May 22, 2025

Kent Nagano premieres two new operas at the Hamburg Staatsoper

Kent Nagano premieres Unsuk Chin’s new opera The Dark Side of the Moon, commissioned by Hamburg Staatsoper, and a new chamber opera ‘The Illusions of William Mallory’ composed by Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier. Both new operas will be repeated across May and June as part of Nagano’s final season as Music Director of Hamburg Staatsoper alongside a production of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde.