Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Michael Volle, Ludovic Tézier, Pretty Yende, Rolando Villazón, Federica Lombardi, Nicole Car, Freddie De Tommaso & Juan Diego Flórez Headline Wiener Staatsoper’s 2025-26 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Wiener Staatsoper has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the operas and recitals for the new season.
Premieres
Smetana’s “The Bartered Bride” will get a new production by Dirk Schmeding. The cast will be headed by Franz Xaver Schlecht, Margaret Plummer, Slávka Zámečníková, Ivo Stanchev, Monika Bohinec, Pavol Breslik, Michael Laurenz, Peter Kellner, Matthäus Schmidlechner, Ilia Staple, and Alex Ilvakhin. Tomáš Hanus conducts.
A second cast will showcase Juliette Mars and Zoryana Kushpler.
Performance Dates: Oct. 2-13, 2025 & March 23-31, 2026
Attila Mokus, Christopher Maltman, David Butt Philip, Malin Byström, Tareq Nazmi, Florina Ilie, and Daniel Jenz headline Beethoven’s “Fidelio” in a new production by Nikolaus Habjan. Franz Welser-Möst conducts.
Performance Dates: Dec. 16-30, 2025
Federica Lombardi sings the title role in Verdi’s “Luisa Miller” in a new production by Philipp Grigorian. The cast will also include Roberto Tagliavini, Freddie De Tommaso, Daria Sushkova, Andrea Mastroni, and George Petean. Michele Mariotti conducts.
Performance Dates: Feb. 7-March 1, 2026
Jan Lauwers directs Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” featuring a cast that includes Katleho Mokhoabane, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Florina Ilie, Emily D’Angelo, Alma Neuhaus, and Matheus França. Pablo Heras-Casado conducts.
Performance Dates: March 9-27, 2026
The final new production of the season will be Bizet’s “Les Pêcheurs de perles.” Kristina Mkhitaryan, Juan Diego Flórez, Ludovic Tézier, and Ivo Stanchev star with Daniele Rustioni conducting. Ersan Mondtag directs.
Performance Dates: May 14-29, 2026
Revivals (In Alphaetical Order)
Alexander Soddy conducts “Animal Farm,” which features a cast that includes Gennady Bezzubenkov, Wolfgang Bankl, Michael Gniffke, Andrei Popov, Stefan Astakhov, Karl Laquit, Artem Krutko, Margaret Plummer, Isabel Signoret, Elena Vassilieva, Holly Flack, Daniel Jenz, Jenni Hietala, and Clemens Unterreiner.
Performance Dates: June 12-23, 2026
Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Samantha Hankey, Clay Hilley, Erin Morley, Anja Kampe, and Stefan Astakhov star in Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos.” Cornelius Meister conducts.
Performance Dates: Feb. 19-25, 2026
Bizet’s “Carmen” features two casts. The first will star Victoria Karkacheva, Piotr Beczała, Alexey Markov, and Anna Bondarenko. Yves Abel conducts.
The second cast will star Elmina Hasan, Freddie De Tommaso, Christian Van Horn, and Anna Bondarenko. Asher Fisch conducts.
Performance Dates: Feb. 21-March 3, 2026 & June 1-11, 2026
Ruzan Mantashyan, Alma Neuhaus, Markus Werba, Dovlet Nurgeldiyev, Isabel Signoret, and Luca Pisaroni star in Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” Adam Fischer conducts.
A second cast includes Elsa Dreisig, Angela Brower, Peter Kellner, Filipe Manu, Maria Nazarova, and Christopher Maltman. Louis Langrée conducts.
Performance Dates: Oct. 18-25, 2025 & June 13-19, 2026
Michael Volle, Clemens Unterreiner, Daniel Jenz, Matthäus Schmidlechner, Szilvia Vörös, Jenni Hietala, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Georg Nigl, Gerhard Siegel, Simonas Strazdas, and Matheus França star in Wagner’s “Das Rheingold.” Pablo Heras-Casado conducts.
