Derek Welton
The Australian bass-baritone Derek Welton has established himself as one of the leading dramatic voices of his generation and is regarded as a distinguished and versatile interpreter of the concert repertoire, ranging from Bach and Handel to contemporary music.
In the 2025/26 season he returns to the Vienna State Opera as Orest in Elektra, to the Deutsche Oper Berlin in the title role of Der fliegende Holländer, and to the Opéra de Lyon as Claggart in Billy Budd. He makes his house debut at Opernhaus Zürich as Pizarro in Fidelio, his house and role debut as King Heinrich in Lohengrin at the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest, and appears as the Wanderer in Siegfried at Müpa Budapest. He also performs King Marke in a concert with the Houston Symphony Orchestra.
Highlights of the 2024/25 season include Pizarro at Washington National Opera; King Marke, the Dutchman and the Forester in The Cunning Little Vixen at the Deutsche Oper Berlin; and Wotan in Das Rheingold at the Opéra national de Paris.
He is a frequent guest at many of the world’s leading opera houses and festivals, including The Royal Ballet and Opera, the Salzburg Festival, Vienna State Opera, Bayreuth Festival, Bavarian State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Hamburg State Opera, Opéra national de Paris, Teatro Real Madrid, Dutch National Opera Amsterdam and Lyric Opera of Chicago.
His wide-ranging roles include Wotan/Wanderer in Der Ring des Nibelungen, Amfortas in Parsifal, Altair in Die ägyptische Helena, Peter Besenbinder in Hänsel und Gretel, Bluebeard in Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, the Forester, Jaroslav Prus in The Makropulos Case and Saint-Bris in Les Huguenots.
Recent and upcoming concert engagements include Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with the Czech Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra; Messiah at the Musikverein Vienna; Bach’s Magnificat with the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria; The Dream of Gerontius with the WDR Symphony Orchestra; Bruckner’s Mass in F minor with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Ein deutsches Requiem at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma; and The Epic of Gilgamesh with the Prague Philharmonia.
He appears regularly with leading ensembles such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Academy of Ancient Music.
Performances with Derek Welton
with Nina Stemme, Aušrinė Stundytė, Camilla Nylund, Jörg Schneider, Derek Welton, Conductor: Alexander Soddy
Elektra
Cast on Saturday 20. December 2025
with Nina Stemme, Aušrinė Stundytė, Camilla Nylund, Jörg Schneider, Derek Welton, Conductor: Alexander Soddy
Elektra
Cast on Tuesday 23. December 2025
Abo 4
Ticket information
Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
| 28. Oktober 2025 | Kallirhoe (Ballett) |
| 25. November 2025 | Lucia di Lammermoor |
| 23. Dezember 2025 | Elektra |
| 17. März 2026 | Madama Butterfly |
| 16. Juni 2026 | Animal Farm |