During the 2024/25 season, he appeared as Jochanaan in SALOME in Wuppertal, Antwerp and Ghent, and in the title role of WOZZECK in a new production in Toronto. A regular guest at the Bayreuth Festival, he returned in summer 2025 as Gunther in GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG, sang the Heerrufer in LOHENGRIN and appeared as Wolfram von Eschenbach in the children's version of TANNHÄUSER.

Highlights of the 2025/26 season include the title role in Othmar Schoeck's PENTHESILEA in Weimar, as well as a concert performance of DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN with the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra under Patrick Hahn, where he sang Wotan in DAS RHEINGOLD and DIE WALKÜRE and made his role debut as the Wanderer in SIEGFRIED. He also makes his debut at Theater Kiel in Loriot's RING AN EINEM ABEND. Further engagements take him to Japan, where he appears at the Spring Festival as the Peasant in Schoenberg's GURRE-LIEDER and once again in the title role of DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER. At the 2026 Bayreuth Festival, he sings Paolo Orsini and Cecco del Vecchio in RIENZI, returns as Gunther in GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG and appears as Wotan in the children's version of DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN.

Highlights of the forthcoming 2026/27 season include Kurwenal in TRISTAN UND ISOLDE in Taipei, Jochanaan in SALOME in Seattle, his role debut as Telramund in LOHENGRIN in Ghent and Antwerp, and Pizarro in LEONORE at the Potsdam Festival.
Michael Kupfer-Radecky first attracted international attention in 2022 when he stepped in at short notice as Wotan in the premiere of DIE WALKÜRE at the Bayreuth Festival. Career highlights include Pizarro in FIDELIO and LEONORE at the Dresden Music Festival and in Katharina Wagner's production at the New National Theatre Tokyo, the title role in DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER at the National Theatre Mannheim, as well as guest appearances at the Bavarian State Opera and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London.