Performance Dates: May 19 & June 6, 2026
Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier” will star Camilla Nylund, Günther Groissböck, Samantha Hankey, Adrian Eröd, Nikola Hillebrand, and Michael Spyres. Alexander Soddy conducts.
Performance Dates: May 9-18, 2026
Franz-Josef Selig, Andreas Schager, Stephanie Maitland, Hiroshi Amako, and Tomasz Konieczny star in Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer.” Bertrand de Billy conducts.
Performance Dates: April 22-May 3, 2026
Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmélites” will star Olga Kulchynska, Bogdan Volkov, Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo, Maria Motolygina, Julie Boulianne, Michael Kraus, and Maria Nazarova. Robin Ticciati conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov. 20-29, 2025
Marcus Bluhm, Serena Sáenz, Florina Ilie, Ante Jerkunica, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Christian Natter, and Lukas Schmidt star in Mozart’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail.” Ivor Bolton conducts.
Performance Dates: Oct. 12-24, 2025
Jonas Kaufmann and Diana Damrau headline Johann Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus” with Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Daria Sushkova, Jörg Schneider, Adrian Eröd, Ilia Staple, and Michael Niavarani. Markus Poschner conducts.
Performance Dates: Dec. 31, 2025-Jan. 6, 2026
Michael Spyres, Günther Groissböck, Michael Volle, Simone Schneider, Camilla Nylund, and Szilvia Vörös headline Wagner’s “Die Walküre.” Pablo Heras-Casado conducts.
Performance Dates: May 25 & June 7, 2026
Pablo Heras-Casado conducts “Die Zauberflöte für Kinder.”
Performance Dates: Feb. 13, 2026
Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” will be revived twice. The first cast includes Christof Fischesser, Julian Prégardien, Clemens Unterreiner, Serena Sáenz, Ying Fang, Michael Nagl, Ilia Staple, and Matthäus Schmidlechner. Patrick Lange conducts.
The second cast stars Günther Groissböck, Pavol Breslik, Adrian Eröd, Jessica Pratt, Florina Ilie, Michael Nagl, Ilia Staple, and Matthäus Schmidlechner. Ivor Bolton conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 3-12, 2025 & June 22-28, 2026
Mattia Olivieri, Tareq Nazmi, Adela Zaharia, Bogdan Volkov, Tara Erraught, Philippe Sly, Anita Monserrat, and Andrei Maksimov will star in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Christoph Koncz conducts.
Performance Dates: Oct. 29-Nov. 7, 2025
Nicola Alaimo, Dmitry Korchak, Stefan Astakhov, and Pretty Yende will revive Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale.” Francesco Ivan Ciampa conducts.
Performance Dates: March 6-13, 2026
Ausrine Stundyte stars in Strauss’ “Elektra” aongside Nina Stemme, Camilla Nylund, Jörg Schneider, and Derek Welton. Alexander Soddy conducts.
Performance Dates: Dec. 14-23, 2025
Asmik Grigorian and Boris Pinkhasovich lead Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” with Elena Manistina, Daria Sushkova, Bogdan Volkov, and Dmitry Ulyanov. Timur Zangiev conducts.
Performance Dates: May 22-31, 2026
Ambrogio Maestri headlines Verdi’s “Falstaff” with Davide Luciano, Iván Ayón Rivas, Ruzan Mantashyan, Emily Pogorelc, and Monika Bohinec. Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov. 8-17, 2025
John Osborn, Olga Kulchynska, Alex Esposito, and Stefan Astakhov star in Gounod’s “Faust” with Frédéric Chaslin conducting.
Performance Dates: Nov. 6-15, 2025
György Kurtág’s “Fin de partie” will star Charles Workman, Hilary Summers, Philippe Sly, and Georg Nigl. Simone Young conducting.
Performance Dates: Sept. 30-Oct. 10, 2025
Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung” featuring Andreas Schager, Attila Mokus, Günther Groissböck, Georg Nigl, Camilla Nylund, Regine Hangler, and Szilvia Vörös.
