A production of Richard Wagner's "Tannhauser," in which a minstrel knight (Johan Botha) is torn between a saintly woman (Eva-Maria Westbroek) and the sensual love goddess Venus (Michelle DeYoung).

A production of Georges Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers" ("Les Pêcheurs de Perles"), a sweeping romance about a Hindu priestess (Diana Damrau) pursued by rival pearl divers (Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien).