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On 29 April 2026, Peter Heilker was confirmed by the Leipzig City Council as Artistic Director of the Leipzig Opera with effect from the 2028/29 season. 
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»Gefeiert und vergessen?« (Celebrated and forgotten?) is a new German publication featuring biographies of Jewish artists and those persecuted under National Socialism who worked at the Leipzig Opera between 1890 and 1933 
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Oper Leipzig is the first German theatre to operate with certified sustainability management. 
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The Leipzig Opera follows the tradition of over 330 years of musical theatre in Leipzig: in 1693, the first opera house on the Brühl was opened as the third civic music theatre in Europe after Venice and Hamburg. Since 1840, the world-renowned Gewandhaus Orchestra has played for all performances of the opera and the Leipzig ballet. In addition to today's opera house on Augustusplatz, built in 1960, Leipzig Opera includes the Musikalische Komödie, a special venue for operettas and musical. With over 720 employees, it is the city's largest in-house cultural institution and comprises five mainstays: the opera, Musikalische Komödie, Leipzig Ballet, their 360° outreach and educational programme, and the craft and costume studios which work for all of the city's theatres.