2026/2027
SCHEDULE
A season filled with excitement.
SEASON
2026/2027
Deniz’s 2026/27 operatic season brings her back to roles such as “Maddalena” in Rigoletto at the Royal Muscat Opera House in Oman, as well as the role of “Erda” in Das Rheingold and Siegfried at the National Opera Beijing in China.
Her concert season begins in France at the Piano Prestige Festival in Cazouls-lès-Béziers, where she will perform Bach arias and the mezzo-soprano solo in the Mozart Requiem under the baton of Ibrahim Yazici.
Highlights include her return to the Danish Symphony Orchestra under Fabio Luisi in Verdi’s Messa di Requiem, which she will also perform with the Scottish Symphony
Orchestra in Glasgow and Edinburgh under Patrick Hahn.
Additionally, she will return to the Teatro Regio Torino to make her debut as “Holofernes” in Juditha Triumphans, conducted by Gianluca Capuano, and she will debut at the Musikverein Vienna in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst with the Vienna Philharmonic.
October 1, 3, 2026
RiGOLLETO
Maddalena
Deniz sings “Maddalena” in Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House in Muscat, Oman, conducted by
Evelino Pidò in a revival of a Franco Zeffirelli production. The cast includes Maria Kokareva, Enea
Scala, Franco Vassallo, and Gezim Myshketa
Royal Opera House in Muscat | Oman
OCTOBER 20, 2026
BACH ARiAS
Mezzo solo
Deniz sings at the 14th Festival Piano Prestige in homage to Jean-Bernard Pommier, performing “Erbarme dich” from Matthew’s Passion as well as “Es ist vollbracht” from the St John Passion with the Ensemble International Musikè, conducted by Ibrahim Yazici.
Cazouls-lès-Béziers | France
OCTOBER 22, 2026
MOZART'S REQUiEM
Mezzo solo
Deniz sings the mezzo-soprano solo in Mozart’s Requiem at the 14th Festival Piano Prestige in homage to Jean-Bernard Pommier, alongside Anne Rodier, Alvaro Zambrano, and Ivan Zinoviev, with the Ensemble International Musikè conducted by Ibrahim Yazici.
Cazouls-lès-Béziers | France
VERDi REQUiEM
Mezzo solo
DR Konzerthuset Kopenhagen | Denmark
November 6, 7, 2026
VERDi REQUiEM
Mezzo solo
Deniz revisits the Mezzo-Solo in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem with the Royal Scottish National orchestra at Usher Hall in Edinburgh and at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, under the baton of Patrick Hahn, featuring soloists including Jennifer Davis, Mario Lerchenberger, and Edwin Crossley-Mercer.
November 6 Usher Hall, Edinburgh | Scotland
November 7 Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow | Scotland
February 10, 11, 2027
JUDiTHA TRiUMPHANS
Holofernes
Deniz returns to Teatro Regio Torino to debut as “Holofernes” in Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans conducted by Gianluca Capuano. The cast includes Sara Mingardo, Eleonora Bellocci, Lorrie Garcia, Francesca Ascoti.
March 20, 21, 26, 2027
MiSSA SOLEMNiS
Alto-Solo
Deniz makes her debut at the renowned Musikverein Vienna and sings for the first time the Alto-Solo in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Franz Welser-Möst. Soloists include Golda Schultz, Daniel Behle and Adam Palka.
April 28, 30 & May 2, 2027
RHEiNGOLD
Erda
Deniz makes her Chinese debut at the National Opera in Peking and sings „Erda“ in Das Rheingold conducted by Lu Jia in a revival of Stefano Poda. The cast members are tba.
May 19, 21, 23, 2027
SiEGFRiED
Erda
Deniz sings „Erda“ in Siegfried in a staging of Laurence Dale, conducted by Markus Bosch at the National Opera in Beijing, China. Cast members are tba.
National Centre for the Performing Arts Beijing | China
