(Credit: Deutsche Oper)

The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced its 2025-26 season.

Premieres 

Detlev Glanert ‘s “Die drei Rätsel” will be conducted by Dominic Limburg and directed by Brigitte Dethier. The production will star Martina Baroni, Philipp Jekal, Chance Jonas-O’Toole, Joel Allison, Padraic Rowan, Maria Vasilevskaya, and Alexandra Oomens.

Performance Dates: Oct. 11, 2025-Feb. 15, 2026

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Sir Donald Runnicles will conduct a new production of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.” Clay Hilley, Georg Zeppenfeld, Elisabeth Teige, Thomas Lehman, Jörg Schörner, and Irene Roberts star. Micheal Thalheimer directs.

Performance Dates: Nov. 1-23, 2025

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Jonathan Tetelamn and Vida Miknevičiūtė star in Giordano’s “Fedora” with Navasard Hakobyan, Michael Bachtadze, and Julia Muzychenk. Rodirgo Porras also stars. John Fiore conducts the production by Christof Loy.

Performance Dates: Nov. 27-Dec. 10, 2025

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Korngold’s “Violanta” will be conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles and directed by David Hermann. The production will star Ólafur Sigurdarson, Laura Wilde, Mihails Culpajevs, Kangyoon Shine Lee, Lilit Davtyan, Stephanie Wake-Edwards, and Andrei Danilov.

Performance Dates: Jan. 25-Feb. 13, 2026

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Rolando Villazón directs Rossini’s “L’Italiana in Algeri” with Tommaso Barea, Artur Garbas, Benjamin Dickerson, Jonah Hoskins, Aigul Akhmetshina, and Misha Kiria. Alessandro de Marchi conducts.

Performance Dates: March 8-April 2, 2026

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David McVicar will direct Handel’s “Giulio Cesare in Egitto.” Stefano Montanari conducts a cast that includes Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Elena Tsallagova, Clementine Margaine, Stephanie Wake-Edwards, Martina Baroni, Cameron Shahbize, Iwan Borodulin, Michael Sumuel, Eduardo Rojas Fáundez, and Jared Werlein.

Performance Dates: April 25-July 8, 2026

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Lortzing’s “Zar und Zimmermann” will be conducted by Antonello Manacorda and directed by Martin G. Berger. The cast will include Artur Garbas, Philipp Kapeller, Patrick Zielke, Tobias Kehrer, Nadja Mchantaf, Joel Allison, Padraic Rowan, Kieran Carrel, and Stephanie Wake-Edwards.

Performance Dates: June 20-July 11, 2026

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Revivals 

Carlo Montanaro conducts Verdi’s “Aida” with Patrick Guetti, Tobias Kehrer, Yulia Matochkina, Judit Kutasi, Christina Nilsson, Alfred Kim, SeokJong Baek, Volodymyr Morozov, Byung Gil Kim, Michael Bachtadze, Thomas Cilluffo, Kanyoon Shine Lee, Alexandra Oomens, and Nina Solodovnikova.

Performance Dates: Sept. 13, 2025-Macrh 26, 2026

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Antonello Manacorda conducts “Das Lied von der Erde” with Okka von der Damerau and David Butt Philip.

Performance Date: Sept. 16, 2025

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Daniele Squeo and Roberto Rizzi Brignoli conduct Verdi’s “Rigoletto” with Andrei Danilov, Xabier Anduaga, Daniel Luis de Vicente, Juan Jesús Rodríguez, Nina Solodovnikova, Lilit Davtyan, Tobias Kehrer, Patrick Guetti, Aleksandra Meteleva, and Stephanie Wake-Edwards.

Performance Dates: Sept. 14, 2025-Macrh 1, 2026

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Wagner’s “Lohengrin” will star Byung Gil Kim, Attilio Glaser, Flurina Stucki, Nina Stemme, Egils Silins, and Dean Murphy. Marc Albrecht conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 20 & Oct. 4, 2025

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Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” will star Christof Fischesser, Tobias Kehrer, Klaus Florian Vogt, Thomas Lehman, and Camilla Nylund. Axel Kober conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 28-Nov. 2, 2025

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Zadonai’s “Francesca da Rimini” will star Sara Jakubiak, Maria Vasilevskaya, Ivan Inverardi, Rodrigo Porras Garulo, Thomas Cilluffo, Artur Garbas, Meechot Marrero, Hye-Young Moon, Arianna Manganello, Martina Baroni, Lucy Baker, Michael Dimovski, and Dean Murphy. Iván López-Reynoso conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 24-Nov. 14, 2025

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Anna Handler and Friedrich Praetorius conduct Bizet’s “Carmen” with a cast that includes Aleksandra Meteleva, Irene Roberts, Andrei Danilov, Vittorio Grigolo, Attilio Glaser, Nina Solodovnikova, Maria Motolygina, Byung Gil Kim, and Joel Allison.

