The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced its 2024-25 season.

Premieres 

Tobias Krazter directs a new production of Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” with Nicholas Brownlee, Milan Siljanov, Sean Panikkar, Markus Brück, Matthias Klink, Matthew Rose, Timo Riihonen, Ekaterina Gubanova, Mirjam Mesak, and Wiebke Lehmkuhl. Vladimir Jurowski conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 27, 2024-July 31, 2025

Damiano Michieletto directs Donizetti’s “La Fille du Régiment” with Pretty Yende, Lisette Oropesa, Susan Graham, Xabier Anduaga, Lawrence Brownlee, and Misha Kiria. Stefano Montanari condcuts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 22, 2024-July 1, 2025

Strauss’ “Die Liebe der Danae” will star Christopher Maltman, Ya-Chung Huang, Vincent Wolfsteiner, Malin Byström, Erika Baikoff, and Andreas Schager. Sebastian Weigle conducts the new production by Claus Guth.

Performance Dates: Feb. 7, 2025-July 22, 2025

Janáček’s “Kát’a Kabanová” will showcase Corrine Winters in the title role alongside Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducting. The new production will be directed by
Krzysztof Warlikowski and will also star Milan Siljanov, Pavel Černoch, Violeta Urmana, and John Daszak.

Performance Dates: March 17-July 7, 2025

“Das Jagdgewehr” will star Juliana Zara, Eirin Rognerud, Dafydd Jones, and Vitor Bispo. Francesco Angelico conducts the production by Ulrike Schwab.

Performance Dates: May 2-11, 2025

“Matsukaze” will star Seonwoo Lee, Natalie Lewis, Paweł Horodyski, and Bruno Khouri. Alexandre Bloch conducts the production by Lotte van den Berg and Tobias Staab.

Performance Dates: May 3-11, 2025

Daniele Rustioni and Andrea Battistoni lead “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci” in a new production by Francesco Micheli. The cast for Mascagni’s work will include Yulia Matochkina, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Vittorio Grigolo, Rosalind Plowright, Wolfgang Koch, Elmina Hasan, and Rihab Chaieb. Meanwhile, the cast for Leoncavallo’s work will star Ailyn Pérez, Jonas Kaufmann, Riccardo Massi, Wolfgang Koch, and Mattia Olivieri.

Performance Dates: May 22-July 12, 2025

Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” will be directed by David Hermann and will be conducted by Vladimir Jurowski. The cast will include Konstantin Krimmel, Christof Fischesser, Vera-Lotte Boecker, Giovanni Sala, Samantha Hankey, Kyle Ketelsen, Avery Amereau, and Michael Mofidian.

Performance Dates: June 27-July 8, 2025

Fauré’s “Pénélope” will star Brandon Jovanovich, Thomas Mole, Loïc Félix, Leigh Melrose, Joel Williams, Zachary Rioux, Dafydd Jones, Elene Gvritishvili, Victoria Karkacheva, Rinat Shaham, and Emily Sierra. Susanna Mälkki conducts the new Production by Andrea Breth.

Performance Dates: July 18-29, 2025

Revivals

Orff’s “Der Mond” will conducted by Ustina Dubitsky and will star Liam Bonthrone, Gabriel Rollinson, Vitor Bispo, Aleksey Kursanov, Paweł Horodyski, Thomas Mole, and Nikita Volkov.

Performance Dates: Sept. 21 & 22, 2024

Oksana Lyniv conducts Puccini’s “Tosca” with Lise Davidsen, Freddie De Tommaso, and Bryn Terfel. 

