The Opéra National de Bordeaux has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the vocal performances of the season.

Opera

The season opens with Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” starring Gaétan Borg, Jasmine Roy, Scott Emerson, Jeanne Jerosme, Sinan Bertrand, Marion Préïté, Arnaud Masclet, Camille Mesnard, Eva Gentili, Loïc Suberville, Camille Nicolas, Neïma Naouri, Myriana Hatchi, and Joseph De Cange.

Performance Dates: Sept. 24-27, 2025

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Hervé Niquet conducts Purcell’s “King Arthur” with Olivia Doray, Robin Tritschler, Cyril Auvity, and Andreas Wolf.

Performance Date: Nov. 4, 2025

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Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta” will be conducted by Pierre Dumoussaud and directed by Stéphane Braunschweig. The opera will star Claire Antoine, Ain Anger, Vladislav Chizhov, and Julien Henric.

Performance Dates: Nov. 12-18, 2025

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Joé Bertili, Cyrielle Ndjiki Nya, Axelle Fanyo, Jean-Laurent Coëzy, Aviva Manenti, Clément Godart, and Mitesh Khatri will star in “Porgy and Bess Jazz Club.” Salvatore Caputo conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 4-6, 2025

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Tito Ceccherini conducts Verdi’s “La Traviata” in Pierre Rambert’s production. The opera will star Slávka Zámečníková, Julien Behr, and Ernesto Petti.

Performance Dates: Jan. 26-Feb. 3, 2026

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Oksana Pynchuk, Winona Berry, Arthur Pérot, and Egor Sergeev star in “Lakme Revisted.”

Performance Dates: Feb. 24-26, 2026

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Joseph Swensen conducts Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” in a production by Julien Duval. The cast will include Omar Mancini, Elena Villalòn, Julia Knecht, Jean Teitgen, Thomas Dolié, Sofia Kirwan-Baez, and Mathias Vidal.

Performance Dates: March 25-April 2, 2026

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Augusta Holmè’s “La Montagne noire” will be conducted by Pierre Dumoussaud and directed by Dominique Pitoiset. The production will star Aude Extrémo, Hélène Carpentier, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Julien Henric, and Guilhem Worms.

Performance Dates: May 19-25, 2026

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“Chantons Roméo et Juliette” will showcase conductor Johanna Boyé leading a production by Laurent Comte. The work will star Yu Shao, Grégoire Mour, Clara Guillon, Annouk Jobic, and Carlos Reynoso.

Performance Dates: June 12-13, 2026

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Concerts 

Joseph Swensen conducts a choral concert featuring Giuseppe Verdi’s Triumphal March from “Aïda” and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5.

Performance Date: Sept 12, 2025

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Matthias Goerne and Maria João Pires perform Schubert’s “Schwanengesang.”

Performance Date: Oct. 10, 2025

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Klara Martel-Laroche and Sungwoo Hwang join forces for the first Midi Musical of the season.

Performance Date: Oct. 15, 2025

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Salvatore Caputo conducts a choral concert featuring works from “Eugen Onegin” and soloists Martine Marcuz and Loïc Richard.

Performance Date: Oct. 18, 2025

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Axelle Saint-Cirel and Ismaël Margain will perform another Midi Musical.

Performance Date: Nov. 13, 2025

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Salvatore Caputo conducts a conservatory concert with Martin Tembremande and Vanessa Feuillatte.

Performance Date: Dec. 10, 2025

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Salvatore Caputo conducts the Christmas concert.

Performance Dates: Dec. 18-21, 2025

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Martin Palmeri’s Misa Tango will feature Salvatore Caputo and Martin Tembremande.

Performance Date: Jan. 10, 2026

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Sabine Devieilhe and Mathieu Pordoy perform Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss, Edvard Grieg, Lili Boulanger, Cécile Chaminade, Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, and Édith Piaf.

Performance Date: Jan. 27, 2026

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Salvatore Caputo conducts a Viva Verdi concert featuring Lucie Emeraude, Irina Stopina, and Martine Marcuz.

Performance Date: Jan. 29, 2026

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Salvatore Caputo conducts “La Traviata Petit Format.”

Performance Date: Feb. 2, 2026

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Sonya Yoncheva, joined by Ekaterina Buachidze and Olga Zadorozhniuk, will perform Chopin, Leoncavallo, Delibes, Offenbach, Viardot, and Tosti.

Performance Date: Feb. 5, 2026

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Thomas Dolié and Anne Le Bozec perform in recital.

Georges Bizet’s “Djamileh” will be conducted by Salvatore Caputo with soloists Martine Marcuz and Loïc Richard.

Performance Date: July 8, 2026