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2026/27 Season Overview

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

  • General Dynamics
  • Jacqueline Badger Mars
  • Dallas Morse Coors 

Our Venues

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

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Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly

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.


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Nixon in China

Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly

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.


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We the People

Madama Butterfly

Odyssey - Holiday Opera

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.





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Odyssey - Holiday Opera

American Opera Initiative: WOLF | LAMBS

Odyssey - Holiday Opera

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.

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American Opera Initiative: WOLF | LAMBS

American Opera Initiative: WOLF | LAMBS

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.



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O'Keeffe: Kiss the Sky - World Premiere

American Opera Initiative: WOLF | LAMBS

American Opera Initiative: WOLF | LAMBS

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.  

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Mozart's Idomeneo: A Trojan Tale

La traviata - Cafritz Young Artists

Mozart's Idomeneo: A Trojan Tale

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.

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La traviata

La traviata - Cafritz Young Artists

Mozart's Idomeneo: A Trojan Tale

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.

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La traviata - Cafritz Young Artists

La traviata - Cafritz Young Artists

La traviata - Cafritz Young Artists

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!







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Meet our 2026/27 season 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 headshot

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

2026/27 Season Dates & Venues

DAR CONSTITUTION HALL

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Madama Butterfly

  • Saturday, November 7, 7 pm
  • Friday, November 13, 7 pm [Women Who Opera and BravO Young Professionals Night]
  • Sunday, November 15, 2 pm
  • Wednesday, November 18, 7 pm
  • Friday, November 20, 7 pm


Nixon in China

  • Saturday, November 14, 7 pm
  • Thursday, November 19, 7 pm [Women Who Opera and BravO Young Professionals Night]
  • Saturday, November 21, 2 pm


We the People 

  • Sunday, November 22 at 4pm


Box office

  • General Tickets are only available online.
  • Bringing a group of 9 or more? Email us for group rates: tickets@washnatopera.org!
  • Limited premium seats ($219 to $329) available now - email tickets@washnatopera.org.

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KREEGER THEATER AT THE ARENA STAGE AT THE MEAD CENTER FOR AMERICAN THEATER

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Odyssey

  • Friday, December 18 at 5pm
  • Saturday, December 19 at 2pm
  • Saturday, December 19 at 5pm
  • Sunday, December 20 at 2pm
  • Sunday, December 20 at 5pm

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WNO STUDIO

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American Opera Initiative: WOLF | LAMBS

  • Friday, January 15 at 7pm
  • Saturday, January 16 at 7pm

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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. 


O'Keeffe: Kiss the Sky

  • Friday, March 12 at 7pm
  • Sunday, March 14 at 2pm
  • Thursday, March 18 at 7pm [Women Who Opera and BravO Young Professionals Night]
  • Sunday, March 21 at 2pm
  • Friday, March 26 at 7pm

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Mozart's Idomeneo: A Trojan Tale

  • Saturday, March 20 at 7pm
  • Thursday, March 25 at 7pm [Women Who Opera and BravO Young Professionals Night]
  • Saturday, March 27 at 2pm

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THE MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE

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La traviata

  • Thursday, April 29 [Women Who Opera Night]
  • Saturday, May 1 at 6:30pm

La traviata: Cafritz Young Artists

  • Friday, April 30 [BravO Young Professionals Night]

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How to Purchase Accessible/ADA Seats

If you require wheelchair or wheelchair companion seating, please contact us directly at tickets@washnatopera.org or 202-796-0071 and leave a voicemail. We look forward to assisting you.  

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