{"id":98951,"date":"2022-06-18T11:28:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T09:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agentur-seifert.de\/our-artists\/dirk-schmeding\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T16:16:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:16:35","slug":"dirk-schmeding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agentur-seifert.de\/en\/our-artists\/dirk-schmeding\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirk Schmeding (Director)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dirk Schmeding<\/h2>\n

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Dirk Schmeding\u2019s recent productions include The Bartered Bride<\/em> at the Vienna State Opera<\/span><\/span>, Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/em> at the Staatstheater Darmstadt<\/span><\/span>, and La fanciulla del West<\/em> at the Aalto-Musiktheater Essen<\/span><\/span>. Previous productions include L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore<\/em> at the Staatstheater am G\u00e4rtnerplatz<\/span><\/span> and Pagliacci<\/em> at the Staatsoper Hannover<\/span><\/span>, as well as Il trittico<\/em> at the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar<\/span><\/span>, Venus in Fur<\/em> and Jarom\u00edr Weinberger\u2019s Schwanda, the Bagpiper<\/em> at the Oper Graz<\/span><\/span>, Hansel and Gretel<\/em> at the Luzerner Theater<\/span><\/span>, and Les Contes d\u2019Hoffmann<\/em> at the Staatstheater Darmstadt<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Particular acclaim was received by his productions of Caligula<\/span><\/span> at the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar<\/span><\/span> and Die Passagierin<\/span><\/span> at the Staatstheater Braunschweig<\/span><\/span>. His staging of the German premiere of Guerc\u0153ur<\/span><\/span> at the Theater Osnabr\u00fcck<\/span><\/span> was named \u201cRediscovery of the Year\u201d in the critics\u2019 survey of Opernwelt<\/span><\/span> and nominated for the International Opera Awards 2020<\/span><\/span>. The German premiere of Solaris<\/span><\/span> at the Staatstheater Augsburg<\/span><\/span> also attracted considerable attention.<\/p>\n

Further guest engagements have taken him, among others, to the Theater an der Wien<\/span><\/span>, the Theater St. Gallen<\/span><\/span>, the Luzerner Theater<\/span><\/span>, the state theatres in Darmstadt, Braunschweig and Augsburg, the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar<\/span><\/span>, Theater Kiel<\/span><\/span>, Mainfranken Theater W\u00fcrzburg<\/span><\/span>, the SWR Festival Schwetzingen<\/span><\/span>, and Oper Graz<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Born in 1983, Dirk Schmeding studied art history and literary studies in Braunschweig before turning to the theatre. Following assistant directing positions at the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar<\/span><\/span>, the Staatsoper Stuttgart<\/span><\/span>, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden<\/span><\/span> and at the Salzburg Festival<\/span><\/span>, he began working as a freelance opera director in 2014.<\/p>\n

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Wiener Staatsoper | DIE VERKAUFTE BRAUT<\/h5>\n

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Staatsoper Hannover | DER BAJAZZO<\/h5>\n

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Luzerner Theater | H\u00c4NSEL UND GRETEL<\/h5>\n

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Staatstheater Braunschweig | CLO CLO<\/h5>\n

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Oper Graz | SWANDA, DER DUDELSACKPFEIFFER<\/h5>\n

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Theater Osnabr\u00fcck | GUERC\u0152UR<\/h5>\n

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G\u00e4rtnerplatz | DER LIEBESTRANK<\/h5>\n

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Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar | IL TRITTICO<\/h5>\n

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Staatstheater Darmstadt | LES CONTES D\u00b4HOFFMANN<\/h5>\n

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Staatstheater Augsburg | PETER GRIMES<\/h5>\n

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theaterKIEL* | DIE LIEBE ZU DEN DREI ORANGEN<\/h5>\n

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Landestheater Detmold | DIE ZAUBERFL\u00d6TE<\/h5>\n

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Oper Graz | VENUS IN SEIDE<\/h5>\n

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theaterKIEL* | KROL ROGER<\/h5>\n

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Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar | CALIGULA<\/h5>\n

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Staatstheater Braunschweig | RUSALKA<\/h5>\n

