Oper Köln
Junghänel became professor of the Hochschule für Musik Köln in 1994. He conducted opera at the Theater Basel, the Staatsoper Hamburg, Staatsoper Hannover and Staatsoper Stuttgart, Cologne Opera, Komische Oper Berlin, Deutsche Oper am Rhein and the Staatstheater Saarbrücken, among others, working with directors such as Herbert Wernicke, Nigel Lowery, Karin Beier and Calixto Bieito. Since the 2009/2010 season, Junghänel has collaborated with director Uwe Eric Laufenberg at the Cologne Opera. In 2012, he conducted Handel's opera "Xerxes" at the Komische Oper Berlin, directed by Stefan Herheim, with Stella Doufexis in the title role.