Arena Opera Festival
103° Arena Opera Festival - Programme 2026
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LA TRAVIATA
June/July/August/September 2026
June: 12 (9h30 pm), 13 (9h30 pm), 20 (9h15 pm), 27 (9h15 pm)
July: 05 (9h15 pm), 09 (9h15 pm), 16 (9h15 pm), 31 (9h15 pm)
August: 06 (9h00 pm), 22 (9h00 pm), 29 (9h00 pm)
September: 05 (9h00 pm), 12 (9h00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Giuseppe Verdi
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Michele Spotti (12/06, 13/06, 20/06, 27/06, 05/07, 09/07, 16/07, 31/07, 06/08, 22/08) - Francesco Ivan Ciampa (29/08, 05/09, 12/09)
Direction: TBA
Cast: Martina Russomanno (12/06, 20/06, 05/07, 09/07) - Gilda Fiume (13/06, 27/06) - Rosa Feola (06/08, 22/08, 29/08, 05/09)/Anna Werle (12/06, 13/06, 20/06, 27/06, 31/07, 06/08, 22/08, 29/08, 05/09, 12/09) - Clarissa Leonardi (05/07, 09/07, 16/07)/Francesca Maionchi/Yusif Eyvazov (12/06, 20/06) - Galeano Salas (13/06, 27/06) - Francesco Meli (05/07, 09/07) - René Barbera (16/07, 05/09) - Adam Smith (22/08, 29/08)/Amartuvshin Enkhbat (12/06, 13/06) - Mihai Damian (20/06, 27/06) - Youngjun Park (05/07, 16/07) - Ludovic Tézier (09/07, 29/08) - Luca Salsi (31/07, 06/08, 22/08, 05/09, 12/09)/Carlo Bosi/Nicolò Ceriani/Gëzim Myshketa (12/06, 13/06, 20/06, 27/06) - Jan Antem (05/07, 09/07, 16/07, 31/07, 06/08, 22/08, 29/08, 05/09, 12/09)/Mariano Buccino (12/06, 13/06, 20/06, 27/06, 05/07) - Gabriele Sagona (09/07, 16/07, 31/07, 22/08, 29/08, 05/09, 12/09)
Orchestra & Choir: Fondazione Arena di Verona
NABUCCO
June/July/August/September 2026
June: 26 (9h15 pm)
July: 04 (9h15 pm), 12 (9h15 pm), 18 (9h15 pm), 23 (9h15 pm)
August: 01 (9h00 pm), 08 (9h00 pm), 20 (9h00 pm), 28 (9h00 pm)
September: 09 (9h00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Giuseppe Verdi
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Michele Spotti (26/06, 04/07, 12/07, 18/07, 23/07, 01/08) - Sebastiano Rolli (08/08, 20/08, 28/08, 09/09)
Direction: Stefano Poda
Cast: Amartuvshin Enkhbat (26/06, 04/07) - Ludovic Tézier (12/07) - Youngjun Park (18/07, 23/07, 08/08) - Luca Salsi (01/08, 20/08, 28/08, 09/09)/Maria José Siri (26/06, 04/07, 12/07, 18/07, 01/08, 09/09) - Olga Maslova (23/07, 28/08) - Marta Torbidoni (08/08, 20/08)/Annalisa Stroppa (26/06, 04/07, 18/07, 09/09)/Anna Werle/Roberto Tagliavini (26/06) - Simon Lim (04/07, 12/07) - Alexander Vinogradov (18/07, 08/08, 20/08, 28/08) - Christian Van Horn (23/07, 01/08) - Michele Pertusi (09/09)/Galeano Salas (26/06, 04/07, 12/07, 09/09) - Francesco Meli (18/07, 23/07, 01/08, 08/08) - Paolo Lardizzone (20/08, 28/08)/Nicolò Ceriani (26/06, 04/07, 12/07) - Gabriele Sagona (18/07, 23/07, 01/08, 08/08, 20/08, 28/08, 09/09)/Carlo Bosi (26/06, 23/07, 09/09) - Riccardo Rados (04/07, 12/07, 18/07)/Matteo Macchioni/Elisabetta Zizzo (26/06, 04/07, 18/07, 01/08, 08/08, 28/08, 09/09) - Elena Borin (12/07, 23/07 20/08)
Orchestra & Choir: Fondazione Arena di Verona
ROBERTO BOLLE AND FRIENDS
July 2026
July: 21 (9h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music TBA
ARTISTS:
Conductor: TBA
Direction: TBA
Cast: Roberto Bolle And Friends
Orchestra & Choir: Fondazione Arena di Verona
TURANDOT
August/September 2026
August: 07 (9h00 pm), 14 (9h00 pm), 21 (9h00 pm), 27 (9h00 pm)
September: 03 (9h00 pm), 11 (9h00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Giacomo Puccini
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Andrea Battistoni
Direction: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Carlo Bosi/Anna Pirozzi (07/08, 14/08, 03/09, 11/09) - Lise Lindström (21/08, 27/08)/Roberto Tagliavini (07/08, 14/08) - Michele Pertusi (21/08, 27/08, 03/09, 11/09)/Brian Jagde (07/08, 14/08, 21/08, 11/09) - Yusif Eyvazov (27/08, 03/09)/Mariangela Sicilia (07/08) - Lisette Oropesa (14/08, 21/08, 27/08) - Maria Agresta (03/09, 11/09)/Gëzim Myshketa/Matteo Macchioni/Saverio Fiore/Ankhbayar Enkhbold
Orchestra & Choir: Fondazione Arena di Verona
PAGANINI PARADISE. SUPERLIVE IMMERSIVE CONCERT
August 2026 - Special event
August: 18 (9h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Niccolò Paganini
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Marco Balich
Direction: TBA
Cast: TBA
Orchestra & Choir: Fondazione Arena di Verona
PERFORMANCE:
Balich Wonder Studio returns to the Arena di Verona with a new creation: Paganini Paradise. Superlive Immersive Concert, a celebration of virtuosity, emotion and technology. The show, premiering worldwide on 18 August 2026, weaves together music by Niccolò Paganini with compositions inspired by the theme of Paradise: a place of sublime beauty, revelation and wonder. The Orchestra of Arena di Verona takes centre stage.
