Saioa Hernández, Xabier Anduaga, Aleksandra Kurzak, Roberto Alagna, Tomasz Konieczny, Federica Lombardi, Julieth Lozano, Elsa Dreisig, & Juliana Grigoryan Lead Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2026-27 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced its 2026-27 season.
Premieres
“Mittwoch aus Licht” will be conducted by Maxime Pascal and directed by Susanne Kennedy.
Wagner’s “Der fliegende Holländer” will be conducted by Anna Handler and Giedrė Šlekytė and directed by Milo Rau. The opera will star Tareq Nazmi, Aušrine Stundytė, Attilio Glaser, Stephanie Wake-Edwards, Omar Mancini, and Tomasz Konieczny.
Performance Dates: Oct. 24, 2026-Feb. 20, 2027
“In 80 Tagen um die Welt” will star Lilit Davtyan, Julieth Lozano, Thomas Cilluffo, Artur Garbas, Padraic Rowan, and Sophie Salvesani. Giovanni Conti conducts the new production by Peter Lund.
Performance Dates: Nov. 15, 2026-April 18, 2027
Bára Gísladóttir’s “Good Vibes Only” will star Julieth Lozano, Charlotte Mundy, Ty Bouque, Andrew Watts, Noa Frenkel, Isaiah Robinson, Pascal Zurek, Tobias Kehrer, and Björg Brjánsdóttir. Titus Engel conducts the new production by Joris Lacoste.
Performance Dates: Jan. 22-Feb. 12, 2027
Elsa Dreisig, Maria Warenberg, Kyle Miller, Josh Lovell, Tassis Christoyannis, and Patrizia Ciofi star in Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” Riccardo Minasi conducts the new production by FC Bergman (Stef Aerts, Thomas Verstraeten , Marie Vinck).
Performance Dates: Feb. 28-March 15, 2027
Najmiddin Mavlyanov stars in Verdi’s “Otello” alongside Luca Micheletti and Ruzan Mantashyan. Stefano Montanari conducts the production by Kornél Mundruczó.
Performance Dates: April 16-May 2, 2027
Britten’s “War Requiem” will Elena Tsallagova, Nicky Spence, and Björn Bürger. Sir Donald Runnicles conducts the production by Daniel Kramer
Performance Dates: June 18-July 2, 2027
Revivals
Mozart’s “Die Zauberflote” will open the season with Nicolai Elsberg, Tobias Kehrer, Kieran Carrel, Vincenzo Neri, Maria Sardaryan, Emily Pogorelc, Lilit Davtyan, and Padraic Rowan. Giovanni Conti and Tomáš Netopil conduct.
Performance Dates: Sept. 2, 2026-Jan 15, 2027
Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” returns with Mattia Olivieri, Nina Minasyan, Xabier Anduaga, and Nicolai Elsberg. Michele Spotti conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 5-18, 2026
Three casts headline Puccini’s “Tosca.” The first includes Aleksandra Kurzak, Roberto Alagna, and Vladislav Sulimsky. The second cast includes Elena Guseva and Luciano Ganci while the third cast will include Najmiddin Mavlyanov and Pavel Yankovsky.
Antonino Fogliani and Paolo Carignani star.
Performance Dates: Sept. 6, 2026-July 3, 2027
Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” will star Guanqun Yu, Pavel Yankovsky, Luciano Ganci, Vitalij Kowaljow, Artur Garbas, and Kristina Stanek. Massimo Zanetti conducts.
Performance Dates: Oct. 3-18, 2026
Two casts lead Bizet’s “Carmen.” The first cast includes Gaëlle Arquez, Martina Russomanno, Edgaras Montvidas, and Bongani Justice Kubheka. The second stars Kristina Stanek, Amina Edris, Andrei Danilov, and Byung Gil Kim. Alejo Pérez conducts.
Performance Dates: Oct. 4, 2026-March 12, 2027
Tchaikovsky’s “Pique Dame” will star Arsen Soghomonyan, Alexey Markov, Stéphane Degout, Doris Soffel, and Elena Guseva.
Kirill Karabits conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov. 1-13, 2026
Okka von der Damerau, Ricarda Merbeth, Ann-Kathrin Niemczyk, Michael J. Scott, and Tobias Kehrer star in Strauss’ “Elektra.” Juraj Valčuha conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov. 6-17, 2026
Mozart’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” will star Annabelle Mandeng, Kathryn Lewek, Sophie Salvesani, Kieran Carrel, Thomas Cilluffo, and Nahuel Di Pierro. Stephanie Childress conducts.
