Cancelled or postponed world première performances

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the following world première performances were cancelled or postponed :

- Willem Jeths, Ritratto, Amsterdam, March 13, 2020 ;
- Laurence Jobidon, L'Hiver attend beaucoup de moi, Montréal, March 19, 2020 ;
- Thierry Pécou, Until the Lions, Strasbourg, March 21st, 2020 ;
- Paola Prestini, Edward Tulane, St. Paul (Minnesota Opera), March 21st, 2020 ;
- Tomas Marco, Policias y ladrones, Madrid (Zarzuela), March 26, 2020 ;
- Ben Moore, The House on Kronenstrasse, New York (Chelsea Opera), March 27, 2020 ;
- Christian Jost, Voyage vers l'espoir, Genève, March 30, 2020 ;
- Peter Bruun, The Merchant of Death, Copenhagen, March 31, 2020 ;
- Salvatore Sciarrino, Il canto s'attrista, perché ?, Klagenfurt, April 3, 2020 ;
- Avner Dorman, Die Kinder des Sultans, Dortmund, April 5, 2020 ;
- Ben Frost, Der Mordfall Halit Yozgat, Hannover, April 17, 2020 ;
- Lucia Ronchetti, Inferno, Frankfurt (Bockenheimer Depot), April 18, 2020 (postponed to June 27, 2021) ;
- Mike Svoboda, Die Katze, die ihre eigenen Wege ging, Linz, April 19, 2020 ;
- Johanna Doderer, Schuberts Reise nach Atzenbrugg, München (Gärtnerplatz.), April 23, 2020 ;
- Héctor Armienta, Zorro, Fort Worth, April 26, 2020 ;
- Thierry Escaich, Shirine, Lyon, May 2nd, 2020 (postponed to May 7, 2022) ;
- Christian Favre, Davel, Lausanne, May 3rd, 2020 ;
- Jan Dvorak, Krabat, Gelsenkirchen, May 9, 2020 ;
- Volker Plangg, Katharina Kepler, Pforzheim, May 16, 2020 ;
- Andres Reukauf, Jonas, der Walfisch, Hagen, May 16, 2020 ;
- Gordon Kampe, Spring doch, Munich, May 17, 2020 (postponed to December 4, 2020) ;
- Ole Hübner, Revenants and Revolution, Munich, May 17, 2020 ;
- Stefan Wirth : Girl with a Pearl Earring, Zurich, May 24, 2020.