Gerhard Polifka

Portrait

Seit Beginn der Saison 2022/23 ist Gerhard Polifka Stellvertretender Chordirektor der Staatsoper Unter den Linden, wo er sowohl für einige Neueinstudierungen verantwortlich ist, als auch das breit gefächerte Repertoire des Staatsopernchores pflegt. In dieser Funktion arbeitet er mit namenhaften Dirigenten wie Simon Rattle, René Jacobs, Robin Ticciati, Thomas Guggeis, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Bertrand de Billy und Massimo Zanetti zusammen. Neben seiner Tätigkeit am Theater ist er als musikalischer Leiter in verschiedene Projekte involviert. Gerhard Polifka studierte Schulmusik und Chorleitung bei Jörg Straube sowie Orchesterleitung an der Hochschule für Musik Würzburg. Wichtige Impulse erhielt er von Frieder Bernius und Martin Steidler. Mit Beginn seines Studiums übernahm er die Leitung verschiedener Ensembles. Er gründete den Bach-Kantaten-Club Würzburg e.V., das Ensemble NEAMus (Neues Ensemble für Alte Musik) und den Spectrum Kammerchor. Nach seinem Studium war er als Chordirektor und Kapellmeister am Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern tätig, wo er neben zahlreichen Choreinstudierungen auch Sinfoniekonzerte und Opernvorstellungen dirigierte.

Upcoming events with Gerhard Polifka

October

Così fan tutte

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Duration: approx. 3:45 hrs including one interval after act one

Cast

Start of ticket sales on 10. May 2025 12 noon.

Così fan tutte

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Duration: approx. 3:45 hrs including one interval after act one

Cast

Start of ticket sales on 10. May 2025 12 noon.
  • Family Performance

Roméo et Juliette

Charles Gounod
Duration: approx. 3 hrs including one interval

Cast

Start of ticket sales on 10. May 2025 12 noon.
  • Family Performance

Roméo et Juliette

Charles Gounod
Duration: approx. 3 hrs including one interval

Cast

Start of ticket sales on 10. May 2025 12 noon.

Così fan tutte

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Duration: approx. 3:45 hrs including one interval after act one

Cast

Start of ticket sales on 10. May 2025 12 noon.

November

  • For the last time this season

Roméo et Juliette

Charles Gounod
Duration: approx. 3 hrs including one interval

Cast

Start of ticket sales on 10. May 2025 12 noon.
  • For the last time this season

Così fan tutte

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Duration: approx. 3:45 hrs including one interval after act one

Cast

Start of ticket sales on 10. May 2025 12 noon.

December

  • For the last time this season

Falstaff

Giuseppe Verdi
Duration: approx. 2:50 h, including an interval after act one

Cast

Start of ticket sales on 10. May 2025 12 noon.

January 2026

February 2026

  • Family Performance

Il barbiere di Siviglia

Gioachino Rossini
Duration: approx. 2:55 hrs including one interval after act one

Cast

Start of ticket sales on 10. May 2025 12 noon.

March 2026

  • Festtage 2026

Der Rosenkavalier

Richard Strauss
Duration: approx. 4:40 hrs including two intervals after act one and act two

Cast

  • Festtage 2026

Der Rosenkavalier

Richard Strauss
Duration: approx. 4:40 hrs including two intervals after act one and act two

Cast

April 2026

  • Festtage 2026,
  • For the last time this season

Der Rosenkavalier

Richard Strauss
Duration: approx. 4:40 hrs including two intervals after act one and act two

Cast

May 2026

June 2026

Don Carlo

Giuseppe Verdi
Duration: approx. 3:30 hrs including one interval after act two

Cast

Start of ticket sales on 10. May 2025 12 noon.

Don Carlo

Giuseppe Verdi
Duration: approx. 3:30 hrs including one interval after act two

Cast

Start of ticket sales on 10. May 2025 12 noon.

Don Carlo

Giuseppe Verdi
Duration: approx. 3:30 hrs including one interval after act two

Cast

Start of ticket sales on 10. May 2025 12 noon.

Don Carlo

Giuseppe Verdi
Duration: approx. 3:30 hrs including one interval after act two

Cast

Start of ticket sales on 10. May 2025 12 noon.
  • For the last time this season

Don Carlo

Giuseppe Verdi
Duration: approx. 3:30 hrs including one interval after act two

Cast

Start of ticket sales on 10. May 2025 12 noon.

July 2026

  • For the last time this season

Samson et Dalila

Camille Saint-Saëns
Duration: approx. 2:40 hrs, including one interval after act two

Cast

Start of ticket sales on 10. May 2025 12 noon.