Cornelius Meister
Cornelius Meister has been General Music Director of the Stuttgart State Opera and the Stuttgart State Orchestra since 2018. Previously, he served as General Music Director of the Theatre and Philharmonic Orchestra Heidelberg from 2005 to 2012, Principal Guest Conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra Tokyo from 2017 to 2020, and Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna from 2010 to 2018.
With his recordings, he has won the Gramophone Award, the OPUS Klassik Award as Conductor of the Year, the International Classical Music Award, the Diapason d’Or, and the Prize of the German Record Critics’ Award. Under his leadership, the Stuttgart State Orchestra was honoured in 2020 with the Innovation Award of the German Orchestra Foundation.
Known for his broad repertoire, he has performed works by more than 250 composers — as a pianist since his earliest youth and, since 1997, also as a conductor. At the age of 21, he made his debut with Henze’s Pollicino at the Hamburg State Opera, followed by his debut at the Bavarian State Opera at the age of 24. Since 2012 he has conducted at the Vienna State Opera, since 2015 at La Scala in Milan, and since 2019 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In 2022, he made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival with a new production of Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Performances with Cornelius Meister
Die Zauberflöte für Kinder
Cast on Friday 13. February 2026
Die Zauberflöte für Kinder
Cast on Friday 13. February 2026
with Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Samantha Hankey, Clay Hilley, Erin Morley, Anja Kampe, Conductor: Cornelius Meister
Ariadne auf Naxos
Cast on Thursday 19. February 2026
Abo 20
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Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
| 30. Oktober 2025 | Pelléas et Mélisande |
| 08. Jänner 2026 | Rusalka |
| 19. Februar 2026 | Ariadne auf Naxos |
| 16. April 2026 | Simon Boccanegra |
| 21. Mai 2026 | Manon (Ballett) |
Kammermusik
Cast on Saturday 21. February 2026
Zyklus »Kammermusik«
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An zehn Samstagen präsentieren Mitglieder der Wiener Philarmoniker im Gustav-Mahler-Saal ausgewählte Kammermusikprogramme.
with Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Samantha Hankey, Clay Hilley, Erin Morley, Anja Kampe, Conductor: Cornelius Meister
Ariadne auf Naxos
Cast on Sunday 22. February 2026
Abo 24
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Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
| 21. September 2025 | Tannhäuser |
| 25. Jänner 2026 | Idomeneo |
| 22. Februar 2026 | Ariadne auf Naxos |
| 22. März 2026 | Le Grand Macabre |
| 26. April 2026 | Giselle (Ballett) |
with Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Samantha Hankey, Clay Hilley, Erin Morley, Anja Kampe, Conductor: Cornelius Meister
Ariadne auf Naxos
Cast on Wednesday 25. February 2026