The Norwegian Opera has announced its 2025-26 season.

Opera 

Sara Jakubiak headlines Dvořák’s “Rusalka” alongside Dmytro Popov, Birgitte Christensen, Jerzy Butryn, Jennifer Johnston, and Magnus Ingemund Kjelstad. Edward Gardner conducts the production by Tatjana Gürbaca.

Performance Dates: August 24-Oct. 9, 2025 

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Sir Wayne McGregor’s “Jocasta’s Line” will be performed.

Performance Dates: Sept. 13-Oct. 4, 2025

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György Kurtág’s “Fin de partie” will star Frode Olsen, Leigh Melrose, Hilary Summers, and Leonardo Cortellazzi. Edward Gardner conducts the concert performance.

Performance Dates: Sept. 18-20, 2025 

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Audun Iversen, Olesya Golovneva, Eirik Grøtvedt, Jens-Erik Aasbø, and Astrid Nordstad star in Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.” Lidiya Yankovskaya conducts the production by Christof Loy.

Performance Dates: Oct. 19-Nov. 15, 2025 

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“Porriot and the Missing Bronze Horse” will be performed by the Children’s Chorus.

Performance Dates: Nov. 1-7, 2025 

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Kristiina Poska and Aage Richard Meyer conduct Mozart’s “Die Zauberflote” starring Jonas Hacker, Eirik Grøtvedt, Hanna Husáhr, Frøy Hovland Holtbakk, Nicolai Elsberg, Jens-Erik Aasbø, Aleksander Nohr, Rory Green, Eli Kristin Hanssveen, Eline Korbi, and Markus Bjørlykke. The production is by Barrie Kosky and Suzanne Andrade.

Performance Dates: Nov. 20, 2025–Jan. 18, 2026 

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Antonio Mendez conducts Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw” in a production by Peer Perez Øian. Magnus Staveland, Johanna Wallroth, Christine Rice, and Eli Kristin Hanssveen star.

Performance Dates: Jan. 17-Feb. 8, 2026 

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Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” will star Gurgen Baveyan, Lilly Jørstad, Alasdair Kent, Peter Kálmán, and Adrian Sâmpetrean. Giuliano Carella conducts the production by Jetske Mijnssen.

Performance Dates: Jan. 29-Feb. 21, 2026 

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Matteo Lippi, Brindley Sherratt, Marita Sølberg, Astrid Nordstad, and Yngve Søberg star in Verdi’s “Don Carlo” with Edward Gardner conducting. The production is by Davide Livermore.

Performance Dates: March 19-April 18 2026 

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Eli Kristin Hanssveen, Tora Augestad, Astrid Nordstad, Rory Green, Aleksander Nohr, Markus Bjørlykke, Jørgen Backer, and Robert Näse star in “Wonderful Bernstein!” featuring music from “Wonderful Town,” “Candide,” and “West Side Story.” Garrett Keast conducts.

Performance Dates: April 10-May 21, 2026

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Tommaso Barea, Frøy Hovland Holtbakk, Aleksander Nohr, Nardus Williams, and Adrian Angelico star in Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Ottavio Dantone conducts the production by Matthew Wild.

Performance Dates: May 15-June 11, 2026

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Concerts 

Aigul Akhmetshina performs in a concert featuring works by Rossini,⁠ Donizetti,⁠ ⁠Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, ⁠Saint-Saens, Massenet, Bizet, Verdi, Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov, ⁠Guastavino, Elena Roussanova, ⁠Gardel, ⁠Britten, ⁠Gershwin, and Weill. 

Performance Date: Oct. 26, 2025