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The Opéra national de Paris has announced its performance lineup for the new season, the 2025/2026 season. The season will open with Puccini’s “La Bohème”. There will be seven new productions, including a rare performance of Antonia Bembo（1643-1715）’s “Ercole Amante”.

In addition, Wagner’s “The Ring of the Nibelung”, which has been performed under the direction of Calisto Bieto, will feature “Die Walküre” and “Siegfried”. The lineup is as follows.


Puccini “La Bohème”
Sep. 12　→
［PRODUCTION］Claus Guth
［CONDUCTOR］Domingo Hindoyan
［CAST］Nicole Car – Yaritza Véliz　/　Charles Castronovo – Joshua Guerrero　/　Andrea Carroll　/　Étienne Dupuis　/　Xiaomeng Zhang　/　Alexandros Stavrakakis

Handel “Ariodante”
Sep. 16　→
［PRODUCTION］Robert Carsen
［CONDUCTOR］Raphaël Pichon（Ensemble Pygmalion）
［CAST］Cecilia Molinari　/　Luca Tittoto　/　Jacquelyn Stucker　/　Sabine Devieilhe　/　Rupert Charlesworth　/　Christophe Dumaux　/　Enrico Casari

Verdi “Aida” = New Production
Sep. 24　→
［PRODUCTION］Shirin Neshat
［CONDUCTOR］Michele Mariotti – Dmitry Matvienko
［CAST］Saioa Hernández – Ewa Płonka　/　Piotr Beczała – Gregory Kunde　/　Eve-Maud Hubeaux – Judit Kutasi　/　Roman Burdenko – Amartüvshin Enkhbat　/　Alexander Köpeczi　/　Krzysztof Bączyk

Wagner “Die Walküre” = New Production
Nov. 11　→
［PRODUCTION］Calixto Bieito
［CONDUCTOR］Pablo Heras-Casado
［CAST］Stanislas de Barbeyrac　/　Iain Paterson　/　Günther Groissböck　/　Elza van den Heever　/　Tamara Wilson　/　Eve-Maud Hubeaux

Mozart “Le Nozze di Figaro”
Nov. 15　→
［PRODUCTION］Netia Jones
［CONDUCTOR］Antonello Manacorda
［CAST］Gordon Bintner　/　Vartan Gabrielian　/　Sabine Devieilhe　/　Ilanah Lobel-Torres　/　Christian Gerhaher　/　Jérôme Boutillier　/　Hanna-Elisabeth Müller　/　Margarita Polonskaya　/　Lea Desandre　/　Seray Pinar

Puccini “Tosca”
Nov. 23　→
［PRODUCTION］Pierre Audi
［CONDUCTOR］Oksana Lyniv – Jader Bignamini
［CAST］Saioa Hernández – Elena Stikhina – Angel Blue – Sondra Radvanovsky　/　Roberto Alagna – Jonas Kaufmann – Adam Smith – Freddie De Tommaso – Yusif Eyvazov　/　Alexey Markov – Ludovic Tézier – Gevorg Hakobyan

Wagner “Siegfried” = New Production
Jan. 17　→
［PRODUCTION］Calixto Bieito
［CONDUCTOR］Pablo Heras-Casado
［CAST］Andreas Schager　/　Gerhard Siegel　/　Iain Paterson　/　Brian Mulligan　/　Mika Kares　/　Marie-Nicole Lemieux　/　Tamara Wilson　/　Ilanah Lobel-Torres

Tchaikovsky “Eugene Onegin” = New Production
Jan. 26　→
［PRODUCTION］Ralph Fiennes
［CONDUCTOR］Semyon Bychkov　/　Case Scaglione
［CAST］Boris Pinkhasovich　/　Ruzan Mantashyan　/　Bogdan Volkov　/　Marvic Monreal　/　Dmitry Belosselskiy

Verdi “Un Ballo in Maschera”
Jan. 27　→
［PRODUCTION］Gilbert Deflo
［CONDUCTOR］Speranza Scappucci
［CAST］Matthew Polenzani　/　Anna Netrebko　/　Angela Meade　/　Igor Golovatenko　/　Ludovic Tézier　/　Andrii Kymach　/　Sara Blanch　/　Elizabeth DeShong

Bizet “Carmen”
Feb. 7　→
［PRODUCTION］Calixto Bieito
［CONDUCTOR］Keri-Lynn Wilson
［CAST］Stéphanie d’Oustrac – Victoria Karkacheva　/　Russell Thomas – Jean‑François Borras　/　Amina Edris　/　Erwin Schrott

John Adams “Nixon in China”
Feb. 24　→
［PRODUCTION］Valentina Carrasco
［CONDUCTOR］Kent Nagano
［CAST］Thomas Hampson　/　Renée Fleming　/　John Matthew Myers　/　Caroline Wettergreen　/　Joshua Bloom

Mozart “La Finta Giardiniera” = New Production
Mar. 24　→
［PRODUCTION］Julie Delille
［CONDUCTOR］Chloé Dufresne
［CAST］artists in residence at the Paris Opera Academy.

Philip Glass “Satyagraha” = New Production
Apr. 10　→
［PRODUCTION］Bobbi Jene Smith
［CONDUCTOR］Ingo Metzmacher
［CAST］Anthony Roth Costanzo　/　Ilanah Lobel-Torres　/　Davóne Tines　/　Adriana Bignagni Lesca　/　Olivia Boen　/　Deepa Johnny　/　Amin AhangaranKazushi ŌnoNicky Spence　/　Nicolas Cavallier

Dvořák “Rusalka”
May. 2
［PRODUCTION］Robert Carsen
［CONDUCTOR］Kazushi Ōno
［CAST］Nicole Car　/　Sergei Skorokhodov　/　Ekaterina Gubanova　/　Alissa Kolossova　/　Dimitry Ivashchenko　/　Jamie Barton

Antonia Bembo “Ercole Amante” = New Production
May. 28　→
［PRODUCTION］Netia Jones
［CONDUCTOR］Leonardo García Alarcón
［CAST］Andreas Wolf　/　Julie Fuchs　/　Ana Vieira Leite　/　Deepa Johnny　/　Marcel Beekman　/　Alasdair Kent　/　Sandrine Piau　/　Théo Imart　/　Teona Todua　/　 Alex Rosen

Donizetti “La Cenerentola”
Jun. 3　→
［PRODUCTION］Guillaume Gallienne
［CONDUCTOR］Enrique Mazzola
［CAST］Lawrence Brownlee　/　Nicola Alaimo　/　Huw Montague Rendall　/　Ilanah Lobel-Torres　/　Maria Warenberg　/　Adolfo Corrado

Verdi “La Traviata”
Jun. 4　→
［PRODUCTION］Simon Stone
［CONDUCTOR］Marta Gardolińska
［CAST］Aida Garifullina – Pretty Yende　/　Xabier Anduaga – René Barbera　/　Roman Burdenko – Ludovic Tézier

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