LONDON Soprano Anna Netrebko will return to London's Royal Opera after a six-year absence to open the 2025-26 season in a new production of Puccini's “ Tosca " that starts Jakub Hrůša 's tenure as music director. She is to sing four performances from Sept. 11-21 in a new production by Oliver Mears set in a modern war-torn Rome, the company announced on April 2. It co-stars Freddie De Tommaso and Gerald Finley. Netrebko also is to appear in four performances of a revival of Puccini's “Turandot”