
Engagements
FRANCES RABALAIS'
2025/26 Season.
Discover Frances' portfolio here and learn why critics have praised her work as "smart, explosive" and "absolutely stellar... with clever comedic chemistry and timing."


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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