Jonas Kaufmann, Cecilia Bartoli, Marina Rebeka, Karita Mattila, Benjamin Appl, Rolando Villazón, & Elsa Dreisig Lead Elbphilharmonie Hamburg’s 2025-26 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Elbphilharmonie Hamburg has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season.
The Symphoniker Hamburg, alongside Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Chor Hamburg and Knabenchor Hannover, perform Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem. Mandy Fredrich and Isabelle Huppert are the soloists with Lucie Leguay conducting.
Performance Date: August 22 & 23, 2025
Manuel Winckhler, Mauro Peter, Kathryn Lewek, Elsa Dreisig, Äneas Humm, and Miriam Kutrowatz star in Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte.”Tarmo Peltokoski conducts and Romain Gilbert directs.
Performance Date: August 29, 2025
The Symphoniker Hamburg and Kölner Männer-Gesang-Verein celebrate Johann Strauss’ 200 birthday. Bernhard Steiner conducts.
Performance Date: Sept. 14, 2025
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus perform Béla Bartók and Antonín Dvořák. Kateřina Kněžíková, Pavel Černoch, and Pavol Kubán are the soloists with Jakub Hrůša conducting.
Performance Date: Sept. 22, 2025
Klaas Stok conducts Ton de Leeuw, Alfred Momotenko, and Maurice Ohana with pianists Rupert Burleigh and Ulrike Payer. Soloists to be determined.
Performance Date: Sept. 27, 2025
The Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg, lautten compagney BERLIN and tenor Virgil Hartinger perform music by Monteverdi with conductor Antonius Adamske.
Performance Date: Oct. 5, 2025
The Ensemble Resonanz and Estnischer Philharmonischer Kammerchor under Tõnu Kaljuste perform Arvo Pärt and Raminta Šerkšnyte̊.
Performance Date: Oct. 11, 2025
Emy Gazeilles, Eva Zaïcik, Moritz Kallenberg, and Guilhem Worms under Thomas Hengelbrock perform Gioachino Rossini’s “Petite messe solennelle.”
Performance Date: Oct. 14, 2025
Mike Steurenthaler conducts a concert for tenors with overtures, arias, choruses, and scenes from operas by Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, Mozart, and others.
Performance Date: Oct. 19, 2025
The Tenebrae choir will take on the works of Arvo Pärt, Sir John Tavener, William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, and others. George Herbert and Nigel Short also perform.
Performance Date: Oct. 23, 2025
Cecilia Bartoli and Lang Lang perform songs and works for piano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioachino Rossini, Francesco Paolo Tosti, Giacomo Puccini, and others.
Performance Date: Nov. 4, 2025
Sarah Wegener and Götz Payer perform “Naturträume.”
Performance Date: Nov. 6, 2025
The Hespèrion XXI and La Capella Reial de Catalunya under Jordi Savall perform Llibre Vermell de Montserrat.
Performance Date: Nov. 12, 2025
The Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana takes on music by Lluís Millet i Pagès, Amadeu Vives, Pau Casals, Enric Morera, Bernat Vivancos, Joan Magrané, Josep Vila, Carles Prat, Josep Ollé, Anna Campmany, Arnau Tordera, Xavier Puig, Josep Lluís Guzman i Antich, and Feliu Gasull.
Performance Date: Nov. 15, 2025
The Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon perform Brahms with Stéphane Degout.
Performance Date: Nov. 19, 2025
The Orchestre des Champs-Élysées and Collegium Vocale Gent will be conducted by Philippe Herreweghe in a program of music by Ludwig van Beethoven and Luigi Cherubini.
Performance Date: Nov. 25, 2025
Siobhan Stagg and John Chest perform Brahms’ German Requiem in the version for version for soloists, choir and piano two or four hands. Jan Vermeulen and Veerle Peters are the pianists.
Performance Date: Nov. 27, 2025
Benjamin Appl joins the Regensburger Domspatzen for an evening of song.
Performance Date: Nov. 30, 2025
The Art’n’Voices ensemble featuring Małgorzata Priebe, Maria Krueger-Milej, Anna Rocławska-Musiałczyk, Marta Jundziłł, Mateusz Warkusz, Szymon Duraj, Rafał Brzeziński, and Tomasz Chyła perform “Christmas at Sea.”
Performance Date: Dec. 3, 2025
The Ensemble Resonanz, alongside Hanna Herfurtner, Mirko Ludwig, Simon Schnorr, Markus Schwind, Johannes Öllinger, and Michael Peterman,n perform a Christmas Oratorio.
