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In 1996, Juan Diego Flórez made his sensational breakthrough at Pesaro’s Rossini Opera Festival, launching an extraordinary international career. Thirty years later, he returns to the stage where it all began for a celebratory homecoming. His 2026 Gala Concert honors the bel canto repertoire that shaped his rise, alongside French and Italian roles that have marked his artistic evolution. A dazzling celebration of vocal brilliance and elegance, this special evening pays tribute to three decades of artistry and Flórez’s enduring bond with Pesaro.
Juan Diego Flórez
Conductor: Iván Lopez Heyoso
Works by Rossini, Gounod, Massenet, Offenbach, Donizetti
Juan Diego Flórez
30 years in Pesaro
Gala Concert from Rossini Opera Festival
Recorded August 2026
Video Director: Tiziano Manzini
Duration: 85 min.
Produced in 4K
A production of HELIANE in cooperation with ORF III, in cooperation with
Rossini Opera Festival
Conductor: Iván Fischer Robert Schumann: Symphonie Nr. 3 Es-Dur “Rheinische”
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer conducts “The Rhenish” by Schumann
Concert-Documentary
Schumann’s “Rhenish” Symphony opens the 40th anniversary of Kissinger Sommer with festive energy, radiance, and musical storytelling. In the atmospheric Max Littmann Hall, this life-affirming Romantic masterpiece becomes a symbol of renewal, community, and cultural continuity. Charismatic conductor Iván Fischer leads the Budapest Festival Orchestra, which he founded and which has enjoyed a longstanding relationship with Bad Kissingen. Together, they create an exceptional evening of musical brilliance, emotional depth, and reflection, enriched by intimate documentary storytelling that seeks to explore the reasons behind the enduring popularity of Schumann’s “Rhenish” Symphony.
Recorded June 2026
Video Director: Myriam Hoyer
Director: Hella-Brit Giese Duration: 43 min.
Filmed in 4K
A production of HELIANE and Bayerischer Rundfunk, in cooperation with ARTE
Kissinger Sommer, a world-class festival renowned for its symphonic and chamber concerts, offers an exceptional setting in the magnificent spa gardens and acoustically outstanding Max Littmann Hall. The opening concert features Iván Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra, celebrating over four decades of musical excellence. Schumann’s joyful Third Symphony contrasts with the melancholy of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24, interpreted by pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja with profound sensitivity. Prokofiev’s Overture on Hebrew Themes adds a distinctive voice rooted in Jewish musical tradition.
Conductor: Iván Fischer
Piano: Elisabeth Leonskaja
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Opening of the 40th Kissinger Sommer
From Kissinger Sommer 2026
Recorded June 2026
Video Director: Myriam Hoyer Duration: 90 min.
Filmed in HD
A production of HELIANE for Bayerischer Rundfunk, in cooperation with ARTE
Stage Director Christof Loy
Conductor José-Miguel Pérez-Sierra
Lamparilla David Oller Paloma Carmen Artaza Estrella Kristina Toledo Don Luis Santiago Sánchez Don Juan de Peralta A. Baliñas Vieites
Sinfonieorchester Basel
Chorus of Theater Basel
Christof Loy liberates zarzuela from folkloric clichés, revealing its passion, theatrical depth, and musical brilliance. Inspired by Madrid’s Teatro de la Zarzuela, he brings fresh productions to Basel, Vienna, and Madrid, while founding Los Paladines, an ensemble of young Spanish singer-actors. His acclaimed Il Barberillo de Lavapiés at Theater Basel captures Madrid’s vibrant spirit through romance, humor, and rhythmic vitality. With precise direction, cinematic pacing, and sparkling ensemble performances, Loy creates a festive, deeply human theatrical triumph.