Performance Dates: June 4 & 14, 2026
Celebrating the holiday season, Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel” will be revived with Clemens Unterreiner, Regine Hangler, Alma Neuhaus, Maria Nazarova, and Michael Laurenz. Cornelius Meister conducts.
Performance Dates: Dec. 26, 2025-Jan. 2, 2026
Bertrand de Billy conducts Mozart’s “Idomeneo” with Bernard Richter, Kate Lindsey, Eleonora Buratto, and Ying Fang.
Performance Dates: Jan. 16-25, 2026
Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” will star Liparit Avetisyan, Paolo Bordogna, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Erwin Schrott, and Davide Luciano. Gianluca Capuano conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 26-Oct. 9, 2025
Puccini’s “Il Trittico” will be revived. “Il Tabarro” will star Michael Volle, Nicole Car, Arsen Soghomonyan, and Monika Bohinec.
Meanwhile “Suor Angelica” will include Nicole Car and Violeta Urmana while “Gianni Schicchi” will star Ambrogio Maestri, Nicole Car, Violeta Urmana, and Kang Wang.
Lorenzo Viotti conducts.
Performance Dates: June 21-30, 2026
Timur Zangiev conducts a revival of Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta” with Sonya Yoncheva, Ivo Stanchev, Boris Pinkhasovich, Dmytro Popov, and Attila Mokus.
Performance Dates: Sept. 6-16, 2025
Donizetti’s comic masterpiece “L’Elisir d’Amore” will get two casts. The first cast includes Maria Nazarova, Edgardo Rocha, Stefan Astakhov, and Nicola Alaimo. Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts.
Pretty Yende headlines the second cast with Michael Spyres, Clemens Unterreiner, and Ambrogio Maestri. Gianluca Capuano leads the orchestra.
Performance Dates: Jan. 27-Feb 2, 2026 & May 5-11, 2026
Juan Diego Flórez and Nicole Car star in Puccini’s “La Bohème” alongside Andrey Zhilikovsky, Jusung Gabriel Park, Ivo Stanchev, and Anna Bondarenko. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts.
Performance Dates: Dec. 15-25, 2025
Giampaolo Bisanti conducts Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Nadine Sierra, Xabier Anduaga, and Artur Rucinski.
Performance Dates: Feb. 1-6, 2026
György Ligeti’s “Le Grand Macabre” will include Georg Nigl, Sarah Aristidou, Xavier Sabata, Maria Nazarova, Isabel Signoret, Wolfgang Bankl, Marina Prudenskaya, Gerhard Siegel, Daniel Jenz, and Hans Peter Kammerer. Pablo Heras-Casado conducts.
Performance Dates: March 15-25, 2026
Huw Montague Rendall, Adriana Gonzalez, Serena Sáenz, Riccardo Fassi, and Patricia Nolz star in a revival of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” with Adam Fischer conducting.
Performance Dates: Jan. 18-28, 2026
Adela Zaharia leads Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” with Bekhzod Davronov, Adam Palka, and Mattia Olivieri. Roberto Abbado conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov. 16-25, 2025
Eleonora Buratto leads the first cast of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Daria Sushkova, Luciano Ganci, and Leonardo Neiva. Giampaolo Bisanti conducts.
The second cast is headlined by Ermonela Jaho. Marco Armiliato conducts the production with Stephanie Maitland, Saimir Pirgu, and Attila Mokus also starring.
Performance Dates: Dec. 5-12, 2025 & March 7-17, 2026
Kristina Mkhitaryan sings the title role in Massenet’s “Manon.” Bertrand de Billy conducts a cast that also includes Benjamin Bernheim, Matheus França, and Stefan Astakhov.
Performance Dates: Jan. 9-17, 2026
Amartuvshin Enkhbat and Anna Netrebko headline Verdi’s “Nabucco.” They will be joined by Ivan Magrì, Alexander Vinogradov, and Monika Bohinec. Marco Armiliato conducts.
