Philip Venables

A composer of ferocious dramatic instincts
— Alex Ross

Tag: Dresden

  • 4.48 Psychose revival at the Semperoper Dresden

    4.48 Psychose revival at the Semperoper Dresden

    The Semperoper in Dresden has announced a third run of performances of 4.48 Psychose, postponed from 2021.  The opera had its german premiere run at Semper Zwei in April/May 2018, with sold-out performances.  The dates next season will be 16, 18, 21, 22, 25 and 26th March 2023, and tickets can be booked here.

    The 2018 production by Tobias Heyder, conducted by Max Renne, will feature Sarah Maria Sun, Karen Bandelow, Samantha Price, Sarah Alexandra Hudarew, Karina Repova, Tahnee Niboro and the Semperoper Projektorchester. Design is by Stephan von Wedel, light by Marco Dietzel, video by Benedikt Schulte and dramaturgie by Juliane Schunke.

  • More dates for 4.48 Psychose in Dresden

    More dates for 4.48 Psychose in Dresden


    Semperoper in Dresden have announced more dates next season for their production of 4.48 Psychose.  The opera had its german premiere run in Semper Zwei in April/May this year, with sold-out performances.  The dates next season will be 7th, 9th, 10th, 13th and 15th September, and tickets can be booked here.

    Sempoeroper have made a new video trailer of the production using rehearsal footage, which you can watch, above.

  • Semperoper announces 4.48 Psychose

    Semperoper announces 4.48 Psychose

    4.48 Psychose will gets its premiere at Dresden’s Semperoper Zwei next year. This will be a new version of 4.48 Psychosis in German, based on the official translation of Sarah Kane’s play by Durs Grünbein. The premiere will take place on 26th April 2019, and there will be other events surrounding it, including a portrait concert of some of my chamber work.  I’m excited to get working on the new score for the german version this summer – because of the tight knitting of text and music, about 40% of the opera needs to be re-scored.  More information about the performances are here.