The Metropolitan Opera has announced that Yuval Sharon will be directing new productions of “Tristan und Isolde” and “Der Ring des Nibelungen.”

Sharon will make his Met debut during the 2025−26 season with a new production of “Tristan und Isolde” (conducted by Nézet-Séguin, with Lise Davidsen as Isolde). Then in 2026-27, he debuts his new Ring cycle with Davidsen as Brünnhilde and Nézet-Séguin conducting. This “Ring” will be the Met’s first since the Robert Lepage staging that debuted in the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons.

In a statement, Sharon said, “Wagner’s works are opera’s equivalent to Homer or Shakespeare: Each opera is its own complex cosmos, with endless potential for reinterpretation. To explore these works and create productions of ‘Tristan’ and the ‘Ring’ specifically for the Met with Yannick is the honor of a lifetime and an imaginative process I am thrilled to undertake.”

The announcement came in a press release revealing that Nézet-Séguin would be remain the music director at the Met until 2030 and would be conducting new productions of “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” by Mason Bates, “El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego” by Gabriela Lena Frank, “Lincoln in the Bardo” by Missy Mazzoli, “The Highlands” by Carlos Simon, and “The Wedding Banquet” by Huang Ruo, among other works.