The Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse has announced its 2025-26 season.

Opera

Hervé Niquet conducts a production of Massenet’s “Thaïs” with Stefano Poda directing. Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Tassis Christoyannis, and Jean-François Borras star.

Performance Dates: Sept. 26-Oct. 5, 2025

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Thomas Dunford conducts Handel’s “Theodora” in concert with Lea Desandre, Véronique Gens, Hugh Cutting, Laurence Kilsby, and Alex Rosen.

Performance Date: Oct. 2, 2025

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Tarmo Peltokoski conducts a new production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” directed by Agnès Jaoui. Nicolas Courjal and Mikhail Timoshenko star in the title role with a cast that includes Vincenzo Taormina, Kamil Ben Hsaïn Lachiri, Karine Deshayes, Alix Le Saux, Andreea Soare, Marianne Croux, Dovlet Nurgeldiyev, Valentin Thill, Anaïs Constans, Francesca Pusceddu, Adrien Mathonat, Timothée Varon, Sulkhan Jaiani, and Adrien Mathonat.

Performance Date: Nov. 20-30, 2025

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Weinberg’s “The Passengers” will star Airam Hernández, Anaïk Morel, Nadja Stefanoff, Mikhail Timoshenko, Céline Laborie, Victoire Bunel, Anne-Lise Polchlopek, Sarah Laulan, Olivia Doray, and Janina Baechle.

Performance Date: Jan. 23-29, 2026

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Jessica Pratt and Giuliana Gianfaldoni star in Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” with Pene Pati, Ramón Vargas, Bror Magnus Tødenes, Lionel Lhote, Enrique Alcántara, Michele Pertusi, and Alessio Cacciamani. José Miguel Pérez-Sierra conducts the revival. 

Performance Date: Feb. 20-March 1, 2026

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Vincent Dumestre conducts a concert performance of Lully’s “Armide” featuring Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Cyril Auvity, Tomislav Lavoie, Marie Perbost, Victoire Bunel, Timothée Varon, David Tricou, Anouk Defontenay, and Jeanne Lefort.

Performance Date: March 22, 2026

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Michael Fabiano stars in Verdi’s “Otello” with Adriana Gonzalez and Nikoloz Lagvilava. Carlo Montanaro conducts.

Performance Date: April 14-26, 2026

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Frank Beermann conducts Strauss’s “Salome,” and Matthias Goerne directs. The production will star Marie-Adeline Henry, Jérôme Boutillier, Nikolai Schukoff, Sophie Koch, Fabien Hyon, and Floriane Hasler.

Performance Dates: May 22-31, 2026

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Rameau’s “Les Boreades” will be conducted by Reinoud Van Mechelen. Van Mechelen stars alongside Gwendoline Blondeel, Lisandro Abadie, Tomáš Král, Robert Getchell, Philippe Estèphe, and Lore Binon.

Performance Date: May 27, 2026

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Leo Hussain conducts Bizet’ “Carmen” with Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Adèle Charvet, Airam Hernández, Fabien Hyon, Alexandre Duhamel, Armando Noguera, Anaïs Constans, and Marianne Croux.

Performance Date: June 26-July 5, 2026

Recitals 

Adriana Bignagni Lesca and Nino Pavlenichvili lead a recital.

Performance Date: Oct. 1, 2025

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Annick Massis and Antoine Palloc Pain perform in recital.

Performance Date: Dec. 2, 2025

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Elisabeth Moussous, Raphaële Green, Kofi Hayford, and Thomas Tacquet perform in concert.

Performance Date: Jan. 28, 2026

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Zachary Wilder, Arnaud Thorette, and Johan Farjot sing arias by Mozart, Weill, Gershwin, Schubert, and Bernstein.

Performance Date: Feb. 26, 2026

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Matthias Goerne performs in recital.

Performance Date: April 16, 2026

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Irina Sherazadishvili and Nino Pavlenichvili perform in recital.

Performance Date: April 22, 2026

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Jakub Józef Orliński and Michał Biel perform a program of songs by Purcell and Dowland.

Performance Date: April 23, 2026

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The final recital of the season will be by Adèle Charvet and Florian Caroubi.

Performance Date: May 28, 2026

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Concerts 

Gabriel Bourgoin conducts a Christmas concert with the Chœur de l’Opéra national du Capitole and pianists Élisabeth Matak-Méric and Hugo Mathieu.

Performance Dates: Dec. 6 & 7, 2025

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Franco Fagioli performs arias by Rossini, Meyerbeer, Mercadante, Morlacchi, and Nicolini with the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles and Stefan Plewniak.

Performance Date: June 4, 2026