‘Do not get used to our suffering’ implored Olena Zelenska in 2024, reminding the world about the ongoing war in Ukraine. The Mothers of Kherson is a response to the appeal. It was co-produced by the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera and the Metropolitan Opera in New York, two institutions that have been actively supporting the embattled nation since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. One of their joint projects is the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra led by conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson, who has also been involved in the process of developing the new opera.

Mothers of Kherson

Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera

Care becomes contempt and love becomes loathing in this dark, unsettling parable. Breaking with operatic tradition, Angel’s Bone fuses multiple musical genres, spoken word and immersive staging in an uncompromising tale of modern slavery and human trafficking.

Angel’s Bone

London Coliseum

The world’s most popular opera, Puccini’s heartbreaking tragedy never fails to enrapture audiences with its poignant depiction of love and loss in bohemian Paris, all set to one of opera’s most romantic scores. Some of today’s most extraordinary talents inhabit the touchstone principal roles in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic staging, a perennial Met favorite for the past 45 years.

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La Bohème

Lincoln Center

The opera DER ROSENKAVALIER leads into the bedroom of a princess and straight into the intimate conversation with her youthful lover. Inspired by the ancient tragedy ELEKTRA, Richard Strauss and the poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal envisioned something entirely new: a comedy for music. Cheerful, light, and elegant, conciliatory yet profound in its emotions and thoughts – and, of course, Austrian in its burlesque wit while at the same time touched by melancholy reflection. Thus the authors created the famous figure of the Field Marshal's wife, Princess Werdenberg who bears the first name Marie-Thérèse for good reason and entrusted her with the leading role in the opera DER ROSENKAVALIER, premiered in 1911.

Der Rosenkavalier

Cologne Opera

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Step into a magical forest where adventure, danger, and wonder await in Hansel and Gretel. This enchanting opera follows two spirited siblings who, while searching for food, lose their way and stumble upon a world filled with mystery—from a dreamy night watched over by angels to a dazzling house made entirely of sweets.

But beneath the whimsy lies real peril. A cunning witch lurks in the shadows, tempting the children with irresistible treats and dark intentions. With courage, cleverness, and the unbreakable bond of family, Hansel and Gretel must outwit her to find their way home.

Filled with lush, storybook music and moments of humor, heart, and suspense, Hansel and Gretel is a captivating journey for audiences of all ages—a timeless tale of resilience, imagination, and the power of love.

Hansel & Gretel

Tri-Cities Opera Center

Carmen is actually one of the first verismo operas that preceded the “manifesto” of the Italian artistic movement. Its style, and the death of the title heroine, which were at variance with the established opéra comique conventions, seem to have been the reason why the work did not give rise to much public enthusiasm at and in the wake of the world premiere in Paris in 1875. Yet Carmen soon triumphed in other European cities.

Carmen

National Theatre Prague

A passion that burns. Desire ignites a dangerous flame in Bizet’s Carmen. When a fiercely independent woman pulls a soldier into her orbit, obsession spirals into jealousy, betrayal, and tragedy. Packed with bold melodies and irresistible rhythms, this fiery story of seduction and destruction blazes all the way to its unforgettable final moment.

Bizet’s Carmen

Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts

Rusalka, a renowned Czech opera by Antonin Dvorak, is a tragic fairy tale about a water nymph who sacrifices her voice to a witch, Jezibaba to become human and marry a prince. After he rejects her for a foreign princess, she becomes a cursed sprit, ultimately killing the Prince with a fatal kiss.

Rusalka (Westerly, RI)

The Katharine Hepburn Performing Arts Center

United Theatre

A swashbuckling adventure. An epic romance. A timeless tale of vigilante justice. The spirit of revolution ignites in the wildly entertaining Zorro, transformed for the opera stage by Héctor Armienta.

