The Wiener Staatsoper has announced the 2023-24 season featuring new productions, revivals, and concerts.

Premieres

The company will showcase Tatjana Gürbaca’s production of “Il Trittico.” For “Il Tabarro,” audiences will hear Carlos Álvarez, Anja Kampe, and Joshua Guerrero. Headlining “Suor Angelica” will be Eleonora Buratto and Michaela Schuster. Finally, for “Gianni Schicchi,” the headliners including Carlos Álvarez, Serena Sáenz, Michaela Schuster, Bogdan Volkov, and Andrea Giovannini, among others. Philippe Jordan conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 4, 2023 – Feb 24, 2024

Ligeti’s “Le Grand Macabre” will star Georg Nigl, Sarah Aristidou, Xavier Sabata, Maria Nazarova, Isabel Signoret, and Wolfgang Bankl, among others. Pablo Heras-Casado conducts a production by Jan Lauwers.

Performance Dates: Nov. 11 – 23, 2023

Claus Guth will direct a new production of “Turandot” starring Asmik Grigorian, Jonas Kaufmann, Kristina Mkhitaryan, and Jörg Schneider. Franz Welser-Möst conducts. Fabio Sartori stars in the June performances.

Performance Dates: Dec. 7, 2023 – June 10, 2024

Alexander Soddy conducts Damiano Michieletto’s production of “Animal Farm.” The opera stars Gennady Bezzubenkov, Wolfgang Bankl, Michael Gniffke, Andrei Popov, Stefan Astakhov, Karl Laquit, Isabel Signoret, Elena Vassileva, and Holly Flack, among others.

Performance Dates: Feb. 28 – March 10, 2024

Jossi Wieler and Sergio Marbito will direct a new production of “Lohengrin.” Conductor Christian Thielemann leads a cast starring David Butt Philip, Georg Zeppenfeld, Malin Byström, Martin Gantner, Anja Kampe, and Martin Hässler.

Performance Dates: April 29 – May 11, 2024 

Barrie Kosky will conduct “Così fan tutte” with Philippe Jordan conducting a cast headlined by Federica Lombardi, Emily D’Angelo, Peter Kellner, Filipe Manu, Kate Lindsey, and Christopher Maltman.

Performance Dates: June 16 – 28, 2024

Revivals 

Matthew Polenzani, Federica Lombardi, Slávka Zámečníková, Kate Lindsey, Patricia Nolz, and Peter Kellner star in Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” with Pablo Heras-Casado conducting. 

Performance Dates: Sept. 4-10, 2023

Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” returns with an all-star cast headlined by Ambrogio Maestri, Dmitry Korchak, Stefan Astakhov, and Nina Minasyan. Gianluca Capuano conducts. In November Levy Sekgapane joins the cast with Marco Armiliato conducting. Meanwhile, in February a new cast joins with Francesco Vian Ciampa conducting. The winter cast includes Xabier Anduaga, Misha Kiria, Rosa Feola, and Michael Arivony.

Performance Dates: Sept. 5, 2023-Feb. 26, 2024

Pretty Yende and Javier Camarena lead Bellini’s “La Sonnambula” with Roberto Tagliavini, and Szilvia Vörös. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 6-13, 2023

Sebastian Wiegle conducts Strauss’ “Daphne” with Günther Groissböck, Noa Beinart, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Daniel Jenz, and David Butt Philip.

Performance Dates: Sept. 12-21, 2023

Andreas Schager, Günther Groissböck, Anja Kampe, Iain Paterson, Martin Häßler, and Tanja Ariane Baumgartner perform Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.” Philippe Jordan conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 17-24, 2023

Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Sivgilia” stars Lawrence Brownlee, Marco Filippo Romano, Kate Lindsey, Peter Kellner, and Davide Luciano. Gianluca Capuano conducts. In February Brownlee is joined by Fabio Capitanucci, Patricia Nolz, Adam Palka, and Adam Plachetka.

Performance Dates: Sept. 19, 2023- Feb. 22, 2024

Lisette Oropesa, Juan Diego Flórez, and Ludovic Tézier lead Verdi’s “La Traviata” in Simon Stone’s production. Antonello Manacorda conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 1-12, 2023

Three casts headline Puccini’s “Tosca.” In the fall Angel Blue, Vittorio Grigolo, and Ludovic Tézier star in the masterwork and in the winter Elena Stikhina, Piotr Beczala, and Erwin Schrot take on the iconic roles. Finally in the spring  Krassimira Stoyanova, Riccardo Massì, and Amartuvshin Enkhbat headline.

Performance Dates: Oct. 5, 2023-April 26, 2024

Christian Thielemann leads Strauss’ “Die Frau Ohne Schatten” with Andreas Schager, Elza van den Heever, Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Clemens Unterreiner, Michael Volle, and Elena Pankratova.

