The Buhne Bern has announced its 2026-27 season.

Premieres 

Lina Tsiklauri, Davide Tuscano, and Jonathan McGovern star in “La traviata.” Alevtina Ioffe conducts the new production by Raimund Orfeo Voigt.

Performance Dates: Sept. 19, 2026-Jan. 19, 2027

Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” will star Jonathan McGovern, Lina Tsiklauri, Fabio Dorizzi, Sophie Kidwell, Christian Valle, William Meinert, and Patricia Westley. Alevtina Ioffe conducts the new production by Árpád Schilling.

Performance Dates: Nov. 14, 2026-April 13, 2027

Alevtina Ioffe conducts the double bill of “Cavalleria rusticana” and “Pagliacci” in a new production by Anna Bergmann. Mascagni’s work will star Claude Eichenberger, Ragaa Eldin, Gustavo Castillo, and Sophie Kidwell, while Leoncavallo’s opera will star Ragaa Eldin, Lina Tsiklauri, Gustavo Castillo, Fabio Dorizzi, and Jonathan McGovern.

Performance Dates: Jan. 16-May 23, 2027

Handel’s “Xerxes” will be directed by Lorenzo Fioroni. The production will star Maayan Licht, Lidor Ram Mesika, Sophie Kidwell, William Meinert, Lina Tsiklauri, Cassandra Wright, and Dario Lupi. Clément Lonca conducts.

Performance Dates: March 6-June 16, 2027

Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay’s “My Fair Lady” will star Gisa Flake, Tobias Bonn, Christoph Marti, Heiko Pinkowski, Heidi Maria Glössner, and Fabio Dorizzi. Hans Christoph Bünger conducts the new production by Axel Ranisch.

Performance Dates: April 4-June 26, 2027

Sarah Nemtsov’s “Ophelias Flügel” will star Sarah Defrise, Juliana Zara, Claude Eichenberger, Sophie Kidwell, Timothy Connor, Liudmila Lokaichuk, William Meinert, and Gerardo Garciacano. Clément Lonca conducts the production by Barbora Horáková.

Performance Dates: June 6-27, 2027

Revivals

Olga Busuioc, Joseph Dahdah, and Seth Carico star in Puccini’s “Tosca.”

Performance Dates: Sept. 26-Oct. 20, 2026

Sebastian Schwab’s “Holle!” will be revived.

Concerts 

Killian Farrell leads an open air concert featuring Regula Mühlemann and Fabio Dorizzi.

Performance Date: August 22, 2026

The company will present Oper unterm Dach.

Performance Dates: Nov. 26, 2026-April 7, 2027

Krzysztof Urbański conducts Orff’s “Carmina Burana” with Juliana Zara, Angel Raii Gomez, and Jonathan McGovern.

Performance Dates: June 24 & 25, 2027