Jonas Kaufmann, Lise Davidsen, Sabine Devieilhe, Jonathan Tetelman, Huw Montague Rendall & Golda Schultz Lead Berlin Philharmonic’s 2026-27 Season

By Francisco Salazar

The Berlin Philharmonic has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances.

MainStage

Nicholas Collon conducts the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in György Ligeti’s “Le Grand Macabrewith Sarah Aristidou, Heidi Melton, Andrew Watts, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Leigh Melrose, Karl Huml, Kathrin Lorenzen, and Jingjing Xu.

Performance Date: August 28, 2026


Kent Nagano conducts the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln with soloist Sarah Aristidou in works by Alex Nante, Yvonne Loriod and Felix Mendelssohn.

Performance Date: Sept. 5, 2026


Brett Dean conducts Jennifer France in works by Brett Dean and Claude Debussy.

Performance Dates: Sept. 10-12, 2026


Kwamé Ryan conducts George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” with Siyabulela Ntlale, Nonhlanhla Yende, Lukhanyo Moyake, Conroy Scott, Brittany Smith, Siphamandla Moyake, and Lungelwa Mdekazi.

Performance Date: Sept. 15, 2026


Sir Simon Rattle conducts Rinat Shaham and Dominik Wollenweber in a program of works by Manuel de Falla, Cathy Milliken and Leoš Janáček.

Performance Dates: Sept. 17-19, 2026


Ensemble Modern alongside Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart and SWR Experimentalstudio take on works by Clara Iannotta and Márton Illés.

Performance Date: Sept. 18, 2026


Daniel Harding conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection” with Sabine Devieilhe and Marianne Crebassa.

Performance Dates: Sept. 24-26, 2026


Kirill Petrenko and Jonas Kaufmann perform at Carnegie Hall in works by Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Cilèa, Umberto Giordano, Ottorino Respighi and Ruggero Leoncavallo.

Performance Date: Oct. 8, 2026


Il pomo d’oro teams up with Jakub Józef Orliński and Madison Nonoa for works by Giovanni Maria Trabaci, Giovanni de Macque, Arvo Pärt and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.

Performance Date: Nov. 16, 2026


Kirill Petrenko and Jonathan Tetelman perform in Frankfurt in works by Ottorino Respighi, Francesco Cilèa, Umberto Giordano, Pietro Mascagni and Ruggero Leoncavallo.

Performance Date: Dec. 2, 2026


Kirill Petrenko and Jonathan Tetelman perform in Baden-Baden in works by Ottorino Respighi, Francesco Cilèa, Umberto Giordano, Pietro Mascagni and Ruggero Leoncavallo.

Performance Date: Dec. 3, 2026


Les Accents will be led by Thibault Noally violin and direction in works by Alessandro Scarlatti and Arcangelo Corelli. Soloists include Bruno de Sá, Cecilia Molinari, and Marie Nicole Lemieux.

Performance Date: Dec. 8, 2026


Maxime Pascal conducts Berlioz’s “L’Enfance du Christ, Oratorio, op. 25” with Julie Boulianne, Allan Clayton, Huw Montague Rendall, Jean Teitgen, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Theodore Platt, and Caspar Singh.

Performance Dates: Dec. 17-19, 2026


The National Youth Orchestra of Germany under Markus Poschner featuring soloist Wiebke Lehmkuhl will perform works by Richard Wagner and Hector Berlioz.

Performance Date: Jan. 10, 2027


François-Xavier Roth conducts a program of works by Richard Strauss, Hector Berlioz and Lili Boulanger. Véronique Gens, Julien Behr, and Jean-Sébastien Bou are the soloists.

Performance Dates: Jan. 21-23, 2027


Kirill Petrenko conducts Golda Schultz, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Sebastian Kohlhepp, and David Steffens in Ludwig van Beethoven’s Missa solemnis in D major, op. 123.

Performance Dates: Jan. 28-30, 2027


Markus Poschner leads a program of works by Gustav Mahler, Alphons Diepenbrock and Franz Schubert with Christian Gerhaher.

Performance Dates: Feb. 18-20, 2027


Salzburg Easter Festival 

“Die Walküre” will star Jamez McCorkle, Christopher Maltman, Brindley Sherratt, Christina Nilsson, Lise Davidsen and Catrina Morison. Kirill Petrenko conducts.

Performance Dates: March 20-29, 2027


Händel’s “Messiah” will be conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm and will include Sabine Devieilhe, Carlo Vistoli, Eric Ferring, and William Thomas.

Performance Dates: March 21-28, 2027


Beethoven’s “Missa solemnis” will be conducted by Kirill Petrenko and will feature the Rundfunkchor Berlin. Golda Schultz, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Sebastian Kohlhepp, and David Steffens.

Performance Dates: March 24 & 27, 2027


MainStage 

“Die Walkure” will star Jamez McCorkle, Christopher Maltman, Brindley Sherratt, Christina Nilsson, Lise Davidsen and Catrina Morison. Kirill Petrenko conducts.

Performance Date: April 3, 2027


Kirill Petrenko conducts Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel” with Elena Villalon, Alexandra Ionis, Wolfgang Koch, Gerhard Siegel, and Serafina Starke, and Shannon Keegan.

Performance Dates: May 27-30, 2027

 

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