The New National Theatre Tokyo has announced its 2025-26 season featuring two new productions and eight revivals with a total of 46 performances.

Marina Costa-Jackson leads Puccini’s “La Bohème” with  Luciano Ganci, Massimo Cavalletti, Hare Ito, Toshiaki Komada, and Andrea Pellegrini. Paolo Olmi conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 1-11, 2025

Berg’s “Wozzeck” will get a new production by Richard Jones. Kazushi Ono conducts the production featuring Thomas Johannes Mayer,  John Daszak, Tatsundo Ito, Arnold Bezuyen, Jennifer Davis, Akiko Goke, and Hidekazu, Tsumaya.

Performance Dates: Nov. 15-24, 2025

Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” will star Giulia Semenzato, Sara Mingardo, and Yuki Sugiyama. Ryuichiro Sonoda conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 4-7, 2025

Thomas Blondelle and Sabina Cvilak lead Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus” alongside Levent Bakirci, Daichi Fujiki, Tatsundo Ito, Rafael Fingerlos, Maria Chabounia, Hideyuki Aochi, Horst Lamnek, and Sachie Konno. Daniel Cohen conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 22-29, 2026

Vladimir Stoyanov sings the title role in Verdi’s “Rigoletto” with Eri Nakamura, Lawrence Brownlee, Kenji Saiki, and Kasumi Shimizu. Daniele Callegari conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 22-29, 2026

Vito Priante sings the title role in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with Taiki Tanaka, Daniel Giulianini, Irina Lungu, Dave Monaco, Sara Cortolezzis, Kei Kondo, and Mao Morita. Norichika Iimori conducts.

Performance Dates: March 5-12, 2026

Carolina Lopez Moreno leads Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Antonio Coriano and Roberto Frontali. Leo Hussain conducts.

Performance Dates: April 2-12, 2026

Francesca Pia Vitale, Matteo Desole, Simone Alberghini, and Marco Filippo Romano lead Donizetti’s “L’Elsir d’Amore.” Marco Guidarini conducts.

Performance Dates: April 2-12, 2026

Masenet’s “Werther” will be headlined by Charles Castronovo and Aya Wakizono. Andriy Yurkevych conducts a cast that also includes Shingo Sudo and Airi Sunada.

Performance Dates: May 24-30, 2026

Johannes Erath directs a new production of Strauss’ “Elektra”  with Kazushi Ono conducting. The cast includes Mihoko Fujimura, Aile Asszonyi, Hedvig Hauherud, Kazuma Kudi, and Egils Silins.

Performance Dates: June 29-July 12, 2026