Yuval Sharon, an American known for innovative productions, will direct the Metropolitan Opera’s next stagings of Wagner’s Ring Cycle and “Tristan und Isolde,” both starring soprano Lise Davidsen and conducted by music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
1 hour ago Entertainment This 2017 photo shows Yuval Sharon, who will direct the Metropolitan Opera's next staging of Wagner's Ring Cycle starring Lise Davidsen as Brnnhilde and conducted by music director Yannick Nzet-Sguin. – Yuval Sharon, an American known for innovative productions, will direct the Metropolitan Opera’s next stagings of Wagner’s Ring Cycle and “Tristan und Isolde,” both starring soprano Lise Davidsen and conducted by music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
In addition, Davidsen will star in Verdi’s “Macbeth” opening the 2026-27 season on Sept. 22, 2026, with Nézet-Séguin conducting.Davidsen plans a fully staged “Tristan” before her Met production and will sing Brünnhilde in at least one of the Ring operas before New York.since 2020. He became the first American to direct at the Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, Germany, in 2018 with “Lohengrin.
The Met gave the Ring’s U.S. premiere in 1889 and has presented five integrated cycle productions since the start of the 20th century that include Franz Hörth directing with Hans Kautsky’s sets , Herbert Graf directing with Lee Simonson’s sets , Herbert Von Karajan’s staging with Günther Schneider-Siemssen’s abstract sets , and Otto Schenk’s Ring with Schneider-Siemssen’s traditional sets .
As part of the Met's pivot to contemporary works, Nézet-Séguin is scheduled to conduct the company premieres of Mason Bates’ “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” , Gabriela Lena Frank’s “El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego” , Missy Mazzoli’s “Lincoln in the Bardo” , Carlos Simon’s “The Highlands" and Huang Ruo’s “The Wedding Banquet” along with also a new Robert Carsen staging of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.
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