El Barberillo de Lavapiés
From Theater Basel
Francisco Barbieri
Recorded November 2025
Duration 120 min. Produced in HD Video Director: Philippe Ohl
A production of HELIANE, Los Paladines
and Theater Basel
From Kissinger Sommer 2026
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Conductor: Iván Fischer
Violin: Julia Fischer
Mendelssohn Hensel: »Morgengruß« aus »Gartenlieder«
Beethoven: Violinkonzert D-Dur
Brahms: Symphonie Nr. 2 D-Dur
A highlight of Kissinger Sommer’s 2026 season was an exceptional concert featuring Iván Fischer, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, and celebrated violinist Julia Fischer in the acoustically superb Max-Littmann-Saal. Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s delicate Morgengruß opened the evening with lyrical warmth, followed by Beethoven’s magnificent Violin Concerto, showcasing Julia Fischer’s extraordinary virtuosity and musical sensitivity. Brahms’s radiant Second Symphony brought the program to a magnificent close, filling the hall with warmth, vitality, and uplifting energy. An unforgettable evening of musical brilliance and artistic excellence.
Recorded June 2026
Video Director: Myriam Hoyer Duration: 90 min.
Filmed in HD
A production of HELIANE for Bayerischer Rundfunk, in cooperation with ARTE
Don Giovanni
From Bayerische Statsoper
W. A. Mozart
Stage Director David Hermann Conductor Vladimir Jurowski
Don Giovanni Konstantin Krimmel Komtur Christoph Fischesser Donna Anna Vera-Lotte Böcker Don Ottavio Giovanni Sala Donna Elvira Samantha Hankey
Leporello Kyle Ketelsen
Zerlina Avery Amereau
Masetto Michael Mofidian
Bayerisches Staatsorchester & Bayerischer Staatsopernchor
David Hermann’s Don Giovanni at the Bayerische Staatsoper blends mythological imagination with Vladimir Jurowski’s brilliant musical direction. Exploring desire and transformation through Proserpina and Pluto, the production features outstanding performances by Konstantin Krimmel, Vera-Lotte Boecker, Samantha Hankey, and Avery Amereau. Jurowski’s dynamic conducting heightens the drama, captivating audiences, including over 40,000 spectators at Munich’s open-air Oper für alle performance.
Recorded July 2025
Duration 180 min. Produced in HD Video Director: Christoph Engel
A production of ZDF, HELIANE, Bayerische Staatsoper, in coproduction with ARTE
Stage Director Lotte de Beer Conductor Nathalie Stutzmann
Faust Jonathan Tetelmann Méphistoteles Kyle Ketelsen Marguerite Olga Kulchynska Valentin Florian Semper Wagner Thomas Mole
Siebel Emily Sierra
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Bayerischer Staatsopernchor
The Bayerische Staatsoper triumphs with Lotte de Beer’s new production of Gounod’s Faust, acclaimed for its psychological depth and striking visual clarity. Jonathan Tetelman delivers a lyrically powerful Faust, Kyle Ketelsen a charismatic Méphistophélès, and Olga Kulchynska a profoundly moving Marguerite. Making her house debut, Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the Bayerisches Staatsorchester with elegance and expressive richness. Blending contemporary vision with emotional authenticity, de Beer creates a standout production, vividly captured in Myriam Hoyer’s film for audiences beyond the opera house.
Faust
From Bayerische Statsoper
Charles Gounod
Recorded February 2026
Duration 183 min. Produced in HD Video Director: Myriam Hoyer
A production of Bayrischer Rundfunk, HELIANE, Bayerische Staatsoper, in coproduction with ARTE
Stage Director Barry Kosky Conductor Vladimir Jurowski
Vakula Sergey Skorokhodov Oksana Elena Tsallagova Tsarina Violeta Urmana Devil Tansel Akzeybek Solokha Ekaterina Semenchuk
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Bayerischer Staatsopernchor
The Bayerische Staatsoper presents a spectacular new production of Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Night before Christmas, directed by Barrie Kosky and conducted by Vladimir Jurowski. Inspired by Gogol’s tale, this enchanting opera unfolds in a Ukrainian village, where the Devil steals the moon and young blacksmith Vakula embarks on a fantastical journey to win Oksana’s love. Featuring a world-class cast, dazzling staging, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s richly colored score, this festive production promises a magical celebration of romance, fantasy, and musical brilliance.
