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Opéra National de Paris has announced its 2021-22 season. Here is the full slate.

Operas

“The Seven Deaths of Maria Callas” by Marina Abramovic will open the season. The showcase stars Nadezhda Karyazina, Selene Zanetti, Leah Hawkins, Adela Zaharia, Lauren Fagan, Gabriella Reyes, and Hera Hyesang Park. Yoel Gamzou conducts.

Performance dates: Sep. 1 – 4, 2021

Gluck‘s “Iphigénie en Tauride” spotlights Nicole Chevalier, Jacques Imbrailo, Julien Behr, Jean‑François Lapointe, Marianne Croux, Jeanne Ireland, and Christophe Gay. Thomas Hengelbrock and Iñaki Encina Oyón conduct the production by Krzysztof Warlikowski.

Performance dates: Sep. 14 – Oct. 2, 2021

Enescu’s operatic masterwork “Œdipe” features Christopher Maltman, Sir John Tomlinson, Brian Mulligan, Vincent Ordonneau, Laurent Naouri, Nicolas Cavallier, Adrian Timpau, Graham Clark, Ekaterina Gubanova,
Clémentine Margaine, Anna-Sophie Neher, Anne-Sofie Von Otter, and Daniela Entcheva. Ingo Metzmacher conducts the production by Wajdi Mouawad.

Performance dates: Sep. 20 – Oct. 14, 2021

Donizetti‘s “L’Elisir d’amore” will showcase Sydney Mancasola, Matthew Polenzani, Pene Pati, Simone Del Savio, Carlo Lepore, Ambrogio Maestri, and Lucrezia Drei. Giampaolo Bisanti and Leonardo Sini conduct the production by Laurent Pelly.

Performance dates: Sep. 28 – Nov. 9, 2021

Hannu Lintu will conduct Willy Decker’s production of Wagner‘s “Der Fliegende Holländer.” The opera will star Tomasz Konieczny, Günther Groissböck, Ricarda Merbeth, Agnes Zwierko, Michael Weinius, and Thomas Atkins.

Performance dates: Oct. 7 – Nov. 6, 2021

Verdi‘s “Rigoletto” spotlights Ludovic Tézier and Željko Lučić in the title role; Nadine Sierra and Irina Lungu as Gilda; and Dmitry Korchak and Joseph Calleja as Duca di Mantua. The cast is rounded out with Goderdzi Janelidze, Justina Gringyté, Bogdan Talos, Cassandre Berthon, Jean-Luc Ballestra, Maciej Kwaśnikowski, Izabella Wnorowska-Pluchart, Lise Nougier, Marine Chagnon, and Pierpaolo Palloni. Dan Ettinger and Giacomo Sagripanti conduct the production by Claus Guth.

Performance dates: Oct. 23 – Nov. 24, 2021

“Voix d’automne” features music by Alessandro Scarlatti, Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Robert Schumann, and Gustav Mahler. The performance showcases Marine Chagnon, Ilanah Lobel-Torres, Fernando Escalona, Kiup Lee, Aaron Pendleton, Kseniia Proshina, Tobias Westman, Yiorgo Ioannou, Alejandro Baliñas Vieites, Felix Ramos, and Carlos Sanchis Aguirre.

Performance dates: Oct. 23 – 24, 2021

Händel‘s “Alcina” features Jeanine de Bique, Gaëlle Arquez, Sabine Devieilhe, Elsa Benoit, Roxana Constantinescu, Rupert Charlesworth, and Nicolas Courjal. Thomas Hengelbrock and Iñaki Encina Oyón conduct the production by Robert Carsen.

Performance dates: Nov. 25 – Dec. 30, 2021

Leonardo García Alarcón conducts the Luigi de Angelis’ production of Joseph Haydn’s “L’Isola disabitata.” The opera showcases Kseniia Proshina, Andrea Cueva Molnar, Ilanah Lobel-Torres, Lise Nougier, Kiup Lee, Tobias Westman, Alexander Ivanov, and Yiorgo Ioannou.

