The Lithuanian National Opera has announced its 2020-21 season. Here is a look at the operas and operettas for the upcoming season.

Opera 

Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena“ opens the season with Sesto Quatrini and Ričardas Šumila conducting. Francesca Sassu and Joana Gedmintaitė headline the cast in the title role, with Raffaella Lupinacci, Justina Gringytė, and Eglė Šidlauskaitė as Giovanna, Tadas Girininkas and Liudas Mikalauskas as Enrico, and Michaele Angelini and Deniz Leone as Percy.

Performance Dates: August 25-Sept. 30, 2020

Ričardas Šumila and Martynas Staškus conduct Puccini’s “Turandot“ with Sandra Janušaitė and Kristian Benedikt in the lead roles. Kamen Chanev, Agnė Stančikaitė, and Liudas Norvaišas also star.

Performance Dates: Sept. 4-April 13, 2021

Halévy’s “La Juive” will be conducted by Sesto Quatrini with Kristian Benedikt leading the cast alongside Mickael Spadaccini, Mindaugas Jankauskas, Tomas Pavilionis, Regina Šilinskaitė, Julija Stupnianek, Tadas Girininkas, Arūnas Malikėnas, and Arminas Skirvainis.

Performance Dates: Oct. 15-17, 2020

Ričardas Šumila conducts Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Sandra Janušaitė and Edgaras Montvidas in the lead roles.

Performance Dates: Oct. 28-31, 2020

Sesto Quatrini, Ričardas Šumila, and Petras Geniušas conduct Verdi’s “La Traviata.”

Performance Dates: Dec. 4-Jan. 6, 2021

Rafael Sanchez Araña conducts Bizet’s “Carmen“ with Ieva Prudnikovaitė in the title role, Mickael Spadaccini as Don José, Kostas Smoriginas and Eugenijus Chrebtovas as Escamillo, and Viktorija Miškūnaitė and Aistė Pilibavičiūtė as Micaela. 

Performance Dates: Jan. 27-29, 2021

Verdi’s “Ernani” will be performed by Marcello Bufalini conducting a cast that includes Kristian Benedikt, Marc Heller, Arūnas Malikėnas, Eugenijus Chrebtovas, Tadas Girininkas, Sandra Janušaitė, and Li Keng.

Performance Dates: Feb 5 & 6, 2021

Prokofiev’s “The Gambler” stars Asmik Grigorina, Vladimiras Prudnikovas, Dmitrij Golovnin, Inesa Linaburgytė, Steponas Zonys, and Ieva Prudnikovaitė. Ričardas Šumila and Modestas Pitrėnas conduct.

Performance Dates: March 10-13, 2021

Viktorija Miškūnaitė sings the title role in Massenet’s “Manon“ with Edgaras Montvidas and Mickael Spadaccini as Des Grieux. Kleanthe Russo and Julius Geniušas conduct the production with Eugenijus Chrebtovas and Žygimantas Galinis rounding out the cast.

Performance Dates: March 31-April 2, 2021

The season concludes with Verdi’s “Don Carlo“ with Sesto Quatrini conducting Askar Abdrazakov as King Philipp, Mickael Spadaccini in the title role, Steponas Zonys as Rodrigo, Liudas Mikalauskas as the Grand Inquisitor, Viktorija Miškūnaitė as Elisabetta, and Eglė Šidlauskaitė as Eboli.

Performance Dates: April 21-24, 2021

Operetta

Miles Mykkanen, Tomas Pavilionis, Gunta Gelgotė, and Margarita Levchuk star in Bernstein’s “Candide“ with Ričardas Šumila conducting.

Performance Dates: Oct. 21, 2020-Feb. 27, 2021