After love awakens him to the plight of the oppressed in early 19th century Los Ángeles, a young man of noble blood dons a black mask to become Zorro—forsaking his birthright to defend the vulnerable against the maniacal mayor and protect the woman he loves, Ana Maria. Will love and justice triumph against tyranny?

A tuneful, Puccini-inspired score and dynamic choreography give this lavish production a cinematic sweep, bursting with Mexican musical influences, flashing blades, and flamenco fire. Come ready for humor, action, and amor—a big, beautiful, and unabashedly lyrical performance with Latin flair.

Héctor Armienta's Zorro

Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre

One hundred and thirty years after its premiere in Turin, La bohème continues to hold an immortal place among the most performed and beloved works in the operatic repertoire. Perhaps it is the allure of the seemingly carefree artistic milieu of Paris. Perhaps it is Puccini’s ravishing score, with its recurring motifs that follow each character and render the drama so immediate. Above all, it is surely the timeless portrayal of love – genuine and fragile – in a world where it is too often cheaply traded.

La bohème

The Royal Danish Playhouse

The Alonetimes guides six extraordinary performers through a web of memories, times and parallel worlds: a druid by a fire made of broken iPads, two boys at a piano just before a meteorite impact, the voice of a lost love on a walkie-talkie. Scenes like found objects from personal history. For this project, two fascinating and very different composers come together: Jennifer Walshe and Philip Venables explore loneliness in their new music theatre piece – sharpened by constant digital presence, intensified by pandemic and crisis. The soloists appear as fragile time travellers, a “broken consort” that only finds resonance in togetherness. In music, language and movement, they unearth buried stories – comical, painful, tender. A piece about letting go of old burdens and the realisation that loneliness can only be overcome together. Walshe and Venables combine their passion for collage, voice and direct, open musical theatre. Personal experiences are woven into a vibrant network in which no one exists without the others. From broken bonds and buried memories, a new form of community emerges.

The Alonetimes

Deutsche Oper Berlin

He is supported by Don Basilio, who spins intrigues. Help comes from Figaro, the shrewd barber, who uses cunning and disguises to gain Almaviva access to Rosina. Despite all the obstacles and comic entanglements, the lovers manage to outwit Bartolo in the end and find each other.

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Vienna State Opera

«Free she was born, free she will die»: To preserve her freedom, Carmen even accepts her own death. With her uncompromising will to autonomy, she shattered the moral conventions of her time. This sets her apart from the many passive, self-sacrificing female characters of 19th-century opera – once a scandalous figure, later a figure of identification, always a large screen onto which audiences project their own feelings. Director Ole Anders Tandberg takes up these ambivalences and works with iconic images: the bright red flamenco dress, the torero costume and the bullring. But these symbols are not left uncommented upon; instead, they are exaggerated to the point of the grotesque and the macabre. An emotional rollercoaster ride with catchy tunes like the Habanera and the Toreador Song that will linger long in memory. Argentinian conductor Alejo Pérez, General Music Director of Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, makes his debut at Deutsche Oper Berlin. Gaëlle Arquez brings charm and sophistication to the French Carmen, and later our new ensemble member Kristina Stanek introduces herself as the new Berlin Carmen.

Torn between love and duty, Aida stands at the center of a tempest of passion, loyalty, and impossible choices. Captive in ancient Egypt, the Ethiopian Princess must navigate her love for the heroic Radamès, her devotion to her homeland, and the schemes of the jealous Princess Amneris. Toledo Opera’s original production brings Verdi’s unforgettable arias, soaring duets, and breathtaking choruses to life, immersing audiences in a story of desire, sacrifice, and destiny. Returning to Toledo Opera for the first time in over a decade, Aida is a monumental opera experience not to be missed.

Aida

Valentine Theatre

When two young people in Verona first set eyes on each other, their lives are changed forever. They know they are destined for each other, even though their families are sworn enemies due to a blood feud. Their tragic fate is therefore inevitable.

