The New National Theatre Tokyo has announced its 2026-27 season.

First up is Rossini’s “Il Turco in Italia” under the baton of Alessandro Bonato, with production and costume design by Laurent Pelly. The cast includes Giorgi Manoshvili, Claudia Muschio, Paolo Bordogna, Ruzil Gatin, Bruno Taddia, Yuka Tajima, and Yasuhiro Yamamoto.

Performance Dates: Oct. 2–12, 2026

A new production of Britten’s “Peter Grimes” follows, conducted by Kazushi Ono, with production and lighting design by Robert Carsen. The cast features Brandon Jovanovich, Sally Matthews, Jordan Shanahan, Nicole Piccolomini, Hitomi Watanabe, Sachie Konno, Shuhei Itoga, Teppei Kono, Junko Saito, Kota Murakami, Kenichi Yoshikawa, and Hiroaki Otsuka.

Performance Dates: Nov. 23–Dec. 5, 2026

Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” is led by Ban Tetsuro, with a production by Andreas Homoki. The cast includes Shingo Sudo, Tamayo Yoshida, Yoshiaki Kimura, Kanae Kushima, Hiroka Yamashita, Ikuko Nakajima, Hidekazu Tsumaya, Hideyuki Aochi, Yu Mizuno, and Masahiko Hare.

Performance Dates: Dec. 6–12, 2026

Puccini’s “Tosca“ is conducted by Donato Renzetti in a production by Antonello Madau-Diaz, starring Carmen Giannattasio, Saimir Pirgu, Dalibor Jenis, Kenji Saiki, Shohei Ushiroda, Atsushi Okubo, and Masahiko Hare.

Performance Dates: Jan. 28–Feb. 11, 2027

Strauss’s “Salome“ is conducted by Ryusuke Numajiri, with a production by August Everding. The cast includes Hedvig Haugerud, Peter Tantsits, Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Kostas Smoriginas, Takayuki Hamamatsu, and Yuki Sugiyama.

Performance Dates: Feb. 6–13, 2027

Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana“ and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci“ are performed as a double bill, conducted by Kazushi Ono, with a production by Gilbert Deflo. The cast includes Chiara Mogini, Akiko Goke, Luciano Ganci, Shingo Sudo, Mutsumi Taniguchi, Roberto Aronica, Eri Nakamura, Massimo Cavalletti, Takamasa Sawahara, and Toshiaki Komada.

Performance Dates: March 6–16, 2027

Strauss’s “Der Rosenkavalier“ is conducted by Patrick Hahn in a production by Jonathan Miller. The cast features Kiandra Howarth, Guido Jentjens, Aya Wakizono, Kei Yonashiro, Noriko Tanetani, Hitomi Watanabe, Tatsundo Ito, Asami Fujii, Teppei Kono, Masahiko Hare, Hideyuki Aochi, and Takayuki Hamamatsu.

Performance Dates: April 2–11, 2027

Verdi’s “Falstaff“ follows, led by conductor Maurizio Benini, also in a production by Jonathan Miller. The cast includes Roberto Frontali, Ricardo José Rivera, Kota Murakami, Toshiaki Murakami, Shuhei Itoga, Hidekazu Tsumaya, Serena Farnocchia, Airi Sunada, Teresa Iervolino, and Yuka Kobayashi.

Performance Dates: April 21–29, 2027

Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin“ is conducted by Andriy Yurkevych, with a production by Dmitry Bertman. The cast stars Kristina Mkhitaryan, Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Pavel Valuzhin, Margarita Gritskova, Goderdzi Janelidze, Junko Saito, and Yuka Hashizume.

Performance Dates: May 16–23, 2027

The season concludes with a new production of Verdi’s “Macbeth,” conducted by Carlo Rizzi, with staging by Lorenzo Mariani. The cast includes Ernesto Petti, Karen Gardeazabal, Hidekazu Tsumaya, Paride Cataldo, Kota Murakami, Mutsumi Taniguchi, and Masumi Kubota.

Performance Dates: June 30–July 18, 2027