The Wiener Staatsoper announced their plans for 2025/26 over the weekend, with 19 Askonas Holt conductors, directors and singers featuring in the new season.

Robin Ticciati makes his Wiener Staatsoper debut leading Dialogues des Carmélites. He last conducted the work at Glyndebourne in 2023, earning a raft of five-star reviews from The Times, The Telegraph, Evening Standard, Bachtrack, The Stage, and Artsdesk who said, “this will go down as one of Glyndebourne’s most unforgettable achievements.’

Louis Langrée returns to conduct Così fan tutte with Elsa Dreisig as Fiordiligi, following her appearance this season as Micaëla in Carmen.

Dmitri Tcherniakov directs Eugene Onegin with Asmik Grigorian as Tatyana. Asmik also treats the audience to her solo semi-staged project with Hyung - Kii Joo ‘A Diva is Born’, which includes music by Bizet, Puccini and Messiaen, as well as Lennon and McCartney, Lady Gaga and Sting. Also directing in Vienna this season is Adrian Noble's production of Hänsel und Gretel is revived for Christmas.

Nicole Car returns as Mimi in La bohème alongside Andrey Zhilikovsky as Marcello and Jusung Gabriel Park as Schaunard. Nicole also debuts in the three lead roles in Il Trittico - where she is again joined by Jusung as Betto di Signa in Gianni Schicchi­ - and sings the title role in Rusalka with Alexander Vinogradov as Der Wassermann. Alexander also returns as Zaccaria in Nabucco.

Nadine Sierra and Xabier Anduaga join forces as Violetta and Alfredo in La Traviata following performances in Vienna together last month in L'elisir d'amore. Nadine also returns next season for a solo concert.

Following performances this season, Kristina Mkhitaryan returns in the title role in Manon as well as singing Leila in a new production of Les pêcheurs de perles.

Bekhzod Davronov returns as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, in which he opens at the Dresden Semperoper this weekend. Joshua Guerrero returns as Gabriele Adorno in Simon Boccanegra, Dmytro Popov sings Vaudémont in Iolanta, and Dmitry Belosselskiy returns as the Doktor in Wozzeck.

Ensemble members Stephanie Maitland and Anita Monserrat make returns, with Stephanie singing Mary in Der fliegende Holländer and Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, and Anita singing Zerlina in Don Giovanni respectively.

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