Guillaume Tell

(Wilhelm Tell)

Gioachino Rossini
Opera in four acts
Text by Etienne de Jouy and Hippolyte Bis after the play of the same name by Friedrich Schiller and after the story William Tell or Liberated Switzerland by Jean Pierre Claris de Florian
In French with surtitles
Revival:  12.09.2025
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Der Rosenkavalier

Richard Strauss
Comedy for music in three acts
Text by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
In German with surtitles

Premiere:  04.10.2025
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Gormenghast

Irmin Schmidt
A fantasy opera in three acts
Text by Duncan Fallowell based on the Gormenghast trilogy by Mervyn Peake
In English with surtitles

Premiere:  31.10.2025
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Adam und Eva

Mike Svoboda
Music theater in a prelude and three acts
Text by Anne-May Krüger based on Peter Hacks' comedy of the same name
Cooperation with the Schwetzingen SWR Festival
In German and English with surtitles

Austrian Premiere:  29.11.2025
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Madita

Viktor Ãslund
Family opera in two parts | 8+
Text by Hermann Schneider based on the novels Madita and Madita and Pims by Astrid Lindgren
Commissioned by the Landestheater Linz
In German language with surtitles

First Release:  06.12.2025
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Turandot

Giacomo Puccini
Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini with a finale by Luciano Berio
Text by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni after the tragicomedy of the same name by Carlo Gozzi and its adaptation by Friedrich Schiller
In Italian with surtitles

Premiere:  17.01.2026
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Der zerbrochene Krug / Des Esels Schatten

Viktor Ullmann / Richard Strauss
THE BROKEN JUG
Opera in one act by Viktor Ullmann
Text by Viktor Ullmann after Heinrich von Kleist's comedy of the same name | Version for reduced orchestra by Richard Whilds (2017)

THE DONKEY'S SHADOW
Comedy in six scenes by Richard Strauss
Text by Hans Adler after Christoph Martin Wieland's The Abderites

In German language with surtitles
A production of the Upper Austrian Opera Studio

Premiere:  14.03.2026
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Katja Kabanowa

Leoš Janáček
Opera in three acts
Text by Leoš Janáček after the play Gewitter by Alexander Ostrowski
In German language with surtitles

Premiere:  26.04.2026
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Don Pasquale

Gaetano Donizetti
Comic opera in three acts
Text by Gaetano Donizetti and Giovanni Ruffini after the libretto by Angelo Anelli for the comic opera Ser Marcantonio by Stefano Pavesi
In Italian language with surtitles

Premiere:  30.05.2026
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Don Pasquale

Gaetano Donizetti
Comic opera in three acts
Text by Gaetano Donizetti and Giovanni Ruffini, based on the libretto by Angelo Anelli for the comic opera Ser Marcantonio by Stefano Pavesi
In Italian with surtitles
Revival:  18.09.2026
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Lohengrin

Richard Wagner
Romantic opera in three acts
Text by Richard Wagner
In German with surtitles
A co-production with the Saarländisches Staatstheater
Premiere:  10.10.2026
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Vanishings

Leoš Janáček, Thomas Adès

Music theatre featuring works by Leoš Janáček and Thomas Adès

Zápisník zmizelého (The Diary of One Who Disappeared)

Song cycle by Leoš Janáček, text by Josef Kalda

Növények (Roots)

Seven Hungarian songs by Thomas Adès, texts by Attila József, Miklós Radnóti, Sándor Weöres, and Ottó Orbán

Darknesse Visible for piano by Thomas Adès

A co-production with Opéra de Massy and Teatro Comunale Modena

In Czech and Hungarian with surtitles

Agrippina

Georg Friedrich Händel
Opera in three acts
Text by Vincenzo Grimani
In Italian with surtitles
A production of the Upper Austrian Opera Studio
Premiere:  28.11.2026
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Luisa Miller

Giuseppe Verdi
Melodramma tragico in three acts
Text by Salvadore Cammarano, based on Friedrich Schiller’s drama Intrigue and Love
In Italian with surtitles
Premiere:  05.12.2026
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The King's Children

Engelbert Humperdinck
Fairy-tale opera in three acts
Text by the composer, based on the eponymous fairy-tale drama by Elsa Bernstein (under the pseudonym Ernst Rosmer)
In German with surtitles
Premiere:  23.01.2027
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La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo

Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant

Gioachino Rossini
Dramma giocoso in two acts
Text by Jacopo Ferretti, based on Charles Perrault’s fairy tale Cendrillon ou La petite pantoufle de verre (Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper) and on various libretti inspired by this tale
In Italian with surtitles
Premiere:  13.03.2027
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The Hostage

Franz Schubert
Opera in three acts
In a new adaptation by Paula Fünfeck (libretto) and Anna-Sophie Brüning (music)
Text by Paula Fünfeck
Based on the eponymous ballad by Friedrich Schiller
In German with surtitles
A production of the Upper Austrian Opera Studio
Premiere:  21.03.2027
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Der bekehrte Trunkenbold

Christoph Willibald Gluck
Komische Oper in zwei Aufzügen
Text von Louis Anseaume (L’ivrogne corrigé)
In einer Übersetzung von Franz Rühlmann
In deutscher Sprache
Eine Produktion des Oberösterreichischen Opernstudios
11.05.2027
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The Good Person of Szechwan

