Lise Davidsen, Gerald Finley, Sabine Devieilhe, Camilla Nylund, Golda Schultz & Charles Castronovo Lead Musikverein Wien’s 2026-27 Season

By Francisco Salazar

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

Serafina Starke and Rebeka Stojkoska lead an evening of works from Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Robert Schumann, Hugo Wolf and Fanny Hensel.

Performance Date: Sept. 17, 2026


Julia Kleiter, Julian Prégardien, and Sir András Schiff perform in recital of music by Johannes Brahms.

Performance Date: Oct. 8, 2026


Gustavo Dudamel conducts the New York Philharmonic and the Orfeó Català in music by John Adams and Prokofiev.

Performance Dates: Oct. 22, 2026


Martin Haselböck conducts the Orchester Wiener Akademie in Handel with soloists Balázs Szabó, Sophie Junker, and Gwilym Bowen.

Performance Date: Nov. 1, 2026


Lise Davidsen and James Baillieu perform a recital of works by Schubert.

Performance Date: Nov. 7, 2026


Maxime Pascal conducts Wiener Symphoniker in a all-Berlioz program. Andrew Staples is the soloist.

Performance Dates: Nov. 8 & 9, 2026


Klaus Mäkelä conducts Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” with Jennifer Johnston and Gerald Finley. The program also includes Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7.

Performance Date: Nov. 20, 2026


Stefan Gottfried conducts the Concentus Musicus Wien with Emőke Baráth, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Raphael Höhn, and Johannes Kammler. The program includes Bach’s “Weihnachtsorator.”

Performance Date: Dec. 3 & 5, 2026


Markus Poschner conducts the ORF RSO Wien in Emilie Mayer and Zemlinsky’s music. The soloists are Sarah Wegener and Rafael Fingerlos.

Performance Date: Dec. 4, 2026


Stéphane Denève conducts Wiener Symphoniker and Singverein der Gesellschaft in a program of music by Poulenc, Albert Roussel, and Ravel.

Performance Dates: Dec. 5 & 6, 2026


Camila Mandillo performs as part of the ECHO Rising Stars with pianist Filipe Gaio Pereira.

Performance Date: Dec. 7, 2026


Golda Schultz and Jonathan Ware take on the music of Florence Price, Emilie Mayer, Rita Strohl, Nadia Boulanger, Clara Schumann, and Rebecca Clarke.

Performance Date: Dec. 10, 2026


Britten’s “War Requiem” is set be presented with the Wiener Philharmoniker and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla. Soloists include Evelina Dobračeva, Andrew Staples, and Christian Gerhaher.

Performance Dates: Dec. 12 & 13, 2026


Tonči Bilić conducts the Wiener Concert-Verein in music by Schubert, Richard Strauss, Richard Dünser, Dora Pejačević, Mirela Ivičević (UA), Frano Parać, and Ivo Josipović. Soloists include Krunoslav Marić, Hrvoje Philips, Lovre Marušić, and Darija Auguštan.

Performance Dates: Dec. 22, 2026


Manfred Honeck conducts the Wiener Symphoniker in Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” with Nikola Hillebrand, Catriona Morison, Benjamin Bruns, and Matthias Goerne as the soloists.

Performance Dates: Jan. 9 & 10, 2027


Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz leads the Philharmonia Schrammeln in a program titled “Winter in Wien,” starring soprano Cornelia Horak.

Performance Date: Jan. 25, 2027


Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the Wiener Philharmoniker with Yuja Wang and Christiane Karg in a program of music by Prokofiev and Mahler.

Performance Date: Feb. 14, 2027


Gottfried Rabl conducts the Ensemble Kontrapunkte in a program of music by Sancan, Hindemith, and Poulenc with soloists Georg Klimbacher and Oliver Triendl.

Performance Date: Feb. 15, 2027


Konstantin Krimmel and Daniel Heide perform music by Hugo Wolf, Carl Loewe and Franz Schubert.

Performance Date: Feb. 21, 2027


Alain Altinoglu conducts the hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt in Berlioz’s “Le Damnation de Faust.” Soloists include Angela Brower, Charles Castronovo, John Relyea, and Adrien Fournaison.

Performance Date: March 3, 2027


Elionor Martínez joins Josep Maria Martí for works by Monteverdi, Strozzi, Purcell, Ferrabosco, Dowland, Nicholson, Caccini, Campmany (ÖEA), Hidalgo and Händel.

Performance Date: March 9, 2027


Stefan Gottfried conducts the Concentus Musicus Wien in Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion” with Sabine Devieilhe, Anja Mittermüller, Werner Güra, David Fischer, Florian Boesch, and Gerald Finley as the soloists.

Performance Date: March 13, 2027


Nicole Lubinger joins the Ensemble Wien for works by Josef Strauß, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Maria Theresia Paradis, Caroline Unger, Josephine Fröhlich, Constanze Geiger, Kurt Weill and Franz Lehár.

Performance Date: March 16, 2027


Marlis Petersen and Stephan Matthias Lademann perform music by Clara and Robert Schumann and Alexander Zemlinsky.

Performance Date: March 15, 2027


Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in Beethoven’s “Missa solemnis.” The soloists are Golda Schultz, Deniz Uzun, Daniel Behle, and Martin Summer.

Performance Date: March 26, 2027


Gerhard Ernst joins the Philharmonia Schrammeln.

Performance Date: April 14, 2027


Stefan Gottfried conducts the Concentus Musicus Wien in a program of Händel and Mozart works with soloists Nikola Hillebrand and Florian Boesch.

Performance Date: April 17, 2027


Gottfried Rabl conducts Ensemble Kontrapunkte and soloist Ekaterina Krasko in music by Cecilia Damström, Veli Kujala, Arnold Schönberg, and Rolf Martinsson.

Performance Date: April 19, 2027


Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber perform works by Brahms.

Performance Date: May 13, 2027


Christian Thielemann conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin and Camilla Nylund in music by Liszt and Strauss.

Performance Dates: May 16 & 17, 2027


Julia Lezhneva and Luca Pianca perform in recital works by Giulio Caccini, Claudio Monteverdi, Giacomo Carissimi, Antonio Vivaldi, Giovanni Paisiello, Vincenzo Bernia, and Pietro Paolo Melli.

Performance Date: June 1, 2027


Philippe Jordan conducts Wiener Symphoniker and Anja Kampe in a Strauss program.

Performance Dates: June 23 & 24, 2027


Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Singverein der Gesellschaft in music by Schubert and Bruckner.

Performance Date: June 27, 2027

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