The Russian soprano will return to London in Turandot next year, at the instigation of incoming music director Jakub Hrusa.
Netrebko has been suspended for three years, since the Putin invasion of Ukraine.
Her return has overshadowed a season of seven new productions across two stages:
The third instalment of Wagner’s Ring cycle, Siegfried, will be brought to life under Barrie Kosky…Director Richard Jones also returns to Covent Garden for a new production of I puritani. The series of Handel works written for Covent Garden continues, with two directing debuts: Jetske Mijnssen directs Ariodante on the Main Stage, while Handel’s 1737 work Giustino, directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins, opens the Linbury opera Season.
The Royal Opera’s exploration of Benjamin Britten works continues in the Linbury Theatre with a chilling new production of The Turn of the Screw. Bassem Akiki conducts this atmospheric new staging, created by Natalie Abrahami and Michael Levine. The Jette Parker Artists present the work of three female composers in one show – Jette Parker Artists: Three Chamber Operas. Directed and conducted by JPAs Talia Stern and Peggy Wu, the mixed bill features Elizabeth Maconchy’s The Departure, Charlotte Bray’s Making Arrangements and Elena Langer’s Four Sisters.
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