Manitoba Opera presents a season of secrets and seductions

Marina Costa-Jackson (Tosca), Lyric Opera of Kansas City, 2022. (Photo by D. Ipock)	Phillip Addis, Don Giovanni, Edmonton Opera, 2018. (Photo by C. Macrae)

Manitoba Opera will present a season of secrets and seductions in 2025/26, the company’s 53rd season, with two of the greatest operas ever written, performed by world-class artists at the height of their craft.

The season opens with Tosca on November 22, 26 and 28, 2025, and The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) will be presented on April 18, 22, and 24, 2026. Both productions will be sung in Italian with projected English translations and will be presented at the Centennial Concert Hall.

“Opera is a world of passion, power, and intrigue, and our 2025/26 season is brimming with all three,” commented Larry Desrochers, General Director and CEO upon announcing the season this past spring. “Whether you crave high-stakes drama or delightful mischief, we have two extraordinary productions that promise unforgettable nights at the opera.”

Puccini’s Tosca is an electrifying thriller packed with love, jealousy, and betrayal. With some of the most breathtaking music ever written, this opera grips you from the very first note and doesn’t let you go.

Heart-pounding drama, intense passion, and soaring melodies are a killer combination in this fateful day in the life of the diva Tosca. In revolutionary Rome, Tosca finds herself in a life-and-death struggle with the corrupt chief of police who will stop at nothing to satisfy his lust for her.

In the spring, political treachery is traded for comic chaos with Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, a masterful blend of wit, romance, and mistaken identities. It’s the eve of Figaro and Susanna’s wedding, but nothing is going right. Can the servants turn the tables on the masters and save the day? Will love triumph? This great ensemble comedy is a whirlwind of clever schemes and unexpected twists, set to some of the most exquisite music ever composed.

For tickets and more information go to mbopera.ca or call 204-944-8824.