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The National Opera of Paris announced a performance lineup for 2019/2020 season. The biggest topic is to make a new cycle of Wagner’s “The Ring of the Nibelung” appear. Calixto Bieito is working on a new production. Jonas Kaufmann and other luxurious singers were appointed.

At the stage of the performance, “The Rhinegold” performed April 2 – 15th. “The Valkyrie” is from May 5th to 27th, “Siegfried” is from October 10th to 18th, “Twilight of the gods” is November 13th to 21st. The conductor is Philippe Jordan. Continuous performance of 4 works will be made twice, from November 23 to 28, December 30 to January 6.

The singers who appear in the cycle are as follows. Iain Paterson, Ekaterina Gubanova, Anna Gabler, Jonas Kaufmann, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Martina Serafin, John Relyea, Julie Fuchs, Andreas Schager, Ricarda Merbeth, Sarah Connolly, Johannes Martin Kränzle.

In the 2019/2020 season we will present 19 pieces. The new production is as follows.


Verdi《La traviata》
September 12 – October 16
PRODUCTION：Mark Stone
CONDUCTOR：Michele Mariotti
CAST：Pretty Yende　/　Nino Machaidze　/　Benjamin Bernheim　/　Atalla Ayan　/　Ludovic Tezier　/　Jean-Francois Lapointe

Rameau《Les Indes Galantes》
September 27 – October 15
PRODUCTION：Clément Cogitore
CONDUCTOR：Victor García Alarcón
CAST：Sabine Devieilhe　/　Jodie Devos　/　Julie Fuchs　/　Mathias Vidal　/　Stanislas de Barbeyrac　/　Alexandre Duhamel　/　Edwin Crossley-Mercer　/　Florian Sempey

Borodin《Prince Igor》
November 28 – December 26
PRODUCTION：Barrie Kosky
CONDUCTOR：Philippe Jordan
CAST：Elena Stikhina　/　Anita Rachvelishvili　/　Pavel Cernoch　/　Evgeny Nikitin

Massenet《Manon》
February 29, 2020 – April 10
PRODUCTION：Vincent Huguet
CONDUCTOR：Dan Ettinger
CAST：Pretty Yende　/　Sofia Fomina　/　Benjamin Bernheim　/　Stephen Costello　/　Ludovic Tezier　/　Roberto Tagliavini

Photo：Opéra national de Paris


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