Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Diana Damrau, Lise Davidsen, Freddie de Tommaso, René Pape, Benjamin Bernheim, Asmik Grigorian, Jonathan Tetelman & Aigul Akhmetshina Lead Staatsoper Unter den Linden’s 2026-27 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Staatsoper Unter den Linden has announced its 2026-27 season.
Premiere
Carlo Rizzi and Giuseppe Mentuccia conduct a new production of Spontini’s “La Vestale” by Lydia Steier. Sonya Yoncheva, David Butt Philip, Marina Prudenskaya, Siyabonga Maqungo, Jean Teitgen, and Hanseong Yun star.
Performance Dates: Sept. 26, 2026-May 8, 2027
Christina Pluhar conducts Cavalli’s “La Calisto” in a production by Stefan Herheim. Milan Siljanov, Renato Dolcini, Vera-Lotte Boecker Giuseppina Bridelli, Arnaud Gluck, Luciana Mancini, Marcel Beekman, Jake Arditti, David Trucou, and Joao Fernandes star.
Performance Dates: Nov. 8-21, 202
Defne Celik, Etīna Emīlija Saulīte, Chen Li, Irakli Pkhaladze, Frank Hanseong Yun, Jingjing Xu, and Camille Dombrowsky star in “Die Fledermaus fur Kinder.” Giulia Giammona directs.
Performance Dates: Jan. 21-June 27, 2027
Bertrand de Billy conducts a new production of Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” by Johannes Erath. The cast includes Asmik Grigorian, Anna Princeva, Lauri Vasar, Joshua Guerrero, and Lucio Gallo.
Performance Dates: March 21-July 3, 2027
Christian Thielemann conducts Humperdinck’s “Konigkinder” in a new production by David Bösch. Sebastian Kohlhepp, Diana Damrau, Evelyn Herlitzius, Christian Gerhaher, Manuel Winckhler, Stephan Rügamer, and Roman Trekel star.
Performance Dates: May 1-20, 2027
Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” will star Roberto Tagliavini, Lise Davidsen, Igor Golovatenko, Freddie De Tommaso, Marina Prudenskaya, and Ambrogio Maestri. Philippe Jordan conducts Vasily Barkhatov’s production.
Performance Dates: May 22-June 6, 2027
Baroque Festival
Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” will be conducted by Gianluca Capuano and will star Cecilia Bartoli and Mélissa Petit.
Performance Dates: Nov. 12 & 14, 2026
Diego Fasolis conducts Monteverdi’s “L’Incoronazione di Poppea” with Anna Kissjudit, Raffaele Pe, Anna Prohaska, Carlo Vistoli, Manuel Winckhler, and Evelin Novak.
Performance Dates: Nov. 20-26, 2026
Christopher Moulds conducts Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” with Natalia Skrycka, Gyula Orendt, and Aphrodite Patoulidou.
Performance Dates: Nov. 25 & 27, 2026
Repertoire
Domingo Hindoyan and Giacomo Sagripanti conduct Verdi’s “Rigoletto“with Ben Bliss, Bekhzod Davronov, Simon Keenlyside, George Petean, Elena Villalon, Marina Monzó, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Taras Shtonda, and Anna Kissjudit.
Performance Dates: Sept. 5, 2026-May 2, 2027
Alexander Soddy conducts Saint-Saens’ “Samson et Dalila” with Jonathan Tetelman, Marina Prudenskaya, Łukasz Goliński, and Carles Pachon.
Performance Dates: Sept. 6-13, 2026
Julie Fuchs, Galeano Salas, Jaka Mihelač, and Erwin Schrott lead Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore.” Giuseppe Mentuccia conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. 17, 2026
Gyula Orendt, Evelin Novak, Johanna Wallroth, Arttu Kataja, and Ema Nikolovska star in Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Marc Minkowski conducts.
Performance Dates: Oct. 2-15, 2026
Giuseppe Mentuccia conducts Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Aleksandra Kurzak, Anna Princeva, Jingjing Xu, Stefan Pop, and Lauri Vasar.
Performance Dates: Oct. 10-24, 2026
Aleksandra Kurzak and Eleonora Buratto lead Puccini’s “Tosca” with Benjamin Bernheim, Fabio Sartori, Davide Luciano and Alexey Markov. Alexander Soddy and Eun Sun Kim conduct.
Performance Dates: Nov. 25, 2026-Feb. 5, 2027
René Pape, Manuel Winckhler, Siyabonga Maqungo, Andrés Moreno García, Johan Krogius, Evelin Novak, Sonja Herranen, Serafina Starke, Jaka Mihelač, Carles Pachon, Gyula Orendt, Defne Celik, Regina Koncz, Alina Wunderlin, Maria Kokareva, Arttu Kataja, and Roman Trekel lead Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte.” Tim Fluch conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov. 29, 2026-May 29, 2027
Puccini’s “La Bohème” will be conducted by Ivan Repušić and Giuseppe Mentuccia with Elsa Dreisig, Evelin Novak, Clara Nadeshdin, Riccardo Massi, Andrés Moreno García, and Gyula Orendt.
