Washington National Opera’s 2026/27 season has arrived—and it is unlike anything in our history. We enter our next season as a fully independent company—bold in vision, forward in spirit, and powered by you!
This season celebrates bold artistic ambition, fearless creativity, and the extraordinary power of live performance. Featuring internationally acclaimed artists including Renée Fleming, Christine Goerke, Thomas Hampson, Karah Son, Isabel Leonard, Amber R. Monroe, Gregory Kunde, and more, WNO’s season invites audiences into immersive new productions, beloved classics, groundbreaking contemporary works, and entirely new theatrical experiences.
How to Purchase Tickets
You can purchase tickets directly from each venue's Box Office. Ticketing links are posted below. Tickets start at $45.
Season Sponsors
Join us as we transform the opera experience in five venues across the Washington, D.C. region — each space designed to bring you closer to the art than ever before.
DAR Constitution Hall
1776 D St. NW, Washington, DC 20006
Kreeger Theater at the Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
1101 6th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024
WNO Studio
6925 Willow Street NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20012
Harman Hall at Shakespeare Theatre Company
610 F St. NW, Washington, DC 20004
The Music Center at Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD 20852

November 7, 13, 18, 20 at 7pm, & 15 at 2pm
DAR Constitution Hall
Puccini’s timeless tragedy returns in a striking new production on WNO’s Revolutionary Stage. Korean soprano Karah Son makes her company debut as Cio-Cio-San alongside tenor Matthew White and Cafritz Young Artist alumna Michelle Mariposa. Directed by E. Loren Meeker in a setting evocative of Japan by Walt Spangler, this immersive staging brings Butterfly’s devastating emotional journey thrillingly close.
Limited premium seats ($219 to $329) available now - email tickets@washnatopera.org.

November 14, 19 at 7pm, & 21 at 2pm
DAR Constitution Hall
Political spectacle meets intimate human drama in John Adams’s modern masterpiece. Superstar soprano Renée Fleming opposite acclaimed baritone Thomas Hampson return to the WNO stage as Pat and Richard Nixon. Conducted by Robert Spano and directed by Elkhanah Pulitzer, this reimagined production blends rare archival footage, bold visual storytelling, and Adams’s electrifying score into an unforgettable theatrical event.
Limited premium seats ($219 to $329) available now - email tickets@washnatopera.org.

November 22 at 4pm
DAR Constitution Hall
A sweeping concert event featuring Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, and Marian Anderson Vocal Award winner Amber R. Monroe, We the People explores humanity’s enduring longing for liberty through some of opera’s most stirring music—from Nabucco to Il Trovatore and beyond.
Limited premium seats available now ($219 to $285) - email tickets@washnatopera.org.

Dec. 18 at 5pm, Dec. 19 at 2pm & 5pm, and Dec. 20 at 2pm & 5pm
Kreeger Theater at the Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
Perfect for families and first-time audiences, Ben Moore and Kelley Rourke’s Odyssey transforms Greek myth into a vibrant 70-minute theatrical adventure featuring large-scale puppetry, featuring WNO’s Youth Chorus, Cafritz Young Artists, and orchestra.

Jan. 15 and 16 at 7pm
WNO Studio
WNO continues its commitment to developing new American works through two bold new operas by composer JL Marlor and librettist Clare Bierman exploring identity, ideology, friendship, and violence on a contemporary college campus.

Mar. 12, 18, & 26 at 7pm, and Mar. 14 and 21 & 2pm
Harman Hall at Shakespeare Theatre Company
A major world premiere and one of the season's landmark events, O’Keeffe: Kiss the Sky is a groundbreaking new ballet-opera inspired by the life and vision of Georgia O’Keeffe, starring Isabel Leonard, Christine Goerke, and William Burden. With music by Grammy Award®- winner Christopher Tin, a libretto by Kelley Rourke, direction by Francesca Zambello, and choreography by Jessica Lang, the production fuses opera and ballet into a stunning theatrical experience.

Mar. 20, 25 at 7pm, and Mar. 27 at 2pm
Harman Hall at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Mozart’s mythic drama is reimagined by Francesca Zambello and Kelley Rourke in a fully immersive adaptation inspired by ancient Greek theater. Featuring tenor Gregory Kunde and current and former Cafritz Young Artists, this powerful retelling places raw human emotion at the center of Mozart’s magnificent score.

Apr. 29 at 7pm and May 1 at 6:30pm
The Music Center at Strathmore
Sempre Libera! One of opera’s most beloved masterpieces returns in Francesca Zambello’s elegant production, featuring Italian sensation, Francesca Pia Vitale as Violetta, opposite Ben Bliss as Alfredo. From glittering Parisian salons to heartbreaking sacrifice, La traviata remains one of opera’s most captivating and devastating love stories.

Apr. 30 at 7pm
The Music Center at Strathmore
The stars of tomorrow take the mainstage with a one-night-only performance of
La traviata by our Cafritz Young Artists!

Renée Fleming is Pat Nixon in Nixon in China; and sings in We the People

Thomas Hampson is Richard Nixon in Nixon in China; and sings in We the People

Isabel Leonard is Georgia O'Keeffe in O'Keeffe: Kiss the Sky

Karah Son is Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly

Christine Goerke is Mabel Dodge in O'Keefe: Kiss the Sky

Matthew White is Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly

Will Liverman is Sharpless in Madama Butterfly

Michelle Mariposa is Suzuki in Madama Butterfly

Amber R. Monroe is WNO's 2026/27 Marian Anderson Award Winner

Joo Won Kang is Chou En-Lai in Nixon in CHina

William Burden is Alfred Stieglitz in O'Keeffe: Kiss the Sky

Viviana Goodwin is Ilia in Idomeneo

Rodell Rosel is Goro in Madama Butterfly

Kathleen Kim is Madame Mao in Nixon in China

WNO Cafritz Young Artists take on Idomeneo and La traviata

Francesa Zambello directs Madama Butterfly, Odyssey, Idomeneo, and La traviata

E. Loren Meeker directs Madama Butterfly

Elkhanah Pulitzer directs Nixon in China

Donald Lee III conducts Odyssey

George Manahan conducts O'Keeffe: Kiss the Sky
DAR CONSTITUTION HALL
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Madama Butterfly
Nixon in China
We the People
Box office
KREEGER THEATER AT THE ARENA STAGE AT THE MEAD CENTER FOR AMERICAN THEATER
Tickets coming soon
Odyssey
WNO STUDIO
Tickets coming soon
American Opera Initiative: WOLF | LAMBS
HARMAN HALL AT SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY
Box Office Information
You may call the Shakespeare Theatre Box Office at 202-547-1122: 7 days a week, 12–6pm, for assistance with tickets.
For Group Sales, please email stcgroups@shakespearetheatre.org, or call 202.547.1122, option 2.
Mozart's Idomeneo: A Trojan Tale
THE MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
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La traviata
La traviata: Cafritz Young Artists
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