Lisette Orospesa, Asmik Grigorian Lise Davidsen, Rolando Villazón, Michael Fabiano, Brian Jagde, Ailyn Pérez, Aigul Akhmetshina Star in Metropolitan Opera’s 2026-27 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2026-27 season.
The company opens the season with a new production of Verdi’s “Macbeth,” starring Lise Davidsen, Quinn Kelsey, Freddie De Tommaso, and Ryan Speedo Green. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a production by Louisa Proske.
Performance Dates: Sept. 22-Oct. 20, 2026
The Metropolitan Opera will present the world premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s “Lincoln in the Bardo“ — a Met commission co-produced with Los Angeles Opera, with a libretto by Royce Vavrek — directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz and starring Peter Mattei as Abraham Lincoln and Christine Goerke as The Reverend.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Steven Osgood conduct a cast that also includes Michael Mayes, Janai Brugger, Stephanie Blythe, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Jonah Hoskins, Joshua Blue, Ryan McKinny.
Performance Dates: Oct. 19-Nov. 14, 2026
Performance Dates: Nov. 16-Dec. 4, 2026
Richard Jones will direct a new production of “La Fanciulla del West” starring Sondra Radvanovsky, SeokJong Baek, and Christopher Maltman. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts.
Screening Date: Dec. 31, 2026 – Jan. 30, 2027
Performance Dates: March 8-April 3, 2027
Repertoire
“Così fan tutte” will star Ana María Martinez, Samantha Hankey, Federica Lombardi, Gerald Finley, Duke Kim, and Andrey Zhilikhovsky. Nimrod David Pfeffer conducts.
Screening Date: Sept. 23-Oct. 23, 2026
Puccini’s “La Bohème” returns with Ramón Tebar, Marco Armiliato, and Daniele Rustioni conducting.
Juliana Grigoryan, Kristina Mkhitaryan, Federica Lombardi, Erika Grimaldi, Ermonela Jaho, Rosa Feola, Inna Demenkova, Heidi Stober, Anya Matanovic, Kathryn Lewek, Stephen Costello, Adam Smith, Atalla Ayan, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Pene Pati, Hansung Yoo, Anthony Clark Evans, Lucas Meachem, Guriy Gurev, Adam Plachetka, Gihoon Kim, Ricardo José Rivera, Nicola Alaimo, Alexander Birch Elliott, Germán Olvera, Le Bu, William Guanbo Su, Alexandros Stavrakakis, Scott Conner, Adolfo Corrado, Donald Maxwell, Richard Bernstein, and Malcolm MacKenzie lead the production.
Performance Dates: Sept. 25, 2026-April 29, 2027
Sonya Yoncheva will perform “Medea” with Carlo Rizzi conducting. The cast also includes Chiara Isotton in one performance in the title role, Elena Villalón, Victoria Karkacheva, Michael Spyres, and Alexandros Stavrakakis.
Performance Dates: Oct. 30-Nov. 21, 2026
Performance Dates: Nov. 11, 2026-May 27, 2027
Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Saint-Saens’ “Samson Et Dalila” with Aigul Akhmetshina, Clay Hilley, Quinn Kelsey, Alfred Walker, Thomas Hall, and Morris Robinson.
Performance Dates: Nov. 27-Dec. 23, 2026
The company will continue with its annual holiday production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.”
Nicholas Carter and Patrick Furrer conduct the production with Emily Pogorelc, Emma Marhefka, Kathryn Lewek, Rainelle Krause, Jeni Houser, Kathryn Lewek, Piotr Buszewski, David Portillo, Rodell Rosel, Thomas J. Capobianco, Rolando Villazón, Gordon Bintner, Vladyslav Buialskyi, Nicholas Newton, Morris Robinson, and In Sung Sim.
Performance Dates: Dec. 11, 2026-Jan. 2, 2027
Enrique Mazzola conducts Donizetti’s “Maria Stuarda” with Lisette Oropesa, Angela Meade, René Barbera, Mihai Damian, and Adolfo Corrado.
Performance Dates: Dec. 6-22, 2026
Verdi’s “Otello” will be headlined by two casts. The first cast stars Michael Fabiano in the title role alongside Angel Blue, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Yongzhao Yu, and Amartuvshin Enkhbat.
In the spring, Brian Jagde, Ailyn Pérez, Artur Ruciński, Piotr Buszweski, Deborah Nansteel, and Vitalij Kowaljow star in. Michele Mariotti conducts.
Performance Dates: Jan. 11-May 1, 2027
Verdi’s “Aida” will be headlined by Angel Blue, Anna Pirozzi, and Leah Hawkins. They will be joined by Judit Kutasi, Olesya Petrova, Michael Fabiano, SeokJong Baek, Quinn Kelsey, George Gagnidze, Michael Chioldi, Alexander Köpeczi, Soloman Howard, Huanhong Li, Harold Wilson, Krzysztof Bączyk. Daniele Callegari, Marco Armiliato, and John Keenan conduct.
Performance Dates: March 9-June 12, 2027
Nadine Sierra and Matthew Polenzani headline “Manon.” The cast also includes Carlo Bosi, Andrzej Filończyk, Jean Teitgen, and Rod Gilfry.
Performance Dates: March 12-April 8, 2027
Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier” will be conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and will star Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Emily D’Angelo, Ying Fang, Eve Gigliotti, Matthew Polenzani, Brenton Ryan, Martin Gantner, and Günther Groissböck.
Performance Dates: March 24-April 10, 2027
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts “Parsifal,” which stars Elīna Garanča, Piotr Beczała, Peter Mattei, Ryan Speedo Green, Jongmin Park, and Alfred Walker.
Performance Dates: May 20-June 5, 2027
Concerts
Asmik Grigorian will perform recital works by Puccini, Dvořák, Verdi, and Strauss.
Performance Date: Nov. 18, 2026
The Met’s Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition will be held.
Performance Date: March 21, 2027
The Met will host the “Diamond Jubilee: 60 Years at Lincoln Center” Featuring the following performers:
Aigul Akhmetshina | Roberto Alagna | Xabier Anduaga | SeokJong Baek | Piotr Beczała | J’Nai Bridges | Anthony Roth Costanzo | Lise Davidsen | Freddie De Tommaso | Joyce DiDonato | Ying Fang | Rosa Feola | Gerald Finley | Renée Fleming | Igor Golovatenko | Ryan Speedo Green | Asmik Grigorian | Leah Hawkins | Brian Jagde | Isabel Leonard | Will Liverman | Peter Mattei | Latonia Moore | Erin Morley | Ailyn Pérez | Matthew Polenzani | Sondra Radvanovsky | Nadine Sierra | Elza van den Heever | Christian Van Horn | Sonya Yoncheva
Performance Date: May 25, 2027
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with Angela Meade, Elza van den Heever, Erin Morley, Ekaterina Gubanova, Karen Cargill, Russell Thomas, Will Liverman, and Ryan Speedo Green.
Performance Date: June 10-12, 2027