Performance Date: Dec. 5, 2025
The Festival Concert at Advent will showcase the Giuseppe Verdi Chor Hamburg, Hamburger Konzertchor, and HansePhilharmonie Hamburg. The concert includes works by Mozart, Händel, Brahms, Verdi, Puccini, and Humperdinck.
Performance Date: Dec. 7, 2025
Vox Luminis and Lionel Meunier take on the music of Georg Philipp Telemann and Johann Sebastian Bach.
Performance Date: Dec. 9, 2025
The Calmus Ensemble is joined by Elisabeth Mücksch, Johanna Veit, Friedrich Bracks, Jonathan Saretz, and Michael B. Gernert for A cappella music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Heinrich Schütz, Michael Praetorius, Thomas Tallis and others.
Performance Date: Dec. 11, 2025
The Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Orchester perform works by Bach, Jan Sandström, Jan Sandström, and Thomas Adès. Lionel Sow conducts soloists Julian Prégardien, Agnes Kovacs, Anne Bierwirth, Terry Wey, Jakob Pilgram, Felix Schwandtke, and Daniel Ochoa.
Performance Date: Dec. 16, 2025
The NDR Vokalensemble under Heide Müller perform works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Francis Poulenc.
Performance Date: Dec. 19, 2025
The Tschechische Kammerphilharmonie Prag is joined by Martin Kos and Petr Chromčák for Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, Joseph Haydn’s Symphony in F-sharp minor, and Georg Friedrich Händel’s Wassermusik.
Performance Date: Dec. 30, 2025
Hila Baggio and Omer Meir Wellber join the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg for a New Year’s Eve Concert.
Performance Date: Dec. 31, 2025
Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” will be performed by Tschechische Symphoniker Prag, Coro di Praga, Oľga Bezačinská, Lenka Kučerová, Josef Moravec, Ivo Hrachovec, and Martin Peschík.
Performance Date: Jan. 8, 2026
Vincenzo Sanso, Luigi Frattola, Emil Pavlov, Alejo Ruiz, Orfeo Zanetti, and Andrea Hörkens perfrom “Melodie per milioni.”
Performance Date: Jan. 10, 2026
Golda Schultz teams up with Kammerakademie Potsdam and Antonello Manacorda in music by Mozart.
Performance Date: Jan. 21, 2026
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir and Kunal Lahiry perform in recital featuring music by Samuel Barber, Nico Muhly, Jean Sibelius, Errollyn Wallen, Judith Weir, Sergej Rachmaninov, Lyra Pramuk, Deborah Pritchard, Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, Joseph Haydn, Déodat de Séverac, Maurice Ravel, and Margaret Bonds.
Performance Date: Jan. 22, 2026
Nikola Hillebrand and Samuel Hasselhorn perform Brahms’ German Requiem. Christian Thielemann conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin
Performance Date: Jan. 31, 2026
Alan Gilbert conducts the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester and NDR Vokalensemble in a program including Jóhann Jóhannsson, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Hans Werner Henze, and Ludwig van Beethoven.
Performance Dates: Feb. 4 & 7, 2026
The Chor zur Welt and Jörg Mall perform One World.
Performance Date: Feb. 8, 2026
Georg Friedrich Händel’s “Giulio Cesare in Egitto” will star Jakub Józef Orliński, Sabine Devieilhe, Beth Taylor, Sophie Rennert, Yuriy Mynenko, Alex Rosen, Rémy Brès-Feuillet, and Marco Saccardin. Francesco Corti conducts Il Pomo d’Oro.
Performance Date: Feb. 12, 2026
Alan Gilbert conducts Richard Strauss’ “Elektra” starring Karita Mattila, Ingela Brimberg, Christina Nilsson, Benjamin Bruns, and Andreas Bauer Kanabas.
Performance Dates: Feb. 13 & 15, 2026
The Neue Philharmonie Hamburg and Armine Nersisjan perform arias and duets from operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, and Gaetano Donizetti.
Performance Date: Feb. 14, 2026
Benjamin Appl and James Baillieu take on Robert Schumann and György Kurtág.
Performance Date: Feb. 17, 2026
Elsa Dreisig and Kate Aldrich lead Vincenzo Bellini’s “I Capuleti e i Montecchi” alongside Antonio Corianò and Nicolò Donini. Riccardo Minasi conducts.
