Christian van Horn

David McVicar's production of Verdi's 1847 opera Macbeth.

On May 21, soprano Nadine Sierra takes on one of the repertory’s most formidable and storied roles, the haunted heroine of Lucia di Lammermoor, in an electrifying new staging by in-demand Australian theater and film director Simon Stone, conducted by Riccardo Frizza. Show-stopping tenor Javier Camarena adds to the bel canto fireworks as Lucia’s beloved, Edgardo, with baritone Artur Ruciński as her overbearing brother, Enrico, and bass Matthew Rose as her tutor, Raimondo. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

Le directeur musical James Levine dirige sa première nouvelle production Met après une absence de deux ans : la mise en scène à succès de Robert Carsen de la grande comédie humaine de Verdi. Ambrogio Maestri est un Falstaff idéal, à la tête d'un ensemble extraordinaire de stars vétérans et montantes du Met, dont Angela Meade (Alice), Stephanie Blythe (Mistress Quickly), Franco Vasallo (Ford) et Jennifer Johnson Cano (Meg). Lisette Oropesa et Paolo Fanale sont les jeunes amants, Nannetta et Fenton.

Après une soirée à l’opéra, des invités se retrouvent pour dîner chez l’aristocrate Edmundo Nóbile. Une fois le repas terminé, les convives se rendent compte qu’ils ne peuvent quitter la demeure. La porte est ouverte, mais une force invisible empêche qui que ce soit d’entrer ou de sortir…

Berg’s 20th-century shocker stars baritone Peter Mattei in the title role, with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium and soprano Elza van den Heever as the long-suffering Marie. Groundbreaking visual artist and director William Kentridge unveils a bold new staging set in an apocalyptic wasteland.

Witness the fall of Troy and the rise of an even greater nation in Hector Berlioz’s monumental five-part epic The Trojans. Opera legend Susan Graham, a master of the French opera repertoire, leads the cast as the lovesick queen Dido, who welcomes the Trojan refugees to her shores—only to have her heart broken by one of their heroes.

A staging of Charles Gounod's "Faust", staged by Tobias Kratzer.

Thanks to her open heart and determination, Cinderella triumphs over her mean-spirited relatives in Rossini’s sparkling version of the story. Karine Deshayes, lauded for her “emotional depth and vibrant, beautiful sound”, makes her San Francisco Opera debut in the beloved fairy tale about a gentle but courageous servant girl who catches the eye of a handsome prince. In San Francisco Opera’s charming and heartwarming production, esteemed Spanish conductor Jesús López-Cobos leads a superb cast.

Production of the Salzuberger Festspiele 2024. French director Mariame Clément will explore the relationship between art and real life by linking the three “tales” with individual stages of Hoffmann's biography as an artist in her production. This has decisive consequences for the female characters, or rather for the view of the images that Hoffmann projects onto Stella: the angelic but emotionally cold Olympia, who turns out to be a doll;