The Staatsoper Berlin has unveiled its 2025-26 season.

Premieres

Bertrand de Billy conducts Lydia Steier’s new production of Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann.” The cast includes Pene Pati, Nina Minasyan, Julia Kleiter, Clara Nadeshdin, Roberto Tagliavini, and Ema Nikolovska.

A second cast will include Benjamin Bernheim, Regina Koncz, Siobhan Stagg, Clara Nadeshdin, Alex Esposito, and Samantha Hankey. Pierre Dumoussaud conducts.

Performance Dates: Nov. 16-Dec. 4, 2025; March 5-22, 2026

Matthias Pintscher and Daniel Arkadij Gerzenberg’s “Das kalte Herz” will star Samuel Hasselhorn, Alice Coote, Karen Cargill, Sophia Burgos, and  Adriane Queiroz. Matthias Pintscher conducts the production by James Darrah.

Performance Dates: Jan. 11-23, 2026

Janáček’s “Das schlaue Füchslein” will be conducted by Simon Rattle in a new production by Ted Huffman. The production will star Vera-Lotte Boecker, Magdalena Kožená, Svatopluk Sem, Natalia Skrycka, Stephan Rügamer, David Oštrek, Carles Pachon, Florian Hoffmann, Sandra Laagus, Anna Samuil, Adriane Queiroz, and Sonja Herranen.

Performance Dates: Feb. 28-March 15, 2026

Charles Castronovo, Ludovic Tézier, Boris Pinkhasovich, Anna Netrebko, Anna Kissjudit, and Enkeleda Kaman star in Verdi’s “Un ballo
in maschera.” Enrique Mazzola conducts the production by Rafael R. Villalobos.

Performance Dates: March 29-April 6, 2026

Adela Zaharia, Serena Sáenz, Siyabonga Maqungo, Michael Laurenz, David Steffens, and Bülent Ceylan lead a new production of Mozart’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail.” Thomas Guggeis conducts the production by Andrea Moses.

Performance Dates: June 27-July 11, 2026

Der Ring des Nibelungen

Christian Thielemann conducts “Das Rheingold” starring Michael Volle, Roman Trekel, Siyabonga Maqungo, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Claudia Mahnke, Sonja Herranen, Anna Kissjudit, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Stephan Rügamer, Mika Kares, Peter Rose, Evelin Novak, Natalia Skrycka, and Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein.

Performance Dates: Sept. 27 & Oct. 5, 2025

Christian Thielemann conducts “Die Walküre” with Eric Cutler, Vida Miknevičiūtė, Mika Kares, Michael Volle, Anja Kampe, and Claudia Mahnke.

Performance Dates: Sept. 28 & Oct. 7, 2025

Andreas Schager, Stephan Rügamer, Michael Volle, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Peter Rose, Anna Kissjudit, Anja Kampe, and Kathrin Zukowski star in “Siegfried” with Christian Thielemann conducting.

Performance Dates: Oct. 1 & 10, 2025

The cycle concludes with “Götterdämmerung” starring Andreas Schager, Lauri Vasar, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Mika Kares, Anja Kampe, Clara Nadeshdin, and Marina Prudenskaya. Christian Thielemann conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 3 & 12, 2025

Revivals 

Aida Garifullina and Marina Rebeka star in Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Pene Pati, Stefan Pop, and Alexey Markov. Karel Mark Chichon conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 2-30, 2025

Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” will star Evelin Novak, Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein, Carles Pachon, Siyabonga Maqungo,  Adriane Queiroz, and Roman Trekel. Marc Minkowski conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 11-Nov. 8, 2025

Natalia Skrycka and Gyula Orendt star in Purcell’s “Dido & Aeneas” with Aphrodite Patoulidou, Jingjing Xu, and Hanseong Yun. Christopher Moulds conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 18-Nov. 14, 2025

Lisette Oropesa and Charles Castronovo lead Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” with Katharina Kammerloher, Maciej Kwaśnikowski, Rebecka Wallroth, and Renato Girolami. Francesco Ivan Ciampa conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 26-Nov. 6, 2025

Timur Zangiev conducts Mussorgsky’s “Chowanschtschina” with Mika Kares, Andreas Schager, Stephan Rügamer, George Gagnidze, Taras Shtonda, Marina Prudenskaya, Evelin Novak, Andrei Popov, Anna Samuil, Roman Trekel, Andrés Moreno García, Johan Krogius, Hanseong Yun, and Friedrich Hamel.

