Nadine Sierra, Elmina Hassan, Catherine Trottmann, Levy Sekgapane, Gevorg Hakobyan, Marianne Crebassa Lead Opéra National de Bordeaux’s 2026-27 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Opéra National de Bordeaux has announced its 2026-27 season.
Opera
Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” will star Blandine de Sansal, Grace Durham, and Clara Penalva. Louis-Noël Bestion conducts the production by Pierre Lebon.
Performance Dates: Sept. 17-19, 2026
Evan Rogister conducts Bizet’s “Carmen” with Elmina Hassan, Julien Henric, Natalia Tanasii, Jérôme Boutillier, and John Chest.
Performance Dates: Nov. 9-17, 2026
Mozart’s “Requiem” will star Catherine Trottmann, Fleur Barron, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, and Adrien Mathonat. Joseph Swensen conducts and Stéphane Braunschweig directs.
Performance Dates: Jan. 21-29, 2027
L’Académie de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux will present “Manon Revisited.”
Performance Dates: Feb. 9-11, 2027
Nadine Sierra headlines Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” with Levy Sekgapane, Önay Kose, and Alessio Cacciamani. Ana María Patiño-Osorio conducts.
Performance Date: Feb. 19, 2027
Michele Gamba conducts Verdi’s “Macbeth” with Gevorg Hakobyan, Olga Maslova, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, and Ryan Capozzo. Ambre Kahan directs.
Performance Dates: April 14-22, 2027
Gloria Tronel lead Donizetti’s “La Fille du Régiment” with Benoît-Joseph Meier, Florent Karrer, and Sophie Pondjiclis. Félix Benati conducts and Héloïse Sérazin directs.
Performance Dates: May 27-28, 2027
Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Tsar’s Bride” will be conducted by Valentin Uryupin and directed by Rafael R. Villalobos. Dmitry Ivashchenko, Pavel Yankovsky, Enkeleda Kamani, Alex Birkus, Mathias Vidal, Ekaterina Lukash, Dumitru Mîțu, and Catherine Hunold star.
Performance Dates: May 29-June 4, 2027
Salvatore Caputo conducts Offenbach’s “Fantasio” in a production by Cecile Roussat and Julien Lubek.
Performance Dates: June 24-26, 2027
Concerts
The company will present an “Hommage à Béatrice Uria-Monzon “with Philippe Bach conducting such soloists as Alexandra Marcellier, Delphine Haidan, Clémentine Margaine, Julien Henric, Alexandre Duhamel, Florian Sempey, and Lionel Sarrazin.
Performance Date: Sept. 22, 2026
Pretty Yende and Vanessa García Diepa join forces for a recital.
Performance Date: Sept. 26, 2026
Abel Zamora performs in recital.
Performance Date: Oct. 14, 2026
The company will present “Une heure avec The Barber of Seville.”
Performance Date: Oct. 24, 2026
Pene Pati will join Il Pomo d’oro in Serenata a Napoli.
Performance Date: Nov. 14, 2026
“Venez Chanter Avec !” will feature music from “Cavalleria Rusticana.”
Performance Date: Jan. 5, 2027
Juliette Mey performs a midi musical alongside Nicolas Kaïtasov.
Performance Date: Jan. 8, 2027
Concours Voix Nouvelles to be held.
Performance Date: Jan. 9, 2027
La Fabuleuse histoire de l’opéra-comique will be held.
Performance Date: Feb. 6, 2027
The company will present “Une heure avec Lucia di Lammermoor.”
Performance Date: April 9, 2027
Barbara Hannigan and Bertrand Chamayou join forces for a recital.
Performance Date: April 10, 2027
“Viva Vivaldi” will feature chorus and orchestra.
Performance Date: April 11, 2027
The company will present “Une heure avec Macbeth.”
Performance Date: April 15, 2027
Julie Fuchs performs a Parisian recital.
Performance Date: April 22, 2027
Arthur Pérot and Nicolas Kaïtasov perform a midi musical.
Performance Date: April 27, 2027
The company will present “Une heure avec Così fan tutte.”
Performance Date: April 30, 2027
The chorus and soloists of the Bordeaux Opera will perform.
Performance Date: May 4, 2027
Sabine Devieilhe and Mathieu Pordoy perform in recital.
Performance Date: June 1, 2027
Deborah Salazar performs a Midi Musical.
Performance Date: June 4, 2027
Académie de la Scala and L’Académie de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux perform at Château de Ferrand.
Performance Date: June 6, 2027
Josepeh Swesen conducts music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Swensen, Tōru Takemitsu, and Gabriel Fauré. Soloists include Gloria Tronel and Jérôme Boutillier.
Performance Date: Oct. 8, 2026
Johanna Malangré and Liao Changyong team up for music by Huang Zi, Liu Xue’an, Chen Tianhe, Qing Zhu, Lu Zaiyi, Zhou Yi, Xu Peidong, Maurice Ravel, and Jacques Ibert.
Performance Date: Nov. 5, 2026
Joseph Swensen conducts the Christmas Concert.
Performance Date: Dec. 17-20, 2026
The company will present “Momo, l’enfant pêche” featuring Brenda Poupard. Yasuaki Itakura conducts.
Performance Date: Jan. 21-22, 2027
Joseph Swensen conducts his own music and Gustav Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde.” Mauro Peter and Marianne Crebassa are soloists.
Performance Date: June 11, 2027
