Cecilia Bartoli, Eleonora Buratto, Elīna Garanča, Benjamin Bernheim, Chen Reiss, Marina Rebeka & Stéphane Degout Lead Philharmonie de Paris’ 2025-26 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances.
Andris Nelsons conducts the Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig in Brahms’ Deutsche Requiem with Christian Gerhaher and Julia Kleiter. The program includes Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.5.
Performance Date: Sept. 3, 2025
Riccardo Chailly condcuts the Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus in excerpts from Verdi’s “La battaglia di Legnano,” “I due Foscari,” “La traviata,” and “Otello” and Rossini’s “”La gazza ladra,” “Semiramide,” and “Guglielmo Tell.”
Performance Date: Sept. 7, 2025
The Orchestre de Paris and Daniel Harding lead a program of music by Mussorgsky and Sibelius. Act one of Wagner’s “Die Walkure” will also be performed by Jamez McCorkle, Stephen Milling, and Miina-Liisa Värelä.
Performance Dates: Sept. 24 & 25, 2025
La Tempete – Choeur et orchestre will perform Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass, and Jehan Alain.
Performance Date: Sept. 25, 2025
The program Sacres will feature Maîtrise de Caen and Ensemble Correspondances in in works by Antoine Boësset, Francesco Cavalli, Henry Du Mont, Thomas Gobert, Charles d’Helfer, Roland de Lassus, Étienne Moulinié, and Jean Veillot.
Performance Date: Sept. 27, 2025
The program “Veillée” will feature Pygmalion and Raphael Pichon in a program of music by Johann Christoph Bach, Johann Michael Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, Nicolaus Bruhns, Dietrich Buxtehude, Adam Drese, Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, Melchior Franck, and Heinrich Schütz.
Performance Date: Sept. 27, 2025
Antoine Brumel’s Earthquake Mass, a long-forgotten Renaissance masterpiece, will be performed by Graindelavoix and Björn Schmelzer.
Performance Date: Sept. 27, 2025
The Ensemble intercontemporain and Pierre Bleuse perform Ramon Lazkano’s “La Main gauche” with Marie-Laure Garnier, Peter Tantsits, Allen Boxer, and Chloé Lechat.
Performance Date: Oct. 3, 2025
The Orchestre de Paris and Klaus Mäkelä perform “Antigone” with Christel Loetzsch, Anna Prohaska, Tómas Tómasson, Jarrett Ott, Thomas Atkins, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, and Andrew Watts. The operatorio will be set in the scenic setting provided by Netia Jones.
Performance Dates: Oct. 7-9, 2025
Le Concert des Nations and La Capella Nacional de Catalunya, under Jordi Savall, will perform Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 and “The First Walpurgis Night.” Soloists include Sara Mingardo, Ilker Arcayürek, Matthias Winckhler, and Arttu Kataja.
Performance Date: Oct. 15, 2025
The Ensemble intercontemporain performs alongside conductor Vimbayi Kaziboni and soprano Sarah Aristidou in a program entitled Berio and Co.
Performance Date: Oct. 24, 2025
Léo Warynski conducts Philip Glass’ “Ahknaten” with Lucinda Childs, Fabrice di Falco, Julie Robard-Gendre, Patrizia Ciofi, Frédéric Cornille, Frédéric Diquero, and Vincent Le Texier.
Performance Date: Oct. 25, 2025
Jérémie Rhorer conducts Mozart’s Requiem with Axelle Fanyo, Agnieszka Rehlis, Werner Güra, and Guilhem Worms. The program also includes Brahms’ Rhapsody for Contralto.
Performance Date: Nov. 4, 2025
Charpentier’s “Les Arts Florissants” and “La Descente d’Orphée aux enfers” will be conducted by William Christie. He will conduct Les Arts Florissants and soloists Josipa Bilić, Camille Chopin, Sarah Fleiss, and Tanaquil Ollivier.
Performance Date: Nov. 4, 2025
Thomas Hengelbrock conducts a German program featuring Beethoven’s Mass in C alongside Schumann’s Fourth Symphony. The program will feature soloists from the Choeur Balthasar Neumann.
Performance Date: Nov. 5, 2025
The Ensemble Nur and Ensemble Naghash d’Arménie perform on one evening.
Performance Date: Nov. 10, 2025
Cecilia Bartoli and Lang Lang will perform in recital works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, and Francesco Paolo Tosti.
