The Lucerne Festival has announced its 2026 summer season. Here is a look at the vocal performances.

Baldur Brönnimann and join forces for music by Mark Andre commissioned by Lucerne Festival and the Philharmonie Essen.

Performance Date: August 22, 2026

Gianluca Capuano conducts Gluck’s “Orfeo and Euridice” with “Cecilia Bartoli and Melissa Petit.

Performance Date: August 23, 2026

The Luzerner Theater Opera Ensemble and Lucerne Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by Maria Radzikhovskiy in music by Peter Maxwell Davies and Bushra El-Turk.

Performance Date: August 28, 2026

The Collegium Musicum Luzern soloists, choir, and orchestra under Jakob Pilgram perform works by Mozart and Rayner Taylor.

Performance Date: August 30, 2026

The Met Orchestra under Yannick Nézet-Séguin perform music by Mahler and Missy Mazzoli with Joyce DiDonato.

Performance Date: August 30, 2026

Jonas Müller and Anna Gebhardt perform in a recital titled “Somewhere in the World” with music by Schumann, Schubert, Mahler and Eisler.

Performance Date: Sept. 1, 2026

The Konzerthausorchester Berlin and Berlin Radio Choir under Joana Mallwitz perform Hans Werner Henze’s Symphony No. 9.

Performance Date: Sept. 7, 2026

Richard Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung” will star Young Woo Kim, Johannes Kammler, Daniel Schmutzhard, Patrick Zielke, Åsa Jäger, Sophia Brommer, and Olivia Vermeulen. Kent Nagano conducts the Dresden Festival Orchestra.

Performance Date: Sept. 10, 2026

Enrique Mazzola conducts The Gerswhin’s “Porgy and Bess” with Nonhlanhla Yende, Conroy Scott, Lukhanyo Moyake, Siyabulela Ntlale, Brittany Smith, Siphamandla Moyake, and Lungelwa Mdekazi.

Performance Date: Sept. 13, 2026