AIDA DI CRISTALLO
June/July 2026
June: 19 (9h15 pm), 25 (9h15 pm)
July: 02 (9h15 pm), 10 (9h15 pm), 19 (9h15 pm), 24 (9h15 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Giuseppe Verdi
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Daniel Oren
Direction: Stefano Poda
Cast: Abramo Rosalen (19/06, 25/06, 02/07, 10/07) - Simon Lim (19/07, 24/07)/Maria José Siri (19/06, 02/07, 10/07, 24/07) - Alessandra Di Giorgio (19/07)/Yusif Eyvazov (19/06, 25/06, 19/07, 24/07) - Gregory Kunde (02/07, 10/07)/Amartuvshin Enkhbat (19/06, 02/07, 10/07) - Youngjun Park (25/06, 19/07, 24/07)/Simon Lim (19/06, 25/06, 02/07, 10/07) - Alexander Vinogradov (19/07, 24/07)/Carlo Bosi (19/06, 02/07) - Riccardo Rados (25/06, 10/07) - Matteo Macchioni (19/07, 24/07)/Francesca Maionchi/Agnieszka Rehlis (25/06, 02/07) - Clémentine Margaine (19/07, 24/07)
Orchestra & Choir: Fondazione Arena di Verona
LA BOHÈME
July 2026
July: 03 (9h15 pm), 11 (9h15 pm), 17 (9h15 pm), 25 (9h15 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Giacomo Puccini
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Francesco Lanzillotta
Direction: Alfonso Signorini
Cast: Eleonora Buratto (03/07, 11/07) - Carolina López Moreno (17/07, 25/07)/Francesca Pia Vitale (03/07, 11/07) - Enkeleda Kamani (17/07, 25/07)/Yusif Eyvazov/Mihai Damian/Alexander Roslavets/Jan Antem/Nicolò Ceriani/Gianfranco Montresor/Carlo Bosi (03/07, 11/07) - Matteo Macchioni (17/07, 25/07)/Nicolò Rigano
Orchestra & Choir: Fondazione Arena di Verona
AIDA ZEFFIRELLI EDITION
July/August/September
2026
July: 30 (9h15 pm)
August: 09 (9h00 pm), 15 (9h00 pm), 23 (9h00 pm), 30 (9h00 pm)
September: 04 (9h00 pm), 10 (9h00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Giuseppe Verdi
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Francesco Ommassini
Direction: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Abramo Rosalen (30/07, 15/08) - Simon Lim (09/08, 10/09) - Mariano Buccino (23/08, 30/08, 04/09)/Clémentine Margaine/Aleksandra Kurzak (30/07, 09/08, 23/08) - Maria José Siri (15/08, 04/09) - Anna Netrebko (30/08)/SeokJong Baek (30/07) - Roberto Alagna (09/08, 23/08) - Yusif Eyvazov (15/08, 30/08)/Paolo Lardizzone (04/09)/Youngjun Park (30/07, 09/08, 15/08, 23/08, 04/09, 10/09) - Ludovic Tézier (30/08)/Christian Van Horn (30/07) - Alexander Vinogradov (09/08, 10/09) - Gianluca Buratto (15/08, 30/08) - Simon Lim (23/08, 04/09)/Carlo Bosi (30/07, 15/08, 30/08) - Riccardo Rados (09/08, 23/08, 04/09, 10/09)/Francesca Maionchi
Orchestra & Choir: Fondazione Arena di Verona
CARMINA BURANA
August 2026
August: 13 (9h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Carl Orff
ARTISTS:
Conductor: James Conlon
Direction: TBA
Cast: Erin Morley/Carlo Vistoli/Mihai Damian
Orchestra & Choir: Fondazione Arena di Verona
VIVA VIVALDI. THE FOUR SEASONS IMMERSIVE CONCERT
August 2026 - Special event
August: 19 (9h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Antonio Vivaldi
ARTISTS:
Conductor: TBA
Direction: Marco Balich
Cast: Giovanni Andrea Zanon
Orchestra & Choir: Fondazione Arena di Verona
PERFORMANCE:
Witness the return of the revolutionary show Viva Vivaldi. The Four Seasons Immersive Concert at the Arena di Verona on 19 August 2026.
This co-production between Fondazione Arena di Verona and Balich Wonder Studio will be an extraordinary event, combining the power of live classical music and the magic of innovative 3D images, to celebrate Vivaldi's famous Four Seasons, three centuries after their publication.
A visionary, multi-sensory show that marks a completely new approach to tradition, where the contemporary language of immersive technology and the codes of classical music meet under the stars of the Arena di Verona, directed by Marco Balich with Giovanni Andrea Zanon on violin.
