IL TRITTICO Company Premiere/New Production Giacomo Puccini Sep 6 - 26, 2008		THE FLY U.S. Premiere/New Production Howard Shore Sep 7 - 26, 2008		MADAMA BUTTERFLY Liping Zhang debut Giacomo Puccini Oct 1 - 18, 2008
CARMEN Bizet's sizzling opera Georges Bizet Nov 15 - Dec 14, 2008		THE MAGIC FLUTE (Die Zauberflöte) A lavish cartoon world Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Jan 10 - 25, 2009		DAS RHEINGOLD Company Premiere/New Production Richard Wagner Feb 21 - Mar 15, 2009
DIE WALKURE Company Premiere/New Production Richard Wagner Apr 4 - 25, 2009		The Birds (Die Vögel) Company Premiere/New Production Walter Braunfels Apr 11 - 26, 2009		LA TRAVIATA Verdi's heart-rending story Giuseppe Verdi May 21 - Jun 21, 2009