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, …
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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. …
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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.
On April 3, April 6 and April 11, Omer Meir Wellber will conduct Wagner’s »Lohengrin« at the Hamburg State Opera. about the work: Peter Konwitschny’s epoch-making production sets Wagner’s opera in an oversized classroom from the Wilhelmine era. Konwitschny’s interpretation marks a pivotal moment in the new approaches to Wagner’s reception over the past decades, …
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In March, two new productions under the musical direction of Omer Meir Wellber will be staged at the Hamburg State Opera: On March 1, »Peter und der Wolf von St. Pauli« (Peter and the Wolf of St. Pauli) will premiere at Schmidts Tivoli. This will be followed on March 15 by »Die große Stille« (The Great Silence), a musical …
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Zeitspiel 4: Haydn meets the present – now available to listen to on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. The concert by the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra conducted by General Music Director Omer Meir Wellber, recorded at the Elbphilharmonie on 21 December 2025, will be broadcast today at 8:00 p.m. CET on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. For the 4th Philharmonic Concert, Detlev Glanert …
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Omer Meir Wellber and the Hamburg State Orchestra invite to an extraordinary New Year’s program at the Elbphilharmonie on December 31, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. Entitled New Year’s Concert 2025, the program includes operetta classics by Johann Strauss, a world premiere, and a humorous surprise work. The concert also marks the festive conclusion of the …
