The ABAO Bilbao Ópera has announced its 2025-26 season.

The season opens with Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” starring Carmen Solís, Angelo Villari, Ketevan Kemoklidze, and Juan Jesús Rodríguez. Lorenzo Passerini conducts the production by Ignacio García.

Performance Dates: Oct. 25-Nov. 3, 2025

Maria Agresta, Jorge de León, Silvia Tro Santafé, and Carlos Álvarez star in Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur” with Marco Armiliato conducting. Mario Pontiggia directs the Verismo masterpiece.

Performance Dates: Nov. 22-Dec. 1, 2025

Stephen Costello, Annalisa Stroppa, and Sabrina Gárdez star in Massenet’s “Werther” with Carlo Montanaro conducting and Rosetta Cucchi directing.

Performance Dates: Jan. 17-26, 2026

Emilio López directs Donizetti’s “Maria Stuarda” with Yolanda Auyanet, Maria Barakova, and Filip Filipović. Iván López-Reynoso conducts.

Performance Dates: Feb. 14-23, 2026

Michael Fabiano, Saioa Hernández, and Juan Jesús Rodríguez star in Giordano’s “Andrea Chenier” in a production by Alfonso Romero. Guillermo García Calvo conducts.

Performance Dates: May 23-June 1, 2026

Concerts 

Nadine Sierra and Xabier Anduaga perform in concert with the Navarra Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Marc Leroy-Calatayud.

Performance Date: Dec. 13, 2025

ABAO Txiki 

The season will showcase four shows including “La Caja de los Juguetes (The Toy Box),” “Cuento de Navidad (A Christmas Carol),” “El Guardián de los Cuentos (The Tale Keeper),” and “El Bosque de Grimm (Grimm’s Forest).”