The opening season features 47 productions across 82 performances, spanning opera, concerts, dance, traditional Chinese opera, and Spring Festival programs. Highlights include Teatro La Fenice's Tosca, the Mariinsky Theatre's Aida, and Staatsoper Unter den Linden's Der Rosenkavalier. Concert audiences can hear all 15 Shostakovich symphonies, the complete Beethoven piano concertos, and performances by Yuja Wang and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

Dance highlights include American Ballet Theatre's Swan Lake, Shanghai Dance Theatre's The Eternal Wave, and three literary adaptations by the Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg.

When: Oct 17, 2026, to Feb 20, 2027

Where: Shanghai Grand Opera House, No 1 Yongzhan Road, Pudong New Area