The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced its 2026-27 season.

Premiere Productions

The first production of the season will be Wagner’s “Siegfried” with Benjamin Bruns, Matthias Klink, Nicholas Brownlee, Georg Nigl, Timo Riihonen, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Simone Schneider, and Miina-Liisa Värelä. Vladimir Jurowski conducts the production by Tobias Kratzer.

Performance Dates: Oct. 29, 2026-July 29, 2027

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Nadine Sierra and Lisette Oropesa alternate as Donizetti’s “Maria Stuarda” with Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Iván Ayón Rivas, Riccardo Fassi, and Vitor Bispo. Antonino Fogliani conducts the production by Francesco Micheli.

Performance Dates: Dec. 20, 2026-July 10, 2027

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Simon Keenlyside, Clive Bayley, Brenton Ryan, Marlis Petersen, Natalie Lewis, Gábor Bretz, Jarrett Ott, and Kevin Conners lead John Adams’ “Dr. Atomic.” Gemma New conducts the production by Claus Guth.

Performance Dates: Feb. 4-July 8, 2027

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Vladislav Sulimsky, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Ekaterina Gubanova, Olga Kulchynska, Bekhzod Davronov, Alexei Botnarciuc, Anton Rositskii and Alexey Dolgov lead Tchaikovsky’s “Mazeppa.” Daniele Rustioni and Timur Zangiev conduct the new production by Dmitri Tcherniakov.

Performance Dates: March 15-21, 2027

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Jonathan Tetelman leads Massenet’s “Werther” with Andrzej Filończyk, Joshua Hopkins, Marina Viotti, Aigul Akhmetshina, and Julie Roset. Karina Canellakis conducts the new production by Marie-Ève Signeyrole.

Performance Dates: May 15-June 29, 2027

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Vladimir Jurowski conducts Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung” in Tobias Kratzer’s production. The cast includes Benjamin Bruns, Alexander Grassauer, Sam Carl, Georg Nigl, Miina-Liisa Värelä, Magdalena Hinterdobler, Claudia Mahnke, and Sarah Brady.

Performance Dates: June 27-July 31, 2027

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Edward Gardner conducts Britten’s “Death in Venice” with Vasily Barkhatov directing. Allan Clayton, Etienne Dupuis, Hugh Cutting, Simeon Esper, Jamie Woollard, and Antonia Cáceres.

Performance Dates: July 16-28, 2027

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Diana Syrse and Sofi Oksanen’s “Liberty” will star Meg Brilleslyper, Antonia Cáceres, Michael Butler, Armand Rabot, and Nontobeko Bhengu. Alexandre Bloch conducts the new production by Elsa-Sophie Jach.

Performance Dates: April 30-July 8, 2027

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Gordon Kampe conducts Gordon Kampe and Dieter Sperl’s “Die Kreide im Mund des Wolfs.” Georg Nigl is the soloist.

Performance Date: May 2, 2027

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Sarah Aristidou, Mirjam Mesak, Daniel Gloger, and Daniel Vening lead “Koma” and “Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda.” Bas Wiegers conducts Romeo Castellucci’s production.

Performance Dates: May 5-15, 2027

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Repertoire Productions

Liam Bonthrone, Konstantin Krimmel, Misha Kiria, Ekaterine Buachidze, and Ildebrando D’Arcangelo star in Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” with Antonino Fogliani conducting.

In the summer a second cast will be conducted by Stefano Montanari and will star Dave Monaco, Konstantin Krimmel, Misha Kiria, Cecilia Molinari, and Roberto Tagliavini.

Performance Dates: Sept. 9, 2026 & June 13-20, 2027

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Leonardo García Alarcón conducts Handel’s “Semele” with Louise Alder, Michael Spyres, Michael Butler, Jakub Józef Orliński, Marina Viotti, Avery Amereau, Jessica Niles, and Sam Carl.

Performance Dates: Sept. 25-Oct. 7, 2026

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Brett Dean’s “Of One Blood”  will be revived.

Performance Dates: TBA

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Robin Ticciati conducts Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” with Kurt Rydl, Irene Roberts, Brian Jagde, Sabine Devieilhe, and Anja Kampe.

Performance Dates: Oct. 12-23, 2026

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Antonino Fogliani conducts Donizetti’s “Lucrezia Borgia” will star Erwin Schrott, Angela Meade, Liparit Avetisyan, and Natalie Lewis.

Performance Dates: Oct. 18-27, 2026

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Piotr Beczała, Boris Pinkhasovich, Anastasia Bartoli, Yulia Matochkina, and Erika Baikoff star Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.” Marco Armiliato conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 31-Nov. 12, 2026

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Nicole Car, Juliana Grigoryan, Saimir Pirgu, and Davide Luciano star in Puccini’s “La Boheme” with Francesco Ivan Ciampa conducting.

Performance Dates: Nov. 13-24, 2026

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Franz-Josef Selig, Julian Prégardien, Martin Snell, Jasmin Delfs, Liv Redpath, and Konstantin Krimmel star in Mozart’s “Die Zauberflote” with Michele Spotti conducting.