Roméo et Juliette

La Monnaie - De Munt

She lives fast, loves freely, and throws a better party than anyone in Paris. But beneath the champagne and charm, Violetta knows her days in the spotlight won’t last forever. When she dares to trade pleasure for true love, society—and Alfredo’s very proper family—are quick to remind her just how unforgiving Paris can be.

Verdi’s La Traviata is all romance, sacrifice, and a story where “happily ever after” takes a hard pass.

La Traviata

Marcus Performing Arts Center

Tatyana, a young woman living in the depths of the Russian countryside, falls hopelessly in love with Eugene Onegin, a dashing, cynical man of the world. Thinking her naïve, he casually rejects her. When, many years later, they meet again, Tatyana is married to another man and the toast of fashionable St Petersburg society. Too late Onegin realises that he loves Tatyana, with devastating consequences for them both.

Tchaikovsky adapted Pushkin’s great verse novel for the stage and set it to music that displays his gift for unforgettable melody – particularly in Tatyana’s famous ‘Letter Scene’ – and his genius for dance in the rural revels and the Petersburg ball scenes. The result is a deeply affecting portrait of love, regret and missed chances.

Eugene Onegin

Leeds Grand Theatre

Verdi’s Il trovatore blazes with passion, vengeance, and the unstoppable force of fate. At its heart is a search for identity, as each character struggles to confront who they truly are, and the secrets that define them. Adding to this is also a fierce love triangle, Leonora: the noblewoman seeking love and the lengths she will go for it; Manrico, the troubadour raised by the mysterious Azucena; and Count di Luna, leader of the military force, consumed by obsession and revenge against Azucena and Manrico. As past secrets collide with present rivalries, Verdi’s electrifying music drives the drama forward with soaring arias, stirring choruses, and unrelenting intensity. In the shadow of 15th Century Spain, political machinations, true love, revenge, and obsession come full force. Known by opera lovers and newcomers alike through the Act II “Anvil Chorus”, Il trovatore is a true modern grand opera, full of political intrigue, mistaken identity, love, revenge, obsession, and onstage battles! A co-production with Vancouver Opera.

Il trovatore

Royal Theatre

Sharp-witted court jester Rigoletto is the philandering Duke’s right-hand man, always quick to defend his patron’s womanizing and mock his master’s victims. But the joke is on him.

Rigoletto

Benedum Center for the Performing Arts

The heir of a fictional kingdom suffers from overwhelming sadness; but when Fata Morgana, a witch, inadvertently trips and falls, he suddenly doubles up with laughter. The offended witch curses the prince, forcing him to embark on a quest for happiness in the form of three oranges. His epic journey is replete with transformed princesses and wild card games, with an angry cook and monstrous rat for good measure. Drawing inspiration from a whimsical commedia dell’arte piece by Carlo Gozzi, the composer wrote a sarcastic and poetic libretto. Prokofiev’s lively style is undeniably catchy, placing the orchestra at the centre as a legitimate character. His musical landscape is eclectic, unpredictable, sweeping everything up in frenzy. This lively burlesque, satirical, and fantasy piece is directed by Laurent Pelly, and led by the sharp hand of internationally renowned conductor Dmitry Matvienko.

Mothers of Kherson

Polish National Opera

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London Coliseum

La Bohème

The Metropolitan Opera

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Oper Köln

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Hansel & Gretel

Tri-Cities Opera

Carmen

Národní divadlo

Bizet’s Carmen

North Carolina Opera

Rusalka (Westerly, RI)

Salt Marsh Opera

Héctor Armienta's Zorro

Utah Opera

La bohème

Det Kongelige Teater

The Alonetimes

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Wiener Staatsoper

Carmen

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Aida

Toledo Opera

Roméo et Juliette

La Monnaie / De Munt

La Traviata

The Florentine Opera

Eugene Onegin

Opera North

Il trovatore

Pacific Opera Victoria

Rigoletto

Pittsburgh Opera

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