Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Juan Diego Flórez, Elīna Garanča, Lisette Oropesa, Pretty Yende, Asmik Grigorian, Freddie De Tommaso, Luca Salsi, Marina Rebeka, Xabier Anduaga & Piotr Beczała Lead Wiener Staatsoper’s 2026-27 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Wiener Staatsoper has announced its 2026-27 season.
Premiere
Zemlinsky’s “Eine Florentinische Tragödie” and Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” will be performed in a new production with Dmitry Golovnin, Christopher Maltman, Florian Boesch, and Asmik Grigorian. Alain Altinoglu conducts the new production by Vasily Barkhatov.
Performance Dates: Oct. 3-12, 2026
Two casts will headline. The first will include Michael Nagy, Kate Lindsey, Daniel Behle, Serena Sáenz, Golda Schultz, and Jusung Gabriel Park. The second cast will showcase Adrian Eröd and Christina Nilsson.
Performance Dates: Nov. 22, 2026-April 24, 2027
Eve-Maud Hubeaux, John Osborn, and Christian Van Horn star in Berlioz’s “La Damnation de Faust.” Bertrand de Billy conducts the new production by Lydia Steier.
Performance Dates: Dec. 17-29, 2026
Freddie De Tommaso, Luca Salsi, Marina Rebeka, Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Ilia Staple lead the first cast of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera” in Nikolaus Habjan’s new production. Anna Netrebko, Elizabeth DeShong, and Marina Monzó join the cast in the summer.
Performance Dates: Feb. 21-June 26, 2027
Performance Dates: March 15-27, 2027
Lisette Oropesa and Emily D’Angelo star in Bellini’s “I Capuletti e I Montecchi” with Iván Ayon Rivas, and Marko Mimica. Gianluca Capuano conducts the new production by Tatjana Gürbaca.
Performance Dates: June 11-29, 2027
Repertoire
Luciano Ganci, Roberto Frontali, Ermonela Jaho, and Elīna Garanča star in Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur.” Marco Armiliato conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 5-14, 2026
Giordano’s “Andrea Chénier” will star Piotr Beczała, Boris Pinkhasovich, and Sondra Radvanovsky. Axel Kober conducts.
Performance Dates: June 18-30, 2027
Bartosz Urbanowicz, Stephanie Houtzeel, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Nikola Hillebrand, Michael Nagy, Michael Laurenz, Adrian Eröd, Clemens Unterreiner, and Sara Blanch star in Strauss’ “Arabella.” Constantin Trinks conducts.
Performance Dates: May 22-June 1, 2027
Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Roberto Alagna, Philippe Sly, and Anna Bondarenko star in Bizet’s “Carmen” with Henrik Nánási conducting. The second cast will include Clémentine Margaine, Charles Castronovo, Christian Van Horn and Florina Ilie. Bertrand de Billy conducts.
Performance Dates: Oct. 11, 2026-May 7, 2027
Louise Alder, Cecilia Molinari, Florian Sempey, Filipe Manu, Maria Nazarova, and Gerald Finley star in Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” Alexander Soddy conducts.
Performance Dates: April 16-29, 2027
Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer” with Günther Groissböck, Camilla Nylund, Eric Cutler, and Tomasz Konieczny.
Performance Dates: May 30-June 10, 2027
Malin Byström, Martin Summer, Angela Brower, Clemens Unterreiner, Nikola Hillebrand, and Kang Wang star in Straus” “Der Rosenkavalier.” Sebastian Weigle conducts.
Performance Dates: Feb 8-19, 2027
Mozart’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” will star Nikola Hillebrand, Katharina Pichler, Ilia Staple, Stella Roberts, Stefan Cerny, Sebastian Kohlhepp, and Christian Natter. Constantin Trinks conducts.
Performance Dates: Oct. 15-23, 2026
J. Strauss‘ “Die Fledermaus” will star Ludwig Mittelhammer, Julia Kleiter, Alexander Grassauer, Patricia Nolz, Jörg Schneider, Adrian Eröd, Nikola Hillebrand, and Michael Niavarani. Franz Welser-Möst conducts.
Performance Dates: Dec. 31, 2026-Jan. 6, 2027
Michael Volle, Christof Fischesser, Michael Nagy, Eric Cutler, Daniel Jenz, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller star in Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.” Axel Kober conducts.