Performance Dates: Nov. 2-23, 2025

Michael Volle leads Verdi’s “Falstaff” with Andrè Schuen, Jonah Hoskins, Gabriela Scherer, Slávka Zámečníková, and Anna Kissjudit. Giuseppe Mentuccia conducts.

Performance Dates: Nov. 20-Dec. 7, 2025

Corinne Winters and Elena Guseva alternate Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Natalia Skrycka, Brian Jagde, Najmiddin Mavlyanov, Lauri Vasar, and Arttu Kataja. Tomáš Netopil and Keri-Lynn Wilson lead the work.

Performance Dates: Nov. 30-Dec. 10, 2025; April 22-30, 2026

Simon Keenlyside stars in Berg’s “Wozzeck” with Anja Kampe, Andreas Schager, Florian Hoffmann, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Stephen Milling, Anna Kissjudit, and Friedrich Hamel. Christian Thielemann conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 14, 2025-Jan. 4, 2026

Multiple casts will highlight Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” including René Pape, Friedrich Hamel, Manuel Winckhler, Siyabonga Maqungo, Andrés Moreno García, Bogdan Volkov, Elsa Dreisig, Evelin Novak, Jaka Mihelač, Carles Pachon, Gyula Orendt, Serafina Starke, Aleksandra Olczyk, Regina Koncz, Kathryn Lewek, Alina Wunderlin, Arttu Kataja, and Roman Trekel. Tim Fluch and Giuseppe Mentuccia alternate at the podium.

Performance Dates: Dec. 13, 2025-Jan. 3, 2026; April 9-May 24, 2026

Aleksandra Kurzak leads Puccini’s “La Bohème” with Maria Kokareva, Saimir Pirgu, Gyula Orendt, Jaka Mihelač, and Jongmin Park.

Performance Dates: Dec. 20, 2025-Jan. 10, 2026

Sonya Yoncheva and Aleksandra Kurzak star in Puccini’s “Tosca” with Vittorio Grigolo, Piotr Beczała, Christopher Maltman, and Alexey Markov. Giuseppe Mentuccia and Petr Popelka conduct.

Performance Dates: Jan. 15-Feb. 13, 2026

René Pape, Eric Cutler, Elza van den Heever, Wolfgang Koch, Anja Kampe, and Arttu Kataja lead Wagner’s “Lohengrin.” Simone Young conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 18-Feb. 7, 2026

Sonja Herranen, Clara Nadeshdin, Serafina Starke, Matthias Hoffmann, Andrés Moreno García, Manuel Winckhler, Dionysios Avgerinos, and Andreas Petzoldt star in Weber’s “Der Freischütz für Kinder” with Elias Corrinth conducting.

Performance Dates: Jan. 22-31, 2026; July 5-7, 2026

Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” will star Gyula Orendt, Evelin Novak, Siyabonga Maqungo, Taras Shtonda, Clara Nadeshdin, Friedrich Hamel, David Oštrek, and Jingjing Xu. Finnegan Downie Dear conducts.

Performance Dates: Feb. 6-25, 2026

Rossini’s “Il barbiere di Siviglia” will star Alasdair Kent, Siyabonga Maqungo, Giulio Mastrototaro, Marina Viotti, Tara Erraught, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Jaka Mihelač, and Gyula Orendt. Tim Fluch conducts.