Performance Dates: Feb. 27-March 8, 2026
Arsen Soghomonyan sings the title role of Verdi’s “Otello” alongside Ludovic Tézier and Malin Byström. Bertrand de Billy conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 4-11, 2025
Axel Kober conducts Wagner’s “Parsifal” with Gerald Finley, Franz-Josef Selig, Matheus França, Klaus Florian Vogt, Werner Van Mechelen, and Jennifer Holloway.
Performance Dates: April 2-8, 2026
Debussy’s “Pelléas et Melisande” will feature Rolando Villazón and Kate Lindsey in the lead roles alongside Simon Keenlyside, Hannah-Theres Weigl, Jean Teitgen, and Monika Bohinec. Alain Altinoglu conducts.
Performance Dates: Oct. 27-Nov. 5, 2025
Robert Jindra conducts Dvořák’s “Rusalka” with Nicole Car, Monika Bohinec, Piotr Beczała, Eliska Weissová, and Alexander Vinogradov.
Performance Dates: Jan. 8-15, 2026
Strauss’ “Salome” will star Gerhard Siegel, Monika Bohinec, Elena Stikhina, Tomasz Konieczny, and Daniel Jenz. Sebastian Weigle conducts.
Performance Dates: May 1-10, 2026
Andreas Schager stars in Wagner’s “Siegfried” with Camilla Nylund, Michael Volle, Georg Nigl, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Gerhard Siegel, Matheus França, and Florina Ilie. Pablo Heras-Casado conducts.
Performance Dates: May 30 & June 10, 2026
Ludovic Tézier headlines Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” with Kwangchul Youn, Attila Mokus, Joshua Guerrero, and Federica Lombardi. Michele Mariotti conducts.
Performance Dates: April 16-24, 2026
Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” will be revived with Georg Zeppenfeld, Clay Hilley, Ludovic Tézier, Jörg Schneider, Matheus França, Lukas Schmidt, Marcus Pelz, Camilla Nylund, and Ekaterina Gubanova. Axel Kober conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 14-24, 2025
Elena Stikhina, Jonathan Tetelman, and Ludovic Tézier star in Puccini’s “Tosca” with Pier Giorgio Morandi conducting. A second cast will revive the production in the spring, starring Anna Netrebko, Ivan Gyngazov, and Christopher Maltman. Daniel Oren conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 20-29, 2025 & April 12-20, 2026
Leos Janáček’s “Vec Makropulos” will star Marlis Petersen, Pavel Cernoch, Bo Skovhus, and Wolfgang Bankl. Tomáš Hanus conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov. 30-Dec. 6, 2025
Johannes Martin Kränzle, Dmitry Golovnin, Jörg Schneider, Dmitry Belosselskiy, and Marlis Petersen star in Berg’s “Wozzeck.” Franz Welser-Möst conducts.
Performance Dates: April 9-13, 2026
Concerts
Elīna Garanča, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim, and Jonas Kaufmann will headline an open air concert led by Bertrand de Billy to open the season.
Performance Date: Sept. 7, 2025
Rolando Villazón opens the recital series.
Performance Date: Oct. 14, 2025
Georg Nigl and Nicholas Ofczarek will offer the second concert in the recital series with Vladimir Jurowski at the piano.
Performance Date: Oct. 26, 2025
Asmik Grigorian and Hyung-ki Joo headline a program entitled “A Diva is Born.”
Performance Date: Dec. 2, 2025
Julia Kleiter and Günther Groissböck team up for a recital with Malcolm Martineau.
Performance Date: Dec. 11, 2025
Nadine Sierra will offer a solo concert.
Performance Date: Jan. 22, 2026
Anna Netrebko will offer a recital concert.
Performance Date: Feb. 18, 2026
The final concert of the season will be by Michael Spyres.
Performance Date: April 28, 2026
Ensemble Matinees
The season will include recitals from many of the Wiener Staatsoper’s ensemble members.
Performance Dates: Sept. 21, 2025-May 17, 2026
