Daniel Johansson, Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa, Enea Scala, Daniel Luis de Vicente, Germán Enrique Alcántara, Enkeleda Kamani & Jessica Muirhead Lead Oper Köln’s 2026-27 Season
By Francisco SalazarOper Köln has announced its 2026-27 season.
Premieres
The first new production of the year will be Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier” with Magdalena Hinterdobler, Ann-Beth Solvang, Patrick Zielke, Martin Summer, Bianca Andrew, KS Miljenko Turk, Giulia Montanari, Elsa Benoit, Young Woo Kim, and Dmitry Ivanchey. Marie-Ève Signeyrole directs and Felix Bender and Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Dec. 20, 2026
Scarlatti’s “Kain und Abel” will star Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa, Alina König Rannenberg, Tamara Banješević, Dmitry Ivanchey, Xavier Sabata, Baurzhan Anderzhanov, Sören Leupold, and David Bergmüller. Rubén Dubrovsky conducts the production by Dietrich W. Hilsdorf.
Performance Dates: Nov. 1-Dec. 30, 2026
Alina Wunderlin, Giulia Montanari, Valentina Mastrangelo, Emily Hindrichs, Valerie Eickhoff, Young Woo Kim, Enea Scala, and Insik Choi star in Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann.” Andrés Orozco-Estrada and Dayner Tafur-Díaz conduct the production by Stefan Herheim.
Performance Dates: Nov. 28-. 24-Feb. 27, 2027
Hans Werner Henze’s “La Piccola Cubana” will star Emily Hindrichs, Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa, Wesley Harrison, KS Miljenko Turk, and Franziska Junge. Jordi Francés conducts the production by Cecilia Ligorio.
Performance Dates: Jan. 24-Feb. 14, 2027
Selene Zanetti, Maximilian Schmitt, Dmitry Ivanchey, Tijl Faveyts, KS Miljenko Turk, Claudia Rohrbach, Lucas Singer, KS Dalia Schaechter, Geonmuk Lim, and Alina König Rannenberg star in Smetana’s “The Bartered Bride.” Tomáš Netopil conducts the production by Laurent Pelly.
Performance Dates: Feb. 28-April 25, 2027
Daniel Johansson stars in Wagner’s “Siegfried” alongside Martin Koch, Jordan Shanahan, Insik Choi, Lucas Singer, Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa, Trine Møller, and Giulia Montanari. Felix Bender conducts the new production by Paul-Georg Dittrich.
Performance Dates: April 4-May 17, 2027
Daniel Luis de Vicente and Insik Choi headline Verdi’s “Macbeth” with Daniela Schillaci, Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa, Gianluca Buratto, Young Woo Kim, and Matteo Roma.
Performance Dates: May 2-July 10, 2027
Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” will star Sua Jo, Vittoria Vimercati, Carlos Cardoso, Grisha Martirosyan, and Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger. Giulio Cilona conducts the new production by Sabine Hartmannshenn.
Performance Dates: June 6-July 18, 2027
Purcells “Dido and Aeneas” will be performed with Christopher Moulds conducting a cast that includes Natalia Skrycka and Gyula Orendt.
Performance Dates: July 14 & 15, 2027
Revivals
Verdi’s “Rigoletto” will star Ion Hotea, Filip Filipović, Insik Choi, Germán Enrique Alcántara, Enkeleda Kamani, Emily Hindrichs, William Thomas, Lucas Singer, and Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa. Matteo Beltrami and Mino Marani conduct.
Performance Dates: Oct. 3-Nov. 15, 2026
Chelsea Marilyn Zurflüh, Mira Alkhovik, Dmitry Ivanchey, Kieran Carrel, Tetiana Zhuravel, Giulia Montanari, KS Miljenko Turk, Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger, Tobias Lusser, Lucas Singer, and Christoph Seidl star in Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte.” Katharina Müllner, Philipp von Steinaecker, and Rainer Mühlbach conducts.
Performance Dates: Dec. 13, 2026-March 27, 2027
Emily Hindrichs and Alina König Rannenberg headline “My Fair Lady” with John Heuzenroeder, Christoph Seidl, Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger, Tobias Lusser, Katherine Marriott, Wesley Harrison, and Rhydian Jenkins. Enrico Delamboye and Arne Willimczik conducts.
Performance Dates: March 6-July 7, 2027
Ana Maria Labin, Florence Losseau, Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger, Dmitry Ivanchey, Claudia Rohrbach, and Vito Priante star in Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducts.
Performance Dates: April 10-May 8, 2027
Arthur Espiritu, Julia Sporsén, Jessica Muirhead, Tijl Faveyts, and KS Dalia Schaechter star in Dvorak’s “Rusalka” with Modestas Pitrenas.
Performance Dates: May 6-June 5, 2027
Monteverdi’s “L’Coronazione di Poppea” will star Tamara Banješević, Elsa Benoit, Jake Arditti, Nicolò Balducci, Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa, Alberto Miguélez Rouco, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Lucas Singer, Christoph Seidl, John Heuzenroeder, and Giulia Montanari. Alessandro Quarta conducts.
Performance Dates: June 20-July 17, 2027
