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The Konzerthaus Dortmund has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on the vocal works only.

Soprano Sophie Karthäuser kicks off the season with a performance of Beethoven‘s “Pastorale.” Laurence Equilbey conducts the production by Carlus Padrissa, La Fura dels Baus.

Performance date: Sep. 8, 2021

Soprano Céline Scheen and countertenor Valer Sabadus sing baroque music alongside conductor Christina Pluhar and L’Arpeggiata.

Performance date: Sep. 17, 2021

Mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená sings Ondřej Adámek’s Song cycle for mezzo-soprano and orchestra “Where are you?” alongside Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra.

Performance date: Sep. 24, 2021

Soprano Christina Gansch performs works by Berg, Mahler, and Zemlinsky alongside pianist Malcolm Martineau.

Performance date: Oct. 1, 2021

The concert performance of Leonardo Vinci’s opera “Gismondo, Re di Polonia” spotlights Yuriy Mynenko, Sophie Junker, Aleksandra Kubas-Kruk, Jake Arditti, Dilyara Idrisova, Nicholas Tamagna, and Max Emanuel Cenčić in the title role. Martyna Pastuszka conducts.

Performance date: Oct. 3, 2021

Soloists and Philharmonischer Chor des Dortmunder Musikvereins perform Mascagni’s “Messa di Gloria” alongside conductor Granville Walker.

Performance date: Oct. 10, 2021

Soprano Hanna Herfurtner, alto Elvira Bill, tenor Andreas Post, baritone Thomas Bonni, and bass-baritone Thilo Dahlmann present Händel‘s “Saul” alongside the Städtischer Musikverein zu Düsseldorf – Chor der Landeshauptstadt. Alexander Willens conducts the Kölner Akademie.

Performance date: Oct. 30, 2021

Soprano Diana Damrau and bass Nicolas Testé sing music by Thomas, Donizetti, Gounod, and Bellini. Pavel Baleff conducts the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra.

Performance date: Oct. 31, 2021

Cantando Admont performs the early music alongside conductor Cordula Bürgi.

Performance date: Nov. 6, 2021

Soprano Marlis Petersen gives a recital featuring a rich program by Weigl, Bach, Brahms, Sommer, Schubert, Reger, Richard Strauss, Hahn, Wagner, Liszt, Duparc, Wolf, and Fauré alongside pianist Stephan Matthias Lademann.

Performance date: Nov. 12, 2021

A concert performance of Leoš Janáček‘s “The Cunning Little Vixen” stars Angela Brower, Roland Wood, William Thomas, Robert Murray, Kitty Whately, Ella Taylor, Elizabeth Cragg, and Elena Tsallagova in the title role. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

Performance date: Nov. 21, 2021

Baritone Christian Gerhaher sings Dvořák’s “Biblische Lieder” alongside conductor Daniel Harding and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Performance date: Nov. 25, 2021

The performance of Mozart’s “Great Mass in C minor” spotlights soprano Regula Mühlemann, alto Sophie Harmsen, tenor David Fischer, and bass Krešimir Stražanac. Philippe Herreweghe conducts the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées and Collegium Vocale Gent.

Performance date: Nov. 26, 2021

Chöre der Chorakademie am Konzerthaus Dortmund performs Weihnachtliche Lieder im Advent.

Performance date: Dec. 11 – 12, 2021

ChorWerk Ruhr performs various choral works alongside cellist Kian Soltani.

Performance date: Dec. 17, 2021

The performance of Bach’s “Weihnachtsoratorium” spotlights soprano Magdalene Harer, alto Annekathrin Laabs, and tenor Martin Platz alongside the Jugendkonzertchor der Chorakademie am Konzerthaus Dortmund. Felix Heitmann conducts the Bochumer Symphoniker.

Performance date: Dec. 21, 2021

Don Kosaken Chor Serge Jaroff performs various works alongside conductor Wanja Hlibka.

Performance date: Jan. 16, 2022

Ondřej Adámek’s opera “Seven Stones” will feature Olga Siemieńczuk, Shigeko Hata, Nicolas Simeha, and Landy Andriamboavonjy alongside the Chor Accentus. Léo Warynski conducts the production by Éric Oberdorff.

Performance date: Jan. 28, 2022

The Balthasar-Neumann-Chor and soloists perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Mass in B minor.” Thomas Hengelbrock conducts.

Performance date: Feb. 3, 2022

Tenor Mark Padmore sings music by Franz Schubert alongside pianist Till Fellner.

Performance date: Feb. 10, 2022

Philippe Herreweghe conducts the Collegium Vocale Gent and Mahler Chamber Orchestra in the performance of Stravinsky’s “Symphonie des psaumes.”

Performance date: March 4, 2022

Baritone Benjamin Appl performs Schubert‘s “Die schöne Müllerin” alongside pianist Lise de la Salle.

Performance date: March 13, 2022

Symphony concert “Mütterchen Russland” spotlights the Tschechischer Philharmonischer Chor Brünn. Gabriel Feltz conducts.

Performance date: March 15, 2022

Barbershop Musikfestival 2022 will feature various choral performances.

Performance dates: March 18 – 20, 2022

Soprano Sophie Junker, alto Henriette Gödde, tenor Sebastian Kohlhepp, and basses Christian Immler and Matthias Winckhler perform Bach’s “St John Passion.” Václav Luks conducts the Collegium Vocale 1704.

Performance date: April 15, 2022

A concert performance of Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” stars Michael Volle, Alan Held, Andrew Staples, Gerhard Siegel, Christiane Karg, Karen Cargill, Jacqueline Echols, Iris van Wijnen, Maria Barakova, Samuel Youn, Thomas Ebenstein, Stephen Milling, and Mischa Petrenko. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.

Performance date: April 28, 2022

Soprano Christiane Karg sings Mahler‘s Symphony No. 4 alongside Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.

Performance date: April 29, 2022

Soprano Jessica Pratt and tenor Lawrence Brownlee present an evening of bel canto arias alongside conductor Giacomo Sagripanti and the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen.

Performance date: May 15, 2022

Soprano Daniela Fally and tenor Daniel Behle sing music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vincenzo Bellini, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Franz Lehár, Johann Strauß and Leonard Bernstein. Stefan Soltész conducts the WDR Funkhausorchester.

Performance date: May 28, 2022

The Chöre der Chorakademie am Konzerthaus Dortmund present various choral music.

Performance date: June 5 – 6, 2022

A concert performance of Gaetano Donizetti‘s opera “Caterina Cornaro” stars Franco Vassallo, Antonio Poli, and Roberta Mantegna in the title role. Friedrich Haider conducts the WDR Funkhausorchester.

Performance date: June 11, 2022

The Monteverdi Choir and English baroque soloists present works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Hermann Schein, and Heinrich Schütz alongside conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

Performance date: June 12, 2022

A concert performance of Antonio Vivaldi’s “Orlando furioso” stars Vivica Genaux as Alcina, Sonja Runje as Bradamante, Nicholas Tamagna as Ruggiero, Julia Lezhneva as Angelica, Philipp Mathmann as Medoro, and Max Emanuel Cenčić in the title role. George Petrou conducts.

Performance date: June 17, 2022

Soprano Anna Prohaska gives a recital alongside pianist Julius Drake.

Performance date: June 24, 2022

Singers of the Čiurlionis Kunstschule perform alongside the Jugendkonzertchor der Chorakademie am Konzerthaus Dortmund and conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla.

Performance date: July 2, 2022