Performance dates: Nov. 27 – Dec. 3, 2021, Grand Théâtre de Dijon

Puccini‘s “Turandot” will spotlight Gwyn Hughes Jones as Calaf and Elena Pankratova in the title role. The cast also includes Vanessa Vasquez, Vitalij Kowaljow, Carlo Bosi, Adrian Timpau, Jinxu Xiahou, Matthew Newlin, and Sava Vemić. Gustavo Dudamel conducts the production by Robert Wilson.

Performance dates: Dec. 1 – 30, 2021

Mozart‘s timeless opera “Le Nozze di Figaro” stars Peter Mattei as Count Almaviva; Maria Bengtsson and Miah Persson as Countess Almaviva; Ying Fan as Susanna; and Ildebrando D’Arcangelo in the title role. The cast will be rounded out by Lea Desandre, Angelika Kirchschlager, James Creswell, Michael Colvin, Christophe Mortagne, Kseniia Proshina, Marc Labonnette, Andrea Cueva Molnar, and Ilanah Lobel-Torres. Gustavo Dudamel conducts the production by Netia Jones.

Performance dates: Jan. 19 – Feb. 18, 2022

Mússorgsky’s “Khovanshchina,” in the famed orchestration by Dmitry Shostakovich, will star Dimitry Ivashchenko, Sergei Skorokhodov, John Daszak, Evgeny Nikitin, Dmitry Belosseslkiy, Anita Rachvelishvili, Carole Wilson, Gerhard Siegel, Olga Busuoic, Wojtek Smilek, Vasily Efimov, Tomasz Kumiega, Gleb Peryazev, Alexander Milev, and Fernando Velasquez. Hartmut Haenchen conducts the production by Andrei Șerban.

Performance dates: Jan. 26 – Feb. 18, 2022

Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” spotlights Christian Van Horn, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Adela Zaharia, Pavel Petrov, Nicole Car, Krzysztof Bączyk, Mikhail Timoshenko, and Anna El-Khashem. Bertrand de Billy conducts the production by Ivo Van Hove.

Performance dates: Feb. 1 – March 11, 2022

James Gaffigan conducts the Vincent Huguet’s production of Massenet’s “Manon.” The opera stars Joshua Guerrero as Le Chevalier des Grieux, Jean Teitgen as Le Comte des Grieux, and Ailyn Pérez in the title role. The cast also includes Rodolphe Briand, Marc Labonnette, Andrea Cueva Molnar, Andrzej Filończyk, Ilanah Lobel-Torres, Jeanne Ireland, Philippe Rouillon, Laurent Laberdesque, and Julien Joguet.

Performance dates: Feb. 5 – 26, 2022

Monteverdi’s “L’incoronazione di Poppea” will be conducted by Vincent Dumestre. Alain Françon is the director.

Performance dates: March 2 – 26, 2022, Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet | Grand Théâtre de Dijon

Berg’s “Wozzeck” will feature Johan Reuter, John Daszak, Tansel Akzeybek, Gerhard Siegel, Falk Struckmann, Mikhail Timoshenko, Tobias Westman, Heinz Göhrig, Eva‑Maria Westbroek, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, and Vincent Morell. Susanna Mälkki conducts the production by William Kentridge.

Performance dates: March 7 – 30, 2022

“A Quiet Place” by Leonard Bernstein will star Patricia Petibon, Frédéric Antoun, Gordon Bintner, and Russell Braun. Kent Nagano conducts the production by Krzysztof Warlikowski.

Performance dates: March 7 – 30, 2022

Massenet‘s “Cendrillon” spotlights Tara Erraught, Daniela Barcellona, Anna Stephany, Kathleen Kim, Charlotte Bonnet, Marion Lebègue, Lionel Lhote, Philippe Rouillon, Cyrille Lovighi, Olivier Ayault, and Vadim Artamonov. Carlo Rizzi conducts the production by Mariame Clément.

