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A Preview of the 2026–27 Season Activities of Full Fedora Members
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26 May 2026
Industry News
As the 2026–27 opera season begins to take shape across Europe, institutions are gradually unveiling their calendars and programmes.
This preview brings together the first announced schedules, offering a snapshot of what lies ahead - from premieres to repertoires & projects to festivals.
AUSTRIA
© © Wiener Staatsoper i
Wiener Staatsoper
The 2026–27 season presents a fully developed repertory calendar, combining major new productions with a dense rotation of core works across opera and ballet.
Featuring: Werther, Un ballo in maschera, Ariadne auf Naxos, Nijinsky
FRANCE
© Patrick Touneboeuf i
Opéra national de Paris
The 2026–27 season will bring together new productions, revivals, and large-scale projects across Bastille and Garnier, with the full calendar expected to be released in the coming months.
Featuring: Don Giovanni, Werther, Turandot, Götterdämmerung
© Hartl Meyer i
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
A Parisian reference stage for opera in concert and baroque repertoire, combining staged productions with a dense programme of rare and canonical works.
Featuring: Manon Lescaut, Rinaldo, Les Pêcheurs de perles, Faust
GERMANY
© Nationaltheaters in München i
Bayerische Staatsoper
The 2026–27 season combines staged opera with an extensive programme of concert performances, with a strong focus on baroque repertoire and rare works.
Featuring: Siegfried, Maria Stuarda, Doctor Atomic, Werther
© © Staatsoper Unter den Linden i
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
The 2026–27 season combines new productions with a broad repertory rotation, maintaining a strong German core alongside Italian and French works.
Featuring: La Vestale, Manon Lescaut, Tannhäuser, Salome
© © Hamburg Ballett i
Hamburg Ballett
The 2026–27 season presents a programme of new creations and repertory works, continuing its focus on narrative ballet and large-scale productions.
Featuring: new creations, repertory ballets, touring productions
Mosel Musikfestival
The 2026 programme will once again unfold as a summer festival, with concerts and projects across the Mosel region, combining classical, crossover, and site-specific performances.
Featuring: chamber music, orchestral concerts, crossover projects
HUNGARY
© Akos Stiller i
Budapest Festival Orchestra
The 2026–27 season is structured around concert programmes and staged projects, with a strong emphasis on vocal works and opera within a symphonic framework.
Featuring: The Magic Flute, The Gruffalo, Mahler Symphony No. 1
IRELAND
© Patrick Redmond i
Irish National Opera
The 2026–27 season combines large-scale opera productions, touring revivals, and new commissions, continuing Irish National Opera’s project-based programming model.
Featuring: Turandot, Eugene Onegin, Carmen, Les Boréades
ITALY
© © Fondazione Haydn di Bolzano e Trento i
Fondazione Haydn di Bolzano e Trento
The 2026–27 season combines opera, symphonic concerts, and contemporary works, expanding its programme across Bolzano, Trento, and the wider region.
Featuring: La clemenza di Tito, Anna A., La bohème, Cronaca di un Amore
© Andrea Macchia i
Teatro Regio di Torino
The 2026–27 season unfolds around the theme “Fatale”, combining new productions, verismo projects, ballet, and large-scale Italian repertoire.
Featuring: Cavalleria rusticana, Guillaume Tell, Salome, Evgenij Onegin
SPAIN
© © Gran Teatre del Liceu i
Gran Teatre del Liceu
The 2026–27 season unfolds under the theme “(Des)sacralitzar”, combining major repertory works, contemporary opera, concert performances, and new visual collaborations.
Featuring: Aida, Das Rheingold, Jenůfa, Die Zauberflöte
SWITZERLAND
© © Opéra de Lausanne i
Opéra de Lausanne
The 2026–27 season combines French repertoire, bel canto, baroque opera, and contemporary collaborations, with a strong emphasis on new productions and artistic partnerships.
Featuring: Mireille, Le Tour d’écrou, Les Capulet et les Montaigu, Pelléas et Mélisande
© Opernhaus Zürich i
Opernhaus Zürich
The 2026–27 season presents a broad mix of new productions and repertory works, spanning baroque, classical, and contemporary opera alongside ballet.
Featuring: Die Zauberflöte, Rinaldo, Doctor Atomic, Samson et Dalila