The Night before Christmas
From Bayerische Statsoper
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Recorded December 2025 Duration 162 min. Produced in 4K Video Director: Christoph Engel
A production of Bayrische Staatsoper, HELIANE, in coproduction with NHK
From Kissinger Sommer 2025
Czech Philharmonic
Conductor: Tomáš Netopil Violoncello: Alisa Weilerstein
Ravel »La Valse« Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto Nr. 1 A Minor Dvořák: Slavonic Dances op. 72
A highlight of Kissinger Sommer’s 2026 season was an exceptional concert featuring celebrated cellist Alisa Weilerstein in the magnificent Max-Littmann-Saal. Ravel’s dazzling La Valse opened with orchestral brilliance, followed by Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto No. 1, showcasing Weilerstein’s extraordinary virtuosity and musical sensitivity. Dvořák’s spirited Slavonic Dances, Op. 72, brought the program to a vibrant close, combining rhythmic vitality, melodic richness, and infectious energy in an unforgettable evening of musical excellence and artistry.
Recorded July 2025 Video Director: Philippe Ohl Duration: 90 min. Filmed in 4K
A production of HELIANE for Bayerischer Rundfunk, in cooperation with ARTE
From Oper Frankfurt
Blühen Blossoming
Opera in seven scenes / Libretto by Händl Klaus
Stage Director Brigitte Fassbaender Conductor Michael Wendeberg
Aurelia Bianca Andrew Anna Karolina Bengtsson Ken Michael Porter D. Muthesius Alfred Reiter Edgar Jarrett Porter
Ensemble Modern
Inspired by Thomas Mann’s final short story The Deceived, librettist Händl Klaus and composer Vito Žuraj create a haunting opera of psychological depth and luminous musical power. A woman falls in love with a man young enough to be her son, believing herself miraculously rejuvenated—until a terminal diagnosis shatters her happiness. Love and mortality collide with elemental force. In Brigitte Fassbaender’s acclaimed production, a superb cast brings this profoundly human drama vividly to life, exploring desire, illusion, and farewell.
Vito Žuraj
Recorded December 2025 Duration 80 min. Produced in HD Video Director: Philippe Ohl
A production of Oper Frankfurt and HELIANE
From Festival d’Aix en Provence
Louise
Gustave Charpentier
Musical Novel in four acts / Libretto by Gustave Charpentier and Saint Pol-Roux
Stage Director Christof Loy Conductor Giuseppe Sagripanti
Louise Elsa Dreisig Julien Adam Smith La Mère Sophie Koch La Père Nicolas Courjal
Orchestra of the Festival d’Aix en Provence
Charpentier’s Louise is a vivid portrait of bohemian Paris and a young woman’s longing for love and freedom. A landmark of French naturalism, the opera premiered in Paris in 1900 and quickly became an international success. Christof Loy’s production reveals the darker side of Louise’s emancipation, exploring family oppression, female desire, and the limits imposed on young women. Elsa Dreisig leads the outstanding cast at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.