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Production<\/h2>\n

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16\/04\/2027<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nKaija Saariaho: L\u00b4AMOUR DE IOIN<\/td>\nLandestheater Detmold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
06\/03\/2027<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nRalph Benatzky: THE WHITE HORSE INN (IM WEI\u00dfEN R\u00d6\u00dfL)<\/td>\nOper Graz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29\/11\/2026<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nFranz Leh\u00e1r: THE MERRY WIDOW (DIE LUSTIGE WITWE)<\/td>\nSemperoper Dresden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16\/10\/2026<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nGioachino Rossini: IL VIAGGIO A REIMS<\/td>\nG\u00e4rtnerplatztheater M\u00fcnchen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28\/03\/2026<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nGiacomo Puccini: LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST<\/td>\nAalto Musiktheater Essen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31\/01\/2026<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nClaude Debussy: PELL\u00c9AS ET M\u00c9LISANDE<\/td>\nStaatstheater Darmstadt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28\/09\/2025<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nBedrich Smetana: DIE VERKAUFTE BRAUT (PRODAN\u00c1 NEV\u011aSTA)<\/td>\n\u00a0Wiener Staatsoper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23\/05\/2025
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n		Gaetano Donizetti: L\u00b4ELISIR D\u00b4AMORE<\/td>\nStaatstheater am G\u00e4rtnerplatz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29\/11\/2024
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n		Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: DIE ZAUBERFL\u00d6TE<\/td>\nLandestheater Detmold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25\/10\/2024
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n		Ruggero Leoncavallo: PAGLIACCI<\/td>\nStaatsoper Hannover<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18\/05\/2024<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nGiacomo Puccini: IL TRITTICO<\/td>\nDeutsches Nationaltheater Weimar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16\/03\/2024<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Robert Stolz: VENUS IN SEIDE<\/td>\nOper Graz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/11\/2023
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Engelbert Humperdinck: H\u00c4NSEL UND GRETEL<\/td>\nLuzerner Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30\/09\/2023<\/strong><\/td>\nJacques Offenbach: LES CONTES D\u2019HOFFMANN<\/td>\nStaatstheater Darmstadt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
05\/06\/2023<\/strong><\/td>\nErich Wolfgang Korngold: DIE STUMME SERENADE<\/td>\nMusiktheater an der Wien<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25\/02\/2023
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Karol Szymanowski: K\u00d6NIG ROGER<\/td>\nOper Kiel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
03\/12\/2022
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Franz Leh\u00e1r: CLOCLO<\/td>\nStaatstheater Braunschweig<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29\/05\/2022<\/strong><\/td>\nBenjamin Britten: PETER GRIMES<\/td>\nStaatstheater Augsburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/02\/2022<\/strong><\/td>\nDetlev Glanert: CALIGULA<\/td>\nDeutsches Nationaltheater Weimar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18\/12\/2021<\/strong><\/td>\nJaromir Weinberger: SCHWANDA THE BAGPIPER<\/td>\nOper Graz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18\/09\/2021<\/strong><\/td>\nSergej Prokofiev: THE LOVE FOR THREE ORANGES<\/td>\nOperKiel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
07\/07\/2021<\/strong><\/td>\nJohann Strauss II: THE BAT<\/td>\nDutch National Opera Academy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
05\/03\/2021<\/strong><\/td>\nAntonin Dvorak: RUSALKA (Streaming-Premiere)<\/td>\nStaatstheater Braunschweig<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14\/03\/2020<\/strong><\/td>\nRichard Wagner: DAS RHEINGOLD (canceled)<\/td>\nMainfranken Theater W\u00fcrzburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29\/09\/2019<\/strong><\/td>\nRichard Strauss: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS<\/td>\nStaatstheater Augsburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15\/06\/2019<\/strong><\/td>\nAlb\u00e9ric Magnard: GUERCOEUR<\/td>\nTheater Osnabr\u00fcck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
06\/04\/2019<\/strong><\/td>\nMieczyslaw Weinberg: DIE PASSAGIERIN<\/td>\nStaatstheater Braunschweig<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
02\/02\/2019<\/strong><\/td>\nNikolai Rimski-Korsakow \/ Igor Strawinsky: DER UNSTERBLICHE KASCHTSCHEI \/ DIE NACHTIGALL<\/td>\nTheater St. Gallen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18\/05\/2018<\/strong><\/td>\nDai Fujikura: SOLARIS (German premiere)<\/td>\nStaatstheater Augsburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27\/01\/2018<\/strong><\/td>\nGiuseppe Verdi: SIMON BOCCANEGRA<\/td>\nStaatstheater Darmstadt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
04\/03\/2017<\/strong><\/td>\nLeos Jan\u00e1cek: JENUFA<\/td>\nStaatstheater Darmstadt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15\/11\/2015<\/strong><\/td>\nLeos Jan\u00e1cek:\u00a0THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN<\/td>\nStaatstheater Darmstadt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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