Lakm_, a co-production with Australian Opera, will feature tenor Fr_d_ric Antoun and soprano Aline Kutan. Adam Cook directs.

The season also includes Verdi's La traviata and Mozart's Don Giovanni, both with new sets. La traviata has not yet been cast; Don Giovanni will star baritone Aaron St. Clair Nicholson, bass-baritone Neal Davies, soprano Susan Gritton, soprano Lyne Fortin, and tenor John Tessier. Artistic director Bernard Lebadie will conduct Les Violins du Roy.

According to the Montreal Gazette, the company has traditionally presented five or six mainstage productions per year, but shrunk the upcoming season to four because of financial constraints. At a press conference, Labadie acknowledged that under the current financial structure "we have to sell way too many tickets to make it work."

Last fall, Op_ra de Montr_al announced that it would eliminate a planned revival of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex and Symphony of Psalms, scheduled for February, in order to save money.