2025 - 2026 Season, Austin Opera

The 2025-2026 Season opens in November with Celebrate Opera! A Spectacular Birthday Concert at the Long Center for the Performing Arts conducted by Timothy Myers, Austin Opera’s Sarah and Ernest Butler Music Director. The two concerts will feature some of opera’s most iconic showstoppers, including famous arias and ensembles from Puccini’s beloved Tosca and Verdi’s masterpieces Aida and Rigoletto. Guest soloists include soprano Leah Crocetto, tenor Jonathan Burton, mezzo-soprano Zoie Reams, and baritone Malcolm MacKenzie.

February brings a new production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel created in partnership with Boston Lyric Opera, led by Obie Award-winning director Anne Bogart. A cast of Central Texas’ finest singers will star in the opera, with Lauren Snouffer as Julie Jordan, Mark Diamond as Billy Bigelow, and Mela Sarajane Daily as Nettie Fowler.

The season concludes in spring 2026 when Puccini’s masterpiece La bohème returns to Austin for four performances. One of the world’s most popular and relatable operas, La bohème centers on the romance of the young poet Rodolfo and shy seamstress Mimì, who live in Paris among a group of poor, hopeful Bohemian artists. Tenor Joshua Blue and soprano Hailey Clark star in opera’s greatest love story as the poet Rodolfo and the shy seamstress Mimì. Soprano Jasmine Habersham, in her Austin Opera debut, sings the role of Musetta, with baritone Troy Cook as Marcello.

Subscriptions for the 2025-2026 Season will go on sale to current subscribers on Tuesday, February 25, and new subscribers can purchase a season ticket package starting on Wednesday, March 26. Individual tickets for the season will be available on Monday, August 4, 2025. Subscriptions and individual tickets can be purchased at www.austinopera.org.