The Staastheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2026-27 season.

Premieres

The season kicks off with Orff’s “Carmina Burana.”

Performance Dates: August 22 & 29, 2026

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“Metropolis Wiesbaden” will be based on Fritz Lang’s masterpiece with a film score by Gottfried Huppertz, Sebastian Nübling.

Performance Dates: Sept. 12, 2026-Jan. 10, 2027

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Dennis Krauß directs a new production of Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann.”

Performance Dates: Oct. 10, 2026-Jan. 14, 2027

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Aileen Schneider directs Puccini’s “La Bohème” in a new production.

Performance Dates: Nov. 28, 2026-April 7, 2027

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Andrea Moses directs a new production of Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” with baroque specialist Christian Rohrbach conducting.

Performance Dates: Jan, 23-June 24, 2027

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Matthias Piro directs Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” with Sam Park in the title role and Leo McFall conducting.

Performance Dates: March 4-April 23, 2027

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Clara Brezinka directs “Songs of Nobody” with Tim Hawken conducting.

Premiere Dates: March 12, 2027

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Kurt Weill’s “The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny” will be conducted by Paul Taubitz and directed Wolfgang Nägele. The cast will include Tora Augestad, Sascha Zarrabi,Fabian-Jakob Balkhausen, Inna Fedorii, Richard Trey Smagur, Joshua Sanders, Jaeyoung Ha, Jonathan Macker, and Joshua Sanders.

Performance Dates: April 3-June 10, 2027

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Young Doo Park, Theo Hoffman, Nicolas Courjal, Mari Eriksmoen, and Fabian-Jakob Balkhausen star Debussy’s “Pelleas et Melisande.” Jetske Mijnssen directs and Leo McFall conducts.

Premiere Date: May 1, 2027

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“Symphony for one hundred citizens and a traffic light” will be directed by Thomas Verstraeten.

Premiere Date: May 2027

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Lee Hoiby’s “The Italian Lesson” and “Bon Appétit!” will be presented in a double bill. Marvin Mohrhardt directs and Tim Hawken conducts.

Premiere Date: May 6, 2027

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Revivals

Mozart’s “Die Zauberflote” will star Joshua Sanders, Katleho Mokhoabane, Nathan Bryon, Sarah Yang, Fabian-Jakob Balkhausen, Young Doo Park, Sophia Theodorides, Celine Mun, and Sam Park. Alejandro Jassán conducts.

Performance Dates: August 23, 2026-June 4, 2027

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Summertime: Broadway in concert will feature Fleuranne Brockway, Inna Fedorii, Alyona Rostovskaya, Camille Sherman, Hovhannes Karapetyan, Jaeyoung Ha, Joshua Sanders, and Jack Lee. Leo McFall conducts.

Performance Dates: August 30-Nov. 29, 2026

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Signe Heiberg leads Puccini’s “Tosca” with Paul Taubitz conducting.

Performance Dates: Sept. 6-Dec. 27, 2026

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Verdi’s “La Traviata” will be revived with Galina Benevich, Joshua Sanders, Sam Park, Sarah Yang, and Katleho Mokhoabane. Leo McFall conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 20, 2026-June 5, 2027

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“Alles Liebe!,” a queer countryside operetta by Misha Cvijović and Philipp Amelungsen, will star Silvia Hauer, Fabian-Jakob Balkhausen, Danai Simantiri, Jonathan Macker, Joshua Sanders, Sharon Kempton, Fleuranne Brockway, Sascha Zarrabi, and Kelly Heelton. Paul Taubitz conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 17, 2026-Jan. 24, 2027

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Donietti’s “Viva La Mamma” will star Inna Fedorii, Jaeyoung Ha, Hovhannes Karapetyan, Sarah Yang, Silvia Hauer, Joshua Sanders, Petro-Pavlo Tkalenko, Fabian-Jakob Balkhausen, Thando Zwane, and Jonathan Macker. Tamara Lorenzo Gabeiras conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 8-Feb, 7, 2027

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Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel” will star Sam Park, Galina Benevich, Camille Sherman, Fleuranne Brockway, Inna Fedorii, and Richard Trey Smagur. Holger Reinhardt conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 11, 2026-Jan. 2, 2027

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Rossini’s “Il barbiere di Siviglia” will star Joshua Sanders, Hovhannes Karapetyan, Camille Sherman, Josef Jeongmeen Ahn, and Young Doo Park.

Performance Dates: Feb. 5-April 22, 2027

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Bizet’s “The Pearl Fishers” will star Sam Park, Sarah Yang, Katleho Mokhoabane, and Young Doo Park.

Performance Dates: June 17-27, 2027

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“Ciao amore!” which is “Don Giovanni” meets “Scenes from a Marriage” will close out the season.

Performance Dates: TBD

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Concerts 

Leo McFall conducts Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 and music from “Rusalka” with Inna Fedorii.

Performance Date: Jan. 27, 2027

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Katharina Wincor conducts works by Bruckner, Alma Mahler and Haydn with soloist Fleuranne Brockway.

Performance Date: Feb. 3, 2027

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Edward Elgar’s “The Dream of Gerontius” will be conducted by Leo McFall.

Performance Date: May 20, 2027