The Opéra National de Paris has announced its 2026-27 season.

Opera

Tyshawn Sorey’s “Perle noire : méditations pour Joséphine” will star Julia Bullock and Tyshawn Sorey on piano. Peter Sellars directs.

Performance Dates: Sept. 9-19, 2026

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Lea Desandre, Marina Viotti, Huw Montague Rendall, Andrzej Filończyk, Jack Swanson, Josh Lovell, Nicola Alaimo, and Adolfo Corrado star in Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” Jader Bignamini and François López-Ferrer conduct.

Performance Dates: Sept. 12-Nov. 5, 2026

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John Osborn leads Thomas’ “Hamlet” with Adela Zaharia, Clémentine Margaine, Jean Teitgen, Julien Henric, and Laurent Naouri. Michael Schønwandt conducts

Performance Dates: Sept. 18-Oct. 9, 2026

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Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung” will be directed by Calixto Bieito and will star Andreas Schager, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Mika Kares, Brian Mulligan, Tamara Wilson, Sinead Campbell Wallace, and Eve-Maud Hubeaux.

Performance Dates: Oct. 8-18, 2026

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The Ring Cycle 

Pablo Heras-Casado will conduct the full Ring Cycle in Calixto Bieito’s production.

“Das Rheingold” will star Christopher Maltman, Florent Mbia, Matthew Cairns, Simon O’Neill, Kwangchul Young, Mika Kares, Brian Mulligan, Gerhard Siegel, Eve-Maud Hubeaux, Eliza Boom, and Marie-Nicole Lemieux.

Performance Dates: Nov. 6-15, 2026

“Die Walküre” will star Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Christopher Maltman, Günther Groissböck, Elza van den Heever, Tamara Wilson, and Eve-Maud Hubeaux.

Performance Dates: Nov. 7-17, 2026

Andreas Schager leads “Siegfried” with Gerhard Siegel, Iain Paterson, Brian Mulligan, Mika Kares, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Tamara Wilson, and Ilanah Lobel-Torres.

Performance Dates: Nov. 10-19, 2026

Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung” will star Andreas Schager, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Mika Kares, Brian Mulligan, Tamara Wilson, Sinead Campbell Wallace, and Eve-Maud Hubeaux.

Performance Dates: Nov. 13-22, 2026

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Willy Decker directs Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” with Pavol Breslik, Matthew Polenzani, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Johanna Wallroth, Emily D’Angelo, Maria Warenberg, and Alex Rosen. Harry Bicket conducts.

Performance Dates: Nov. 24-Dec. 25, 2027

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Elza van den Heever and Anna Pirozzi star in Puccini’s “Turandot” with Yusif Eyvazov, Adriana Gonzalez, Gabriella Reyes, and Alexander Tsymbalyuk. Eun Sun Kim conducts.

Performance Dates: Nov. 27-Dec. 27, 2027

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Yusif Eyvazov and Gwyn Hughes Jones star in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” with Tamara Wilson, Saioa Hernández, Quinn Kelsey, Artur Ruciński, Yulia Matochkina, Le Bu, and Morgan-Andrew King. Timur Zangiev conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 16-Feb. 27, 2027

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Two casts will lead Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with Peter Mattei, Davide Luciano, Slávka Zámečníková, Jeanine De Bique, Amitai Pati, Manase Latu, Kwangchul Youn, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Jacquelyn Stucker, Tara Erraught, Joshua Bloom, Vartan Gabrielian, Morgan-Andrew King, Elena Villalón, Ilanah Lobel-Torres, and Patricia Nolz.

Finnegan Downie Dear and Stephanie Childress conduct the production by Louisa Proske.

Performance Dates: Jan. 28-June 24, 2027

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Simone Young and Aliisa Neige Barrière lead Janáček’s “Katia Kabanova” with Corinne Winters, John Daszak, Doris Soffel, Sean Panikkar, Peixin Chen, Thomas Atkins, Seray Pinar, and Marianne Chandelier.

Performance Dates: Jan. 27-Feb. 13, 2027

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Benjamin Bernheim and Michael Spyres lead Massenet’s “Werther” alongside Aigul Akhmetshina, Gordon Bintner, Sandra Hamaoui, and Johanna Wallroth. Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the production by Robert Carsen.

Performance Dates: Feb. 11-March 12, 2027

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The company will hold a “Gala for Régine Crespin” with scenes from “Die Walkure,” “Lohengrin,” “Otello,” “Tosca,” and “Les Nuits d’été.” The gala will showcase Ekaterina Gubanova, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Marina Rebeka, Lea Desandre, Sondra Radvanovsky, and Ludovic Tézier. Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the production by Yves Lenoir.

Performance Date:  Feb. 23, 2027

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“Ce qui brûle en silence” will be conducted by Evann Loget-Raymond and directed by Victoria Sitjà. The production feature music by Philippe Fénelon, Strozzi and Monteverdi.

Performance Dates: March 11-April 2, 2027

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Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth de Mtsensk” will star Aušrinė Stundytė, Pavel Černoch, Dmitry Ulyanov, Oleksiy Palchykov, Ekaterina Sannikova, Marcel Beekman, and Victoria Karkacheva. Ingo Metzmacher conducts.

Performance Dates: March 13-28, 2027

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Pretty Yende, René Barbera, Davide Luciano, and Ambrogio Maestri lead Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore.” Evelino Pidò conducts.

Performance Dates: March 23-April 13, 2027

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Hèctor Parra ‘s “Miroir de nos peines” will star Vannina Santoni, Léo Vermot-Desroches, Leigh Melrose, Laurent Naouri, Jérôme Boutillier, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Bastien Rimondi, Eugénie Joneau, Julie Boulianne, and Yann Beuron.

Performance Dates: April 24-May 11, 2027

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Antonello Manacorda conducts Mozart’s “Idomeneo” in a new production by Wajdi Mouawad. The cast will include Allan Clayton, Lea Desandre, Johanna Wallroth, Elsa Dreisig, Laurence Kilsby, Bergsvein Toverud, and Morgan-Andrew King.

Performance Dates: May 3-25, 2027

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Amina Edris, Nadine Sierra, Pene Pati, and Juan Diego Flórez lead Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” with Seray Pinar, Maria Warenberg, Julien Henric, Leon Košavić, and Jean Teitgen. Fabien Gabel conducts.

Performance Dates: June 7-July 10, 2027

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Speranza Scappucci conducts Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” with Olga Kulchynska, Lawrence Brownlee, Pietro Spagnoli, and Vito Priante.

Performance Dates: June 12-July 10, 2027

Piotr Beczała performs Poish, Italian and Czech repertoire alongside Sarah Tysman.

Mikko Franck and Camilla Nylund perform Strauss and Tchaikovsky.

Diana Damrau and Helmut Deutsch join forces for a program of Alban Berg, Erich Korngold, Felix Mendelssohn, and Edvard Grieg