Siegfried arrives at Santa Cecilia to inaugurate the new 2026/2027 symphonic season: the project to perform Richard Wagner’s Tetralogy in a staged production continues, an endeavor that will see the Accademia engaged until 2028, presenting this time the second day of the Ring on Wednesday, October 21, Saturday, October 24, and Tuesday, October 27, in the Sala Santa Cecilia.

Wagner: Siegfried / Daniel Harding

Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

During a dramatic 24 hours we follow the three main characters in a story of life and death, accompanied by surgingly beautiful music, in a classic performance. Tosca is the opera that has it all, here produced with a grand set design, a large chorus and some of the best loved duets in operatic history.

Tosca

Royal Swedish Opera

Raised by a scheming dwarf and unaware of his true family origins, a young man embarks on an epic journey. Soon, destiny brings him face-to-face with a shattered sword, a fearsome dragon and the cursed ring it guards, and a Valkyrie forced into enchanted slumber...

RBO: Siegfried

Chelmsford Theatre

Director Christof Loy has already helped four little-known operas from the early 20th century make a successful comeback at the Deutsche Oper Berlin: Erich Wolfgang Korngold's DAS WUNDER DER HELIANE and Riccardo Zandonai's FRANCESCA DA RIMINI were followed by other long-forgotten operatic treasures: Franz Schreker's DER SCHATZGRÄBER in 2022 and finally Ottorino Respighi's LA FIAMMA in 2024.

The Treasure Hunter (Der Schatzgräber)

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Meanwhile, in the realm of the gods, an epic battle ensues between their ruler Wotan and his rebellious daughter, Brünnhilde.

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The Royal Opera: Die Walkure (ENCORE) – Cert TBC

Lighthouse, Poole's Centre for the Arts

The Royal Opera: Die Walkure – Cert TBC

Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle.

Die Walküre

Royal Opera House

Director Barrie Kosky situates this rich apocalyptic drama in a contemporary world of dream-like turmoil. Antonio Pappano leads a cast headlined by Elisabet Strid, Andreas Schager and Mika Kares, who, with the full forces of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus, bring opera’s greatest journey to its shattering end.

Götterdämmerung

Oscar Wilde’s drama about the biblical princess who has the prophet Jochanaan beheaded so she can kiss his dead mouth unfolds a tableau of human depravity: From murder and necrophilia to sexualised violence, one shocking moment follows another. But it was not only these themes that made Strauss’s Salome a scandal, but also its radically modern, overwhelming music, which was far ahead of its time. The «Faust» Prize winner Claus Guth incorporates insights from psychoanalysis, which emerged around the time of the 1905 premiere, into his production and delves into Salome’s subconscious: Younger versions of her Self accompany Salome like shadows of past wounds, together struggling to cope with childhood traumas. In a stage design that maintains the illusion of a flawless facade, reality, dream and memory begin to blur – the path from victim to perpetrator seems inevitable. Marc Albrecht conducts, and Elisabeth Strid will be performing Barrie Kosky’s new London Brünnhilde as Salome for the first time.

Elisabet Strid

Events

Upcoming events

Sep 12 - Nov 27, 2026

Tosca · Kungliga Operan

Jan 21 - Feb 7, 2027

Götterdämmerung · Royal Opera House

Apr 17 - May 4, 2027

Salome · Deutsche Oper Berlin

Past events

21 - 27 Oct, 2026

Wagner: Siegfried / Daniel Harding · Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Sep 12 - Nov 27, 2026

Tosca · Kungliga Operan

Future and recently performed repertoire

Salome in Salome by Strauss

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Brünnhilde in Götterdämmerung by Wagner

Royal Opera House

Floria Tosca in Tosca by Puccini

Kungliga Operan

Brünnhilde in Siegfried by Wagner

Chelmsford Theatre

Els in Der Schatzgräber by Schreker

Deutsche Oper Berlin

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