The Royal Opera House Muscat is delighted to present the programme for the Season 2023/24. The season, entitled Stars, Legends, Dreams is built from an amazing variety of shows, including four popular operas, eight exhilarating Arab music concerts and shows, four classical concerts, two extraordinary ballets, one jazz evening, two world music stars, and six spectacular shows.

　　OPERAS

　　The Barber of Seville begins the season in Gioacchino Rossini's much-loved style. Join on the red carpet to open the season with a stellar cast, the Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai, Intermezzo Choir, and the Omani Opera Choir, under the baton of Antonino Fogliani (Sep 28 & 30). The theme of comedy is continued later in the season with Gaetano Donizetti's opera Don Pasquale. The Season welcomes the Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Francesco Lanzillotta, with another line up of incredible artists taking the main roles (Dec 14 & 16). By contrast, we see the return of ROHM's stunning co-production of Giacomo Puccini's tragic love story, La Bohème, with Opéra de Monte Carlo. Emmanuel Villaume conducts the Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana in a staging which takes the breath away (Nov 23 & 25). An exciting highlight is the new opera production, realized in collaboration with Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova and scheduled on the 8th and 10th February 2024, of A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten.

　　CLASSICAL CONCERTS

　　The first orchestral concert of the season features the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, conducted by Michele Gamba. With pieces from Paisiello, Rossini, and Cimarosa, cellist Ettore Pagano will lift the concert to new heights (Sep 29). To add to the big names that feature during the season, legendary Leo Nucci comes on board for a concert in homage to Maria Callas (Nov 24).

　　BALLETS

　　The brilliant Bolshoi Ballet and Opera Theatre Company of Moscow presents Alexander Glazunov's Raymonda (Jan 25, 26, & 27). Sergey Smbatyan returns to the opera house to conduct the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, with dancers from the Prague National Ballet (Mar 6 & 7).

　　In addition, the Xi'An Acrobatic Troupe of China will present Swan Lake, a new take on the classical ballet to music from Tchaikovsky (26 & 28 Oct).

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　　Chinese proofread by Xu CHAO, Mengyao LIU

　　Edited by Mengyao LIU