Axel Kober
Axel Kober’s interpretations in opera and concert are built on a foundation of extensive knowledge, vast experience, and rich musicality, regularly reaching realms of inspiring brilliance. From 2009 to 2024, he served as General Music Director of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf/Duisburg, where he made significant contributions across a wide repertoire. Notable productions included Wozzeck, Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Peter Grimes, Castor et Pollux, Kátja Kabanová, the world premiere of Jörg Widmann's Gesicht im Spiegel, Tristan und Isolde, as well as the live CD production of the complete Ring des Nibelungen.
The Duisburg Philharmonic appointed him their Chief Conductor in 2017 and General Music Director in 2019. Recurring guest engagements have taken him to the Bayreuth Festival, the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Hamburg State Opera, the Semperoper Dresden, and the Zurich Opera House. In Tokyo, he conducted Tannhäuser, and at the Opéra National du Rhin, he led a new production of Tristan und Isolde. In addition to his commitments in Vienna and Duisburg, Axel Kober will return to the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen, the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, the Semperoper Dresden, and the Zurich Opera House during the 2024/25 season.
He made his debut at the Vienna State Opera in 2016 with Hänsel und Gretel and has also conducted productions there, including the Ring des Nibelungen, Arabella, Rosenkavalier, Turandot, Fidelio, and Tosca.
Performances with Axel Kober
with Tomasz Konieczny, Michael Spyres, Simone Schneider, Georg Zeppenfeld, Florina Ilie, Daniel Jenz, Conductor: Axel Kober
Fidelio
Cast on Thursday 13. February 2025
with Tomasz Konieczny, Michael Spyres, Simone Schneider, Georg Zeppenfeld, Florina Ilie, Daniel Jenz, Conductor: Axel Kober
Fidelio
Cast on Sunday 16. February 2025
with Jordan Shanahan, Michael Spyres, Simone Schneider, Georg Zeppenfeld, Florina Ilie, Daniel Jenz, Conductor: Axel Kober
Fidelio
Cast on Thursday 20. February 2025
with Jordan Shanahan, Michael Spyres, Simone Schneider, Georg Zeppenfeld, Florina Ilie, Daniel Jenz, Conductor: Axel Kober
Fidelio
Cast on Sunday 23. February 2025
with Ludovic Tézier, Günther Groissböck, Klaus Florian Vogt, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Anja Kampe, Conductor: Axel Kober
Parsifal
Cast on Thursday 17. April 2025
with Ludovic Tézier, Günther Groissböck, Klaus Florian Vogt, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Anja Kampe, Conductor: Axel Kober
Parsifal
Cast on Sunday 20. April 2025
with Ludovic Tézier, Günther Groissböck, Klaus Florian Vogt, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Anja Kampe, Conductor: Axel Kober
Parsifal
Cast on Wednesday 23. April 2025