Performance Dates: Feb. 20-March 21, 2026

Julia Kleiter, Peter Rose, Patricia Nolz, Roman Trekel, Andrés Moreno García, and Nikola Hillebrand lead Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier.” Christian Thielemann conducts.

Performance Dates: March 28-April 5, 2026

Stephan Rügamer, Christiane Karg, Nicolò Balducci, Regina Koncz, Rosie Aldridge, and Anna Samuil star in Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw.” Finnegan Downie Dear conducts.

Performance Dates: April 10-21, 2026

Camilla Nylund and Brian Jagde lead Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” with Serena Sáenz, Jaka Mihelač, Katharina Kammerloher, and Roman Trekel. Eun Sun Kim conducts.

Performance Dates: April 17-23, 2026

Verdi’s “Aida” will star Marina Prudenskaya, Marina Rebeka, Yusif Eyvazov, René Pape, and Gabriele Viviani. John Fiore conducts.

Performance Dates: April 25 -May 17, 2026

Sonya Yoncheva leads Bellini’s “Norma” with Freddie De Tommaso, Angela Brower, and Erwin Schrott. Giuseppe Mentuccia conducts.

Performance Dates: May 1-13, 2026

Strauss’ “Die schweigsame Frau” will star Peter Rose, Evelyn Herlitzius, Siyabonga Maqungo, Serena Sáenz, Serafina Starke, Jingjing Xu, Dionysios Avgerinos, Manuel Winckhler, and Friedrich Hamel.

Performance Dates: May 9-29, 2026

Igor Golovatenko, Andrés Moreno García,  Anastasia Bartoli,  Elena Maximova, and Tareq Nazmi star Verdi’s “Nabucco” with Francesco Lanzillotta conducting.

Performance Dates: May 23-June 6, 2026

Leonardo Sini conducts Verdi’s “Don Carlo” with René Pape, Fabio Sartori, Alfredo Daza, Taras Shtonda, Ewa Płonka, and Marina Prudenskaya.

Performance Dates: June 5-26, 2026

Debussy’s ” Pelléas et Mélisande” will star Stephen Milling. Anne Sofie von Otter, Gyula Orendt, Simon Keenlyside, and Magdalena Kožená. François-Xavier Roth conducts.

Performance Dates: June 21-July 9, 2026

Roberto Alagna and Aigul Akhmetshina star in Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Samson et Dalila” with Łukasz Goliński and Carles Pachon. Alexander Soddy conducts.

Performance Dates: July 4-12, 2026

Concerts

Christian Thielemann leads a New Year’s concert with Vida Miknevičiūtė and Michael Spyres featuring music by Franz Lehár.

Performance Dates: Dec. 31, 2025 & Jan. 1, 2026

Johannes Brahms’s “Ein deutsches Requiem” will be conducted by Christian Thielemann and will showcase Nikola Hillebrand and Samuel Hasselhorn.

Performance Dates: Jan. 26 & 27, 2026; April 3, 2026

Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 will be led by Simon Rattle and star Christiane Karg and Karen Cargill.

Performance Dates: March 9 & 10, 2026

Richard Strauss’ Orchesterlieder will be performed by Julia Kleiter and Konstantin Kimmel. Christian Thielemann conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6.

Performance Dates: April 13 & 14, 2026

Lieder

Asmik Grigorian and Lukas Geniusas perform Rachmaninoff.

Performance Date: Oct. 21, 2025

Renée Fleming performs a program of music by Georg Friedrich Händel, Joseph Canteloube, Kevin Puts, Nico Muhly, Howard Shore, and Björk. Howard Watkins plays the piano.

Performance Date: Dec. 8, 2025

Matthias Goerne and Markus Hinterhäuser lead Franz Schubert’s “Die schöne Müllerin.”

Performance Date: April 2, 2026

Benjamin Bernheim and Carrie-Ann Matheson perform Henri Duparc, Hector Berlioz, Ernest Chausson, Giacomo Puccini, and Pietro Mascagni.

Performance Date: May 2, 2026