Deutsche Oper am Rhein Announces 2026-27 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Deutsche Oper am Rhein has announced its 2026-27 season.
Premieres
Zemlinsky’s “Der Kreidekreis” will be conducted by Hendrik Vestmann and directed by David Bösch. The cast includes Lavinia Dames, Katarzyna Kuncio, Maria Gulik, Richard Šveda, Riccardo Romeo, Cornel Frey, Joachim Goltz, Marcel Brunner, Sarah Ferede, Jorge Espino, Romana Noack, and Mathilde Guedj.
Performance Dates: Oct. 3-Nov. 22, 2026
Wagner’s “Die Meisterisnger von Nurnberg” will be directed by Daniel Kramer and conducted by Axel Kober. The cast includes James Rutherford, Hans-Peter König, Andrés Sulbarán, Jake Muffett, Christoph Pohl, Daniel Frank, David Fischer, Anke Krabbe, and Anna Harvey.
Performance Dates: Oct. 11-Dec. 16, 2026
Devi-Ananda, Karin Seyfried, Dirk Weiler, Torben Jürgens, Mona Graw, Henry Ross, Susanna Panzner, and Mathias Tönges lead “My Fair Lady.” Dominic Limburg and Christoph Stöcker lead Felix Seiler’ production.
Performance Dates: Nov. 6-Dec. 31, 2026
Paul Abraham’s “Märchen im Grand-Hotel” will star Sylvia Hamvasi, Anke Krabbe, Florian Simson, Cornel Frey, Romana Noack, Benny Meisenberg, Stefan Heidemann, Joachim Gabriel Maaß, Jake Muffett, Günes Gürle, Torben Jürgens, Kimberley Boettger-Soller, Laila Salome Fischer, and Julie Marszalkowski. Stefan Klingele and Christoph Stöcker conduct the production by Michaela Dicu.
Performance Dates: Dec. 5, 2026-Feb. 25, 2027
Bree Nichols headlines Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” with Davide Giusti, Eduardo Aladrén, Bogdan Baciu, Sami Luttinen, and Thorsten Grümbel. Vitali Alekseenok and Azim Karimov conduct the new production by Matthew Wild.
Performance Dates: Feb. 13-May 26, 2027
Kurt Weill’s “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny” will star Riccardo Romeo, Torben Jürgens, Shira Patchornik, Marius Pallesen, Florian Simson, Roman Hoza, Thorsten Grümbel, and Andrés Sulbarán. Katharina Müllner conducts the production by Elisabeth Stöppler.
Performance Dates: April 17-June 10, , 2027
Jacquelyn Wagner, Nenad Cica, Jussi Myllys, and Rosie Aldridge will star in Janáček’s “Jenůfa.” The production will be conducted by Vitali Alekseenok and directed by Tatjana Gürbaca.
Performance Dates: May 14-June 19, 2027
Philipp Rosendahl directs Boito’s “Mefistofele” with a cast that includes Bogdan Taloș, Eduardo Aladrén, Liana Aleksanyan, Freya Apffelstaedt, Henry Ross, and Sylvia Hamvasi. Antonino Fogliani conducts
Performance Dates: July 3-18, 2027
Charpentier’s “Didon” and Massenet’s “La Navarraise” will be conducted by Benjamin Reiners. Charpentier’s opera will star Bree Nichols, Ovidiu Purcel, and Bogdan Baciu while Massenet’s opera will star Maria Kataeva, Ovidiu Purcel, Bogdan Baciu, Sami Luttinen, Riccardo Romeo, and Jake Muffett.
Performance Dates: July 9-17, 2027
Revivals
Olesya Golovneva and Liana Aleksanyan lead Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Maria Polańska, Maria Kataeva, Ovidiu Purcel, Eduardo Aladrén, Richard Šveda, and Alexey Zelenkov.
Performance Dates: Sept. 12-Oct. 15, 2026
Darija Auguštan and Luiza Fatyol lead Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Magnus Todenes Bror, Konu Kim, Alexey Zelenkov, and Bogdan Baciu. Andreas Homoki conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 20, 2026-Feb. 14, 2027
Leon de Graaf, Julius Störmer, Peter Lewys Preston, Maria Joachimstaller, Laura Magdalena Goblirsch, Valerie Luksch, Morenike Fadayomi, Peter Bording, Kevin Dickmann, Daniel Dodd-Ellis, Tim Stolberg, Stefan Gregor Schmitz, Veronika de Vries, Patrick Sabel, Samantha Mayer, Erika Del Re, Dominik Müller, Jo Lucy Rackham, Lorena Krüger, Josephina Mackensen, Karina Kettenis, Clara Maria Determann, Liam Tiesteel, Jorrell Lawyer-Jefferson, and Albert Gaßmann lead “On the Town.” Koen Schoots conducts.