Théâtre de l’Archevêche, July 2025 Duration 150 min. Production in 4K Video Director: Jérémie Cuvillier
A production of Bel Air Media and ARTE, in coproduction with NHK and HELIANE
From Dutch National Opera
The Maid of Orleans
Opera in four acts / Libretto by the composer
Stage Director Dimitri Tcherniakov Conductor Valentin Uryupin
Joan of Arc Elena Stikhina King Charles VII Allan Clayton Agnes Sorel Nadezhda Pavlova Dunois Vladislav Sulimsky
Tchaikovsky’s The Maid of Orléans is a monumental grand opéra, combining historical drama, romance and spectacular choral scenes. In Dmitri Tcherniakov’s acclaimed production, Joan of Arc is transported to a modern courtroom, where she confronts her choices, convictions and a corrupt society. Elena Stikhina stars in the demanding title role, with Valentin Uryupin conducting the Netherlands Philharmonic and the Chorus of Dutch National Opera.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Recorded November 2025 Duration 168 min. Production in HD Video Director: Andy Sommer
A production of Bel Air Media, Dutch National Opera and ARTE
From Staatsoper unter den Linden, Berlin
Melancholy of Resistance
A musical program by Denis Sneguirev and Christian Dumais-Lvowski
Cinematographic Opera based on the novel by László Kraszhahorkai
Stage Director David Marton Conductor Marie Jacquot
Georges Esther Matthias Klink Angèle Esther Tanja A. Baumgartner Rosi Pflaum Sandrine Piau János Valouchka Philippe Jaroussky
Staatskapelle Berlin
A lethargic town is shaken by the arrival of a mysterious circus whose three-eyed duke conceals a sinister plan: to destroy its people. Guillaume Métayer’s libretto is based on László Krasznahorkai’s 1989 novel, a dark parable of contemporary Eastern Europe. Marc-André Dalbavie’s spectral score explores timbre and sensory experience, while director David Marton’s film opera blurs the boundaries between reality and fiction.
Recorded July 2024 Duration 120 min. Production in HD Video Director: Myriam Hoyer
A production of Bel Air Media and ARTE
From Rossini Opera Festival 2024, Pesaro
Ermione
Tragic action in two acts / Libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola
Stage Director Johannes Erath Conductor Michele Mariotti
Ermione Anastasia Bartoli Andromaca Victoria Yarovaya Pirro Enea Scala Oreste Juan Diego Flórez Pilade Antonio Mandrillio Fenicio Michael Mofidian Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI / Coro del Teatro Ventidio Basso
Rossini’s Ermione, once puzzling audiences with its bleakness and unconventional structure, is now recognised as a masterpiece of dramatic intensity. Set after the Trojan War, it explores desire, unrequited love, jealousy and revenge. Ermione manipulates Orestes into murdering Pirro, her unfaithful lover, before taking her own life. At the 2024 Rossini Opera Festival, Anastasia Bartoli, Enea Scala and Juan Diego Flórez gave acclaimed performances in a bold, visually striking production.
Recorded July 2024 Duration 140 min. Production in 4K Video Director: Tiziano Mancini
A production of Rossini Festival Pesaro and Juan Diego Flórez Productions, in cooperation with Unitel and HELIANE
A Journey from Baroque to Modernism
Alexandre Kantorow
Bach/Brahms Chaconne Brahms No. 1° from Intermezzi, op. 117 Wagner/Liszt Liebestod, Tristan und Isolde Rachmaninov Rhapsody, Paganini Theme Ravel Jeux d'eau Medtner Sonate No. 1° op. 5. Scriabin Towards the Flame Stravinsky L’Oiseau de feu
Alexandre Kantorow, celebrated French pianist, captivated audiences at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Renowned for exceptional technique, maturity, and expressive interpretations, he has earned numerous prestigious awards. Performing worldwide in major concert halls, Kantorow is praised for bringing fresh perspectives to classical masterpieces. This film explores his artistry through intimate, inspiring locations at Villa Senar in Switzerland and his Family Home in Saint-Cloud, France.
Director: Denis Sneguirev, Christian Dumais-Lvowski Producer: François Duplat Duration: 43 min.
