The Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège has announced its 2025-26 season.

Giampaolo Bisanti conducts Gound’s “Faust” in Thaddeus Strassberger’s production. The cast includes John Osborn, Erwin Schrott, Nino Machaidze, Markus Werba, and Elmina Hasan.

Performance Dates: Sept. 12-20, 2025

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Sieva Borzak conducts Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” with a cast that includes Francesca Dotto, Josè Maria Lo Monaco, Maxim Mironov, Vittorio Prato, Marco Filippo Romano, and Lavinia Bini. The production is by Vincent Dujardin.

Performance Dates: Oct. 10-23, 2025

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Nino Rota’s “Il cappello di paglia di Firenze” will star Ruzil Gatin, Pietro Spagnoli, Maria Grazia Schiavo, Josy Santos, Marcello Rosiello, Rodion Pogossov, Elena Galitskaya, Didier Pieri, Lorenzo Martelli, and Elisa Verzier. Leonardo Sini conducts Damiano Michieletto’s production.

Performance Dates: Nov. 16-25, 2025

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Nikolas Nägele conducts Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus” in a production by Olivier Lepelletier-Leeds. The cast includes Markus Werba, Anne-Catherine Gillet, Enkeleda Kamani, Christina Bock, Filip Filipović, Pierre Doyen, and Samuel Namotte.

Performance Dates: Dec. 19-31, 2025

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Olga Maslova and Arsen Soghomonyan lead Tchaikovsky’s “The Queen of Spades” with Olesya Petrova, Judit Kutasi, Roman Burdenko, Nikolai Zemlianskikh, and Alexey Dolgov. Giampaolo Bisanti conducts the production by Marie Lambert-Le Bihan.

Performance Dates: Feb. 27-March 7, 2026

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Jessica Pratt, Dmitry Korchak, Marko Mimica, and Julie Boulianne star in Donizetti’s “Lucrezia Borgia.” Giampaolo Bisanti conducts the production by Jean-Louis Grinda.

Performance Dates: April 10-18, 2026

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Karen Kamensek conducts a double bill of “Bartleby” by Benoît Mernier and “La Voix Humaine” by Poulenc. Vincent Boussard directs. Mernier’s opera stars Patrizia Ciofi, Edward Nelson, Damien Pass, and Santiago Bürgi while Poulenc’s work will star Kristīne Opolais.

Performance Dates: May 13-21, 2026

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Francesco Lanzillotta conducts Verdi’s “Otello” in a production by Allex Aguilera. Luciano Ganci sings the title role alongside Maria Teresa Leva and Roman Burdenko.

Performance Dates: June 19-27, 2026

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Concerts 

Guillaume Tourniaire conducts a gala in honor of the late soprano Jodie Devos, featuring artists such as Julien Behr, Patrick Bolleire, Nicole Car, Patrizia Ciofi, Sabine Devieilhe, Étienne Dupuis, Anne-Catherine Gillet, Lionel Lhote, Anaïk Morel, Éléonore Pancrazi, and Reinoud Van Mechelen.

Performance Date: Nov. 28, 2025

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Giampaolo Bisanti conducts Alexander Marev in a concert inspired by “Faust.”

Performance Date: March 21, 2026

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Youth Opera

“Lucile et les pages perdues de Grétry” will be conducted by Véronique Tollet.

Performance Dates: Nov. 12-22, 2025

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“Richard Cœur de Lion” will be conducted by Matteo Dal Maso and directed by Quentin Wasteels.

Performance Dates: Jan. 14-18, 2026