Julie Fuchs, Julie Roset, Catherine Hunold & Ana Vieira Leite Lead Opéra Grand Avignon’s 2025-26 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Opéra Grand Avignon has announced its 2025-26 season.
Opera
Débora Waldman conducts a production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” by Frédéric Roels. The opera will star Armando Noguera, Gabrielle Philiponet, Lianghua Gong, Mischa Schelomianski, Anaïk Morel, Tomislav Lavoie, Aimery Lefèvre, and Eduarda Melo.
Performance Dates: Oct. 10-14, 2025
Mauro Borgioni, Marie Théoleyre, Floriane Hasler, Anna Rheinold, Furio Zanasi, and Salvo Vitale star in Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo.” Jordi Savall conducts the production by Pauline Bayle.
Performance Dates: Nov. 21 & 23, 2025
Larry Blank conducts “Company” with James Bonas directing. Gaétan Borg, Jasmine Roy, Scott Emerson, Jeanne Jerosme, Sinan Bertrand, Marion Préïté, Arnaud Masclet, Camille Mesnard, Eva Gentili, Loïc Suberville, and Camille Nicolas star.
Performance Dates: Dec. 28-31, 2025
Franceschini’s “Décaméron” will star Charlotte Avias, Clara Barbier-Serrano, Elena Caccamo, Mathieu Dubroca, Hélène Escriva, Elena Olga Groppo, Robin Kirklar, Laure Magnien, Laura Muller, and Manuel Nuñez-Camelino. Bianca Chillemi conducts the production by Caroline Leboutte.
Performance Dates: March 7 & 8, 2026
Mahler’s “Le Chant de la Terre” will showcase Uwe Stickert, Damien Gastl, and Jean Hostache. Fiona Monbet conducts the production by Chloé Lechat.
Performance Dates: March 28 & 29, 2026
Diana Axentii, Alima Mahmdi, François Rougier, and Igor Mostovoï star in “Aïda déchaînée.”
Performance Date: April 29, 2026
Catherine Hunold headlines Puccini’s “Turandot” alongside Claire Antoine, Mickael Spadaccini, and Luciano Batinic. Federico Santi conducts the production by Paco Azorín.
Performance Dates: May 15-19, 2026
Offenbach’s “La Belle Hélène” will star Julie Robard-Gendre, Raphaël Jardin, Carl Ghazarossian, Thibault de Damas, Jean-Vincent Blot, Lamia Beuque, and Frédéric Caussy. Chloé Dufresne conducts the production by Olivier Desbordes.
Performance Dates: June 12 & 14, 2026
Opera Participatif
Frédéric Rouillon conducts Verdi’s “Falstaff” with Andrea Piazza directing. The opera stars Florent Karrer, Samuel Namotte, Blaise Rantoanina, Charlotte, Raphaëlle Andrieu, and Marie Gautrot.
Performance Dates: Jan. 17 & 18, 2026
Recitals
Aziza Omarova and Alikhan Zeinolla perform alongside Minkyung Park.
Performance Date: Sept. 27, 2025
Natacha Palance, Sharman Plesner, Yvon Repérant, and Raphaël Mathevet perform in “Dans les bras du Rhône.”
Performance Date: Oct. 5, 2025
Camille Bauer and Takako Nishikawa perform in recital.
Performance Date: Oct. 11, 2025
Leonardo García Alarcón conducts “Cappella Mediterranea” with Ana Vieira Leite, Isabella Mariana Flores, Léo Fernique, Valerio Contaldo, and Matteo Bellotto.
Performance Date: Oct. 17, 2025
Glass Marcano conducts music by Richard Wagner, Fabien Cali, and Arnold Schönberg with Sarah Laulan.
Performance Date: Oct. 24, 2025
Alan Woodbridge conducts a program of music by Franz Schubert, Éric Breton, and Georg Friedrich Haendel with soloists Lydia Mayo, Jean Miannay, Adrien Djouadou, and Jean-Michel Robbe.
Performance Date: Oct. 25, 2025
Liesbeth Devos and Matthew Long lead a program.
Performance Date: Nov. 5, 2025
Coline Dutilleul and Anaïs Gaudemard perform in recital.
Performance Date: Nov 22, 2025
Karine Deshayes and Jérôme Corréas perform Lully, Vivaldi, Haydn, and Haendel.
Performance Date: Dec. 14, 2025
Jean Miannay and Ayaka Niwano perform in recital.
Performance Date: Dec. 20, 2025
Claudia Sorokina and Philippe Coromp perform works by Pergolesi, Antonio Vivaldi, Giulio Caccini, and Giuseppe Giordani.
Performance Date: Jan. 10, 2026
Clara Barbier Serrano and Joanna Kacperek perform music by Francis Poulenc, Richard Strauss, Mel Bonis, Liza Lehmann, and Anne Sylvestre.
Performance Date: Jan. 31, 2026
Julie Fuchs and the Quatuor Satie perform songs by Erik Satie, Aristide Bruant and Claude Debussy.
Performance Date: Feb. 6, 2026
Julien Chauvin conducts music by Vivaldi, Haendel, Geminiani and Handel with Julie Roset and Adèle Charvet as soloists.
Performance Date: Feb. 21, 2026
Débora Waldman conducts Aude Extrémo in music by Charlotte Sohy, Gustav Mahler, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Performance Date: April 3, 2026
Anne-Lise Polchlopek and Kira Parfeevets take on the music of Cécile Chaminade, Pauline Viardot, Piotr-Ilitch Tchaïkovski, Sergueï Rachmaninov, Simon Laks, Frédéric Chopin, Poldowski and Maurice Ravel.
Performance Date: May 2, 2026
Magali Léger, Albane Carrère, Élodie Brzustowski, and Raphaël Jouan perform baroque music.
Performance Date: May 16, 2026
Léo Warynski, Ljuba Bergamelli, Laura Muller, Matteo Cesari, and Alain Billard take on the music of Matteo Franceschini, Yann Robin, Eva Reiter, Pasquale Corrado, and Fausto Romitelli.
Performance Date: May 21, 2026
Carl Ghazarossian and Emmanuel Olivier perform works by Messager, Ravel and Poulenc.
Performance Date: May 30, 2026
Débora Waldman conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Andreea Soare and François Rougier.
Performance Date: June 19, 2026
Baroque Music
Julie Roset, Camille Allérat and Jehanne Amzal perform Le Cœur et la Raison.
Performance Date: Sept. 13, 2025
Lucia Pagano and Simone Gullì perform music by Alessandro Scarlatti and Georg Friedrich Händel.
Performance Date: Oct. 18 & 19, 2025
The Chœur Homilius will be led by Sébastien di Mayo and will feature soloists Cordelia Palm et Bo Xuang, Fabrice Durand, Louise Rosbach, and Aliénor Girard-Guigas.
Performance Date: Nov. 16, 2025
