In his final appointment as Music Director of The Royal Opera, Antonio Pappano will be conducting two spectacular casts in Oliver Mears’ darkly elegant production of Verdi’s Rigoletto and Andrei Șerban’s classic staging of Puccini’s Turandot.

Both Dupuis and Sierra have recently performed on the Covent Garden stage, meeting great critical acclaim. Dupuis performed the role of Carlo di Vargas in The Royal Opera’s recent revival of La forza del destino. Nadine Sierra made her Covent Garden debut in 2023 with the role of Adina in L’elisir d’amore. Current Jette Parker Artists Veena Akama-Makia, Josef Jeongmeen Ahn, Grisha Martirosyan, Ryan Vaughan Davies, and former JPA Blaise Malaba, also join the cast.

Sondra Radvanovsky (Princess Turandot) and Brian Jadge (Calaf) will lead an incredible cast for four performances of Turandot. The pair performed together in The Royal Opera’s five-star production of La forza del destino at the beginning of the 2023/24 Season.

The Royal Opera will perform Rigoletto for two performances at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall in Yokohama on 22 and 25 June, and a further two at the NHK Hall in Tokyo on 28 and 30 June. The four performances of Turandot will take place at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan on 23, 26 and 29 June, and 2 July.

All tickets will be sold through the Japanese presenter, Japan Performing Arts Foundation (NBS) and not through the Royal Opera House. Ticket information can be found on the NBS website.