Performance Dates: May 6-16, 2027
Korngold’s “Die Tote Stadt” will star Klaus Florian Vogt, Vida Mikneviciute, and Andrè Schuen. Sebastian Weigle conducts.
Performance Dates: April 25-May 5, 2027
Smetana’s “The Bartered Bride (Die verkaufte Braut)” will be conducted by Tomáš Hanus and will star Bartosz Urbanowicz, Margaret Plummer, Olga Bezsmertna, Hans Peter Kammerer, Monika Bohinec, Pavel Černoch, Matthäus Schmidlechner, and Peter Kellner.
Performance Dates: Jan. 8-16, 2027
Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” will be revived twice. The first cast will include Günther Groissböck, Magnus Dietrich, Clemens Unterreiner, Sabine Devieilhe, Slávka Zámečníková, and Georg Nigl. The second cast will star Stefan Cerny, Pavol Breslik, Adrian Eröd, Aleksandra Olczyk, Nikola Hillebrand and Michael Nagl. Sebastian Weigle and Axel Kober conduct.
Performance Dates: Dec. 12, 2026-May 19, 2027
“Die Zauberflote fur Kinder” will be revived.
Performance Dates: Feb. 5, 2027
Verdi’s “Don Carlo” will star Günther Groissböck, Vittorio Grigolo, Étienne Dupuis, Ain Anger, Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Elena Stikhina, and Eve-Maud Hubeaux. Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 4-16, 2026
Roberto Tagliavini, Michael Spyres, Étienne Dupuis, John Relyea, Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Nicole Car, and Eve-Maud Hubeaux star in Verdi’s “Don Carlos.” Bertrand de Billy conducts.
Performance Dates: Jan. 17-31, 2027
Christian Van Horn leads Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with Antonio Di Matteo, Federica Lombardi, John Osborn, Olga Kulchynska, Peter Kellner, Jana Markovic, and Jusung Gabriel Park. Tomáš Hanus conducts.
Performance Dates: Jan. 19-30, 2027
Clemens Unterreiner, Tomasz Konieczny, David Butt Philip, Jennifer Holloway, Tareq Nazmi, Florina Ilie, and Daniel Jenz star in Beethoven’s “Fidelio” with Cornelius Meister conducting.
Performance Dates: Jan. 9-18, 2027
Rossini’s “Il barbiere di Siviglia” will be revived twice. In the fall, Levy Sekgapane, Misha Kiria, Kate Lindsey, Antonio Di Matteo, and Adam Plachetka star with Leonardo Sini conducting. Then in the spring Dave Monaco, Marco Filippo Romano, Maria Kataeva, Erwin Schrott, and Nicola Alaimo star with Antonino Fogliani conducting.
Performance Dates: Oct. 9, 2026-April 9, 2027
Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” returns with two casts. The first will star Emily Pogorelc, Bogdan Volkov, and Ambrogio Maestri with Leonardo Sini conducting while the second will star Pretty Yende, Xabier Anduaga, Leonardo Neiva, and Peter Kálmán with Antonino Fogliani conducting.
Performance Dates: Nov. 14, 2026-May 18, 2027
Nadezhda Karyazina, Rolando Villazón, Florina Ilie, Margaret Plummer, Matheus França, Wolfgang Bankl, Hiroshi Amako, and Iurii Iushkevich star in Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo.” Stefan Gottfried conducts.
Performance Dates: Oct. 25-Nov. 3, 2026
Kang Wang, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Leonardo Neiva, Matheus França, and Maria Nazarova star in Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Domingo Hindoyan conducts.
Performance Dates: Dec. 6-13, 2026
Katleho Mokhoabane, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Slávka Zámečníková, Kate Lindsey, Patricia Nolz, and Peter Kellner star in Mozart’s “Clemenza di Tito” with Cornelius Meister conducting.
Performance Dates: Sept. 20-29, 2026
Erin Morley will headline Donizetti’s “La Fille du Régiment” with Xabier Anduaga, Misha Kiria, and Brigitte Kren. Evelino Pidò conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov. 1-13, 2026
Federica Lombardi, Xabier Anduaga, and Ludovic Tézier star in Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Francesco Ivan Ciampa conducting.