Performance Dates: Nov. 20-Dec. 6, 2026

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Rosa Feola, Ben Bliss, and Simon Keenlyside star in Verdi’s “La Traviata.” Andrea Battistoni conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 5-16, 2026

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Vladimir Jurowski and Azim Karimov conduct Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Die Nacht vor Weihnachten” with Violeta Urmana, Sergei Leiferkus, Dmitry Ulyanov, Elena Tsallagova, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Sergey Skorokhodov, Milan Siljanov, Vsevolod Grivnov, Matti Turunen, Tansel Akzeybek, Alexandra Durseneva, and Laura Aikin.

Performance Dates: Dec. 19-29, 2026

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Georg Nigl, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Martin Winkler, John Holiday, Granit Musliu, Konstantin Krimmel, Kevin Conners, and Mirjam Mesak Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus” with Vladimir Jurowski conducting.

Performance Dates: Dec. 31, 2026-Jan. 10, 2027

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Mattia Olivieri, Franz-Josef Selig, Vera-Lotte Boecker, Giovanni Sala, Samantha Hankey, Kyle Ketelsen, Sarah Dufresne, and Paweł Horodyski star in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Vladimir Jurowski conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 15-23, 2027

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Milan Siljanov, Pavol Breslik, Violeta Urmana, Tansel Akzeybek, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, and James Ley star in Janáček’s “Kát’a Kabanová.”

Performance Dates: Jan. 27-Feb. 2, 2027

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Levy Sekgapane, Misha Kiria, Marina Viotti, Mattia Olivieri, and Ildebrando D’Arcangelo star in Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” Riccardo Bisatti conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 31-Feb. 7, 2027

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Gounod’s “Faust” will be revived.

Performance Dates: TBA

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Georg Zeppenfeld, Vida Miknevičiūtė, Sergey Skorokhodov, Shannon Keegan, Tansel Akzeybek, and Michael Volle will star in Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Hollander.”

Performance Dates: Feb. 22-27, 2027

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Nicole Car, Matthew Rose, Christina Bock, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, and Katharina Konradi star in Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier” with Vladimir Jurowski conducting.

Performance Dates: March 7-13, 2027

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Verdi’s “Rigoletto” will be revived.

Performance Dates: TBA

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Christian Gerhaher, Bálint Szabó, Tareq Nazmi, Clay Hilley, Wolfgang Koch, and Elīna Garanča will star in Wagner’s “Parsifal” with Pablo Heras-Casado conducting.

Performance Dates: March 25-April 3, 2027

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Serena Sáenz, Xabier Anduaga, Nikolai Zemlianskikh, and Bryn Terfel star in Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore.” Emmanuel Villaume conducts.

Performance Dates: April 2-6, 2027

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Bizet’s “Carmen” with two casts. The first cast will star Benjamin Bernheim, Andrei Zhilikhovsky, Maria Barakova, and Mané Galoyan. The second cast will feature Piotr Beczała, Christian Van Horn, Aigul Akhmetshina, and Nicole Car. Francesco Ivan Ciampa conducts.

Performance Dates: April 21-July 12, 2027

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Jonas Kaufmann sings the title role Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” with John Relyea, Boris Pinkhasovich, Christopher Sokolowski, Elisabeth Teige, and Ekaterina Gubanova. Nathalie Stutzmann conducts.

Performance Dates: April 25-May 9, 2027

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Emily Pogorelc, Alina Wunderlin, Daniel Behle, Mario Lerchenberger, and Franz-Josef Selig star in Mozart’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail.” Patrick Lange conducts.

Performance Dates: May 6-11, 2027

There will be a concert by the opera studio.

Performance Dates: Nov. 11, 2026 & Jan. 16, 2027

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There will be six Opera Studio recitals featuring Antonia Cáceres, Nontobeko Bhengu, Tata Razmadze, Lucy Altus, Meg Brilleslyper, Michael Butler, Shawn Roth, Zipei Zheng, Hector Bloggs, Zhe Liu, Armand Rabot, and Daniel Vening perform a recital alongside Matteo Zoli and Jamie Andrews.

Performance Dates: Dec. 4, 2026-June 13, 2027

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Natalie Lewis and Malcolm Martineau perform Price, Brahms, Poulenc, Mahler, Wagner, and Spirituals.

Performance Date: June 30, 2027

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Konstantin Krimmel and Ammiel Bushakevitz‬ perform songs from Franz Schubert, Carl Loewe and Eusebius Mandyczewski.

Performance Date: July 7, 2027

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Diana Damrau and Helmut Deutsch perform in recital.

Performance Date: July 14, 2027

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Lisette Oropesa performs in recital alongside Alessandro Praticò.

Performance Date: July 15, 2027

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Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch perform in recital.

Performance Date: July 19, 2027

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Antonia Cáceres, Nontobeko Bhengu, Tata Razmadze, Lucy Altus, Meg Brilleslyper, Michael Butler, Shawn Roth, Zipei Zheng, Hector Bloggs, Zhe Liu, Armand Rabot, and Daniel Vening perform a recital alongside Matteo Zoli and Jamie Andrews.

Performance Date: July 20, 2027

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Anna Netrebko and Pavel Nebolsin perform in recital.

Performance Date: July 23, 2027