Performance Dates: Oct. 14-24, 2023

Jonas Kaufmann leads teh first cast of Verdi’s “Otello” alongside Ludovic Tézier, Iván Ayón Rivas, and Rachel Willis-Sørensen. Alexander Soddy conducts. The second cast is set to star Andreas Schager, Igor Golovatenko, Alessandro Liberatore, and Nicole Car. Giampaolo Bisanti conducts the second cast.

Performance Dates: Oct. 25, 2023-May 20, 2024

Kristina Mkhitaryan, Bogdan Volkov, Stefan Astakhov, and Bryn Terfel star in the fall’s revival of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore.”  Evelino Pidò conducts. Francesco Ivan Ciampa conducts the second cast with Florina Ilie, Xabier Anduaga, Clemens Unterreiner, and Alex Esposito.

Performance Dates: Oct. 26, 2023-May 6, 2024

Anna Netrebko headlines Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” with Davide Luciano, Yusif Eyvazov, and Evgeny Solodovnikov. Jader Bignamini conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 29-Nov. 8, 2023

Michael Nagy, Golda Schultz, Katharina Konradi, Peter Kellner, and Patricia Nolz star in Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” with Adam Fischer conducting. A second cast takes over in May with Davide Luciano, Federica Lombardi, Slávka Zámečníková, Philippe Sly, and Isabel Signoret.  Philippe Jordan conducts.

Performance Dates: Nov. 4, 2023-May 18, 2024

Mozart’s “Die Zauberflote” is set to star Günther Groissböck, Dmitry Korchak, Martin Häßler, Sara Blanch, Mané Galoyan, Ileana Tonca, Peter Kellner, and Thomas Ebenstein. Cornelius Meister and Daniel Carter conduct.

Performance Dates: Nov. 15-26, 2023

Freddie De Tommaso, Roberta Mantegna, Clemens Unterreiner, Michael Arivony, Günther Groissböck, and Maria Nazarova perform Puccini’s “La Bohème” with Marco Armiliato conducting. 

Performance Dates: Nov. 25-Dec. 8, 2023

Christine Goerke headlines Strauss’ “Elektra” alongside Michaela Schuster, Camilla Nylund, Thomas Ebenstein, and Günther Groissböck. Alexander Soddy conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 9-20, 2023

Christian Nickel, Jessica Pratt, Emanuela von Frankenberg, Serena Sáenz, Stella Roberts, Antonio di Matteo, Andreas Grötzinger, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Christian Natter, Michael Laurenz, and Ludwig Blochberger star in Mozart’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail.” Cornelius Meister conducts.

A second cast will include Christian Nickel, Sofia Fomina, Emanuela von Frankenberg, Florina Ilie, Stella Roberts, Antonio di Matteo, Andreas Grötzinger, Daniel Behle, Christian Natter, Thomas Ebenstein, and Ludwig Blochberger. Stefano Montanari conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 15, 2023-March 23, 2024

Adrian Eröd, Regine Hangler, Christina Bock, Florina Ilie, and Monika Bohinec star in Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel” alongside Alexander Soddy who conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 25-Dec. 30, 2023

The Wiener Staatsoper will ring in the New Year with Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus.”  The cast will include Johannes Martin Kränzle, Camilla Nylund, Wolfgang Bankl, Patricia Nolz, Hiroshi Amako, Martin Häßler, Norbert Ernst, Regula Mühlemann, and Ileana Tonca. Simone Young conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 31, 2023-Jan. 6, 2024

Malin Byström, Carlos Álvarez, and Yonghoon Lee star in Puccini’s “La Faniculla del West.” Simone Young conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 7-15, 2024

Verdi’s “I Vespri Siciliani” will star Igor Golovatenko, John Osborn, Erwin Schrott, and Rachel Willis-Sørensen. Carlo Rizzi conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 13-22, 2024

Christian Van Horn, Antonio di Matteo, Slávka Zámečníková, Bogdan Volkov, Federica Lombardi, Peter Kellner, Patricia Nolz, and Martin Häßler star in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Philippe Jordan conducts. Andrzej Filonczyk, Antonio di Matteo, Slávka Zámečníková, Edgardo Rocha, Nicole Car, Christopher Maltman, Isabel Signoret, and Jusung Gabriel Park lead a second cast with Bertrand de Billy conducting.

Performance Dates: Jan. 14-April 19, 2024

Nicole Chévalier, Christina Bock, Monika Bohinec, Daniel Frank, Adrian Eröd, and Lawrence Zazzo star in Reimann’s “Medea.” Michael Boder conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 21-27, 2024

Nicole Car headlines Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmelites” alongside Bernard Richter, Michaela Schuster, Maria Motolygina, Julie Boulianne, Michael Kraus, Sabine Devieilhe. Bertrand de Billy conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 28-Feb. 4, 2024

Eve-Maud Hubeaux, Michael Fabiano, Roberto Tagliavini, and Slávka Zámečníková lead Bizet’s “Carmen” with Alexander Soddy conducts. Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Vittorio Grigolo, Alexey Markov, and Kristina Mkhitaryan headline the second cast. Asher Fisch conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 29-April 28, 2024

Tchaikivsky’s “Eugene Onegin” will star Elena Manistina, Ruzan Mantashyan, Daria Sushkova, Boris Pinkhasovich, Bogdan Volkov, and Ilja Kazakov.

