The Irish National Opera has announced its 2025-26 season.

The season opens with a darkly comic new opera, “MARS,” a commissioned work from Jennifer Walshe and Mark O’Connell. The work will star sopranos Nina Guo and Jade Phoenix, and mezzo-sopranos Doreen Curran and Sarah Richmond.

Performance Dates: July 25–27 & August 7–9, 2025.

The company will present “Viva Verdi, Viva Wagner” with Irish soprano Sinéad Campbell Wallace, US tenor Ryan Capozzo, and Norwegian baritone Yngve Søberg. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts.

Performance Date: Sept. 13, 2025

Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” will star soprano Celine Byrne, Otar Jorjikia, Iurii Samoilov, and Hyona Kim. Directed by Daisy Evans and conducted by Fergus Sheil, the opera is a co-production with Scottish Opera.

Performance Dates: Nov. 2-8, 2025

Semtana’s “The Bartered Bride” will star Amy Ní Fhearraigh, Egor Zhuravskii, Carolyn Holt, David Howes, John Molloy, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Julian Close, Oisín Ó Dálaigh, Megan O’Neill, Ben Escorcio, and Matthew Mannion. Louisa Muller directs while Richard Peirson conducts.

Performance Dates: Nov. 22-Dec. 6, 2025

Amber Norelai, Benjamin Russell, Jade Phoenix, Ashley Riches, William Pearson, Oisín Ó Dalaigh, Heather Sammon, Oryna Veselovska, Caroline Behan, Megan O’Neill, and Niamh St John star in Janáček’s “The Cunning Little Vixen.” Charlotte Corderoy conducts Sophie Motley’s production

Performance Dates: Jan. 31-Feb. 22, 2026

Jennifer Davis, Ryan Capozzo, Ante Jerkunica, Michelle DeYoung, and Giselle Allen will star in Dvořák’s “Rusalka” with Fergus Sheil conducting. Netia Jones directs.

Performance Dates: March 22-28, 2026

Salome Jicia, Mario Chang, Siobhán Stagg, and William Guanbo Su star in Bellini’s “Norma.” Maurizio Benini conducts the production by Orpha Phelan.

Performance Dates: May 24-30, 2026