
Lisette Oropesa, Brian Jagde, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Clay Hilley & Benjamin Bernheim Lead Accademia di Santa Cecilia’s 2026-27 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia have announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances.
Concerts
Daniel Harding conducts Vincent Huguet’s production of Wagner’s “Siegfried” with Clay Hilley, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Michael Volle, Wolfgang Koch, Falk Struckmann, Anna Kissjudit, Elisabet Strid, and Lysa Menu.
Performance Dates: Oct. 21-27, 2026
Alexander Soddy conducts Elsa Benoit in a program of music by Dukas, Poulenc, and Prokofiev.
Performance Dates: Nov. 6 & 7, 2026
Kirill Petrenko and Benjamin Bernheim perform Strauss Orchestral Songs. The program also includes Hindemith and Schumann.
Performance Dates: Nov. 12-14, 2026
Antonio Pappano conducts Petrassi’s Psalm IX and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 6 “Pathétique.”
Performance Dates: Nov. 19-21, 2026
Daniel Harding conducts Rachel Willis-Sørensen in a program that includes Strauss’s Don Juan and Vier letzte Lieder and Brahms’ Symphony no. 4.
Performance Dates: Nov. 26-28, 2026
Enrico Onofri conducts Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with Carlotta Colombo, Maria Margherita Sala, Dave Monaco, and Fulvio Bettini.
Performance Dates: Dec. 10-12, 2026
Riccardo Minasi conducts an all Beethoven program with Benedetta Torre, Elena Gvritishvili, Siyabonga Maqungo, and Alessandro Luongo.
Performance Dates: Jan. 7-9, 2027
Tugan Sokhiev conducts a program of music by Tchaikovsky, Bach and Taneyev.
Performance Dates: Jan. 21-23, 2027
Fabio Luisi conducts Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with Jacquelyn Wagner, Olesya Petrova, Allan Clayton, and Christof Fischesser.
Performance Dates: Feb. 25-27, 2027
Manfred Honeck conducts Beethoven and Reinvere with soloists Liv Redpath, Juan Francisco Gatell, and Irakli Pkhaladze.
Performance Dates: March 25-27, 2027
Daniel Harding conducts Debussy and Ravel.
Performance Dates: April 8-10, 2027
Daniel Harding conducts Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9 with Christiane Karg, Lucile Richardot, Andrew Staples, and Alexander Grassauer. The concert also includes the world premiere of Gervasoni’s “Rischiare la gioia.”
Performance Dates: April 22-24, 2027
Daniel Harding conducts Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” in concert with Brian Jadge, Carolina López Moreno, Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar Beppe, Matteo Mezzaro, and Mattia Olivieri.
Performance Dates: May 13-17, 2027
Elim Chan conducts pianist Alexander Malofeev and the chorus in Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev.
Performance Dates: May 27-29, 2027
Chamber Concerts
Lisette Oropesa and Alessandro Praticò leads a concert titled “Mis amores son canciones: Zarzuela and Iberian love melodies.”
Performance Date: Oct. 14, 2026
Andrea Secchi conducts the chorus and cellist Luigi Piovano in Arensky and Gubaidulina.
Performance Date: Oct. 28, 2026
Christophe Rousset conducts Handel’s “Theodora” with Marie Lys, Alice Coote, Iestyn Davies, Hugo Hymas, John Chest, and Jonathan Hanley.
Performance Date: Nov. 16, 2026
La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Les Musiciennes du Concert des Nations under Jordi Savall perform Vivaldi.
Performance Date: Dec. 9, 2026
Allan Clayton and Paul Lewis perform Schubert’s Die Winterreise.
Performance Date: Jan. 20, 2027