Cong Su
Music theatre in one prologue and ten scenes
Text by Hermann Schneider, based on Bertolt Brecht’s parable play of the same name
In German with surtitles
First Release:  05.06.2027
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Wiener Blut

Johann Strauss
Operetta in three acts
Musical arrangement and composition by Adolf Müller jun.
Text by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein
In German with surtitles

Premiere:  25.10.2025
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Heute Nacht Fräulein

Walter Kaufmann
Operetta in seven pictures
Text by the composer
In German language with surtitles
A production of the Upper Austrian Opera Studio

First Release:  25.04.2026
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The Gipsy Princess

Emmerich Kálmán
Operetta in three acts
Text by Leo Stein and Béla Jenbach
In German with surtitles
Premiere:  24.10.2026
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Shrek - Das Musical

Jeanine Tesori | David Lindsay-Abaire | William Steig
Based on the Dreamworks animated film and the book by William Steig | Music by Jeanine Tesori
Book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire
German by Kevin Schröder and Heiko Wohlgemuth

Premiere:  05.09.2025
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Come from away - Die von woanders

Irene Sankoff und David Hein
Musical by Irene Sankoff and David Hein
German by Sabine Ruflair

Austrian Premiere:  15.11.2025
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Die Mitte der Welt

Niklas Wagner und Sarah Taylor Ellis
Musical by Niklas Wagner (book and lyrics) and Sarah Taylor Ellis (music)
Based on the novel by Andreas Steinhöfel
First Release:  24.01.2026
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Wonderful Town

Leonard Bernstein | Betty Comden & Adolph Green | Joseph Fields & Jerome Chorodov
Musical by Leonard Bernstein (music), Betty Comden & Adolph Green (lyrics), and Joseph Fields & Jerome Chodorov (book)
German translation by Roman Hinze
Premiere:  21.03.2026
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Ein Teelöffel Feenstaub

Disney's Magic Songs

Matthias Davids & Tom Bitterlich
Musical in Concert
Concept by Matthias Davids & Tom Bitterlich
Texts by Arne Beeker
Premiere:  10.05.2026
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Ein Teelöffel Feenstaub Salzkammergut-Open-Air

Disney's Magic Songs mit dem Musicalensemble Linz

Salzkammergut-Open-Air des Bruckner Orchester Linz
Im Rahmen der Salzkammergut Festwochen Gmunden

Tom Bitterlich, Gabriele Bruschi, Matthias Davids Konzeption
Gabriele Bruschi Inszenierung

09.07.2026
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Roald Dahl's Matilda - The Musical

Dennis Kelly | Tim Minchin
Book by Dennis Kelly | Music and lyrics by Tim Minchin
German translation by Sabine Ruflair
A cooperation with the Upper Austrian State Music School System
Premiere:  11.09.2026
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Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette | Glen Ballard | Diablo Cody
Lyrics by Alanis Morissette | Music by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard | Book by Diablo Cody
German translation by Robin Kulisch
A co-production with the Music and Arts Private University of the City of Vienna
German Language Premiere:  14.11.2026
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The band's visit

David Yazbek | Itamar Moses
Musical by David Yazbek (music and lyrics) and Itamar Moses (book)
Based on the film by Eran Kolirin
German translation by Robin Kulisch
German Language Premiere:  22.01.2027
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Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel

Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein
Musical by Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein (book and lyrics)
Based on Liliom by Ferenc Molnár
German translation by Henry Mason
Premiere:  04.04.2027
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Noch ein Teelöffel Feenstaub

More of Disney's magic Songs

Matthias Davids, Tom Bitterlich, Gabriele Bruschi
Konzeption von Matthias Davids, Tom Bitterlich und Gabriele Bruschi 
Texte von Arne Beeker
Premiere:  09.05.2027
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Shakespeare's dream

Andrey Kaydanovskiy
Dance piece by Andrey Kaydanovskiy
First Release:  20.09.2025
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Amor & Psyche?

Jeroen Verbruggen
A dance piece by Jan Verbruggen
Music by Lukas Foss, Jimmy López, Thomas Adès, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Ravel, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Alkistis Protopsalti, Charles Ives | With the Bruckner Orchestra Linz
A production of the Nationaltheater Mannheim, 2022
Premiere:  31.01.2026
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TANZ LINZ
An evening of dance with TANZ LINZ
Premiere:  13.06.2026
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Divine Matter

Signs & Wonders

Drew Jacoby | Stephanie Lake

A double dance evening

WORSHIP (world premiere)
Dance piece by Drew Jacoby
Music by Jon Hopkins, Hildegard of Bingen, Taizé, Björk, Matthew Herbert, Rosalía
Sound design by Crystn Hunt Akron (Christine Hinterkörner)

AUTO CANNIBAL (European premiere)
Dance piece by Stephanie Lake
Music by Robin Fox

Prometheus

Antonio Ruz
A dance piece by Antonio Ruz
Music by Ludwig van Beethoven
Premiere:  13.02.2027
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Ein Tanzabend mit TANZ LINZ
Premiere:  13.06.2027
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