The Hessische Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2025-26 season.

Premieres 

Gershwin’s “Summertime” will star Fleuranne Brockway, Inna Fedorii, Hovhannes Karapetyan, Josefine Mindus, Alyona Rostovskaya, Joshua Sanders, and Camille Sherman. Leo McFall conducts.

Premiere Date: August 30, 2025

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Menotti’s “The Telephone” will be performed in a double bill with Monteverdi’s “­Il combattimento.” Tim Hawken conducts the production by Kilian Bohnensack.

Premiere Date: Oct. 8, 2025

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Sarah Yang and Galina Benevich lead Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Katleho Mokhoabane, Joshua Sanders, Saimir Pirgu, Sam Park, and Quinn Kelsey. Leo McFall conducts the production by Tom Goossens.

Premiere Date: Nov. 1, 2025

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The company is set to present “Alles Liebe!” in a production by Anna Weber. Paul Taubitz conducts a cast that includes Silvia Hauer, Fabian-Jakob Balkhausen, Alyona Rostovskaya, Fleuranne Brockway, Joshua Sanders, Danai Simantiri, Jonathan Macker, Kelly Heelton, and Sascha Zarrabi. 

Premiere Date: Dec. 6, 2025

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“Josefine” will feature a new production by Clara Freitag.

Premiere Date: Dec. 13, 2025

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Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Snow Maiden” will star Josefine Mindus, Camille Sherman, Young Doo Park, Sascha Zarrabi, Aïste Benkauskaite, Fleuranne Brockway, Alyona Rostovskaya, Jaeyoung Ha, Richard Trey Smagur, and Nathan Bryon. Leo McFall conducts the new production by Maxim Didenko.

Premiere Date: Jan. 24, 2026

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Inna Fedorii, Jack Lee, Sarah Yang, Hovhannes Karapetyan, Silvia Hauer, Joshua Sanders, Fabian-Jakob Balkhausen, Charles Buttigieg, and Jonathan Macker star in Donizetti’s “La Mamma!” Paul Taubitz conducts the new production by Wolfgang Nägele.

Premiere Date: Feb. 7, 2026

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Walter Braunfels’ “Die Vögel” will star Young Doo Park, Jonathan Macker, Sam Park, Josefine Mindus, Galina Benevich, Richard Trey Smagur, Hovhannes Karapetyan, and Nathan Bryon. Paul Taubitz conducts the production by Ersan Mondtag.

Premiere Date: March 21, 2026

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Leo McFall conducts a new production of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” directed by Tiago Rodrigues. Young Doo Park and Richard Trey Smagur star.

Premiere Date: May. 1, 2026

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Theresa Schlichtherle will direct “Isithunzi.”

Premiere Date: May. 22, 2026

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Leo McFall conducts a new production of Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” directed by Marie-Ève Signeyrole.

Premiere Date: June 17, 2026

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Revivals 

Marco Alibrando conducts a revival of Puccini’s “Turandot.” 

Premiere Date: August 31, 2025

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Weber’s “Der Freischütz” will be conducted by Paul Taubitz and revived by Richard Trey Smagur, Alyona Rostovskaya, Josefine Mindus, Jack Lee, and Fabian-Jakob Balkhausen. 

Premiere Date: Sept. 27, 2025

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Holger Reinhardt conducts Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” in a revival of Nikolaus Habjan.

Premiere Date: Sept. 28, 2025

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Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” will be conducted by Albert Horne. Katleho Mokhoabane, Sarah Yang, Jonathan Macker, Celine Mun, Sam Park, Priya Pariyachart, and Nathan Bryon star.

Premiere Date: Oct. 12, 2025

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Sam Park, Galina Benevich, Camille Sherman, Inna Fedorii, and Richard Trey Smagur star Humperdinck’s “Hänsel und Gretel.” Holger Reinhardt conduct.

Premiere Date: Dec. 13, 2025

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Fleuranne Brockway and Alyona Rostovskaya star in Bizet’s “Carmen.” Leo McFall, Paul Taubitz, and Chin-Chao Lin conduct.

Premiere Date: Dec. 14, 2025

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The company will present various Lieder-Soirees.

Performance Dates: TBD

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Concerts 

Paula Murrihy and Leo McFall team up for a program of Shostakovich, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Mahler.

Performance Date: Nov. 19, 2025

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Josefine Mindus and Attilio Cremonesi team up for work by Gluck, Kraus, Bach and Haydn.

Performance Date: April 15, 2026

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Leo McFall conducts the Chor des Hessischen Staatstheaters Wiesbaden and Chor der Stadt Wiesbaden in Bruckner’s Te Deum, Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Serenade to Music” and Holst’s “The Planets.”

Performance Date: June 28, 2026

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KammerKonzert

Sascha Zarrabi performs works by Schumann and Brahms. The concert also includes musicians Adrian Krämer, Anne-Catherine Eibel, Zion Lee, Eleanor Kendra James, and Tobias Fischer.

Performance Date: March 1, 2026