Franz Welser-Möst
As Musical Director of the Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst has moulded the orchestra’s unmistakable sound for 21 years. During his term of office, the orchestra was frequently lauded for its musical excellence by the international critics. Innovative projects and cooperative ventures continuously targeted and involved a young public. Today, 20% of all concertgoers are under 25. Welser-Möst brought back numerous world premières and opera productions to the Severance Hall. Besides terms as resident conductor in the USA, Europe and China, Franz Welser-Möst appears with the Cleveland Orchestra at all the leading festivals. He will be the musical director of the Cleveland Orchestra until 2027. As guest conductor, Franz Welser-Möst has a particularly close and productive artistic partnership with the Vienna Philharmonic. He conducted the New Year Concert three times, and regularly conducts the orchestra in subscription concerts at the Wiener Musikverein and on tour in Japan, China, Australia and the USA. He also conducted the historic Sarajevo and Versailles Memorial Concerts. From 2010 to 2014 Franz Welser-Möst was general music director of the Wiener Staatsoper, where he not only covered the repertoire as a whole but particularly focused on 20th century operas, including Janácek’s »Kátja Kabanová«, »From the House of the Dead« and »The Cunning Little Vixen«, and Hindemith’s »Cardillac«. He has worked intensively on the oeuvre of Richard Strauss in both Vienna and Cleveland, with performances of »Salome«, »Die Frau ohne Schatten«, »Der Rosenkavalier«, »Ariadne auf Naxos« and »Arabella«. Franz Welser-Möst is a regular guest conductor at the Salzburg Festival, and sets pioneering new standards of interpretation as an opera and concert conductor, including »Rusalka«, »Der Rosenkavalier«, »Fidelio«, »Die Liebe der Danae«, Aribert Reimann’s opera »Lear« and Richard Strauss’ »Salome«, with which he made festival history in 2018. As a result of its incredible success, »Salome« was encored in the 2019 Festival programme. In 2020 he is conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in the opening concert of the Salzburg Festival and the première of Richard Strauss’ »Elektra«. Among other distinctions, Franz Welser-Möst is an honorary member of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna, and was awarded the Vienna Philharmonic Ring of Honour, the Kilenyi Medal of the Bruckner Society of America and the Kennedy Center Gold Medal in the Arts. Franz Welser-Möst has made numerous CD and DVD recordings, many of which have received international awards, including the recordings of performances of Der Rosenkavalier and Salome at the Salzburg Festival. The latest live recordings with the Cleveland Orchestra include a 3 CD Box Set »The Cleveland Orchestra – A New Century«, with works by Beethoven, Varèse, Strauss, Prokofiev, Johannes Maria Staud and Bernd Richard Deutsch.
Performances with Franz Welser-Möst
Fidelio
Dress Rehearsal
with Christopher Maltman, David Butt Philip, Malin Byström, Tareq Nazmi, Florina Ilie, Daniel Jenz, Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
Fidelio
Cast on Saturday 13. December 2025
Fidelio
Premiere
with Christopher Maltman, David Butt Philip, Malin Byström, Tareq Nazmi, Florina Ilie, Daniel Jenz, Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
Fidelio
Cast on Tuesday 16. December 2025
with Christopher Maltman, David Butt Philip, Malin Byström, Tareq Nazmi, Florina Ilie, Daniel Jenz, Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
Fidelio
Cast on Friday 19. December 2025
Zyklus »Neuproduktionen«
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with Christopher Maltman, David Butt Philip, Malin Byström, Tareq Nazmi, Florina Ilie, Daniel Jenz, Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
Fidelio
Cast on Monday 22. December 2025
Abo 16
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Saison 2024/2025
Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
14. Oktober 2024: BALLETT: SCHWANENSEE
25. November 2024: IL RITORNO D’ULISSE IN PATRIA
07. April 2025: SALOME
12. Mai 2025: TOSCA
16. Juni 2025: IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
with Christopher Maltman, David Butt Philip, Malin Byström, Tareq Nazmi, Florina Ilie, Daniel Jenz, Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
Fidelio
Cast on Saturday 27. December 2025
with Christopher Maltman, David Butt Philip, Malin Byström, Tareq Nazmi, Florina Ilie, Daniel Jenz, Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
Fidelio
Cast on Tuesday 30. December 2025
Abo 1
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Saison 2024/2025
Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
10. September 2024: CARMEN
08. Oktober 2024: BALLETT: SCHWANENSEE
28. Jänner 2025: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS
27. Mai 2025: IL TROVATORE
17. Juni 2025: DER ROSENKAVALIER
with Johannes Martin Kränzle, Dmitry Golovnin, Jörg Schneider, Dmitry Belosselskiy, Marlis Petersen, Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
Wozzeck
Cast on Thursday 9. April 2026
with Johannes Martin Kränzle, Dmitry Golovnin, Jörg Schneider, Dmitry Belosselskiy, Marlis Petersen, Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
Wozzeck
Cast on Saturday 11. April 2026
with Johannes Martin Kränzle, Dmitry Golovnin, Jörg Schneider, Dmitry Belosselskiy, Marlis Petersen, Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
Wozzeck
Cast on Monday 13. April 2026
Abo 15
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Saison 2024/2025
Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
23. September 2024: SALOME
18. November 2024: DON PASQUALE
16. Dezember 2024: LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN
10. Februar 2025: DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
14. April 2025: BALLETT: PATHÉTIQUE