Performance Dates: Dec. 3-18, 2027
Puccini’s “La Boheme” will star Andrei Danilov, Juliana Grigoryan, Vincenzo Neri, Corinne Winters and Martina Russomanno. Giampaolo Bisanti conducts.
Performance Dates: Dec. 11, 2026-May 26, 2027
The holiday season will include Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel” with Vincenzo Neri, Ann-Kathrin Niemczyk, Karis Tucker,
Julieth Lozano, and Michael J. Scott. Anna Handler conducts.
Performance Dates: Dec. 23, 2026-Jan, 9. 2027
Verdi’s “La Traviata” will see two casts. The first will include Federica Lombardi, Attilio Glaser, and George Petean while the second cast will star Martina Russomanno and Simone Del Savio.
Performance Dates: Dec. 26, 2026-June 20m 2027
John Adams’ “Nixon in China” star Kyle Miller, Robin Adams, Padraic Rowan, and Heidi Stober. Daniel Carter conducts.
Performance Dates: Jan. 10-30, 2027
Florian Sempey, Maria Bengtsson, Lilit Davtyan, Artur Garbas, and Adèle Charvet lead Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Riccardo Minasi conducts.
Performance Dates: Jan. 28-Feb, 9, 2027
Verdi’s “Rigoletto” will include Omar Mancini, Roman Burdenko, Serena Sáenz, Lilit Davtyan, Tobias Kehrer, and Stephanie Wake-Edwards. Anna Handler conducts.
Performance Dates: Jan. 29-Feb. 19, 2027
Alexander Vinogradov, Eric Cutler, Jennifer Davis, Jordan Shanahan, Miina-Liisa Värelä, and Vincenzo Neri star in Wagner’s “Lohengrin.” Susanna Mälkki conducts.
Performance Dates: Feb. 14-March 7, 2027
Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” will star Davide Luciano, Tobias Kehrer, Martina Russomanno, Omar Mancini, Olga Peretyatko, Tommaso Barea, Bongani Justice Kubheka, and Julieth Lozano. Stefano Montanari conducts.
Performance Dates: March 14-28
Kieran Carrel, Petr Nekoranec, Nicolai Elsberg, Padraic Rowan, Christopher Humbert Jr., Tom Nicholson, Lilit Davtyan, Maria Warenberg, and Young Choi star in Bach’s “St Matthew Passion.” Marc Minkowski conducts.
Performance Dates: March 25-April 4, 2027
Thomas Blondelle, Martina Serafin, Elisabet Strid, Nicholas Brownlee, and Kieran Carrel headline Strauss’ “Salome.” Marc Albrecht conducts.
Performance Dates: April 17-May 4, 2027
Nicola Alaimo, Roman Burdenko, Andrei Danilov, Roberto Tagliavini, Saioa Hernández, and Kristina Stanek star in Verdi’s “Nabucco.” Antonino Fogliani conducts.
Performance Dates: April 24-May 14, 2027
Camilla Nylund headlines Puccini’s “Turandot” with Burkhard Ulrich, Alfred Kim, Byung Gil Kim, and Martina Russomanno. Paolo Carignani conducts.
Performance Dates: May 1-11, 2027
Rued Langgaard’s “Antikrist” will star Kyle Miller, Jonas Grundner-Culemann, Julieth Lozano, Kristina Stanek, Michael J. Scott, Stephanie Wake-Edwards, Ann-Kathrin Niemczyk, Samuel Sakker, Thomas Cilluffo, and Bongani Justice Kubheka. Martyn Brabbins conducts.
Performance Dates: May 16-27, 2027
Giovanni Conti conducts Rossini’s “Il barbiere di Siviglia” with Omar Mancini, Carlo Lepore, Maria Warenberg, Bongani Justice Kubheka, and Mark Kurmanbayev.
Performance Dates: May 23-June 4, 2027
Tareq Nazmi, Najmiddin Mavlyanov, Nicola Alaimo, Taras Shtonda, Adriana González, and Ève-Maud Hubeaux star in Verdi’s “Don Carlo.” Michele Spotti conducts.
Performance Dates: May 29-June 17, 2027
