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Engagements

FRANCES RABALAIS'

2025/26 Season.

Giulio Ceare

Director| Texas State University| October 2025

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Discover Frances' portfolio here and learn why critics have praised her work as "smart, explosive" and "absolutely stellar... with clever comedic chemistry and timing."

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The Magic Flute

Director | The University of Houston | February 2026

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Madama Butterfly

Director | Fort Worth Opera | April 2026

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The Magic Flute

Assistatn Director | Los Angeles Opera | May/June 2026

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A meditation on the sacred and the profane.

“In the hands of stage director Frances Rabalais, Madison Opera’s “María” feels like a meditation on the sacred and the profane.” ... “[...] the work Rabalais and her production team put into making “María” as legible as possible pays off.”

THE CAP TIMES

Madison Opera, María de Buenos Aires

Recent highlights.

María de Buenos Aires

Director | Madison Opera | 2025

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Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicci

Director | Opera Idaho | 2024

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Samson & Delilah

Intimacy Director | Opera Colorado | 2024

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Tosca

Director | Madison Opera | 2023

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Hansel & Gretel

Director | Opera Birmingham | 2023

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Macbeth

Director | Resonance Works | 2023

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