The Dallas Opera Tuesday announced the programming for its 2026-2027 season.
The company’s 69th season includes four mainstage productions — Donizetti’s “Elixir of Love,” Janáček’s “The Cunning Little Vixen,” Puccini’s “Turandot” with a new ending by Grammy-winning video game composer Christopher Tin, and Wagner’s “Lohengrin.”
Soprano Mirjam Mesak will make her U.S. debut in “The Cunning Little Vixen” and “The Elixir of Love” will feature 2022 Operalia winner Anthony León and 2025 winner Mihai Damian, while 2024 winner Kathleen O’Mara will star in the season finale, “Lohengrin.”
The season kicks off with “The Elixir of Love” starting Oct. 9, followed by “The Cunning Little Vixen” starting Oct. 30, “Turandot” starting Feb. 12, 2027, and concluding with “Lohengrin” starting March 5, 2027.
Popular annual events, including the Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors Showcase Concert, the Robert E. and Jean Ann Titus Family Recital and the Phyllis A. and Thomas H. McCasland Jr. Lone Star Vocal Competition, and two family operas — “The Little Prince” and “The Bremen Town Musicians” — will continue in the upcoming season.
“The 2026/2027 Season spans the breadth of what opera has to offer the world,” said Mrs. Eugene McDermott Music Director Emmanuel Villaume. “The paradigm of bel canto music, the exhilarating THE ELIXIR OF LOVE is the perfect start to the season. I am eager to conduct the charming, bright THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN in its original Czech. There’s a profundity to the message of Janácek’s masterpiece. A winning classic, TURANDOT is always a favorite, and I am excited to explore this new, empowering ending by Christopher Tin and Susan Soon He Stanton. Finally, epic and big, LOHENGRIN is the ideal entry point into the Wagner repertoire with its radiant beauty.”
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