Performance Date: Nov. 11, 2025
The Pygmalion under the direction of Raphaël Pichon will perform an all-Brahms program. Stéphane Degout is the soloist.
Performance Date: Nov. 16, 2025
The Orchestre de Paris and Chœur de l’Orchestre de Paris will perform György Ligeti’s Requiem and Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts soloists Jennifer France and Virpi Räisänen.
Performance Dates: Nov. 19 & 20, 2025
Karlheinz Stockhausen’s “Montag aus Licht” will fetaure soloists from the ensemble of Le Balcon. Maxime Pascal conducts.
Performance Date: Nov. 22, 2025
The Ensemble intercontemporain will perform a Berio’s “Sequenze” with soprano Jenny Daviet and Calixto Bieito directing.
Performance Date: Nov. 22, 2025
Hèctor Parra’s “Orgia” will be performed by the Ensemble intercontemporain. Pierre Bleuse conducts with soloists Claudia Boyle, Jenny Daviet, and Leigh Melrose. Calixto Bieito directs.
Performance Date: Nov. 22, 2025
Karlheinz Stockhausen’s “Montag aus Licht” will be performed by Le Balcon and solistes of the Trinity Boys Choir. Maxime Pascal conducts a production by Silvia Costa.
Performance Date: Nov. 29, 2025
The Orchestre des Champs-Elysées and Collegium Vocale Gent will present Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 and Cherubini’s Requiem. Philippe Herreweghe conducts.
Performance Date: Dec. 1, 2025
Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 will be performed by the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, and Paavo Järvi. Mari Eriksmoen and Anna Lucia Richter are the soloists.
Performance Date: Dec. 2, 2025
The Orchestre national d’Île-de-France and Nicola Valentini present Mozart arias and works with baritone Ramiro Maturana and clarinetist Jean-Claude Falietti. The concert is a concept of Max Dozolme.
Performance Date: Dec. 2, 2025
Le Concert d’Astrée and Emmanuelle Haïm perform Pergolesi’s “Stabat Mater” with Emöke Barath and Carlo Vistoli. The program also includes music by Durante, Locatelli, Leo, and Scarlatti.
Performance Date: Dec. 5, 2025
The Ensemble Intercontemporain closes its Boulez year with the poetry of Henri Michaux, which inspired the composer in 1958. Marie Ranvier and Diego Tosi are the soloists and the program includes music by Pierre Boulez, Stravinsky, Betsy Jolas, and Alban Berg.
Performance Date: Dec. 12, 2025
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Oratorio de Noël will be performed by Les Arts Florissants and conducted by Paul Agnew. Miriam Allan, Lucile Richardot, Nick Pritchard, Bastien Rimondi, and Andreas Wolf.
Performance Date: Dec. 13, 2025
“L’Envol de Noël” will star Chœur d’enfants de l’Orchestre de Paris, Maîtrise de Fontainebleau, and Maîtrise de Bretagne.
Performance Date: Dec. 14, 2025
Twenty-four women composers, twenty-four works, and some thirty exceptional musicians—reviving forgotten gems and unveiling unheard masterpieces in a vibrant performance. The composers will include by Jeanne Barbillion, Suzanne Demarquez, Helvi Leiviskä, Fernande Peyrot, and Ethel Smyth.
Performance Date: Dec. 14, 2025
Alain Altinoglu conducts the Orchestre de Paris and Chœur de l’Orchestre de Paris in a Ravel and Saint-Saëns. Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Pierre Derhet are the soloists.
Performance Dates: Dec. 17 & 18, 2025
The Orchestre de Paris and the Chœur de l’Orchestre de Paris will be conducted by XU Zhong in a program of French arias. Soloists include Julie Fuchs, Mei Gui Zhang, and Shenyang.
Performance Dates: Jan. 10 & 11, 2026
Performance Date: Jan. 19, 2026
Performance Date: Jan. 22, 2026
Robert Schumann’s “Le Paradis et la Péri” will feature the Orchestre National de France and Chœur de Radio France under Philippe Jordan. The cast will include Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Allan Clayton, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Magdalena Lucjan, Martin Mitterrutzner, and Edwin Crossley-Mercer.