Performance Dates: Dec. 4, 2026-Jan. 2, 2027
Simone Young conducts Verdi’s “Nabucco” with Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar, Fabio Sartori, Anna Netrebko, Marina Prudenskaya, and Roberto Tagliavini.
Performance Dates: Dec. 14-22, 2026
Elias Corrinth conducts Weber’s “Der Freischütz für Kinder” with a cast starring Anna Samuil, Sandra Laagus, Matthias Hoffmann, Álvaro Diana, Temur Bidzishvili, Irakli Pkhaladze, and Andreas Petzoldt.
Performance Dates: Dec. 16-18, 2026
Juliana Grigoryan, Nina Minasyan, Liparit Avetisyan, Granit Musliu, Piotr Buszewski, Mihai Damian, and Ludovic Tézier star in Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Giuseppe Mentuccia conducting.
Performance Dates: Jan. 7-March 13, 2027
Axel Kober conducts Strauss’ “Salome” with Stephan Rügamer, Anja Kampe, Elena Stikhina, Wolfgang Koch, and Johan Krogius.
Performance Dates: Jan. 10-29, 2027
Tim Fluch conducts Mozart’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” with Brenda Rae, Serafina Starke, Jonah Hoskins, Lukas Schmidt, Stefan Cerny, and Bülent Ceylan.
Performance Dates: Jan. 31-Feb. 17, 2027
Klaus Florian Vogt, René Pape, Camilla Nylund, Michael Nagy, and Roman Trekel lead Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” with Christian Thielemann conducting.
Performance Dates: Feb. 20-28, 2027
Pene Pati, Kathryn Lewek, Golda Schultz, Erwin Schrott, and Patricia Nolz star in Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” with Keri-Lynn Wilson conducting.
Performance Dates: March 3-14, 2027
Christian Thielemann conducts Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” with René Pape, Andreas Schager, Marina Prudenskaya, Andrè Schuen, Siyabonga Maqungo, and Roman Trekel.
Performance Dates: April 2-23, 2027
Giedrė Šlekytė conducts Bizet’s “Les pêcheurs de perles” with Adela Zaharia, Amitai Pati, Gyula Orendt, and Nicolas Testé.
Performance Dates: April 2-23, 2027
Giuseppe Mentuccia conducts Bellini’s “Norma” with Saioa Hernández, Freddie De Tommaso, Natalia Skrycka, and René Pape starring.
Performance Dates: April 3-16, 2027
Tim Fluch conducts Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” with a cast featuring Roman Trekel, Rebecka Wallroth, Krassimira Stoyanova, James McCorkle, Andreas Schager, Regina Koncz, and Carles Pachon.
Performance Dates: April 8-25, 2027
Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Die Zarenbraut” with Rafał Siwek, Juliana Grigoryan, Vladislav Sulimsky, Tómas Tómasson, Pavel Černoch, Aigul Akhmetshina, Stephan Rügamer, Elena Zaremba, Natalia Skrycka, and Anna Samuil.
Performance Dates: June 12-20, 2027
Simon Rattle conducts Mozart’s “Idomeneo” with Reinoud Van Mechelen, Magdalena Kožená, Sabine Devieilhe, Christiane Karg, and Linard Vrielink.
Performance Dates: June 17-July 4, 2027
Baroque Concerts
Roberta Mameli joins the Mitglieder der Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and Bernhard Forck for an evening of baroque music.
Performance Date: Nov. 9, 2026
Raffaele Pe leads the Ensemble La Lira di Orfeo in works by Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Paolo Cima, and Dario Castello.
Performance Date: Nov. 15, 2026
Luciana Mancini joins Ensemble L’Arpeggiata and Christina Pluhar for works by Barbara Strozzi, Francesca Caccini, Francesco Cavalli, and Claudio Monteverdi.
Performance Date: Nov. 17, 2026
Concerts
Gemma New joins Stephan Rügamer for music by Jessie Montgomery, Britten, and Haydn.
Performance Date: Oct. 12, 2026
Christian Thielemann and Diana Damrau lead a Strauss program.
Performance Dates: Oct. 20 & 21, 2026
Christian Thielemann conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Julia Kleiter, Patricia Nolz, Klaus Florian Vogt, and René Pape.
Performance Date: March 28, 2027
Christian Thielemann conducts Liszt and Strauss with Camilla Nylund and Piotr Beczała.
Performance Dates: April 13 & 14, 2027
Jakub Hrůša and Christian Gerhaher music by perform Beethoven, Dvořák, Mahler and Janáček.
Performance Dates: June 22 & 23, 2027
Lieder
Ludovic Tézier sings in recital.
Performance Date: October. 5, 2026
Rachel Willis-Sørensen also performs in recital.
Performance Date: Nov. 1, 2026
Joyce DiDonato takes on a recital.
Performance Date: March 25, 2027
Xabier Anduaga sings in recital.
Performance Date: April 14, 2027
Nadine Sierra sings the final recital of the season.
Performance Date: May 3, 2027
