A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten Teatro Real, Madrid 10 to 22 | 03 | 2026 MUSICAL CONDUCTOR Ivor Bolton STAGE DIRECTOR Deborah Warner SET DESIGN Christof Hetzer COSTUME DESIGN Luis Carvalho LIGHTING Urs Schönebaum STAGE MOVEMENT DIRECTION Kim Brandstrup CAST: here. CHILDREN'S CHORUS DIRECTOR Ana González Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real Pequeños Cantores de la ORCAM

photo Lorem / Francesco D’Abbraccio Requiem for Mariza by Meriç Artaç and Sarah Sluimer Dutch National Opera & Ballet 13-21 | 03 | 2026 Composition and concept |  Meriç Artaç Libretto |  Sarah Sluimer Musical direction |  Sora Elisabeth Lee Stage direction, set and costume design |  Silvia Costa Collaborator set design |  Davis Hart Video design |  Lorem / Francesco D’Abbraccio Lighting design |  Marco Giusti Dramaturgy |  Jasmijn van Wijnen Mariza |  Nina van Essen Ra |  Maa

Vanishings Le Journal d'un disparu | Növények music by Leoš Janáček | Thomas Ades Opera de Massy 13, 15 | 03 | 2026 concept and direction: Lukas Hemleb conductor: Marc Desmons arrangement for ensemble of Journal d’un disparu : Laurent Cuniot set design: Margherita Palli costume design: Bianca Sarah Stummer video design: Luca Scarzella Le Journal d'un disparu, Leos Janáček Janik (ténor) :  Vladimír Šlepec Zefka (mezzo-soprano) :  Helena Milošević Trois voix de femme : Angela S

AWAKENING music by Param Vir dramatic poem by David Rudkin World premiere Theater Bonn from 01 | 03 | 2026 conductor Daniel Johannes Mayr director Vasily Barkhatov set designer Zinovy Margolin costume designer Olga Shaishmelashvili video Ruth Stofer lighting designer Olaf Winter, Jorge Delgadillo choreography Sommer Ulrickson co-choreography Marko Weigert CAST Director / Anand Mark Morouse Prince Gautam, later The Buddha Cody Quattlebaum Kanthak, his horse / The Celestial /

photo Clive Barda (Glyndebourne) Don Pasquale music by Gaetano Donizetti The Royal Opera House, Copenhagen from 27 | 02 to 30 | 04 | 2026 conductor: Robert Houssart | Vito Cristofaro director: Mariame Clément set- and costume design: Julia Hansen lighting design: Bernd Purkrabek revival lighting designer.: Andrew May cast: here . The Royal Danish Orchestra The Royal Danish Opera Chorus

ARIADNE AUF NAXOS music by Richard Strauss Opera in one act Libretto by Hugo Von Hofmannsthal Teatro dell'Opera di Roma from 01 to 10 | 03 | 2026 conductor Maxime Pascal director David Hermann set designer  Jo Schramm costume designer Michaela Barth lighting designer  Fabrice Kebour   CAST Der Haushofmeister  Charles Morillon Ein Musiklehrer   Adrian Eröd Der Komponist  Angela Brower Primadonna (Ariadne)  Axelle Fanyo Tenor (Bacchus)  Tuomas Katajala Zerbinetta  Ziyi Dai Harl

El barberillo de Lavapiés Zarzuela in three acts music by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri text by Luis Mariano de Larra Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo 26 and 28 | 02 | 2026 conductor Óliver Díaz director Christof Loy set design Manuel La Casta lighting design Valerio Tiberi costume designer Robby Duiveman choreography Javier Pérez Cast: Paloma Carmen Artaza Lamparilla David Oller Marquesita del Bierzo Cristina Toledo Don Luis de Haro Santiago Sánchez Don Juan de Peralta Alejandro Bali

Inferno music by  Lucia Ronchetti libretto from Dante’s Inferno  with an epilogue by  Tiziano Scarpa World premiere Teatro dell'Opera di Roma from 19 | 02 | 2026 conductor Tito Ceccherini director David Hermann set designer Jo Schramm  costume designer   Maria Grazia Chiuri lighting designer  Fabrice Kebour dramaturg Mareike Wink     Dante  Tommaso Ragno Francesca  Laura Catrani Ulisse  Leonardo Cortellazzi Lucifero   Andreas Fischer   Caronte  Fabio Ulleri Minosse  Carlo Gug

La Gioconda music by Amilcare Ponchielli Gran Teatre del Liceu from 16 | 02 to 02 | 03 | 2026 conductor | Daniel Oren director | Romain Gilbert set designer| Etienne Pluss costume designer | Christian Lacroix lighting designer | Valerio Tiberi choreographer | Vincent Chaillet CAST here   Choir of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, choir master Pablo Assante Children’s Choir of the Orfeó Català, choir master Glòria Coma i Pedrals Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu Co-p

photo Hugo Thomassen Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner Nationale Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam 08 to 23 | 02 | 2026 musical direction   Tarmo Peltokoski stage direction   Pierre Audi revival direction   Lisenka Heijboer Castañón associate revival direction   Frans Willem de Haas set and costume design   Christof Hetzer lighting design   Jean Kalman video design   Anna Bertsch dramaturgy   Willem Bruls Tristan   Michael Weinius Isolde   Malin Byström König Marke   Liang Li Ku

