Germany Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival 2026 – Royal Swedish Orchestra: Catherine Foster (soprano) / Alan Gilbert (conductor). Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie, 18.8.2026. (DM-D)
Playful musical battles in Alan Gilbert’s Wagner and Stenhammar in Hamburg
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Spellbinding interpretation of Verdi’s Requiem in Hamburg
Germany Verdi, Requiem: Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Bernheim (tenor), Riccardo Zanellato (bass), Saxon State Opera Chorus and Staatskapelle of Dresden / Daniele Gatti (conductor). Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, 3.6.2926. (DM-D)
Frauenliebe und -Sterben: three masterpieces – two centuries – one narrative
Germany R. Schumann, Bartók, Zemlinsky: Soloists, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Karina Canellakis (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, 20.5.2026. (DM-D)
Further Hamburg revival of cult Peter Konwitschny Lohengrin – still fascinating thirty years on
Germany Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus of Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Omer Meir Wellber (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, 3.4.2026. (DM-D)
Hamburg explores brave new Mozart worlds in The Great Silence
Germany The Great Silence: In Faraway Places – Rediscovering Mozart’s Music: Music theatre project by Christopher Rüping, Omer Meir Wellber and Malte Ubenauf with music by Mozart. Soloists, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Tohar Gil (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, 2.4.2026. (DM-D)
In Hamburg, Olga Neuwirth’s new opera Monster’s Paradise considers how art can deal with the present
Germany Olga Neuwirth, Monster’s Paradise (world premiere): Soloists, Chorus, Alsterspatzen (children and youth chorus) of the Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Titus Engel (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg, 11.2.2026. (DM-D)
Asmik Grigorian is exceptional in Hamburg’s revival of Salome
Germany Richard Strauss, Salome: Soloists of Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Omer Meir Wellber (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, 7.10.2025. (DM-D)
Auspicious start to the Kratzer and Wellber Hamburg tenure with Robert Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri
Germany Robert Schumann, Das Paradies und die Peri: Soloists, Hamburg State Opera Chorus, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Omer Meir Wellber (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, 30.9.2025. (DM-D)
