Bologna - Comunale Nouveau
Opera, Concerts & Ballet - 2026 Season
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TON KOOPMAN
January 2026 - Auditorium Manzoni
January: 10 (8h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Mozart | Haydn
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Ton Koopman
Cast: Suzanne Jerosm/Lara Morger/Kieran White/Peter Harvey
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
DANÍEL BJARNASON
January 2026 - Auditorium Manzoni
January: 31 (8h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Bjarnason | Britten | Sibelius
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Danìel Bjarnason
Cast: Ava Bahari
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
COSTANTIN TRINKS
February 2026 - Auditorium Manzoni
February: 12 (8h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Mozart | Šostakovič
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Costantin Trinks
Cast: Silver Garburg Piano Duo
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
DIAN TCHOBANOV
February 2026 - Auditorium Manzoni
February: 27 (8h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Chopin
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Dian Tchobanov
Cast: Michael Pletnëv
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
RAPSODIA SATANICA/CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
March 2026
March: 21, 22, 24, 25, 28
DETAILS:
Music Pietro Mascagni - Production TBCO
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Daniel Oren
Director: Emma Dante
Cast:Roberto Aronica/Francesco Pio Galasso, Roman Burdenko/Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar, Saioa Hernandez/Martina Belli, Nino Chikovani, Elena Zilio
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
ANDRIS POGA
April 2026 - Auditorium Manzoni
April: 09 (8h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Rachmaninov | Šostakovič
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Andris Poga
Cast: Andrej Korobeinikov
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
OLYMPIA
May 2026
May: 15, 17, 19
DETAILS:
Music Nicola Campogrande - New Production TBCO
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza
Director: Tommaso Franchin
Cast:Isidora Moles, Francesco Castoro, Candida Guida, Stefan Astakhov, Nicolò Ceriani
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
NICOLÒ UMBERTO FORON
May 2026 - Auditorium Manzoni
May: 25 (8h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Mozart | Sibelius
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Nicolò Umberto Foron
Cast: Emanuel Ax
Orchestra & Choir: Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
CLUSTER
May 2026
May: 24, 25
DETAILS:
Music Various artists
ARTISTS:
Choreography: Edward Clug
Cast:Balletto di Maribor
YUTAKA SADO
October 2026 - Auditorium Manzoni
October: 16 (8h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Mahler
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Yutaka Sado
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
ROBERTO ABBADO
October 2026 - Auditorium Manzoni
October: 26 (8h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Chačaturjan | Šostakovič
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Roberto Abbado
Cast: Ilya Gringolts
Orchestra & Choir: Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
SAMSON ET DALILA
November 2026 - Opera in concert form, Auditorium Manzoni
November: 15, 17
DETAILS:
Music Camille Saint-Saëns
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Roberto Abbado
Cast:regory Kunde, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Gabriele Sagona, Ramaz Chikviladze
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
NOTTE MORRICONE
November 2026 - Teatro Europauditorium
November: 24, 25
DETAILS:
Music Ennio Morricone
ARTISTS:
Conductor:Maurizio Billi
Choreography: Marcos Morau
Cast:Centro Coreografico Nazionale / Aterballetto
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
MARKUS STENZ
December 2026 - Auditorium Manzoni
December: 16 (6h00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Panfili | Beethoven
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Markus Stenz
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
IDOMENEO
January - February 2026
January: 24, 27, 29
February: 01
DETAILS:
Music Mozart - New Production TBCO
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Roberto Abbado
Director: Mariano Bauduin
Cast:Antonio Poli, Francesca Di Sauro, Mariangela Sicilia, Salome Jicia, Leonardo Cortellazzi
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
SEBASTIAN WEIGLE
February 2026 - Auditorium Manzoni
February: 06 (8h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Rachmaninov | Rott
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Sebastian Weigle
Cast:Angel Stanislav Wang
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
LA TRAVIATA
February - March 2026
February: 21, 22, 24, 25, 28
March: 01
DETAILS:
Music Verdi - Production TBCO
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Leonardo Sini
Director: Alessandro Talevi
Cast:Adela Zaharia/Julia Muzychenko, Liparit Avetisyan/Davide Tuscano, Nicola Alaimo/Lodovico Filippo Ravizza, Benedetta Mazzetto, Silvia Spessot
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
BEAUSÉJOUR
March 2026
March: 06, 07
DETAILS:
Music Muller | Makaroff
ARTISTS:
Choreography: Mourad Merzouki
Cast:Compagnia Käfig
MICHELE MARIOTTI
April 2026 - Auditorium Manzoni
April: 04 (8h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Wagner | Schumann
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Michele Mariotti
Cast:Federico Colli
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
ROBERTO DEVEREUX
April 2026
April: 17, 18, 19, 21, 22
DETAILS:
Music Donizetti - Production Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Renato Palumbo
Director: Alfonso Antoniozzi
Cast:Roberta Mantegna/Karen Gardazebal, Raffaella Lupinacci/Aoxue Zhu, Francesco Demuro/Matteo Desole, Vladimir Stoyanov/Biagio Pizzuti
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
CARMEN
May 2026
May: 23, 24
DETAILS:
Music Georges Bizet
ARTISTS:
Conductor: TBA
Choreography:Amedeo Amodio
Cast:Daniele Cipriani Entertainment
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
NAPOLI MILIONARIA
June 2026
June: 12, 13, 14, 16, 17
DETAILS:
Music Nino Rota - New Production TCBO
ARTISTS:
Conductor: James Feddek
Director: Marcelo Lombardero
Cast:Matteo Falcier/Kazuki Yoshida, Paolo Bordogna/Bruno Taddia, Carmen Giannattasio/Laura Stella, Mariam Battistelli/Claudia Ceraulo, Giulio Iermini, Michele Patti, Luca Park, Benedetta Mazzetto, Eleonora Filipponi
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
ROBERTO BOLLE IN CARAVAGGIO
October 2026
October: 08, 09, 10
DETAILS:
Music Bruno Moretti - Special Event
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Bruno Moretti
Director: Mauro Bigonzetti
Cast:Roberto Bolle
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
SEMELE
October 2026 - Auditorium Manzoni, Opera in concert form
October: 23, 25
DETAILS:
Music Georg Friederich Händel
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini
Cast:Suzanne Jerosme, Jorge Navarro Colorado, Raffaele Pe, Giuseppina Bridelli, Monica Piccinini
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
ALPESH CHAUHAN
November 2026 - Auditorium Manzoni
November: 06 (8h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Weinberg | Bruckner
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan
Cast: Mario Brunello
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
IVOR BOLTON
November 2026 - Auditorium Manzoni
November: 20 (8h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Haydn
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Cast: Anna El-Khashem/Amitai Pati/Matthias Winckhler
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
MARCO ANGIUS
December 2026 - Auditorium Manzoni
December: 11 (8h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Corrado | Hindemith
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Marco Angius
Cast: Paolo Grazia
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
