Christian Thielemann Season 2026/27

Since taking up his post as General Music Director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in autumn 2024, Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Berlin have developed a mutually inspiring relationship, both in opera and in concert. While last season saw stage works by Wagner, Strauss and Berg under his musical direction, in the coming season he will turn his attention to a rarely performed opera, Engelbert Humperdinck's Königskinder, which returns to the Staatsoper after many years, characterised by great musical beauty and extraordinary expressive intensity. In addition, following the successful performances of the Ring tetralogy, Christian Thielemann will continue his exploration of Wagner's works with revivals of Tannhäuser during the 2027 festival season and Tristan und Isolde.

In the Staatskapelle’s symphony concerts, Christian Thielemann will conduct a programme devoted entirely to Strauss and another devoted entirely to Mendelssohn, as well as outstanding works by Mozart, Bruckner and Liszt, whose impressive series of symphonic poems will be continued, as will the exploration of Strauss’s orchestral songs in all their richness and diversity. At the turn of the year, Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle will, as usual, discover and present music beyond their traditional repertoire – this time they will devote themselves to film music from Europe and overseas in opulent symphonic garb. The ‘Music from Distant Radio Days’ series will continue, as will the traditional open-air concert on Bebelplatz for ‘Staatsoper für alle’ (State Opera for All). And on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven's death, which the music world will commemorate in spring 2027, his monumental 9th Symphony will be performed at the Philharmonie by an orchestra that can look back on a long, ever-renewed Beethoven tradition – as is now the case with and through Christian Thielemann.

Concert

Symphoniekonzert I

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Klavierkonzert Nr. 21 C-Dur KV 467
Anton Bruckner: Symphonie Nr. 4 Es-Dur Romantische

Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Piano: Rudolf Buchbinder

8 9 September 2026

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Symphoniekonzert II

Richard Strauss:
Vier letzte Lieder
Tod und Verklärung
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Soprano: Diana Damrau

20 21 October 2026

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Symphoniekonzert IV

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt op. 27
Konzert für Violine und Streichorchester d-Moll
Ouvertüre zu Ein Sommernachtstraum op. 21
Symphonie Nr. 5 d-Moll op. 107 Reformations-Symphonie

Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Violin: María Dueñas

12 13 January 2027

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Symphoniekonzert VI

Franz Liszt: Festklänge (Symphonische Dichtung Nr. 7)
Richard Strauss: Orchesterlieder
Franz Liszt: Les Préludes (Symphonische Dichtung Nr. 3)

Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Soprano: Camilla Nylund
Tenor: Piotr Beczała

13 14 April 2027

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Konzert zum Jahreswechsel

From Babelsberg to Hollywood
Movie scores from Gottfried Huppertz, Erich Wolfgang Korngold a. o.

With Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Berlin

31 December 2026 & 1 January 2027

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