The Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège has announced its 2024-25 season.

Opera

The season opens with Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Giampaolo Bisanti conducting a production by Thaddeus Strassberger. Irina Lungu, Dmitry Korchak, and Simone Piazzola star.

Performance Dates: Sept. 13-24, 2024

Leoš Janáček’s “Kát’a Kabanová” will star Anush Hovhannisyan, Anton Rositskiy, Nino Surguladze, Sergei Skorokhodov, Jana Kurucová, Dmitry Cheblykov, Alexey Dolgov, Daniel Miroslaw, and Anne-Lise Polchlopek. Michael Güttler conducts the production by Aurore Fattier.

Performance Dates: Oct. 18-26, 2024

Offenbach’s “La Périchole” will star Antoinette Dennefeld, Pierre Derhet, Lionel Lhote, Rodolphe Briand, Ivan Thirion, Julie Mossay, Marie Kalinine, Aliénor Feix, Julie Bailly, Eddy Letexier, and Maxime Melnik. Clelia Cafiero conducts the production by Laurent Pelly.

Performance Dates: Dec. 20-31, 2024

Michael Weinius and Lianna Haroutounian lead Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” with Violeta Urmana, Evgeny Stavinsky, Birger Radde, and Alexander Marev. Giampaolo Bisanti conducts the production by Jean-Claude Berutti.

Performance Dates: Jan. 28-Feb. 8, 2025

Nicola Alaimo, John Osborn, Salome Jicia, Elena Galitskaya, Emanuela Pascu, Patrick Bolleire, and Inho Jeong star in Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell.” Stefano Montanari conducts the production by Jean-Louis Grinda.

Performance Dates: March 12-20, 2025

Arturo Chacón-Cruz leads Massenet’s “Werther” with Clémentine Margaine, Elena Galitskaya, and Ivan Thirion. Giampaolo Bisanti conducts the production by Fabrice Murgia.

Performance Dates: April 13-22, 2025

Ambrogio Maestri, Maria Laura Iacobellis, Maxim Mironov, and Marcello Rosiello lead Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale.” Dayner Tafur-Díaz conducts the production by Mirabelle Ordinaire.

Performance Dates: May 17-28, 2025

The season concludes with Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” which will star Davide Luciano, Carolina López Moreno, Federica Guida, Biagio Pizzuti, and Chiara Tirotta. Leonardo Sini conducts the production by Jean-Romain Vesperini.

Performance Dates: June 20-28, 2025

Concert

Giampaolo Bisanti conducts an inaugural concert at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège.

Performance Date: Sept. 1, 2024

Giampaolo Bisanti conducts a Puccini gala with Marigona Qerkezi and Galeano Salas.

Performance Date: Nov. 29, 2024

Giampaolo Bisanti conducts Berlioz’s “La Damnation de Faust” with Vittorio Grigolo, Erwin Schrott, and Julie Boulianne.

Performance Date: March 28, 2025

Youth Opera 

“Le Château enchanté” will be presented.

Performance Dates: Nov. 20-24, 2024

The company will present “La belle et franche aventure de Petit-Guillaume.”

Performance Dates: Jan. 26-Feb. 1, 2025