Performance dates: March 23 – April 28, 2022

György Kurtag’s “Fin de Partie” will be headlined by Frode Olsen, Leigh Melrose, Hilary Summers, and Leonardo Cortellazzi. Markus Stenz conducts the production by Pierre Audi.

Performance dates: April 28 – May 19, 2022

Strauss’ “Elektra” stars Christine Goerke in the title role, Elza van den Heever as Chrysothemis, and Waltraud Meier as Klytämnestra. The cast also includes Gerhard Siegel and Tómas Tomasson. Semyon Bychkov and Case Scaglione conduct the production by Robert Carsen.

Performance dates: May 10 – June 1, 2022

Wagner’s “Parsifal” spotlights Iain Paterson as Amfortas, Reinhard Hagen as Titurel, Kwangchul Youn as Gurnemanz, Falk Struckmann as Klingsor, Marina Prudenskaya as Kundry, and Simon O’Neill in the title role. The cast is rounded with Neal Cooper, William Thomas, Tamara Banjesevic, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Tobias Westman, Maciej Kwaśnikowski, Claudia Huckle, Kseniia Proshina, Andrea Cueva Molnar, and Ramya Roy. Simone Young conducts the production by Richard Jones.

Performance dates: May 24 – June 12, 2022

Rossini‘s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” stars René Barbera, Renato Girolami, Marianne Crebassa, Andrzej Filończyk, Alex Esposito, Katherine Broderick, and Christian Rodrigue Moungoungou. Roberto Abbado conducts the production by Damiano Michieletto.

Performance dates: May 30 – June 19, 2022

Jean-Philippe Rameau’s “Platée” features Mathias Vidal, Nahuel di Pierro, Marc Mauillon, Julie Fuchs, Amina Edris, Tamara Bounazou, Lawrence Brownlee, Jean Teitgen, Reinoud Van Mechelen, and Adriana Bignani-Lesca. Marc Minkowski conducts the production by Laurent Pelly.

Performance dates: June 17 – July 12, 2022

Finally, Gounod’s “Faust” stars Benjamin Bernheim, Christian Van Horn, Florian Sempey, Guilhem Worms, Angel Blue, Emily D’Angelo, and Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo. Thomas Hengelbrock conducts the production by Tobias Kratzer.

Performance dates: June 28 – July 13, 2022

Concerts & Recitals

The Inaugural Concert will feature duets and arias by Bizet, Wagner, Verdi, Britten, and Richard Strauss. Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Orchestra, Chorus, Academy’s artists, and guest performers.

Performance date: Sep. 22, 2021

Young students of the Academy, including Yiorgo Ioannou, Alexander Ivanov, Niall Anderson, Aaron Pendleton, Ilanah Lobel-Torres, Kseniia Proshina, Martina Russomanno, Marine Chagnon, Lise Nougier, Fernando Escalona, and Kiup Lee, will give a concert.

Performance date: Sep. 29, 2021

“Ballade du Nord” spotlights Ilanah Lobel-Torres, Martina Russomanno, Fernando Escalona, Niall Anderson, Alejandro Baliñas Vieites, and Aaron Pendleton.

Performance date: Nov. 9, 2021

Concert de fêtes will showcase students of the Academy performing light music.

Performance date: Dec. 16, 2021

Josep Pons conducts Aušrinė Stundytė and Sir Bryn Terfel in the concert version of Béla Bartók’s ‘ “Bluebeard’s Castle.”

Performance date: Jan. 9, 2022

Kent Nagano conducts Ekaterina Gubanova for a performance of Wagner’s “Wesendonck Lieder.”

Performance date: March 22, 2022

A gala concert will spotlight Renée Fleming in a semi-staged production by Robert Carsen. James Conlon conducts.

Performance date: April 6, 2022

The Artists of the Academy will perform works by Samuel Barber, Copland, and Vaughan-Williams.

Performance date: May 17, 2022