On September 19, 2026, the first performance of the revival of Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni, directed by Jan Bosse, will take place at the Hamburg State Opera. Additional performances this season are scheduled for September 19, 24, and 29, as well as October 1, 4, 7, and 9, 2026. Omer Meir Wellber holds the musical direction

On September 8, 2026, the 14th Austrian Music Theatre Prize ceremony took place, at which two productions of the Vienna Volksoper under the musical direction of Omer Meir Wellber were awarded: Omer Meir Wellber, general music director of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra and the State Opera since 2025 and before that was music director from 2022 to

The opening concerts of the 2026/27 season will take place on August 30 and 31 at the Elbphilharmonie. You can find the 2026/27 season brochure here. Here you’ll find more information about the opening concerts. Program PETER TCHAIKOVSKY“Fatum,” symphonic poem, Op. 77 FAZIL SAY“Silence of Anatolia,” Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 11Fazil Say, piano ZeitenLosLUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENI. Poco

From July 17 to 31, Omer Meir Wellber and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen will be on tour. Concerts will take place at the Rheingau Music Festival, the Kissinger Sommer, the Festival Radio France in Montpellier, the Carinthian Summer, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, the Ludwigsburg Castle Festival, the Neuschwanstein Concerts, and the BBC

On June 7, 2026, the first performance of the revival of Richard Wagner’s opera »Tristan und Isolde«, in the legendary production by Ruth Berghaus from 1988, took place at the Hamburg State Opera under the musical direction of Omer Meir Wellber. The final performance of this work in the current season will follow on June 21,

On May 7, Omer Meir Wellber will conduct the WDR Symphony Orchestra in the opening concert of the Ruhr Piano Festival. Featuring Yulianna Avdeeva as soloist, the program will open with Béla Bartók’s Concerto No. 3 for Piano and Orchestra. Following that, Omer Meir Wellber will appear as an instrumentalist on the accordion: Together with

On May 25, Omer Meir Wellber will conduct Bernstein’s MASS as part of the “International Music Festival Hamburg”. The work consistently transcends the boundaries of classical genres: sacred music, rock, blues, gospel, and jazz engage in an intense dialogue. Between ritual, rebellion, and the individual search for meaning, a multi-layered musical and theatrical event unfolds, addressing existential

Omer Meir Wellber has stepped in at short notice to conduct the premiere of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia in Tatjana Gürbaca’s new production, following Teresa Riveiro Böhm’s cancellation due to health reasons. “After working for five years at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, the Italian repertoire has become almost like a second mother tongue to me.

On May 7, Omer Meir Wellber will conduct the WDR Symphony Orchestra in the opening concert Ruhr Piano Festival. Featuring Yulianna Avdeeva as soloist, the program will open with Béla Bartók’s Concerto No. 3 for piano and orchestra. Following that, Omer Meir Wellber will also appear as an instrumentalist on the accordion: Together with Guy

The new program for the Hamburg State Opera a the Philharmonic State Orchestra, with Omer Meir Wellber as General Music Director, has been released. Omer Meir Wellber will conduct various opera productions, including Don Giovanni, Die Walküre, the Nutcracker, Eugene Onegin, Carmen and La Nozze de Figaro.Find the 2026/27 season book here.