The Opéra de Rouen Normandie has announced its 2024-25 season.

Opera

Joyce El-Khoury stars in Verdi’s “Aida” alongside Adam Smith, Alisa Kolosova, Adolfo Corrado, and Nikoloz Lagvilava. Pierre Bleuse conducts the production by Philipp Himmelmann.

Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. 5, 2024

Sally Matthews, John Findon, Paula Murrihy, and Caroline Wettergreen headline Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” with Ben Glassberg. The production will be directed by Jean-Philippe Clarac & Olivier Deloeuil > Le Lab.

Performance Dates: Nov. 15-19, 2024

Claudio Monteverdi’s “L’Incoronazione di Poppea” will feature Catherine Trottmann, Ray Chenez, Victoire Bunel, Adrien Mathonat, Paul Figuier, and Maïlys de Villoutreys.

Performance Date: Dec. 17, 2024

Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmélites” will be conducted by Ben Glassberg. Tiphaine Raffier directs the production and will showcase Jérôme Boutillier, Hélène Carpentier, Julien Henric, François Rougier, Lucile Richardot, Axelle Fanyo, Eugénie Joneau, and Emy Gazeilles.

Performance Date: Jan. 28-Feb. 4, 2025

Karine Deshayes, Franco Fagioli, Giorgi Manoshvili, and Alasdair Kent lead the cast of Rossini’s “Semiramide.” Valentina Peleggi conducts the production by Pierre-Emmanuel Rousseau.

Performance Date: June 10-14, 2025

Concerts 

Pierre Dumoussaud conducts Julien Henric and Thomas Dolié. The concert will feature music by Henri Duparc, Jules Massenet, Georges Bizet, Claude Debussy, and Mel Bonis.

Performance Dates: Dec. 20 & 21, 2024

Ben Glassberg conducts Stéphane Degout in a program of music by Camille Pépin, Ernest Chausson, Francis Poulenc, and Sergueï Prokofiev.

Performance Dates: March 28 & 29, 2025

David Bates conducts Lucy Crowe in music by Jean-Philippe Rameau, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Heinrich Biber, Antonio Vivaldi, and Georg Friedrich Haendel.

Performance Dates: April 25 & 26, 2025

Recitals 

Lea Desandre and Alexandre Kantorow perform in recital.

Performance Date: April 22, 2025

Cecilia Bernardini conducts Benjamin Appl and B’Rock Orchestra. The program includes music by Claudio Monteverdi, William Byrd, Antonio Draghi, Carl Heinrich Graun, Georg Philipp Telemann, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Arthur Sullivan, Hans Werner Henze, and Sofia Gubaïdulina.

Performance Date: April 29, 2025

Floriane Hasler performs music by Kaija Saariaho and Edvard Grieg alongside violinist Paul Serri and pianist Romain Louveau.

Performance Date: May 20, 2025