Performance Dates: March 11-20, 2027
Two cast will perform Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The first will include Florian Sempey, Elsa Dreisig, Andrea Carroll, Riccardo Fassi, and Alma Neuhaus. Patrick Hahn conducts. Andrzej Filonczyk, Pretty Yende, Kathrin Zukowski, Peter Kellner, and Jana Markovic star in the second cast. Axel Kober conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 9, 2026-June 14, 2027
Olga Kulchynska, Juan Diego Flórez, Davide Luciano, and Ivo Stanchev star in Bizet’s “Les Pêcheurs de Perles.” Emmanuel Villaume conducts.
Performance Dates: Dec. 19-25, 2026
Roberto Tagliavini, Freddie De Tommaso, Daria Sushkova, John Relyea, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, and Kristina Mkhitaryan star in Verdi’s “Luisa Miller.” Daniele Callegari conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov. 21-30, 2026
Ilia Staple, Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Margaret Plummer, Georg Nigl, Sean Panikkar, Wolfgang Bankl, and Olafur Sigurðarson star in Berg’s “Lulu” with Simone Young conducting.
Performance Dates: May 17-26, 2027
Étienne Dupuis, Alexander Vinogradov, Anastasia Bartoli, and Najmiddin Mavlyanov star in Verdi’s “Macbeth” with Francesco Ivan Ciampa conducting.
Performance Dates: Sept. 24-Oct. 4, 2026
Ermonela Jaho stars in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Stephanie Maitland, Joshua Guerrero, and Attila Mokus. Giampaolo Bisanti conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov. 15-24, 2026
Elena Stikhina and Vittorio Grigolo star in Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut.” Giacomo Sagripanti conducts.
Performance Dates: April 7-18, 2027
John Osborn, Roberto Tagliavini, Sonya Yoncheva, and Elmina Hasan star in Bellini’s “Norma” with Lorenzo Passerini conducting.
Performance Dates: Feb. 22-March 3, 2027
Jonas Kaufmann, Luca Salsi, and Nicole Car star in Verdi’s “Otello.” Bertrand de Billy conducts.
Performance Dates: Oct. 26-Nov. 8, 2026
Simone Young conducts Wagner’s “Parsifal” with Ludovic Tézier, Christof Fischesser, Matheus França, Piotr Beczała, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, and Simone Schneider.
Performance Dates: March 25-April 3, 2027
Jörg Schneider, Monika Bohinec, Jennifer Holloway, and Tomasz Konieczny star in Strauss’ “Salome.” Lorenzo Viotti conducting.
Performance Dates: March 19-31, 2027
Two cast headline Puccini’s “Tosca.” Malin Byström, Jonathan Tetelman, and Ambrogio Maestri star with Giampaolo Bisanti conducting. Aleksandra Kurzak, Roberto Alagna, and Amartuvshin Enkhbat star in the second cast with Francesco Ivan Ciampa conducting.
Performance Dates: Sept. 30, 2026-March 12, 2027
Andreas Schager, Kwangchul Youn, Miina-Liisa Värelä, Adrian Eröd, and Tanja Ariane Baumgartner star in Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.” Alexander Soddy conducts.
Performance Dates: April 4-15, 2027
Anna Netrebko headlines Puccini’s “Turandot” with Brian Jagde and Rosa Feola. Henrik Nánási conducts.
Performance Dates: Feb. 10-23, 2027
Juan Diego Flórez, Attila Mokus, Kate Lindsey, and Sandra Hamaoui lead Massenet’s “Werther” with Marco Armiliato conducting.
Performance Dates: Jan. 4-13, 2027
Lieder
Günther Groissböck and Malcolm Martineau open the recital series.
Performance Date: Sept. 22, 2026
Simon Keenlyside performs in recital.
Performance Date: Nov. 12, 2026
Xabier Anduaga will also be part of the series.
Performance Date: Dec. 3, 2026
Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch return to the recital stage.
Performance Date: Jan. 26, 2027
Piotr Beczała and Luca Salsi join forces.
Performance Date: March 2, 2027
Nicholas Ofczarek and Georg Nigl are joined by Olga Pashchenko for a recital.
Performance Date: April 13, 2027
Juan Diego Flórez concludes the recital series.
Performance Date: May 25, 2027
Special concerts
Piotr Beczała, Juan Diego Flórez, Asmik Grigorian and Ludovic Tézier headline the Oper Fur Alle concert.
Performance Date: Sept. 6, 2026
