru Zane)
The work will be released as a CD-book in spring 2026 by Bru Zane Label.
Bru Zane Mediabase
Digital resources for French Romantic music
Clémence de Grandval