The Angers Nantes Opera has announced its 2025-26 season.

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Falla’s “El Amor Brujo” and “La Vida Breve” will star Lucie Roche, Patricia Petibon, Sophie Belloir, Carlos Natale, Jean-Luc Ballestra, and Laura Gallego Cabeza. Roberto Forés Veses conducts.

Performance Dates: Nov. 8 & 15, 2025

Sébastien Daucé conducts Cavalli’s “La Calisto” with Lauranne Oliva, Alex Rosen, Giuseppina Bridelli, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Anna Bonitatibus, Zachary Wilder, Petr Nekoranec, Dominic Sedgwick, Théo Imart, and José Coca Loza. Jetske Mijnssen directs.

Performance Dates: Nov. 22-30, 2025

Bianca Chillemi conducts the Viardot’s “Cendrillon” in a production by David Lescot. Apolline Rai-Westphal leads a cast that also includes Tsanta Ratia, Clarisse Dalles, Romie Esteves, Olivier Naveau, Benoit Rameau, and Lila Dufy.

Performance Dates: Jan. 30-March 6, 2026

Jakob Lehmann conducts a production of Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” by Simon Delétang. The cast includes Stavros Mantis, Laura Ulloa, Eleonora Bellocci, César Cortés, Andrés Agudelo, Mathieu Gourlet, and Jean-Vincent Blot.

Performance Dates: March 23-April 17, 2026

Louati’s “Solaris” will be performed with the Ensemble Miroirs Étendus.

Performance Date: May 6, 2026

Offenbach’s “Robinson Crusoé” will star Pierre Derhet, Frederic Caton, Kaelig Boche, Marc Scoffoni, Olivier Naveau, Mathilde Ortscheidt, Catherine Trottmann, Emy Gazeilles, and Julie Pasturaud. Guillaume Tourniaire conducts the production by Laurent Pelly.

Performance Dates: May 10-June 4, 2026