Anastasia Bartoli, Günther Groissböck, Carlo Vistoli Max Emanuel Cencic, Ambur Braid, Vera-Lotte Boecker & Julia Lezhneva Lead Theater an der Wien’s 2026-27 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Theater an der Wien has announced its 2026-27 season.
Christina Pluhar conducts Cavalli’s “La Calisto” with Stefan Herheim directing. Vera-Lotte Boecker, Milan Siljanov, Luciana Mancini, Arnaud Gluck, Giuseppina Bridelli, Marcel Beekman, Renato Dolcini, Jake Arditti, Juan Sancho, and João Fernandes star.
Performance Dates: Sept. 6-28, 2026
Luciana Mancini, Eszter Vörös, and Éva Gárdos perform Corazon Abierto featuring Tangos.
Performance Date: Sept. 23, 2026
Christina Pluhar conducts “Alla Napoletana” featuring Neapolitan songs. Soloists includes Céline Scheen, Benedetta Mazzucato, Luciana Mancini, Vincenzo Capezzuto, Alessandro Giangrande, João Fernandes, and Anna Dego.
Performance Date: Sept. 27, 2026
Marc Vogler’s “Klangstreich – Eine Note tanzt aus der Reihe” will star Ivo Kovrigar, Anita Rosati, and Ella Feldmeier. Anisha Bondy directs.
Performance Dates: Oct. 11-20, 2026
Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Hollander” will be conducted by Robert Jindra and directed by Philipp Stölzl. The cast includes Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Ambur Braid, Cameron Becker, Ieva Prudnikovaite, James Ley, and Jordan Shanahan.
Performance Dates: Oct. 17-30, 2026
David Stern conducts Handel’s “Hercules” with Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Avery Amereau, Thaïs Raï-Westphal, and Bastien Rimondi.
Performance Date: Oct. 21, 2026
Benjamin Bayl conducts Handel’s “Radamisto” with Max Emanuel Cencic, Fanny Lustaud, Dennis Orellana, Katrīna Paula Felsberga, Zachary Wilson, Federico Fiorio, and Tomáš Král.
Performance Date: Nov. 6, 2026
“Bravissimo” will be directed by Sebastian Kranner. Verena Tranker, Ilyà Dovnar, Jakob Pinter, Angelo Konzett, Camilla Zenkl, and Viktor Mitrevski star.
Performance Dates: Nov. 13, 2026-March 11, 2027
Anastasia Bartoli stars in Rossini’s “Ermione” with Carol Garcia, Anton Rositskii, Dave Monaco, Antonio Mandrillo, Nicolò Donini, Miriam Kutrowatz, Margarita Gritskova, and Krzysztof Lachman. Corrado Rovaris conducts.
Performance Date: Nov. 19, 2026
Martin Wåhlberg conducts Porsile’s “Spartaco” with Luigi Morassi, Sophie Junker, Vojtěch Pelka, Josè Maria Lo Monaco, Anthea Pichanick, Natalie Pérez, and Håvard Stensvold.
Performance Date: Nov. 26, 2026
Angelo Konzett and Mennan Bërveniku perform in recital music by Beethoven, Schubert, and Haydn.
Performance Date: Nov. 27, 2026
“Der kleine Prinz” will be conducted by Gábor Káli and directed by Louisa Muller. Emilie Renard, Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Susan Zarrabi, Zoltan Nagy, Katerina von Bennigsen, and Alexander Kaimbacher.
Performance Dates: Dec. 18-28, 2026
Vivaldi’s “Juditha Triumphans” will be conducted by Aapo Häkkinen and will star Julia Lezhneva, Marianne Beate Kielland, Sonja Runje, Erika Baikoff, and Arnaud Gluck.
Performance Date: Dec. 20, 2026
Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel” will be conducted by Valentin Uryupin and directed by Maxim Didenko. The cast will include Günther Groissböck, Alexey Neklyudov, Dmitry Cheblykov, Alexander Vassiliev, Khatuna Mikaberidze, Andrei Popov, Liv Redpath, and Georgina Fürstenberg.
Performance Dates: Jan. 22-Feb. 2, 2027
Vivaldi’s “Rosmira” will be conducted by Ottavio Dantone and will star Sophie Rennert, Delphine Galou, Maayan Licht, Francesca Aspromonte, Emilia Bertolini, Renato Dolcini, and Nicolo Balducci.
Performance Date: Jan. 25, 2027
Lully’s “Le Carnaval” and “Mascarade Royale” will be conducted by Federico Maria Sardelli and will star Valeria La Grotta, Giuseppina Bridelli, Philippe Talbot, Cyril Auvity, Biagio Pizzuti, and Alexandre Baldo.
Performance Date: Feb. 1, 2027
Maximilian Mayer, Daniel Gutmann, and Pavel Singer perform music by Johann Strauss.
Performance Date: Feb. 20, 2027
Giedrė Šlekytė conducts Beethoven’s “Leonore” with Stefan Herheim directing. Alexander Grassauer, Christoph Pohl, Attilio Glaser, Julia Kleiter, Patrick Zielke, Jasmin Delfs, and Matteo Ivan Rašić.
Performance Dates: Feb. 27-March 12, 2027
Raffaele Pe stars in Handel’s “Orlando” with Roberta Mameli, Dennis Orellana, Sarah Hayashi, and Giacomo Nanni.
Performance Date: March 3, 2027
Francesco Corti conducts Mozart’s “Mitridate” which will star Ian Koziara, Francesca Pia Vitale, Chiara Skerath, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Florie Valiquette, Alasdair Kent, and Désirée Giove.
Performance Date: March 10, 2027
Handel’s “Rinaldo” will be conducted by Francesco Corti and directed by Nadja Loschky. The cast will include Carlo Vistoli, Yuriy Mynenko, Mélissa Petit, Kateryna Kasper, Alejandro Baliñas Vieites, Rémy Brès-Feuillet, and Dominique Visse.
Performance Dates: April 9-25, 2027
Leonard Evers’s “Gold” will star Therese Troyer and Hannes Schöggl. Elena Artisi directs.
Performance Dates: April 13-24, 2027
David Bergmüller conducts musica Liuto.
Performance Date: April 17, 2027
Bernhard Forck conducts Hasse’s “Piramo e Tisbe” with Anett Fritsch, Roberta Mameli, and Jeremy Ovenden.
Performance Date: April 22, 2027
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