Performance Date: Jan. 23, 2026
Jean-Baptiste Lully’s “Cadmus et Hermione” will be performed in concert with Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset. The opera stars Eléonore Pancrazi, Marie Lys, Mathilde Ortscheidt, Thaïs Raï-Westphal, Abel Zamora, Bastien Rimondi, Kieran White, Antonin Rondepierre, Philippe Estèphe, Jérôme Boutillier, Lysandre Châlon, Adrien Fournaison, and Jordann Moreau.
Performance Date: Jan. 25, 2026
Performance Date: Jan. 28 & 29, 2026
Georg Friedrich Händel’s “Rinaldo” will be performed with Les Arts Florissants under Paul Agnew. The cast includes Hugh Cutting, Ana Vieira Leite, Emöke Baráth, Sreten Manojlovic, and Blandine De Sansal.
Performance Date: Feb. 3, 2026
Vox Luminis XL performs a program of music by Thomas Tallis, Thomas Morley, John Sheppard, and Edward Elgar.
Performance Dates: Feb. 6 & 7, 2026
Celebrating the centenary of the Hungarian composer György Kurtág, Ensemble Intercontemporain and Jenny Daviet explore the predecessors and contemporaries, including Béla Bartók, György Ligeti, Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann, and Sándor Veress.
Performance Date: Feb. 19, 2026
Fiona McGown, Manon Galy, and Antoine de Grolée performs Flower Power with works by Cécile Chaminade, Hedwige Chrétien, Fred de Faye-Jozin, Mathilde Kralik, Jeanne Leleu, Lauma Reinholde, Anna Teichmüller, Cecile Paul Simon, and Ellen Wright.
Performance Date: March 7, 2026
Jacques Offenbach’s “Orphée aux enfers” will star Etudiants du département des disciplines vocales du Conservatoire de Paris and will be conducted by Mathieu Romano. Ludovic Lagarde conducts.
Performance Dates: March 9-14, 2026
Benoît Menut’s Circé will showcase Marie-Laure Garnier and Quatuor Agate.
Performance Date: March 9, 2026
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir and Kunal Lahiry perform in recital with music by Rebecca Clarke, Molly Drake, Hanns Eisler, Christian Jost, Carol Anne McGowan, Shawn Okpebholo, Henry Purcell, Aribert Reimann, Franz Schubert, and María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir.
Performance Date: March 10, 2026
Richard Wilberforce conducts a program entitled Fuego Barroco with soprano Mariana Flores. The program includes music by Juan de Araujo, Gaspar Fernandes, and Juan Gutierrez de Padilla.
Performance Date: March 15, 2026
Jean-Baptiste Lully’s “Armide” will be conducted by Vincent Dumestre and will star Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Cyril Auvity, Tomislav Lavoie, Marie Perbost, Victoire Bunel, Timothée Varon, and David Tricou.
Performance Date: March 17, 2026
Solistes de l’Ensemble intercontemporain perform music by Chikage Imai, Nina Šenk, Horace Bravo, Olga Neuwirth, Lanqing Ding, Lucia Dlugoszewski, and Anaïs-Nour Benlachhab.
Performance Date: March 17, 2026
William Christie conducts Sandrine Piau and Emmanuel Resche-Caserta in a Handel concert.
Performance Date: March 19, 2026
Claudio Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo” will be conducted by Leonardo García-Alarcón. The opera will star Valerio Contaldo, Mariana Flores, Giuseppina Bridelli, Anna Reinhold, Edward Grint, Salvo Vitale, Alessandro Giangrande, Matteo Bellotto, Nicholas Scott, Leandro Marziotte, Estelle Lefort, and Philippe Favette.
Performance Date: March 20, 2026
Gianandrea Noseda conducts Verdi’s “Requiem” with Marina Rebeka, Agnieszka Rehlis, Joseph Calleja, and David Leigh.
Performance Date: March 22, 2026
Matthias Goerne and Daniil Trifonov perform “Winterreise.”
Performance Date: March 23, 2026
Matthias Goerne and Daniil Trifonov perform Schubert’s “Die schöne Müllerin.”
Performance Date: March 25, 2026
In honour of his 70th birthday, Luca Francesconi is paid tribute by the Ensemble intercontemporain and IRCAM—his long-time artistic collaborators—with a concert-portrait featuring solo, chamber, and ensemble pieces. Pascal Rophé conducts soprano Yeree Suh and soloists Emmanuelle Ophèle, Éric-Maria Couturier, and Serge Lemouton.