Performance Dates: Oct. 7-Nov. 14, 2026
Luke Stoker, Thorsten Grümbel, Torben Jürgens, Sami Luttinen, Bogdan Taloș, Andrés Sulbarán, David Fischer, Jussi Myllys, Sophia Theodorides, Danae Kontora, Charlotte Langner, Tetiana Zhuravel, Diana Schnürpel, Natasha Te Rupe Wilson, Heidi Elisabeth Meier, Anna Sophia Theil, Lavinia Dames, Mara Guseynova, Richard Šveda, Roman Hoza, Jake Muffett, and Žilvinas Miškinis star in Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte.” Péter Halász, Antonino Fogliani, Vitali Alekseenok, and Azim Karimov conduct.
Performance Dates: Oct. 16-Jan. 30, 2027
Luiza Fatyol, Mara Guseynova, Anna Sophia Theil, Ovidiu Purcel, and Roman Hoza star in Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Vitali Alekseenok conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov 29, 2026-Jan. 17, 2027
Maria Polańska, Anna Harvey, Kimberley Boettger-Soller, Inga-Britt Andersson, Katerina von Bennigsen, Anna Sophia Theil, Lavinia Dames, Heidi Elisabeth Meier, Rita Kapfhammer, Romana Noack, Jasper Leever, Richard Šveda, Stefan Heidemann, Roman Hoza, Morenike Fadayomi, Cornel Frey, and Florian Simson star in Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel” with Andreas Meyer-Hanno conducting.
Performance Dates: Dec 10, 2026-Jan. 9, 2027
Liana Aleksanyan, Eduardo Aladrén, and Alexey Zelenkov star in Puccini’s “Tosca” with Katharina Müllner and Azim Karimov conducting.
Performance Dates: Jan. 7-March 27, 2027
Wagner’s “Siegfried” will star Corby Welch, Cornel Frey, James Rutherford, Luke Stoker, Ramona Zaharia, Magdalena Anna Hofmann, and Mara Guseynova. Vitali Alekseenok conducts.
Performance Dates: Jan. 31-March 27, 2027
Ovidiu Purcel, Jussi Myllys, Dmitry Lavrov, Beniamin Pop, Luke Stoker, Ramona Zaharia, Ezgi Kutlu, Anna Harvey, Maria Kataeva, Anke Krabbe, Luiza Fatyol, Sylvia Hamvasi, and Heidi Elisabeth Meier star in Bizet’s “Carmen” with Asher Fisch and Katharina Müllner conducting.
Performance Dates: Feb. 7-March 21, 2027
Maria Kataeva, Kimberley Boettger-Soller, César Cortés, Jorge Espino, Jake Muffett, Bogdan Taloș, and Thorsten Grümbel star in Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” Azim Karimov conducts.
Performance Dates: Feb. 19-March 24, 2027
Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung” will star Ric Furman, Bogdan Baciu, Sami Luttinen, Michael Kraus, Allison Oakes, Sylvia Hamvasi, Anna Harvey, and Katarzyna Kuncio. Vitali Alekseenok conducts.
Performance Dates: March 28-May 30, 2027
Alexey Zelenkov, Cristiana Oliveira, Ramona Zaharia, and Luke Stoker star in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore.” Jens-Daniel Herzog directs.
Performance Dates: April 3-July 7, 2027
Marius Schötz & Marthe Meinhold’ “Pinocchio” will return with Günes Gürle, Torben Jürgens, Elisabeth Freyhoff, Charlotte Langner, Mathilde Guedj, Henry Ross, Sander de Jong, Iván Reséndiz, Constantin Moței, Jacob Harrison, and Conrad Chatterton. Patrick Francis Chestnut and Sebastian Ludwig conduct.
Performance Dates: April 9-June 8, 2027
Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” will star Bogdan Baciu, Jorge Espino, Roman Hoza, Anke Krabbe, Sylvia Hamvasi, Lavinia Dames, Mara Guseynova, Anna Sophia Theil, Luke Stoker, Baurzhan Anderzhanov,Bogdan Taloș, Valentin Ruckebier, Annabel Kennedy, Maria Polańska, and Kimberley Boettger-Soller. Katharina Müllner, Vitali Alekseenok, Sebastian Ludwig, and Azim Karimov star.
Performance Dates: April 25-June 27, 2027
Wagner’s “Fliegende Holländer” returns with Stefan Blunier conducting.
Performance Dates: May 21-June 20, 2027
Stacey Alleaume stars in Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” alongside Liparit Avetisyan, Alexey Zelenkov, Bogdan Baciu, and Beniamin Pop. Antonino Fogliani conducts.
Performance Dates: May 28-July 14, 2027
Lieder
Maria Kataeva and Beniamin Pop open the recital series.
Performance Date: Nov. 15, 2026
Heidi Elisabeth Meier, and Jorge Espino perform in recital.
Performance Date: Dec. 6, 2026
Sarah Ferede, Torben Jürgens, and Florian Simson team up.
Performance Date: Jan. 24, 2027
Sylvia Hamvasi and Žilvinas Miškinis perform.
Performance Date: April 11, 2027
Anna Sophia Theil and David Fischer team up for a recital.
Performance Date: April 18, 2027
Lavinia Dames and Roman Hoza conclude the recital series.
Performance Date: June 20, 2027