Performance Date: Feb. 20, 2026
The Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks under Peter Dijkstra will perform Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil.
Performance Date: Feb. 21, 2026
The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, NDR Vokalensemble, Philip Mayers, and Paavo Järvi perform Robert Schumann and Piotr I. Tschaikovsky.
Performance Date: March 1, 2026
Sir Simon Rattle conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Louise Alder and Beth Taylor. The program also includes music by Henry Purcell and Robert Schumann.
Performance Date: March 21, 2026
Rolando Villazón and PRJCT Amsterdam under conductor Maarten Engeltjes perform Opera arias and instrumental pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Performance Date: March 25, 2026
Sebastian Kohlhepp and Klaas Stok lead Johann Sebastian Bach’s Johannes-Passion.
Performance Date: March 28, 2026
The Ensemble Resonanz & Gäste will take on Johann Sebastian Bach’s Johannes-Passion.
Performance Date: March 29, 2026
Chen Reiss, Sharon Kam, and Yael Kareth perform works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, Gustav Mahler, Elisabeth von Sachsen-Meiningen, and Franz Schubert.
Performance Date: March 29, 2026
Marina Rebeka, Agnieszka Rehlis, Joseph Calleja, and David Leigh lead Vedri’s Requiem with Gianandrea Noseda conducting teh Zurich Opera Orchestra.
Performance Date: March 31, 2026
Regula Mühlemann joins Gianandrea Noseda and the Orchester der Oper Zürich for Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Vivaldi, and Sergej Prokofjew.
Performance Date: April 1, 2026
Philippe Herreweghe conducts the Chor & Orchester des Collegium Vocale Gent in Johann Sebastian Bach’s St Matthew Passion.
Performance Date: April 2, 2026
Jordi Savall conducts Le Concert des Nations and La Capella Nacional de Catalunya in a Haydn and Beethoven program. Elionor Martínez, Lara Morger, Ilker Arcayürek, and Yuriy Hadzetskyy are the soloists.
Performance Date: April 3, 2026
Malin Byström and Jonas Kaufmann join the Philharmonie Baden-Baden and Jochen Rieder in instrumental pieces, arias, and duets from operettas by Emmerich Kálmán, Franz Lehár, Paul Abraham, and others.
Performance Date: April 11, 2026
Magdalena Kožená and Daniele Caminiti lead music by Henry Purcell, John Dowland, Daniele Caminiti, Brett Dean, Henry Purcell, Luciano Berio, Johannes Hieronymus von Kapsberger, Marc Antonio Cesti, Giulio Caccini, Alessandro Piccinini, Barbara Strozzi, and Tarquinio Merula.
Performance Date: April 24, 2026
Claudio Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo” will be performed by Valerio Contaldo, Mariana Flores, Giuseppina Bridelli, Edward Grint, and Salvo Vitale. Leonardo García Alarcón conducts the Cappella Mediterranea and Chœur de Chambre de Namur.
Performance Date: April 28, 2026
Franz Schmidt’s “Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln” will be performed by Maximilian Schmitt, Tareq Nazmi, Christina Landshamer, Catriona Morison, Patrick Grahl, and Gerrit Illenberger. Conductor Manfred Honeck leads the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester.
Performance Dates: May 1 & 2, 2026
The Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Solisten under Lionel Sow perform Johann Bach, Johann Michael Bach, Hugo Distler, Harald Feller, and Heinrich Schütz.
Performance Date: May 4, 2026
Omer Meir Wellber conducts Leonard Bernstein’s Mass with Will Liverman and Julia Kleiter.
Performance Dates: May 24 & 25, 2026
The Ensemble Resonanz and RIAS Kammerchor Berlin under Justin Doyle perform music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Hubert Parry, Edward Elgar, and Joanna Marsh.
Performance Date: May 30, 2026
Julian Prégardien and Kristian Bezuidenhout lead Franz Schubert’s “Die schöne Müllerin.”
Performance Date: June 3, 2026
Benjamin Bernheim performs alongside the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie and Marc Leroy-Calatayud in a program of music by Jules Massenet, Charles Gounod, Giuseppe Verdi, and others.
Performance Date: June 10, 2026
The Chöre aus Norddeutschland perform in concert.
Performance Date: June 13, 2026
The Thomanerchor Leipzig perform in concert.
Performance Date: June 28, 2026
The Chor zur Welt will perform under Jörg Mall.
Performance Date: July 5, 2026