Performance Dates: Oct. 25, 2025-June 12, 2026

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Carmen Giannattasio and Anastasia Bartoli alternate in Puccini’s “Tosca” with a starry cast that includes Brian Jagde, Freddie De Tommaso, Ivan Inverardi, and Amartuvshin Enkhbat. Sir Donald Runnicles, Ivan Repušić, and Giampaolo Bisanti conduct.

Performance Dates: Nov. 5, 2025-April 23, 2026

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Paolo Arrivabeni conducts Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” with Etienne Dupuis, Nicole Car, Liang Li, and Attilio Glaser.

Performance Dates: Nov. 7-26, 2025

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Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” will be conducted by Ben Glassberg and Anna Handler. The cast will include Dean Murphy, Thomas Lehman, Flurina Stucki, Maria Motolygina, Lilit Davtyan, Martina Baroni, Arianna Manganello, Artur Garbas, Burkhard Ulrich, Jörg Schörner, Padraic Rowan, Maria Vasilevskaya, Alexandra Oomens, and Jared Werlein.

Performance Dates: Dec. 3, 2025-Jan. 4, 2026

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Martin Muehle, Maria Motolygina, and Roman Burdenko star in Giordano’s “Andrea Chenier” with Andrea Battistoni conducting.

Performance Dates: Dec. 8-18, 2025

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Friedrich Praetorius conducts Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel” with Artur Garbas / Thomas Lehman, Arianna Manganello, Karis Tucker, Nina Solodovnikova, Alexandra Oomens, Thomas Cilluffo, Burkhard Ulrich, and Maria Vasilevskaya.

Performance Dates: Dec. 11, 2025-Jan. 2, 2026

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Carmen Giannattasio, Asmik Grigorian, and Elena Stikhina star in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Attilio Glaser, Dmytro Popov, Andrei Danilov, Karis Tucker, Martina Baroni, Joel Allison, and Germán Olvera. Stephan Zilias and Friedrich Praetorius conduct.

Performance Dates: Dec. 12, 2025-Feb. 23, 2026

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Patrick Hahn conducts a revival of J. Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus” with Gideon Poppe, Thomas Blondelle, Flurina Stucki, Hulkar Sabirova, Padraic Rowan, Karis Tucker, Stephanie Wake-Edwards, Thomas Cilluffo, Kieran Carrel, Thomas Lehman, Philipp Jekal, Jörg Schörner, Alexandra Oomens, and Lilit Davtyan.

Performance Dates: Dec. 20, 2025-Jan. 3, 2026

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Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” is set to star Kieran Carrel, Kangyoon Shine Lee, Misha Kiria, Simone Del Savio, Aleksandra Meteleva, Martina Baroni, Dean Murphy, Philipp Jekal, Patrick Guetti, and Volodymyr Morozov. Carlo Goldstein and Anna Handler conduct the revival.

Performance Dates: Dec. 22, 2025-March 27, 2026

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Juraj Valčuha and Friedrich Praetorius conduct a revival of Verdi’s “Don Carlo” with Liang Li, Roberto Tagliavini, Valentyn Dytiuk, André Schuen, Davide Luciano, Patrick Guetti, Huanhong Li, Christina Nilsson, Maria Motolygina, Karis Tucker, Kangyoon Shine Lee, and Michael Dimovski.

Performance Dates: Jan. 11-March, 2026

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Sir Donald Runnicles conducts Wagner’s “Der fliegende Holländer” with Patrick Guetti, Flurina Stucki, Kieran Carrel, Stephanie Wake-Edwards, Andrei Danilov, and Derek Welton.

Performance Dates: Jan. 18 & 28, 2026

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Adela Zaharia and Elbenita Kaitazi lead Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Amitai Pati, Andrei Danilov, Thomas Lehman, and Dean Murphy. Ivan Repušić and Francesco Lanzillotta conduct.

