The production, by Stein Winge, was directed by Julia Pevzner. Tugan Sokhiev conducts in his debut with HGO.

The company's season will not include any new full-length operas, but soprano Audra McDonald will premiere a new short work by Michael John La Chiusa, on a bill with Poulenc's La Voix humaine, in March 2006. The rest of the schedule includes The Marriage of Figaro (October 29-November 12), Don Pasquale (January 21-February 4), Manon Lescaut (January 28-February 11), Carmen (April 15-May 6), and L'incoronazione di Poppea (April 29-May 12).