Natalie Dessay Leads Opéra de Massy’s 2025-26 Season

By Francisco Salazar

The Opéra de Massy has announced its 2025-26 season.

Héloïse Poulet, Juliette Mey, and Matthieu Walendzick will perform in recital with Rodolphe Lospied. The program includes music by Mozart and Poulenc.

Performance Date: Oct. 14, 2025


Bach Stagioni will be conducted by David Stern and soloists Thaïs Raï-Westphal, Lucas Pauchet, and Julien Ségol.

Performance Date: Oct. 16, 2025


Bizet’s “Les Pêcheurs de perles” will be conducted by Robert Tuohy and directed by Eric Perez. The cast includes Ermini Blondel, Sahy Ratia, Jérôme Boutillier, and Patrick Bolleire.

Performance Dates: Nov. 7-9, 2025


Natalie Dessay gives her “Récital d’adieu” alongside Philippe Cassard. She sings works by Mozart, Chausson, Hahn, Ravel, Poulenc, Menotti, and Barber.

Performance Date: Nov. 18, 2025


Timothée Varon, Margaux Poguet, Marianne Croux, Abel Zamora, and Nathanaël Tavernier star in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with Julien Chauvin conducting and Jean-Yves Ruf directing.

Performance Dates: Dec. 13-16, 2025


Leonard Bernstein’s “Trouble in Tahiti” will be performed alongside arias and Barcarolles. David Stern conducts a production by Elsa Rooke. Marion Vergez-Pascal, Kevin Arboleda, Cécile Madelin, Lucas Pauchet, and Max Latarjet star.

Performance Dates: Jan. 10-11, 2026


“Roméo et Juliette” after Charles Gounod will be conducted by Jean-François Verdier and directed by Johanna Boyé. Yu Shao, Grégoire Mour, Laurène Paternò, Clara Guillon, Léontine Maridat-Zimmerlin, Carlos Reynoso, Thimoyée Varon, and Adrien Mathonat.

Performance Dates: Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2026


William Christie and Les Arts Florissants lead Charpentier’s “La descente d’Orphée” in a production by Marie Lambert-Le Bihan and Stéphane Facco. The production stars Sarah Fleiss, Josipa Bilić, Camille Chopin, Esme Browen Smith, Tanaquil Ollivier, Richard Pittsinger, Bastien Romndi, and Will Frost.

Performance Dates: Feb. 12 & 13, 2026


Janáček’s “Le Journal d’un disparu” and Thomas Adès’s “Növenyék Vanishings”  will be conducted by Pascal Adoumbou and directed by Lukas Hemleb.

Performance Dates: March 13 & 15, 2026


Ainars Rubikis and Alice Coote team up for an evening of Smetana, Brahms, and Elgar.

Performance Date: April 3, 2026


Puccini’s “La Bohème” will be conducted by Constantin Rouits and directed by Roberta Mattelli. The production will star soloists from the Compagnie Lyrique Opera 2001.

Performance Dates: April 9-11, 2026


Ambroise Divaret’s “Barbe Noire” will be conducted by Gena Liévano and directed by Florence Guignolet and Ambroise Divaret.

Performance Date: May 9, 2026


Mozart’s “Exsultate, jubilate” and “Grande Messe” will be conducted by Dominique Rouits and performed by the L’Atelier de Massy.

Performance Date: May 12, 2026


Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” will be conducted by Jakob Lehmann and directed by Simon Delétang. The cast includes Laura Ulloa, Jérôme Boutillier, Andres Agudelo, Carlos Natale, Jean-Vincent Blot, Sophie Belloir, and Jean Miannay.

Performance Dates: May 22 & 24, 2026

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