Oper Köln has announced its 2025-26.

Premieres 

Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” will get a new production featuring Carolina López Moreno, Insik Choi, Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger, Gaston Rivero, and Young Woo Kim. Andrés Orozco-Estrada and Arne Willimczik conduct the new production by Carlos Wagner.

Performance Dates: Sept. 28-Oct. 19, 2025

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Marc Albrecht conducts Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” with Paul-Georg Dittrich directing a new production. The cast includes Jordan Shanahan, KS Miljenko Turk, John Heuzenroeder, Mauro Peter, Daniel Schmutzhard, Martin Koch, Karl-Heinz Lehner, Christoph Seidl, Lucas Singer, Bettina Ranch, Emily Hindrichs, and Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa.

Performance Dates: Oct. 26-Nov. 16, 2025

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Christopher Purves, Christopher Lowrey, Kathrin Zukowski, Giulia Montanari, Linard Vrielink, Liam Bonthrone, Benjamin Hulett, and John Heuzenroeder star in Handel’s “Saul.” Rubén Dubrovsky and Rustam Samedov conduct a production by Barrie Kosky.

Performance Dates: Nov. 23-Dec. 14,2025

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Andrés Orozco-Estrada and Leonardo Sini conduct the new production of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” with Katharina Thoma. German Olvera, Wolfgang Stefan Swhwaiger, Selene Zanetti, Emily Hendrichs, Kathrin Zukowski, Guilia Montanari, Adolfo Corrado, Andre Morsch, and Anita Monserrat star.

Performance Dates: March 1-28,2026

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Daniel Johansson, Tijl Faveyts, Jordan Shanahan, Astrid Kessler, Trine Møller, and Bettina Ranch star in Wagner’s “Die Walküre.” Marc Albrecht conducts the new production by Paul-Georg Dittrich.

Performance Dates: March 29-May 3,2026

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Young Woo Kim leads Verdi’s “Ernani” with Insik Choi, Adrian Sâmpetrean, and Marta Torbidoni. Giuliano Carella conducts.

Performance Dates: April 22-May 2, 2026

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Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa, Jessica Niles, Emily Hindrichs, Cameron Shahbazi, and KS Miljenko Turk star in George Benjamin’s “Picture a Day like this.” Christian Karlsen conducts a production by Daniel Jeanneteau and Marie-Christine Soma.

Performance Dates: May 10-24, 2026

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Kathrin Zukowski, Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa, Dmitry Ivanchey, Gabriele Sagona, Johanna Thomsen, and Regina Richter star in Rossini’s “Tancredi.” George Petrou conducts the production by Jan Philipp Glogger.

Performance Dates: June 20-July 5, 2026

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Revivals 

Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” will star Chelsea Marilyn Zurflüh, Kathrin Zukowski, Dmitry Ivanchey, Kieran Carrel, Tetiana Zhuravel, Giulia Montanari, KS Miljenko Turk, Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger, Alina König Rannenberg, Maike Raschke, Lucas Singer, and Christoph Seidl.

Performance Dates: August 31-Sept. 27, 2025

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Giulio Cilona and Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducts Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel” with Ruth Hade, Johanna Thomsen, Alicia Grunwald, Emily Hindrichs, Kathrin Zukowski, Dalia Scaechter, Insik Choi, KS Miljenko Turk, Maike Raschke, and Alina König Rannenberg.

Performance Dates: Nov. 30-Dec. 30, 2025

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Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa stars in Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” with Dmitry Ivanchey, Matteo Mancini, Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger, Omar Montanari, and Christoph Seidl. Matteo Beltrami and Arne Willimczik conduct.

Performance Dates: Dec. 25, 2025-Jan. 11, 2026

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Olga Maslova and Olesya Golovneva lead Puccini’s “Turandot” with Lucas Singer, Christoph Seidl, Andrea Shin, Young Woo Kim, and Gabriela Maria Legun.

Performance Dates: May 21-June 7, 2026