The Opéra de Dijon has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the vocal performances.

The Orchestre National de France performs alongside Cristian Măcelaru and Joyce DiDonato. The program includes music by Alma and Gustav Mahler and Strauss.

Performance Date: Oct. 9, 2025

Lea Desandre stars as Händel’s “Theodora” with Hugh Cutting, Véronique Gens, Laurence Kilsby, and Alex Rosen. Thomas Dunford conducts.

Performance Date: Oct. 12, 2025

Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” will be performed in a double bill. Mascagni’s work will star Tadeusz Szlenkier, Svetlana Lifar, Aleksei Isaev, and Valentine Lemercier, while Leoncavallo’s work will star Galina Cheplakova, Tadeusz Szlenkier, Aleksei Isaev, Grégoire Mour, and Ramiro Maturana. Débora Waldman conducts the production by Silvia Paoli.

Performance Date: Nov. 5-9, 2025

Felix Fourdrain’s “Les contes de Perrault” will be performed by Anaïs Merlin, Julie Mathevet, Camille Brault, Romain Dayez, Enguerrand de Hys, Lara Neumann, Hortense Venot, Éléonore Gagey, Richard Delestre, Philippe Brocard, Lucile Komitès, and Geoffroy Buffière. Dylan Corlay conducts the production by Valérie Lesort.

Performance Dates: Nov. 21 & 23, 2025

Emőke Baráth and Carlo Vistoli perform Pergolesi’s “Stabat Mater.” Emmanuelle Haïm conducts the Orchestre Le Concert d’Astrée.

Performance Date: Nov. 28, 2025

Perrine Devillers, Charlotte La Thrope, William Shelton, Hugo Hymas, and Victor Sicard perform Bach’s “Magnificat.” Vincent Dumestre conducts the Orchestre et Chœur Le Poème Harmonique.

Performance Date: Dec. 11, 2025

Michael Spyres & Mathieu Pordoy perform Liszt, Berlioz, and Beethoven.

Performance Date: Jan. 9, 2026

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Sir John Eliot Gardiner perform Rameau and Debussy. Anna Prohaska is the soloist.

Performance Date: Jan. 15, 2026

Angel Romero, Lucie Peyramaure, Yoann Dubruque, Florie Valiquette, Louis de Lavignère, and Adrien Mathonat star in Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Marta Gardolińska conducts David Geselson’s production.

Performance Dates: March 11-17, 2026