Turandot, Puccini in Mariinsky
2 February Music by Giacomo PucciniLibretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni after motifs from the story of the same name by Carlo Gozzi Musical Director: Valery GergievStage Director: Charles RoubaudSet Designer: Isabelle Partiot-Pieri
Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Offenbach in Staatsoper Berlin
Opéra fantastique in fünf Akten (1881) March 2026 Musik von Jacques OffenbachText von Jules Barbier nach dem gleichnamigen Schauspiel von Jules Barbier und Michel Carré
Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky in Metropolitan Opera
APR 20 – MAY 16 Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin. Baritone Igor Golovatenko reprises his portrayal of the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. The Met’s evocative […]
Don Giovanni, Mozart in New National Theatre Tokyo
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartOpera in 2 ActsSung in Italian with English and Japanese surtitles
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsens district, Shostakovich in La Scala
Opera in four acts Libretto by Aleksandr Prejs and Dmitrij Šostakovic Based on the novella of the same name by Nikolaj Leskov Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus Teatro alla Scala New Production From 7 to 30 December 2025 more info below Conductor RICCARDO CHAILLY Staging VASILY BARKHATOV Sets ZINOVY MARGOLIN Costumes OLGA SHAISHMELASHVILI Lights […]
Turandot, Puccini in La Scala
From 25 June to 15 July 2024 Opera in three acts and five scenes Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus Treble Voices Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala Academy Teatro alla Scala New Production Conductor DANIEL HARDING Staging DAVIDE LIVERMORE Sets ELEONORA PERONETTI, PAOLO GEP CUCCO, DAVIDE LIVERMORE Costumes MARIANA FRACASSO […]
SIMON BOCCANEGRA, Verdi in Opéra national de Paris
Giuseppe Verdi from 12 March to 03 April 2024 Although not the best-known of Verdi’s operas, Simon Boccanegra was one of his favourites, to the extent that he extensively reworked it 24 years after its Venice premiere in 1857. What a destiny Simon Boccanegra enjoyed! This former privateer, elected doge of Genoa, wishes to re-establish peace within […]
Les Huguenots, Meyerbeer in Mariinsky
Opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer 29 of February, 01, 02, 10 of March 2024 World premiere: 29 February 1836, Académie Royale de Musique, Paris Premiere at the Bolshoi (Kamennyi) Theatre: 31 January 1850, Imperial Italian Opera Company, St Petersburg First production at the Mariinsky Theatre: 2 February 1862Premiere of this production: 29 February 2024
EUGEN ONEGIN, Tschaikowski in Vienna State Opera
Music Piotr I. Tschaikowski, Text Piotr I. Tschaikowski & Konstantin Schilowski On March 01, 03, 06, 09 A dandy who is as wandering as he is incapable of commitment coolly rejects the love of a landowner’s daughter – while she grows from this rejection, he breaks from his neglect.