Wuppertal Opera’s 2026-27 season is announced.

Premieres

Yorgos Ziavras directs Verdi’s “Otello” directed by Katharina Kastening. Charne Rochford, Zurab Nakeuri, Milan de Korte , Zicong Han, Sergio Augusto, Oliver Weidinger, David Jerusalem Schnitzler, Andreas Heichlinger, Francesca Chiejina, Edith Grossman, and Rosamond Thomas make up the cast. Set design is by Matthias Kronfuss, with costumes by Devi Saha.

Performance Dates: Oct. 31, 2026 – Feb. 21, 2027

Ernst Toch’s “The Princess and the Pea” features Oliver Weidinger, Francesca Chiejina, Zachary Wilson, Sergio Augusto, Edith Grossman, Rosamond Thomas, and Tamina Biber. Johannes Oertel directs and set and costume design is by Nora Lau. Yorgos Ziavras condcuts.

Performance Dates: Nov. 28, 2026 – May 15, 2027

Sharon Tadmor and Edith Grossman star in “PRISM” by Ellen Reid. Johannes Oertel directs and Yorgos Ziavras conducts.

Performance Dates: Feb. 6 – April 17, 2027

Zachary Wilson, Elena Sverdiolaitė, Oliver Weidinger, Edith Grossman , Rosamond Thomas, Milan de Korte, Sebastian Seitz, Sergio Augusto, Tamina Biber, and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya perform in Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus.” Tal Rosner directs, Marlena Gundlach is the set designer, and Yorgos Ziavras conducts.

Performance Dates: Feb. 27 – July 10, 2027

“These Girls Have Demons” by Sarah Ellis Taylor is directed byKaiyue Xu. Roberto Secilla conducts.

Performance Dates: March 19  – June 5, 2027

Bizet’s “Carmen” features Oliver Weidinger, Xavier Hetherington, Milan de Korte, Zachary Wilson, Sono Yu, Sergio Augusto, Jochen Bauer, Oliver Picker, Margaux de Valensart, Marianna Ortugno, Rosamond Thomas, Edith Grossman, Francesca Chiejina, Katharina Greiß, and Anna-Christine Heymann-Sorge. Greg Eldridge directs, set and costume designs are by Stewart Charlesworth, and Yorgos Ziavras conducts.

Performance Dates: April 25– July 107, 2027

Revivals

Oliver Weidinger, Vera Egorova, Edith Grossman, Elena Sverdiolaitė, Merlin Wagner, Hong-Ae Kim, and Ja-Young Park star in Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel.” Johannes Weigand directs and set and costumes are by Markus Pysall. Patrick Hahn, Moritz Gnann, Henrik Schaefer, and Christian Vasquez conduct.

Performance Dates: Sept. 12– Dec. 12, 2026

Zachary Wilson, Elena Sverdiolaitė, Ja-Young Park, Edith Grossman, Tamina Biber, Natallia Kukhar, Oliver Weidinger, and Agostino Subacchi star in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Perry So directs Claudia Isabel Martin’s production. Patrick Hahn and Felix Bender conduct.

Performance Dates: TBD

Concerts

The Wuppertal Opera Chorus gives a concert under the baton of Ulrich Zippelius.

Performance Date: TBD