Performance Date: March 26, 2026
For the third and final concert of their Schubert cycle, Matthias Goerne and Daniil Trifonov focus on works from the composer’s final days. They revisit Schwanengesang, a song cycle featuring poems by Rellstab, Heine and Seidl, and the Sonata D 960.
Performance Date: March 27, 2026
Verdi’s “Rigoletto” will be performed in concert featuring Leonardo Lee, Andrea Carroll, Duke Kim, Alexander Tsymbaluyk, and Victoria Karkacheva. Jérémie Rhorer , conducts
Performance Date: March 30, 2026
Le Concert des Nations and La Capella Nacional de Catalunya will be led under Jordi Savall in a Beethoven and Haydn program. Soloists include Lara Morger, Elionor Martinez, Ilker Arcayürek, and Yuriy Hadzetskyy.
Performance Date: March 31, 2026
Raphaël Pichon conducts St. Matthew Passion with Julian Prégardien, Stéphane Degout, Christian Immler, Julie Roset, Maïlys de Villoutreys, Lucile Richardot, William Shelton, Zachary Wilder, and Laurence Kilsby.
Performance Date: April 3, 2026
Arvo Pärt’s Passio will be performed by the Académie du Choeur de l’Orchestre de Paris, Musiciens de l’Orchestre de Paris, and VOCES8. Richard Wilberforce and Barnabey Smith conduct.
Performance Date: April 6, 2026
The Ensemble Correspondances under Sébastien Daucé will perform Bach.
Performance Date: April 7, 2026
Ainars Rubikis conducts Elgar’s “Sea Pictures” with soloist Alice Coote. The evening also includes music by Smetana and Brahms.
Performance Date: April 7, 2026
“In Between evening” will showcase the Ensemble intercontemporain featuring Lara Morciano and Philippe Schoelle. The concert also includes music by Gérard Grisey, Marco Stroppa, and Ivan Fedele.
Performance Date: April 24, 2026
“Photo d’un enfant avec une trompette” merges Éric Tanguy’s vibrant writing with Michel Blanc’s caustic wit. The soloists will include Cyrille Dubois alongside Isabelle Nanty, Ustina Dubitsky, Anastasie Lefebvre De Rieux, Joë Christophe, Robin Paillet, Jean-Baptiste Bonnard, Suzana Bartal, Eva Zavaro, Béatrice Muthelet, and Caroline Sypniewski.
Performance Date: May 19, 2026
Jakub Józef Orlinski and Michał Biel perform a recital of music by Georg Friedrich Haendel and Henry Purcell.
Performance Date: May 19, 2026
Pierre Bleuse conducts two premieres, Francesca Verunelli’s La nuda voce and Hugues Dufourt’s Œuvre nouvelle. Johanna Vargas and
Helēna Sorokina are the soloists.
Performance Date: May 21, 2026
The Orchestra and Choirs of the Opéra National de Paris take on Berlioz’s Requiem with Philippe Jordan conducting.
Performance Date: May 22, 2026
Case Scaglione conducts Iva Bittová in a program of music by Béla Bartók, Luciano Berio, and Johannes Brahms.
Performance Date: May 22, 2026
Eleonora Buratto, Elīna Garanča, Benjamin Bernheim, and Michele Pertusi lead Verdi’s Requiem. Daniele Gatti conducts the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden.
Performance Date: May 30, 2026
Clara Baget conducts “Alice Swing” featuring music by Marc-Olivier Dupin.
Performance Date: May 31, 2026
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Orchestra and Lucy Crowe in Strauss’ Four Last Songs. The program also includes music by Mahler and Roberto Gerhard.
Performance Date: May 31, 2026
Marking the centenary of György Kurtág, the Ensemble intercontemporain performs one of his seminal works, premiered under the direction of Pierre Boulez. Messages de feu Demoiselle R.V. Troussova was the piece that first introduced the composer to the French public. Pierre Bleuse conducts soloists Anu Komsi and Allison Cook. The program also includes music by Isabel Mundry, Márton Illés, and Tobias Feierabend.
Performance Date: June 5, 2026
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts Britten’s War Requiem featuring Elena Stikhina, Julien Behr, and Florian Boesch.
Benjamin Britten’s “Golden Vanity” will be performed.
Performance Dates: June 14, 2026
