The Theater an der Wien’s 2025-26 season.

Rossini’s “L’occasione fa il ladro” opens the season in a production by Marcos Darbyshire. The cast includes Inna Demenkova, Alberto Robert, Roberto Lorenzi, Petra Radulovic, Ilyà Dovnar, and Lazar Parežanin. Pedro Beriso conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 23-Oct. 14, 2025

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Johann Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus” will star Thomas Blondelle, Hulkar Sabirova, Alina Wunderlin, Leon Košavić, Krešimir Stražanac, David Fischer, Jana Kurucová, and Alexander Strobele. Petr Popelka conducts Stefan Herheim’s production

Performance Dates: Oct. 4-24, 2025

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Francesco Cavalli’s “Pompeo Magno” will be performed in concert with Leonardo Garcia Alarcon conducting a cast that includes Max Emanuel Cencic, Lucia Martin Carton, Valer Barna-Sabadus, Logan Lopez Gonzalez, Alois Mühlbacher, Mariana Flores, Jorge Navarro Colorado, Kacper Szelążek, Pierre-Antoine Chaumien, Dominique Visse, Victor Sicard, Marcel Beekman, and Valerio Contaldo.

Performance Date: Oct. 14, 2025

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“Bravissimo! An exciting voyage of discovery through the Theater an der Wien” will be directed by Sebastian Kranner and will feature Verena Tranker, Ilyà Dovnar, Angelo Konzett, Jakob Pinter, Camilla Zenkl, and Vito Lattarulo.

Performance Date: Oct. 19, 2025-March 17, 2026

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Gordon Kampe will present “Offene Masterclass #1.”

Performance Date: Nov. 9, 2025

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Unsuk Chin’s opera “Alice in Wonderland” will be conducted by Stephan Zilias and directed by Elisabeth Stöppler. Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, Andrew Watts, Marcel Beekman, Helena Rasker, Juliana Zara, and Mandy Fredrich star.

Performance Date: Nov. 17-26, 2025

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Händel’s “Poro, re nell’Indie” will be conducted by Martyna Pastuszka and will star Max Emanuel Cencic, Julia Lezhneva, Lucile Richardot, Rémy Brès-Feuillet, Hugo Hymas, and Timothy Edlin.

Performance Date: Nov. 25, 2025

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Wolfgang Katschner conducts Cesti’s “L’Orontea” in a production by Tomo Sugao. Hilary Cronin, Gabriel Díaz, Alexander Strömer, Stephen Chaundy, Maria Ladurner, Therese Troyer, and Manhan Qi star.

Performance Dates: Dec. 2-Dec. 29, 2025

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The company will present “Zeitkapsel” which showcases Asya Fateyeva & Lautten Compagney. The concert will be Rameau Meets Abba.

Performance Date: Dec. 5, 2025

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Gordon Kampe’s “Ich bin Vincent! und ich habe keine Angst” will feature Alois Mühlbacher, Georgina Fürstenberg, Johannes Bamberger, Lavinia Dames, Matthias Hoffmann, Tatiana Kuryatnikova, Mara Guseynova, and Martin Summer. Michael Balke conducts Johannes Schmid’s production.

Performance Dates: Dec. 7-Dec. 28, 2025

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“Der Stein der Weisen oder die Zauberinsel” will be conducted by Rüdiger Lotter and will star Michael Schade, Jonas Müller, Elena Harsányi, Sreten Manojlović, Bettina Simon, Matthias Lika, and Maximilian Mayer.

Performance Date: Dec. 20, 2025

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The Theater an der Wien will celebrate Johann Strauss in “The End: By(e) Strauss.”

Performance Date: Dec. 31, 2025

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The company will present “Graduierten-Wettbewerb,” the annual auditions where singers who have graduated from the company’s CAMPUS partner universities can show off their talents to selected casting directors and opera directors from international opera houses and agencies.

Performance Dates: Jan. 9-11, 2026

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Pablo Luna’s “Benamor” will be conducted by José Miguel Pérez-Sierra and directed by Christof Loy. The cast includes Marina Monzó, Federico Fiorio, Rossy de Palma, David Alegret Terrés, David Oller, Alejandro Baliñas Vieites, César Arrieta, Francisco Javier Sánchez Marín, Joselu López, and Nuria Pérez Fernández.

Performance Dates: Jan. 23-Feb. 7, 2026

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Stefano Landi’s “La morte d’Orfeo” will be performed in concert with Stéphane Fuget conducting and Juan Sancho, Paul Figuier, Eva Zaïcik, Anaïs Yvoz, Floriane Hasler, Hasnaa Bennani, Claire Lefilliâtre, Vlad Crosman, Alessandro Ravasio, Alexandre Adra, and Marco Angioloni star.

Performance Date: Jan. 28, 2026

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Francesco Corti conducts Händel’s “Giulio Cesare in Egitto” with a cast that includes Jakub Józef Orliński, Sabine Devieilhe, Yuriy Mynenko, Beth Taylor, Sophie Rennert, Alex Rosen, Rémy Brès-Feuillet, and Marco Saccardin.