Performance Dates: Sept. 23-Oct. 2, 2204

Klaus Florian Vogt, Vida Miknevičiūtė, Sean Michael Plumb, and Jennifer Johnston star in Korngold’s “Die Tote Stadt.” Lothar Koenigs conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 1-10, 2024

Sondra Radvanovsky stars in Puccini’s “Turandot” with Vitalij Kowaljow, Yonghoon Lee, and Selene Zanetti. Antonino Fogliani conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 6-19, 2024

Kent Nagano conducts Ligetti’s “Le Grand Macabre” with a cast that includes Sarah Aristidou, Jacquelyn Stucker, Avery Amereau, John Holiday, Lindsay Ammann, Benjamin Bruns, and Michael Nagy.

Performance Dates: Oct. 20-26, 2024

Mané Galoyan, Liparit Avetisyan, Andrzej Filończyk, and Ambrogio Maestri star in Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” with Michele Spotti conducting.

Performance Dates: Oct. 25-Nov. 7, 2024

Vladislav Sulimski, Adela Zaharia, Xabier Anduaga, and Riccardo Fassi star in Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” with Aziz Shokhakimov conducting.

Performance Dates: Nov. 9-20, 2024

Christina Bock, Sibylle Maria Dordel, Charles Workman, Elena Tsallagova, Jacques Imbrailo, Xenia Puskarz Thomas, Lotte Betts-Dean, Noa Beinart, Larissa Diadkova, and Evgeniya Sotnikova lead Weinberg’s “The Passengers.” Azim Karimov conducts.

Performance Dates: Nov. 15-21 2024

Elīna Garanča, Elena Stikhina, Arsen Soghomonyan, Erwin Schrott, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, and Alexander Köpeczi star in Verdi’s “Aida.” Francesco Ivan Ciampa conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 1-15, 2024

Milan Siljanov, Rosie Aldridge, Angela Brower, Mirjam Mesak, and Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhack star in Humperdinck’s “Hansel und Gretel.” A second cast includes Thomas Mole, Rosie Aldridge, Emily Sierra, Erika Baikoff, and Kevin Conners. Robert Jindra conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 2-8, 2024

Gerald Finley stars in the title role of Verdi’s “Macbeth” with Dmitry Ulyanov, Sondra Radvanovsky, and Jonathan Tetelman. Andrea Battistoni conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 14-20, 2024

Mozart’s “Die Zauberflote” will star Tareq Nazmi, Giovanni Sala, Martin Snell, Jessica Pratt, and Ying Fang. Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 27, 2024-Jan, 10, 2025

Angela Meade leads a cast of Donizetti’s “Lucrezia Borgia” with Erwin Schrott, Pavol Breslik, and Maria Barakova. Antonino Fogliani conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 8-31, 2025

Peter Mattei, Golda Schultz, Louise Alder, Konstantin Krimmel, and Avery Amereau star in Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Susanna Mälkki conducts. In the summer a second cast arrives featuring Davide Luciano, Maria Bengtsson, Julie Fuchs, Philippe Sly, and Emily D’Angelo.

Performance Dates: Jan. 14-July 3, 2025

Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera” is set to star Charles Castronovo, Igor Golovatenko, Nicole Car, Yulia Matochkina, and Erika Baikoff. Antonino Fogliani conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 26-Feb. 8, 2025

Angel Blue stars in Puccini’s “La Bohème” with Mirjam Mesak, Pene Pati, Sean Michael Plumb, Andrew Hamilton, and William Thomas. Carlo Rizzi conducts.

Performance Dates: Feb. 10-20, 2025

Struss’ “Die Fledermaus” will return with a cast that includes Georg Nigl, Julia Kleiter, Martin Winkler, Andrew Watts, Granit Musliu, Markus Brück, and Katharina Konradi. Vladimir Jurowski conducts.

Performance Dates: Feb. 23-March 4, 2025

Clémentine Margaine, Rosa Feola, Piotr Beczała, and Jérôme Boutillier lead Bizet’s “Carmen” with Alexandre Bloch conducting.

Performance Dates: March 2-15, 2025

Janáček’s “The Cunning Little Vixen (Příhody lišky Bystroušky)” will star Wolfgang Koch, Claire Barnett-Jones, Brenton Ryan, and Martin Snell. Lothar Koenigs conducts.