A production of Bel Air Media and HELIANE
Daniil Trifonov
Thanks to the Music
A documentary by Denis Sneguirev and Christian Dumas-Lvowski
Scriabin Sonata Nr. 9, Op. 68 Tchaikovsky Album pour enfants Rachmaninov Vocalise, Op. 34/14 Ravel Gaspard de la nuit Bach/Rachmaninov Partita Nr. 3 in E major Prokofiev Sarcasmes Op. 17
Filmmakers Denis Sneguirev and Christian Dumas-Lvowski portray pianist Daniil Trifonov and follows him on an intimate journey from a Paris jazz club to the streets of New York to the peace and quiet of the remote forests near his home in Connecticut. The pianist, one of the most exciting and sought-after musical talents of his generation, reflects on his life as a musician and presents a repertoire ranging from Ravel's formidable Gaspard de la Nuit to Tchaikovsky's Album for the Young.
Director: D. Sneguirev, C. Dumais-Lvowski Producer: François Duplat, Amaury Lafarge Duration: 43 min.
A production of Bel Air Media and HELIANE
Wartime Elegy
While Kyiv lives to the sound of air raid alarms, the dancers of the National Opera of Ukraine continued to rehearse and perform regularly, fighting the war on stage.The program Wartime Elegy presents the Ukrainian premiere of Wartime Elegy as well as the ballets 5 Tango's and Spring and Fall, performed on the stage of the National Opera of Ukraine by the company's dancers. A short documentary about the Wartime Elegy rehearsals by the Ukrainian ballet soloists opens the program, followed by the short introductions of 5 Tango’s and Spring and Fall.
Alex Ratmansky Wartime Elegy John Neumeier Spring and Fall Hans von Manen 5 Tangos
A Ballet Triple Bill, National Opera Ukraine, Kiev
Conductor: Sergii Golubnychyi TV Director: Bertrand Normand Duration: 88 min. Filmed in 4K
A production of Bel Air Media in cooperation with ZDF/ARTE and NHK
Juan Diego Flórez and the Sinfonía el Perú
From the Philharmonie de Paris
“Sinfonia por el Perú reminds me every day of how music has changed not only my life, but also the lives of thousands of children, offering them a new future full of hope.”
Juan Diego Flórez
Founded in 2011 by star tenor Juan Diego Flórez as a social project inspired by El Sistema in Venezuela, the Sinfonía por el Perú currently caters for more than 5000 children in numerous centers in Peru. In September 2024 Juan Diego Flórez and the youth orchestra of the Sinfonía por el Perú returned to Europe for a tour with concerts in Madrid, Barcelona, Vienna, Geneva and Paris. The moving finals concert of the tour unfolds a bouquet of Italian and French opera arias by Bellini, Verdi, Donizetti, Gounod, Offenbach as well as pieces from Spanish Zarzuelas and a firework of encores like “El Condor Pasa” or “Amor de mis Amores” where Juan Diego Flórez accompanies himself on the guitar.
TV Director: Andy Sommer Duration: 90 min. / 50 mins. Filmed in 4K
A production of Bel Air Media in cooperation with Medici/Mezzo, Juan Diego Flórez Productions and HELIANE
Gabriel Fauré
Requiem
From Basilique St. Sernin in Toulouse Kazuki Yamada conducts the Orchestra National du Capitole de Toulouse
Claude Debussy Petite Suite Gabriel Fauré Requiem op. 48 Thierry Escaich Towards the Light
Orchestre National du Capitol de Toulouse Philharmonic Chorus of Tokio
In 2024, the centenary of Gabriel Fauré’s death was celebrated with his renowned Requiem, a serene work embodying peace rather than tragedy. Conductor Kazuki Yamada, a regular guest of the Orchestre National du Capitole, leads a Franco-Japanese ensemble featuring the Tokyo Philharmonic Choir. The program also includes Debussy’s Petite Suite and a new work by Thierry Escaich, performed in Toulouse’s magnificent Basilica of Saint-Sernin.
Conductor: Kazuki Yamada. TV Director: Isabelle Julien Duration: 70 min. Filmed in 4K
A production by Jack Febus in coproduction with NHK, Mezzo/medici, in cooperation with HELIANE