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Individual & Group Tours
Exclusive Group Tour for up to 30 People
Enjoy the comfort of an exclusive guided group tour tailored to your wishes. With your own tour guide, you discover the history and architectural peculiarities of the opera at your own pace. Also, you get a comprehensive insight into the operations of the Saxon State Opera.
- Time
- Duration: 45 minutes
- Price
- 255 Euro (including foreign language charge)
- Number of participants
- for up to 30 participants
Combo Tour - Semperoper / Old town
During this guided tour, you will discover the splendid architecture of the opera house and all its mysteries. Combined with a walking tour through Dresden’s Old Town, passing many other highlights such as the Zwinger, the Brühl’s Terrace and the world-famous Church of Our Lady.
- Time
- daily at 15.15, duration: 2,5 hours
- Price
- 18 Euro (adults), 13 Euro (reduced)
- Information
- start of the tour can vary depending on our general opening hours
Exclusive Small Group Tour for up to 10 People
For up to 10 people, we offer an exclusive tour that complies with all your wishes and individual needs so that you can comfortably explore the Semperoper.
- Time
- Duration: 45 minutes
- Price
- 65 Euro (incl. foreign language charge) plus admission fee per person
- Number of participants
- for up to 10 participants
For Children
For younger guest, we have various age-appropriate tours on offer that unravel the secrets of our glamorous house. Where can you find beer in the Semperoper? From which seats does one have the best view of the singers and dancers? And why is there a giant clock above the stage? You can book one of our popular and already established children tours or arrange and individualised tour in consultation with your guide.
- Time
- Duration: 45 minutes
- Price
- 65 Euro (incl. foreign language charge)
- Number of participants
- for up to 15 participants (incl. 2 adults accompanying)
For Students
Let your students explore the splendid architecture of the opera house while strolling through our richly ornamented rooms. Semperoper Erleben offers extraordinary tours specifically aimed at the needs of school classes. Our tour guides, mindful of their pedagogical responsibilities, have prepared an age-appropriate tour bristled with valuable facts.
- Time
- Duration: 45 minutes
- Price
- 125 Euro (incl. foreign language charge)
- Number of participants
- for up to 30 participants (incl. 2 adults accompanying)
- Information
- This tour is available in different foreign languages.
For Companies
Staff outings, Christmas party, corporate incentives – Seize the opportunity to enjoy a meeting with your colleagues and employees at one of the most important cultural highlights of Dresden. Listen to anecdotes from the over 350-year long history of the Dresden Opera while enjoying a reception with exquisite refreshments in a noble ambience.
- Time
- By arrangement
- Price
- By arrangement
- Information
- Also, you can book our “Welcome Package” that we offer in cooperation with bean&beluga, the top-class caterer of the Semperoper.
Foreign Languages
A guided tour through the opera can be offered in German, English and many other languages. In compliance with your wishes, we will organise a native speaker or experienced guide adept in the respective foreign language to welcome you at our house. Also, it is possible to visit the opera with an interpreter.
- Time
- duration: 45 minutes
- Price
- Foreign language charge: 15 Euro per group
Guided Tour before the Performance
As an extended offer, a 30-minute guided tour takes place before selected performances (marked with an asterisk * in the Semperoper program). During this short tour, you promenade through the foyers and vestibules as an atmospheric prelude to your opera visit.
- Time
- before selected performances
- Price
- 9 Euro per person
- Information
- Tickets available at the opera box office only
Semperoper at night!
For a night tour in the Semperoper, the house stays open after the performance and invites you to immerse yourself into the world of the opera. During the nocturnal hours, the extravagant lighting in the Semperoper is particularly festive and all its splendour has fully evolved. This tour is ideal for an atmospheric ending of your evening.
- Time
- Start by arrangement; Duration: 45 Minutes
- Price
- Night charge: 15 Euro per group
Themed Tours
Semperoper by night
Experience the unique atmosphere of the Semperoper by night. Only at night-time, the festive lighting and magical illumination will unfold their full splendour.
- Time
- Duration: 45 Minuten
- Price
- night charge: 15 Euro
- Information
- At selected dates after performances you can book a guided tour by night upon request.
Architecture Tour
Explore the ornate and captivating halls reconstructed with due regard to the original blueprints. The tour focuses on Gottfried Semper’s work in general and on the sumptuous architecture of the opera house, which is based on the Italian High Renaissance style.
- Time
- Duration: 45 minutes
- Price
- 255 Euro for a group up to 30 people
Dresden Opera – 350-year Jubilee
The year 2017 marked the 350th anniversary of Dresden’s long music theatre tradition. Correspondingly, we offer an exciting jubilee journey that takes you from the past to recent history of the Semperoper unveiling all its peculiarities.
- Time
- Duration: 45 Minuten
- Price
- 255 Euro for a group up to 30 people
Ballet Tour
The Semperoper ballet regularly takes their guest into the dazzling world of dance. A former ballerina invites you to join her on a tour through the opera that will give you an insight into the current ballet ensemble, how the dancers prepare for the show, what their daily routine looks like and what kind of curiosities are entailed in the profession.
- Time
- Duration: 45 minutes
- Price
- 255 Euro for a group up to 30 people
- Information
- You can book this thematic tour upon request
Scandalous Opera
Eavesdrop on the excesses and mishaps of the stars and divas at the Semperoper. No peculiar story escapes unnoticed and we look forward to sharing all the funny and sensational facts with you.
- Time
- Duration: 45 minutes
- Price
- 255 Euro for a group up to 30 people
- Information
- You can book this thematic tour upon request.
Stage Technology Tour
Our tour guides reveal how the technical team of the Semperoper guarantees a perfect performance and what kind of modern equipment is included in a single performance. Learn about the technical refinements and accomplishments of the “back-stage” team as well as why the acoustics in the auditorium are so unique.
- Time
- Duration: 45 minutes
- Price
- 255 Euro for a group up to 30 people
- Information
- Please note that the tour does not include the backstage area.
