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. 
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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 […]
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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.  
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Baritone Matthias Goerne will appear in recital with pianist Iddo Bar-Shaï at the annual Coups de Cœur festival in Chantilly on September 13, 2025. Dedicated to the art of francophone song, the festival welcomes Goerne with one of the great monuments of the Lied repertoire: Schubert’s Winterreise. For more information please click here
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Baritone Matthias Goerne joins soprano Nadja Mchantaf, alto Wiebke Lehmkuhl, and tenor Matthew Swensen for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the NDR Radiophilharmonie in Hannover on September 12, 2025. Principal conductor Stanislav Kochanovsky leads the concert, which marks the festive opening of the 2025/26 season. Alongside Beethoven’s choral masterpiece, the evening will feature the world […]
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Baritone Matthias Goerne will return to Wigmore Hall on September 9, 2025, in a recital accompanied by David Fray on piano. The program features Franz Schubert’s deeply moving Schwanengesang (including songs such as Aufenthalt, In der Ferne, Am Meer, and Der Doppelgänger), the lesser-known Herbst D 945, and, following the interval, Schubert’s monumental Piano Sonata in B flat major D 960.
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