The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced its 2026-27 season.

Opera

Sondra Radvanovsky and Saioa Hernández lead Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” with Lucas Meachem, Szymon Mechliński, Brian Jagde,, Michael Fabiano and Jorge de Leon. Nicola Luisotti conducts Carlos Wagner’s production.

Performance Dates: Sept. 23-Oct. 11, 2026

Paul Agnew conducts Handel’s “Riccardo Primo, rè d’Inghilterra” with Jakub Józef Orliński, Melissa Petit, Alex Rosen, Andreas Wolf, Juliette Mey, and Hugh Cutting.

Performance Date: Oct. 21, 2026

Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” will be conducted by Stefano Montanari and directed by Robert Carsen. Mattia Olivieri, Carles Pachon, Olga Kulchynska, Elsa Dreisig, Sara Blanch, Giulia Semenzato, Luca Micheletti, German Olvera, Cecilia Molinari, and Lucia Caihuela.

Performance Dates: Nov. 10-27, 2026

Henrik Nánási conducts “Bluebeard’s Castle” with Anna Netrebko and Alexander Köpeczi. The concert also includes music by Liszt with pianist Misi Boros.

Performance Date: Nov. 28, 2026

Performance Dates: Dec. 16, 2026-Jan. 9, 2027

Julia Doyle, Tim Mead, Thomas Hobbs, and Roderick Williams lead Händel’s “Messiah” with Justin Doyle conducting.

Performance Date: Dec. 18, 2026, 2027

Sonya Yoncheva leads Giordano’s “Fedora” with Sabina Puertolas, Luciano Ganci and George Petean. Daniel Oren conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 10 & Feb. 7, 2027

Janácek’s “Káťa Kabanová” will star Peter Kalman, Matthew Newlin, Christa Mayer, Mané Galoyan, Michael Laurenz, and Bogdan Volkov. Gustavo Gimeno conducts the production by Christof Loy.

Performance Dates: Feb. 13-March 5, 2027

Busto’s “Bodas de Sangre” will star Marina Monzo, Ana Ibarra, Marina Pardo, Vicky Pena, Maria Terremoto, Reyes Carrasco, Ana Morales Santiago Sanchez, Jose Antonio Lopez, and Luis Cansino. Manuel Busto conducts the production by Bárbara Lluch. 

Performance Dates: March 9-14, 2027

Anna Netrebko headlines Ponchielli’s “La Gioconda” with Eve-Maude Hubeaux, Simon Lim, Lucile Richardot, Yusif Eyvazov, and Luca Salsi. Marco Armiliato conducts.

Performance Dates: March 31 & April 3, 2027

Teodor Currentzis conducts Bach’s “St Matthew Passion” with with Patrick Grahl, Johannes Kammler, David Fischer, Iveta Simonyan, Yulia Vakula, Ludwig Mittelhammer, and Christophe Dumaux.

Performance Dates: April 4, 2027

Marina Rebeka, Lisette Oropesa, Jessica Pratt, and Lidia Fridman headline Bellini’s “Norma” with Javier Camarena, Dmitry Korchak, Francesco Demuro, Riccardo Fassi, Krzysztof Bączyk, Maharram Huseynov, Aigul Akhmetshina, Rihab Chaieb, and Raffaela Lupinacci. Francesco Lanzillotta and John Fiore conducts the production by Justin Way.

Performance Dates: April 9-30, 2027

Michael Spyres, Madison Nonoa, Margherita Sala, Arianna Venditelli, Chelsea Zurfluh, and Alex Rosen star in Mozart’s “Mitridate.” Andrea Buccarella conducts.

Performance Date: April 18, 2027

“He Who Loves Beauty” will star in Mark Milhofer, Manuel Navarro, Gonzalo Villarruel, and Luis Alberto Dominguez. Rafael R. Villalobos directs. 

Performance Dates: April 29-May 4, 2027

Performance Date: May 4, 2027

Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” will star George Zeppenfeld, Clay Hilley, Andreas Schager, Ludovic Tezier, Andre Schuen, Airam Hernandez, Levente Pall, Malin Bystrom, Elisabeth Teige, Ausrine Stundyte, and Irene Roberts. Gustavo Gimeno conducts the production by David Hermann. 

Performance Dates: May 18-June 7, 2027

Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” will star Rene Barbera, Pietro Adaini, Dave Monaco, Misha Kiria, Nicola Alaimo, Pablo Ruiz, Marina Viotti, Isabel Leonard, Olga Syniakova, Andrzej Filończyk, Florian Sempey, German Olvera, Roberto Tagliavini, Maharram Huseynov, and Alejandro Lopez. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts the production by Damiano Michieletto. 

Performance Dates: July 3-21, 2027

Concerts

Pablo Heras-Casado leads the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra in scenes from the Ring Cycle with Catherine Foster, Klaus Florian Vogt, and Nicholas Brownlee.

Performance Date: Sept. 3, 2026

Xabier Anduaga will perform arias by Giuseppe Verdi, Gaetano Donizetti, Charles Gounod, and Jules Massenet as well as Zarzuela arias. Julio García Vico conducts.

Performance Date: Oct. 4, 2026

Veronique Gens and Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas team up for works by Jean-Philippe Rameau, Antoine Dauvergne, François Francœur, Henry Desmarets, and Joseph-François Salomon.

Performance Date: Nov. 25, 2026

Ermonela Jaho and Léo Vermot Desroches perform works by Massenet, Puccini, Leoncavallo, and Mascagni. Francesco Cilluffo conducts.

Performance Date: Jan, 23, 2027

Josep Planells conducts the 64 Concurso Tenor Viñas competition.

Performance Date: April 18, 2027

Benjamin Bernheim and Marc Leroy-Calatayud lead an evening of music by Charles Gounod, Georges Bizet, Hector Berlioz, Giuseppe Verdi, and Giacomo Puccini.

Performance Date: May 31, 2027

Anna Prohaska sings Kurt Weill and Bernhard Lang.

Performance Date: June 4, 2027