Performance Dates: March 1-9, 2024

Carlos Álvarez leads Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell” with Juan Diego Flórez, Maria Nazarova, Jean Teitgen, Iván Ayón Rivas, and Lisette Oropesa.

Performance Dates: March 8-19, 2024

Edgardo Rocha, Michael Arivony, Kiria Misha, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Ileana Tonca, Isabel Signoret, and Roberto Tagliavini star in Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” alongside Gianluca Capuano conducting.

Performance Dates: March 15-22, 2024

Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier” is set to be conducted by Axel Kober and will star Julia Kleiter, Christof Fischesser, Christina Bock, Adrian Eröd, Slávka Zámečníková, and Angel Romero.

Performance Dates: March 21-30 2024

Michael Nagy, Günther Groissböck, Wolfgang Bankl, Daniel Frank, Werner Van Mechelen, Elīna Garanča, and Nikolay Sidorenko lead Wagner’s “Parsifal.” Alexander Soddy conducts.

Performance Dates: March 28-April 3, 2024

Pavel Cernoch, Eliška Weissová, Adam Palka, Corinne Winters, and Okka von der Damerau lead Dvorak’s “Rusalka.” Tomáš Hanus conducts.

Performance Dates: March 31-April 4, 2024

Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” is set to star Luca Salsi, Kwangchul Youn, Clemens Unterreiner, Freddie De Tommaso, and Federica Lombardi. Marco Armiliato conducts.

Performance Dates: April 6-13, 2024

Adrian Eröd, Caroline Wettergreen, Frédéric Antoun, Kate Lindsey, James Laing, Hiroshi Amako, Daniel Jenz, Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Michael Arivony, and Wolfgang Bankl lead Thomas Adès’ “The Tempest.” Thomas Adès conducts his work.

Performance Dates: May 9-17, 2024

Georg Zeppenfeld, Günther Groissböck, Wolfgang Koch, Martin Häßler, David Butt Philip, Michael Laurenz, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Christina Bock  star in Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.” Philippe Jordan conducts.

Performance Dates: May 19-30, 2024

Piotr Beczala stars in Gounod’s “Faust” alongside Nicole Car, Adam Palka, and Stefan Astakhov. Bertrand de Billy conducts.

Performance Dates: May 22-June 2, 2024

Gerhard Siegel, Michaela Schuster, Camilla Nylund, Iain Paterson, Daniel Jenz, and Patricia Nolz lead Strauss’ “Salome” with Philippe Jordan conducting.

Performance Dates: June 5-17, 2024

Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Ivan Magrì, Ildar Abdrazakov, Anna Pirozzi, and Szilvia Vörös star in Verdi’s “Nabucco.”Giampaolo Bisanti conducts.

Performance Dates: June 8-18, 2024

Luca Salsi takes on the title role of Verdi’s “Falstaff.” The cast also includes Boris Pinkhasovich, Hiroshi Amako, Roberta Mantegna, Slávka Zámečníková, Monika Bohinec, and Isabel Signoret. Thomas Guggeis conducts.

Performance Dates: June 21-30, 2024

Barocchissmo

Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” will star Cecilai Bartoli, Carlo Vistoli, Sara Mingardo, Max Emanuel Cencic, Kangmin Justin Kim, and Peter Kalman. Gianluca Capuano conducts the production by Davide Livermore.

Performance Dates: July 6 & 9, 2024

Gianluca Capuano conducts “Their Master’s Voice.”

Performance Dates: July 8 & 10, 2024

Cecilia Bartoli leads “Farinelli & Friends” with Varduhi Abrahamyan, Julie Fuchs, Anne Hallenberg, Sara Mingardo, Regula Muhlemann, Anne Sofie von Otter, Nuria Rial, Max Emanuel Cencic, Christophe Dumaux, Peter Kalman, Kangmin Justin Kim, Maxim Mironov, Rolando Villazon, and Carlo Vistoli. Gianluca Capuano conducts.

Performance Date: July 11, 2024

Concerts 

Lise Davidsen performs Grieg, Verdi, Sibelius, Wagner,  Schubert, Beethoven, and Lehar.

Performance Date: Sept. 28, 2024

Anna Netrebko brings her Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov program.

Performance Date: Oct. 19, 2023

Juan Diego Flórez performs a recital.

Performance Date: Dec. 12, 2023

Vittorio Grigolo brings a recital of Italian music.

Performance Date: March 12, 2024

Benjamin Bernheim brings a recital program.

Performance Date: April 10, 2024

Asmik Grigorian concludes the recital series.

Performance Date: May 28, 2024