Performance Dates: March 8-14, 2025

Marlis Petersen, Brindley Sherratt, Samantha Hankey, Johannes Martin Kränzle, and Liv Redpath lead Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier.” Vladimir Jurowski conducts.

Performance Dates: March 23-29, 2025

Mikko Franck conducts Wagners “Der Fliegende Holländer” with Franz-Josef Selig, Asmik Grigorian, Benjamin Bruns, Natalie Lewis, Tansel Akzeybek, and Gerald Finley. 

Performance Dates: March 25-31, 2025

Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” will be conducted by Emmanuel Villaume and will star Elena Guseva, Irene Roberts, Stefan Pop, and Aleksei Isaev.

Performance Dates: April 3-8, 2025

Jonah Hoskins, Sean Michael Plumb, Misha Kiria, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, and Roberto Tagliavini lead Rossini’s “La Cenerentola.” Gianluca Capuano conducts.

Performance Dates: April 4-9, 2025

Marco Armiliato conducts Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” with Ermonela Jaho, George Petean, Yusif Eyvazov, and Martin Snell.

Performance Dates: April 17-24, 2025

Sebastian Weigle conducts Tchaikovsky’s “Pique Dame” with Arsen Soghomonyan, Vladislav Sulimski, Boris Pinkhasovich, Violeta Urmana, Elena Stikhina, and Victoria Karkacheva.

Performance Dates: April 19-29, 2025

Verdi’s “Don Carlo” will star Erwin Schrott, Stephen Costello, George Petean, Dmitry Belosselskiy, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, and Ekaterina Semenchuk. Zubin Mehta conducts.

Performance Dates: May 4-17, 2025

Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” will be conducted by Christopher Moulds and will star Olga Kulchynska, Emily Sierra, Konstantin Krimmel, Daniel Behle, Sandrine Piau, and Rod Gilfry.

Performance Dates: May 12-July 5, 2025

Pavol Breslik, Elena Guseva, Svetlana Aksenova, Christof Fischesser, and Christine Rice star in Dvorak’s “Rusalka” with Edward Gardner conducting.

Performance Dates: June 7-July 29, 2025

Yaritza Véliz, Liparit Avetisyan, and Simon Keenlyside lead Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Speranza Scappucci conducting.

Performance Dates: June 15-22, 2025

Sonya Yoncheva headlines the double bill of “Dido and Aeneas” and “Erwartung.” The evening will also feature Günter Papendell, Erika Baikoff, Rinat Shaham, John Holiday, Elmira Karakhanova, and Eine Frau.

Performance Dates: July 13 & 16, 2025

Verdi’s “I Masnadieri” will star Erwin Schrott, Charles Castronovo, George Petean, and Lisette Oropesa. Antonino Fogliani conducts.

Wagner’s “Lohengrin” will star Piotr Beczała, René Pape, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Wolfgang Koch, and Anja Kampe. Sebastian Weigle conducts.

Performance Dates: July 27 & 30, 2025

Recitals

Diana Damrau and Helmut Deutsch team up for a recital.

Performance Date: July 14, 2025

Gerald Finley and Isata Kanneh-Mason team up for an evening of song.

Performance Date: July 15, 2025

Piotr Beczała and Helmut Deutsch perform a recital.

Performance Date: July 18, 2025

Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber perform the music of Schumann.

Performance Date: July 22, 2025

Konstantin Krimmel and Ammiel Bushakevitz team up for a lieder recital.

Performance Date: July 26, 2025‬

Jonas Kaufmann presents a recital with Helmut Deutsch.

Performance Date: July 26, 2025

Concerts 

There will be Opernstudio concerts all season.

Performance Dates: Oct. 31, 2024-July 4, 2025

Thomas Guggeis and Aigul Akhmetshina join forces for two concerts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 11 & 12, 2025