Performance Dates: Jan. 19-Feb. 28, 2026

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Franz Schreker’s “Der Schatzgräber” will be conducted by Marc Albrecht and will star Jared Werlein, Doke Pauwels, Clemens Bieber, Philipp Jekal, Joel Allison, Thomas Cilluffo, Thomas Johannes Mayer, Benjamin Dickerson, Daniel Johansson, Michael Dimovski, Michael Bachtadze, Elisabet Strid, Patrick Cook, and Paul Roh.

Performance Dates: Jan. 30-Feb. 12, 2026

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Schönberg’s “Guerrelieder” will be conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles and will star David Butt Philip, Felicia Moore, Annika Schlicht, Thomas Blondelle, and Thomas Lehman.

Performance Date: Feb. 10, 2026

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Anna Pirozzi and Catherine Foster star in Puccini’s “Turandot” with Burkhard Ulrich, Clemens Bieber, Angelo Villari, SeokJong Baeck, Nina Solodovnikova, and Maria Motolygina.

Performance Dates: Feb. 11- June 23, 2026

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Karita Mattila, Catherine Foster, Flurina Stucki, Burkhard Ulrich, and Tobias Kehrer star in Strauss’ “Elektra.” David Afkham conducts.

Performance Dates: Feb. 21 & 27, 2026

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Tarmo Peltokoski conducts Wagner’s “Parsifal” with Thomas Lehman, Tobias Kehrer, Albert Pesendorfer, Attilio Glaser, Philipp Jekal, and Irene Roberts.

Performance Dates: March 29-April 11, 2026

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Giulio Cilona conducts Puccini’s “Suor Angelica” and “Gianni Schicchi.” “Suor Angelica” will star Mané Galoyan, Lauren Decker, Stephanie Wake-Edwards, Aleksandra Meteleva, and Karis Tucker, while “Schicchi” will star Misha Kiria, Mané Galoyan, Lauren Decker, Andrei Danilov, Burkhard Ulrich, Maria Vasilevskaya, Michael Bachtadze, Andrew Harris, Dean Murphy, and Arianna Manganello.

Performance Dates: April 5-17, 2026

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Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will star Padraic Rowan, Lucy Baker, Kieran Carrel, Dean Murphy, Stephanie Wake-Edwards, Maria Vasilevskaya, Patrick Guetti, Jared Werlein, Kangyoon Shine Lee, Joel Allison, Jörg Schörner, and Benjamin Dickerson. Dalia Stasevska conducts.

Performance Dates: May 2-June 6, 2026

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Attilio Glaser, Philipp Jekal, Thomas Lehman, Volodymyr Morozov, Jörg Schörner, Maria Motolygina, Alexandra Oomens, Burkhard Ulrich, Paul Roh, and Benjamin Dickerson star in Puccini’s “La bohème.” Jurai Valčuha and Anna Handler conduct.

Performance Dates: June 26-July 3, 2026

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Cristina Toledo, Carmen Artaza, Santiago Sánchez, David Oller, Alejandro Baliñas Vieites, Rolando Villazón, Lucero Tena, and Mané Galoyan lead the Gran Gala de Zarzuela.

Performance Date: July 4, 2026

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Der Ring des Nibelungen

Sir Donald Runnicles conducts Wagner’s Ring.

“Das Rheingold” stars ain Paterson, Thomas Lehman, Kieran Carrel, Thomas Blondelle, Michael Sumuel, Ya-Chung Huang, Albert Pesendorfer, Tobias Kehrer, Annika Schlicht, Flurina Stucki, Lauren Decker, Nina Solodovnikova, Arianna Manganello, and Karis Tucker. 

Performance Dates: May 16 & 26, 2026

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Matthew Newlin, Tobias Kehrer, Thomas Johannes Mayer, Elisabeth Teige, Annika Schlicht, and Trine Møller star in “Die Walküre.”

Performance Dates: May 17 & 27, 2026

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“Siegfried” will star Clay Hilley, Ya-Chung Huang, Iain Paterson, Michael Sumuel, Tobias Kehrer, Lauren Decker, and Elisabeth Teige.

Performance Dates: May 23 & 29, 2026

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“Götterdämmerung” will showcase Clay Hilley, Thomas Lehman, Michael Sumuel, Albert Pesendorfer, Catherine Foster, Felicia Moore, and Annika Schlicht.

Performance Dates: May 25 & 31, 2026