Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik Unveils 50th Anniversary Programming
By Afton MarkayInnsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik announces its program for the 2026 season.
This article only features opera events.
Opening the festival is the workshop concert which features a sneak peak into Ottavio Dantone’s reconstruction of Pietro Antonio Cesti’s “Il pomo d’oro.” This event is presented in a a hybrid format combining elements of concert and rehearsal. The Accademia Bizantina Ensemble performs.
Performance Date: July 25, 2026
Lauren Lodge-Campbell, Nicolò Balducci, and Jonathan Eyers star in “Dafne.” The soloists perform worked by Jacopo Peri and Marco da Gagliano with Il Gusto Barocco Ensemble.
Performance Date: August 1, 2026
Anna Bonitatibus and Jörg Halubek present “youngbaroque & masterclass.”
Performance Date: August 6, 2026
Pietro Antonio Cesti’s “Il pomo d’oro” is presented by the Accademia Bizantina Ensemble with soloists Sophie Rennert, Jone Martínez, Shira Patchornik, Jiayu Jin, Neima Fischer, Mathilde Ortscheidt, Margherita Maria Sala, and Ester Ferraro, among others. NovoCanto also joins. Fabio Ceresa serves as the director, the costume designer is Giuseppe Palella, and the set designer Nikolaus Webern. Ottavio Dantone is the music director.
Performance Dates: August 7-16, 2026
“A Tribute to Alan” features Anna Bonitatibus with Accademia Bizantina Ensemble. Together they present music by Alessandro Scarlatti, George Frideric Handel, Henry Purcell, Antonio Vivaldi, Francesco Geminiani, and Christoph Willibald Gluck. Ottavio Dantone conducts.
Performance Date: August 10, 2026
From 21 August 2026, Participants from the 2025 Cesti Competition will bring Handel’s opera “Atalanta” to the stage. François de Carpentries directs. Andrea Buccarella conducts.
Performance Dates: August 21 -26, 2026
Closing out the 50th Innsbrucker Festwochen is the 17th Cesti Competition.
Performance Date: August 30, 2026
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