Washington National Opera, under the leadership of General Director Plácido Domingo, presents Mozart's Don Giovanni at The Kennedy Center Opera House, in eight performances from October 25 to November 16. Plácido Domingo conducts six of the eight performances with Israel Gursky conducting performances on November 7 and 13.

Sunday's performance of La Bohème by Washington National Opera (WNO) brought together one of the largest known opera audiences in history. More than 25,000 viewers in 23 states around the country – in schools, public housing developments, movie theaters, and on the National Mall – watched concurrently as Washington National Opera made opera available to a wider, more diverse audience than ever before.

The American Ring cycle continues as Washington National Opera opens a new production of Wagner's Die Walküre to April 17. An outstanding international cast brings this epic opera to life. Plácido Domingo returns in his signature role of Siegmund, Anja Kampe as Sieglinde, Alan Held as Wotan, Linda Watson as Brünnhilde, and Elena Zaremba and Elizabeth Bishop sharing the role of Fricka.

International opera soprano Patricia Racette takes a night off from Puccini, Verdi, and Janáèek to enchant audiences with an American songbook at the legendary Birchmere in Alexandria, VA, on Tuesday, April 17, 2007, at 7:30pm.