Faust by Charles Gounod Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich from 08 | 02 | 2026 conductor Nathalie Stutzmann / Daniele Rustioni director Lotte de Beer associate director Florian Hurler set designer Christof Hetzer costume designer Jorine van Beek lighting designer Benedikt Zehm dramaturgy Peter te Nuyl / Ana Edroso Stroebe Le docteur Faust Jonathan Tetelman / Piotr Beczała Méphistophélès Kyle Ketelsen Valentin Florian Sempey / Boris Pinkhasovich Wagner Thomas Mole / Andrew H

Louise music by GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER Opera de Lyon from 29 | 01 | 2026   CONDUCTOR Giulio Cilona STAGE DIRECTION Christof Loy SET DESIGN Etienne Pluss COSTUME DESIGN Robby Duiveman LIGHTING DESIGN Valerio Tiberi DRAMATURGY Louis Geisler CAST: her e PRODUCTION OF THE FESTIVAL D’AIX-EN-PROVENCE in COPRODUCTION WITH OPÉRA NATIONAL DE LYON, PALAZZETTO BRU ZANE – CENTRE DE MUSIQUE ROMANTIQUE FRANÇAISE, THÉÂTRE NATIONAL DE L’OPÉRA-COMIQUE

photo Monika Rittershaus SEMELE by G. F. Händel National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam from 17 to 29 | 01 | 2026 musical direction  Emmanuelle Haïm stage direction   Claus Guth set design  Michael Levine costume design  Gesine Völlm lighting design  Michael Bauer video design   rocafilm choreography  Ramses Sigl dramaturgy  Yvonne Gebauer, Christopher Warmuth CAST Semele  Elsa Benoit Athamas  Jakub Józef Orliński Juno  Jasmin White Jupiter  David Portillo Cadmus / Somnus  Florian

Benamor music by Pablo Luna Libretto by Antonio Paso and Ricardo González del Toro Theater an der Wien from 23 | 01 | 2026 conductor | José Miguel Pérez-Sierra director | Christof Loy stage designer | Herbert Murauer costume designer | Barbara Drosihn lighting designer | Fabrice Kebour choreography | Javier Pérez dramaturgy | Kai Weßler cast: here . ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien Arnold Schoenberg Chor choir master: Erwin Ortner

Die Zauberflöte music W. A. Mozart Mozartwoche, Mozarteum, Salzburg from 23 | 01 | 2026 condutor Roberto González-Monjas director Rolando Villazón set design Harald Thor costume design Tanja Hofmann choreography Ramses Sigl lighting design Stefan Bolliger videos Roland Horvath/rocafilm dramaturgy Ulrich Leisinger Franz-Josef Selig | Sarastro Kathryn Lewek | Königin der Nacht Magnus Dietrich | Tamino Emily Pogorelc | Pamina Theodore Platt | Papageno Tamara Ivaniš | Papagena Al

Orfeo ed Euridice music by Christoph Willibald Gluck Teatro Regio di Parma from 23 | 01 | 2026 conductor FABIO BIONDI director SHIRIN NESHAT set designer HEIKE VOLLMER costume designer KATHARINA SCHLIPF lighting designer VALERIO TIBERI choreography CLAUDIA GRECO dramaturgy YVONNE GEBAUER director of photography RODIN HAMIDI Cast Orfeo CARLO VISTOLI Euridice FRANCESCA PIA VITALE Amore THEODORA RAFTIS FILARMONICA ARTURO TOSCANINI CORO DEL TEATRO REGIO DI PARMA choir master Mart

The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet , Oslo from 17 | 01 to 08 | 02 | 2026 Conductor Antonio Mendez Director Peer Perez Øian Set design Etienne Pluss Costume design Bianca Deigner Lighting design Martin Flack Choreographer Magnus Myhr see cast here .

Lo Schiaccianoci ( The Nutcracker) music by Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij Teatro dell'Opera di Roma from 17 | 12 | 2025 conductor Nir Kabaretti and Carlo Donadio (27, 28, 30, 31) choreography Paul Chalmer set  Andrea Miglio costumes  Gianluca Falaschi lighting design  Valerio Tiberi video  Igor Renzetti e Lorenzo Bruno   Cast CLARA Flavia Stocchi/Marta Marigliani/Federica Azzone   SCHIACCIANOCI Alessio Rezza/Simone Agrò/Walter Maimone   DROSSELMEYER Claudio Cocino/Mattia Tortora/Vale

Lo Schiaccianoci ( The Nutcracker) music by Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij Teatro San Carlo, Napoli from 20 | 12 | 2025 conductor | Jonathan Darlington / Maurizio Agostini choreography | Simone Valastro set design | Nicola Rubertelli costume design | Giusi Giustino lighting design | Valerio Tiberi video | Alessandro Papa   with Clara | Claudia D’Antonio, Luisa Ieluzzi,  Anna Chiara Amirante, Giorgia Pasini Principe | Danilo Notaro, Stanislao Capissi,  Alessandro Staiano, Salvatore Man

photo Monika Rittershaus CABARET Musical by Joe Masteroff (book), John Kander (music) and Fred Ebb (lyrics) based on the play «I Am a Camera» by John van Druten and the stories of Christopher Isherwood translated by Robert Gilbert Residenz Theater, Munich from 12 | 12 | 2025 direction Claus Guth musical direction Stephen Delaney musical co- direction Philip Tillotson set design Étienne Pluss costume design Bianca Deigner sound composition Mathis Nitschke lighting desig