Matthias Goerne joins the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal for Magnificent Mahler: An Epic Season Opener, opening the OSM’s 2026–27 season at the Maison symphonique de Montréal on September 16 and 17. Under the baton of Rafael Payare, Goerne performs alongside Miah Persson, Rose Naggar-Tremblay and Clay Hilley, together with the OSM Chorus. The programme is devoted entirely to Gustav Mahler, pairing excerpts from Des Knaben Wunderhorn with the dramatic Das klagende Lied.
More

Baritone Matthias Goerne joins Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Director Jaap van Zweden for performances of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Seoul and on the orchestra's 2026 European Tour. The baritone performs John Adams's The Wound-Dresser and the baritone solo in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 "Choral", alongside soprano Gloria Jieun Choi, mezzo-soprano A Kyeong Lee and tenor Ji Hoon Son. Performance dates: • 12 August 2026 – Seoul Arts Center, Seoul • 26 August 2026 – Kursaal Auditorium, San Sebastián, Spain • 31 August 2026 – Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
More

Matthias Goerne returns to the Salzburg Festival for a recital performing Franz Schubert's Winterreise with pianist Markus Hinterhäuser. The concert takes place on July 29 at the Stiftung Mozarteum.
More

Baritone Matthias Goerne makes his opera directing debut with Richard Strauss’s Salome at the Opéra national du Capitole in Toulouse. In this new production Marie-Adeline Henry sings the title role, alongside Jérôme Boutillier as Jochanaan, Nikolai Schukoff as Herodes, and Sophie Koch as Herodias, under the baton of Frank Beermann. Performances take place on May 22, 24, 26, 29, and 31. 
More

On April 3, Matthias Goerne appears as baritone soloist in Benjamin Britten’s monumental War Requiem at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, alongside soprano Irina Lungu and tenor Bogdan Volkov. Conducted by Joana Mallwitz and performed with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the concert also features the Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno, the Philharmonia Chor Wien, and Cantus Juvenum […]
More

On April 2, baritone Matthias Goerne and pianist Martin Helmchen perform Franz Schubert’s celebrated song cycle Die schöne Müllerin, telling the story of a journeyman’s unrequited love. The recital takes place at the Berlin State Opera as part of Festtage 2026. For more information please click here.  
More

Baritone Matthias Goerne joins Andris Nelsons, the Gewandhausorchester, and MDR-Rundfunkchor for an all-Mendelssohn program: Erde, Hölle und Himmel ("Christus"), Psalm 42 "Wie der Hirsch schreit", and Die erste Walpurgisnacht.​ Goerne shares the stage with soprano Nikola Hillebrand, alto Catriona Morison, tenor Werner Güra, and bass Alexander Grassauer.​ As part of »Tacheles – Jahr der Jüdischen Kultur in Sachsen 2026«, this concert honors Mendelssohn, grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, who bridged Jewish-German worlds despite his Christian upbringing. The program is performed at two concerts in Gewandhaus in Leipzig on February 6 and 8.
More

On December 22, soprano Serena Sáenz, mezzo-soprano Judit Kutasi, and baritone Matthias Goerne will perform at the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid. The program features Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, presented by the Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid under the direction of Alondra de la Parra. The concert will be repeated in El Escorial on December 23, 2025.
More

Baritone Matthias Goerne returns to the Konzerthaus Berlin with an intensely focused recital joined by pianist Markus Hinterhäuser. The program spans from Schubert’s luminous hope in „Frühlingsglaube“ to Mahler’s constantly shifting emotional landscapes and Shostakovich’s powerful Michelangelo cycle. The concert takes place on December 16 in Konzerthaus Berlin, Großer Saal.
More