Lawrence Brownlee, Lisette Oropesa, Nino Machaidze, Gregory Kunde, Simon Keenlyside, Leah Hawkins, Nicky Spence, Saioa Hernández, Michael Fabiano & Eve-Maud Hubeaux Lead Staatsoper Hamburg’s 2026-27 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Staatsoper Hamburg has announced its 2026-27 season.
Premieres
Tomáš Hanus and Daniele Squeo lead Verdi’s “Macbeth” in a production by Tobias Kratzer. The cast includes Kartal Karagedik, Simon Keenlyside, Alexander Vinogradov, Aleksei Kulagin, Nino Machaidze, and Dovlet Nurgeldiyev.
Performance Dates: Sept. 12-Oct. 20, 2026
Tohar Gil conducts Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” in a new production by Nils Voges. Aebh Kelly, Eliza Boom, Nicholas Mogg, and Kang Seo star.
Performance Dates: Nov. 6-22, 2026
Stravinsky’s “Petruschka” and Ravel’s “L’Enfant et les Sortilèges” will see performed in a double bill. Vitali Alekseenok conducts the production by Suzanne Andrade and Esme Appleton.
Performance Dates: Nov. 7-27, 2026
Humperdinck’s “Dornröschen” will star Elbenita Kajtazi, Nicole Heesters, Franziska Machens, Tim Porath, Oleksiy Palchykov, Elizaveta Kulagina, Katja Pieweck, Pavla Mlcakova, Clara Kunzke, Narea Son, Brigitta Listra, and Kady Evanyshyn. Markus Poschner conducts the production by Anna Bergmann.
Performance Dates: Nov. 8-Dec. 14, 2026
Henze’s “El Cimarrón” will star Nicholas Mogg and will be conducted by Katharina Müllner. Matthias Piro directs.
Performance Dates: Jan. 23-Feb. 7, 2027
Susanna Mälkki conducts Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell” with Tobias Kratzer directing. Lawrence Brownlee, Lisette Oropesa, Emily Richter, Jacques Imbrailo, Tigran Martirossian, Narea Son, Alexander Roslavets, and Colin Aikins.
Performance Dates: Jan. 24-March 4, 2027
Omer Meir Wellber and Tohar Gil conducts a production by Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” directed by Bastian Kraft. Katja Pieweck, Elena Tsallagova, Aleksandra Meteleva, Andrei Bondarenko, Dmitry Korchak, and Alexander Roslavets star.
Performance Dates: Feb. 21-March 18, 2027
Rolf Liebermann’ “Studio Liebermann” will be directed by David Hermann.
Performance Dates: April 28-May 15, 2027
Gordon Kampe and Martin G. Berger’s “Störtebeker” will be conducted by Karsten Januschke and directed by Martin G. Berger. Sophia Euskirchen, Peter Galliard, Daniel Kluge, Kady Evanyshyn, Narea Son, Annika Schlicht, Helge Mark Lodder, and Ida Aldrian.
Performance Dates: May 22-June 6, 2027
Revivals
Omer Meir Wellber and Tohar Gil lead Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with Andrzej Filonczyk, Ilia Kazakov, Elbenita Kajtazi, Dovlet Nurgeldiyev, Morris Robinson, Alexander Roslavets, Angela Brower, Kady Evanyshyn, and Hubert Kowalczyk.
Performance Dates: Sept. 19-Oct. 9, 2026
Daniele Squeo conducts Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” starring Liv Redpath, Oleksiy Palchykov, and
Liang Li.
Performance Dates: Sept. 20-30, 2026
Omer Meir Wellber conducts Wagner’s “Die Walküre” starring Nicky Spence, Ante Jerkunica, Derek Welton, Vida Miknevičiūtė, Allison Oakes, and Annika Schlicht.
Performance Dates: Oct. 3-Nov. 1, 2026
Tigran Martirossian, Julie Fuchs, Marco Filippo Romano, and Levy Sekgapane stars in Rossini’s “Il Turco in Italia” with Francesco Lanzillotta conducting.
Performance Dates: Nov. 15-Dec. 2, 2026
Barno Ismatullaeva, Ilia Kazakov, Alexei Botnarciuc, Nicky Spence, Yuriy Mynenko, Brigitta Listra, and Natalia Tanasii lead Glinka’s “Ruslan and Ljudmila.” Azim Karimov conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov. 29-Dec. 10, 2026
Won Whi Choi, Andrew Hamilton, Andrei Bondarenko, Hubert Kowalczyk, Elbenita Kajtazi, and Narea Son lead Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Keren Kagarlitsky conducts.
Performance Dates: Dec. 18-30, 2026
Teresa Riveiro Böhm conducts Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Jonah Hoskins, Misha Kiria, Simone McIntosh, Mattia Olivieri, and Ilia Kazakov.
Performance Dates: Dec. 13-31, 2026
Sesto Quatrini conducts Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Yaritza Véliz, Oleksiy Palchykov, Boris Pinkhasovich, and Andrei Bondarenko.
Performance Dates: Jan. 3-29, 2026
Mozart’s “Entführung aus dem Serail” will star Katharina Konradi, Alexandra Nowakowski, Dovlet Nurgeldiyev, Daniel Kluge, and Timo Riihonen. Keren Kagarlitsky conducts.
Performance Dates: Jan. 10-22, 2026
Omer Meir Wellber and Tohar Gil conduct Mozart’s “Die Grosse Stille” with Christopher Rüping directing. Kayleigh Decker, Ana Durlovski, Hubert Kowalczyk, Gregory Kunde, Marie Maidowski, and Damian Rebgetz star.
Performance Dates: Jan. 28-Feb. 13, 2027
Matteo Beltrami and Francesco Ivan Ciampa star in Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera” with Michael Fabiano, Anthony Ciaramitaro, Alexey Markov, Leah Hawkins, Saioa Hernández, and Narea Son.
Performance Dates: Feb. 7-April 6, 2027
Stephen Costello, Andrei Bondarenko, Erwin Schrott, Eve-Maud Hubeaux, Annika Schlicht, and Eliza Boom star in Bizet’s “Carmen.” Omer Meir Wellber conducts.
Performance Dates: Feb. 28-April 10, 2027
Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” and Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” will be performed in a double bill. Giampaolo Busanti conducts with Yulia Matochkina, Riccardo Massi, Elena Zaremba, Aleksei Isaev, and Ida Aldrian in Mascagni’s work while Gregory Kunde, Elbenita Kajtazi, Aleksei Isaev, Jonah Hoskins, and Andrew Hamilton in Leoncavallo’s work.
Performance Dates: March 7-17, 2027
Carlo Montanaro conducts Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Galina Cheplakova, Ida Aldrian, and Inés López Fernández.
Performance Dates: April 1-18, 2027
Kartal Karagedik, Julia Kleiter, Mathilda Sterby, Marie Maidowski, and Ilia Kazakov star in Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” with Omer Meir Wellber conducting.
Performance Dates: April 15-25, 2027
