The upcoming season will include performances of “Nabucco.” (photo courtesy of LA Opera)

Christopher Koelsch, the Sebastian Paul and Marybelle Musco President and CEO of LA Opera, announced details for the company’s 2026-27 season, which will launch on Oct. 17. In his first season with the company as the incoming Richard Seaver Music Director, Domingo Hindoyan will conduct two of the five mainstage productions. Additional productions at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion will be led by resident conductor Lina González-Granados, guest conductor Diego Matheuz and James Conlon, the company’s current music director, who will assume the title of conductor laureate in the 2026-27 season.

The season also includes several additional performances presented through the company’s Off Grand and Connects initiatives.

Hindoyan begins his tenure as music director by conducting a new, season-opening presentation of “Carmen,” Bizet’s sensational classic. Directed and designed by Thaddeus Strassberger, the new production will star Rihab Chaieb in the title role opposite Joshua Guerrero.

Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide” returns in Francesca Zambello’s beloved production, conducted by Lina González-Granados and starring Duke Kim, Deanna Breiwick and Patti LuPone.

Hindoyan returns to the podium to conduct Verdi’s “Nabucco,” a revival of Thaddeus Strassberger’s opulent production starring Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar and Angela Meade.

Puccini’s epic “Turandot” returns in a highly anticipated revival featuring David Hockney’s iconic set designs, conducted by Diego Matheuz and starring Ewa Płonka in the title role, along with Arsen Soghomonyan and Juliana Grigoryan.

Conlon will return as conductor laureate to close the season with “The Marriage of Figaro,” Mozart’s beloved comedy. The revival of James Gray’s production features a cast led by Michael Sumuel and Sydney Mancasola.

LA Opera’s annual Halloween residency at the United Theater on Broadway will feature the film/opera hybrid “Hercules vs Vampires” for the first time since its smash hit company premiere in 2015. As filmmaker Mario Bava’s 1961 cult fantasy “Hercules in the Haunted World” plays out on the big screen, the LA Opera Orchestra and a cast of singers will perform composer Patrick Morganelli’s operatic score, synced to the action onscreen.

The company’s longstanding partnership with Beth Morrison Projects will feature “The Old Man and the Sea” by composer Paola Prestini and librettist Royce Vavrek, a retelling of Hemingway’s classic story presented at The Wallis in Beverly Hills.

The Wallis will also host recitals featuring Jamie Barton and Sondra Radvanovsky, as well as a duo recital with Erin Morley and Lawrence Brownlee.

Led by founder and conductor Christophe Rousset, the acclaimed Baroque ensemble Les Talens Lyriques will present an evening of Monteverdi and Cavalli at The Colburn School’s intimate Zipper Hall.

LA Opera Connects will present numerous performances throughout the season, highlighted by “The Three Women of Jerusalem,” a community opera by composer-librettist Carla Lucero, presented at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

For information, visit laopera.org.