NEWS
01Feb2026
GEORG NIGL as the King President in the Premiere of Monster’s Paradise at the Staatsoper Hamburg
Georg Nigl will play the role of the tyrannical king-president in the premiere on 1 February 2026, taking centre stage in the new satirical political opera by Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek.
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31Jan2026
MICHAEL SCHADE as Major in Figaro Gets a Divorce at the Royal Swedish Opera
On 31 January 2026, Elena Langer's opera Figaro Gets a Divorce, with Michael Schade in the role of the mysterious Major, premieres at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.
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29Jan2026
OLIVIA VERMEULEN in Cimarosa's L‘Olimpiade with La Cetra
Olivia Vermeulen joins La Cetra Basel and Andrea Marcon in the Swiss and Dutch premiere of Cimarosa's L'Olimpiade.
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22Jan2026
JULIAN PRÉGARDIEN as Don Ottavio at the Bayerische Staatsoper
This January marks Julian Prégardien’s return to the Bayerische Staatsoper, this time as Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni.
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21Jan2026
SABINE DEVIEILHE | Recital tour this January with Mathieu Pordoy
Soprano Sabine Devieilhe makes her awaited return to the recital stage this January alongside pianist Mathieu Pordoy.
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20Jan2026
NIKOLA HILLEBRAND | an eventful start to the New Year
Nikola Hillebrand returns to the concert stage in 2026 to mark yet further exciting debuts, demonstrating her rightful place alongside the world’s greatest orchestras.
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19Jan2026
JULIAN PRÉGARDIEN is the new Artistic Director of the Liedzentrum in Heidelberg
Julian Prégardien is as of 2026 the Artistic Director of the Heidelberger Frühling Liedzentrum, which was founded in 2016 as a centre of excellence for lieder.
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18Jan2026
ANJA MITTERMÜLLER wins the Emmerich Smola Orchestra Prize and Audience Award
The young Austrian mezzo-soprano was awarded two prizes at the ‘SWR Kultur Junge Opernstars 2026’ competition.
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17Jan2026
FLORIAN BOESCH as Cadmus & Somnus in Handel's Semele at the Dutch National Opera
The Austrian bass will be back at the Dutch National Opera & Ballet in January 2026 in another acclaimed production directed by Claus Guth.
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15Jan2026
ELEANOR LYONS | „Ein deutsches Requiem“ in Paris, Aix-en-Provence & Antwerp
Eleanor Lyons makes her debut with the French Insula orchestra under Laurence Equilbey in a staged production by David Bobée of Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem.
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08Jan2026
ANTONELLO MANACORDA conducts „La Traviata“ at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Antonello Manacorda continues his successful artistic collaboration with the Royal Opera House with Verdi's classic opera.
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01Jan2026
BEETHOVEN'S 9th at New Year's at the Vienna Konzerthaus
Soprano Christiane Karg and tenor Julian Prégardien join the Vienna Symphony at Vienna’s Konzerthaus for the traditional New Year’s Beethoven Symphony No. 9.
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