Venice - Teatro La Fenice

Opera, Concerts & Ballet - 2025/2026 Season

Fondazione Teatro La Fenice announces that part of the 2026 program will take place at the Teatro Malibran and - for one title only - also at the Teatro Goldoni, in order to allow for the completion of essential maintenance work on the stage of the Teatro La Fenice.

LA CLEMENZA DI TITO

November 2025

November: 20 (7h00 pm), 23 (3h30 pm), 25 (7h00 pm), 27 (7h00 pm), 30 (3h30 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Director: Paul Curran
Cast: Daniel Behle/Francesca Aspromonte/Cecilia Molinari/Nicolò Balducci - TBA
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice

KAZUKI YAMADA

December 2025

December: 13 (8h00 pm), 14 (5h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Takemitsu, Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninov

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Kazuki Yamada
Cast: Ettore Pagano
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice

NEW YEAR'S CONCERT: MARIOTTI

December 2025 - January 2026

December: 29 (8h00 pm), 30 (5h00 pm), 31 (4h00 pm)
January: 01 (11h15 am)

DETAILS:

Music TBA

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Michele Mariotti
Cast: Rosa Feola/Jonathan Tetelman
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice

SIMON BOCCANEGRA

January - February 2026

January: 23 (7h00 pm), 25 (3h30 pm), 27 (7h00 pm), 29 (7h00 pm)

February: 01 (3h30 pm), 10 (7h00 pm), 12 (7h00 pm), 14 (3h30 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Giuseppe Verdi

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Renato Palumbo
Director: Luca Micheletti
Cast: Luca Salsi-Simone Piazzola/Francesco Meli/Alex Esposito/Francesca Dotto - TBA
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice

GIDON KREMER & KREMERATA BALTICA

February 2026

February: 09 (8h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Alberto Ginastera, Astor Piazzolla, Astor Franck

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Gidon Kremer
Cast: Kremerata Baltica

RECITAL LIRICO

March 2026

March: 02 (8h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Giuseppe Verdi/Franz Liszt

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen
Cast: Francesco Meli/Luca Salsi/Nelson Calzi
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice

OTTONE IN VILLA

March 2026 - Teatro Malibran

March: 20 (7h00 pm), 22 (3h30 pm), 24 (7h00 pm), 26 (7h00 pm), 29 (3h30 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Antonio Vivaldi

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Diego Fasolis
Direction: Giovanni Di Cicco
Cast: Maria Sala/Lucia Cirillo/Tullia Michela Antenucci - TBA
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice

LOHENGRIN

April 2026

April: 12 (6h00 pm), 15 (6h00 pm), 19 (3h30 pm), 22 (6h00 pm), 26 (3h30 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Richard Wagner

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Markus Stenz
Director: Damiano Michieletto
Cast: Andrea Silvestrelli/Brian Jagde/Claudio Otelli/Chiara Mogini/Äneas Humm - TBA
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice

ALPESH CHAUHAN

April 2026

April: 24 (8h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Bedřich Smetana/Zoltán Kodály/Jean Sibelius

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice

MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY

May 2026

May: 06 (7h00 pm), 07 (7h00 pm), 08 (7h00 pm), 09 (3h30 pm), 10 (3h30 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Norman Dello Joio/Zoltán Kodály/Wallingford Riegger/Leonard Bernstein

ARTISTS:

Choreography: Martha Graham
Cast: Martha Graham Dance Company
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice

CARMEN

May - June 2026

May: 24 (7h00 pm), 26 (7h00 pm), 27 (7h00 pm), 28 (7h00 pm), 29 (7h00 pm), 30 (3h30 pm), 31 (3h30 pm)
June: 03 (7h00 pm),

DETAILS:

Music Georges Bizet

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Francesco Ivan Ciampa
Director: Calixto Bieito
Cast: Annalisa Stroppa-Marina Comparato/Jean-François Borras-Stefan Pop/Serena Gamberoni/Julie Mossay/Loriana Castellano/Davide Luciano-Alessandro Luongo/Armando Noguera/Paolo Antognetti/Matteo Ferrara/Francesco Salvadori
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice

CORRADO ROVARIS

June 2026 - Teatro Malibran

June: 19 (8h00 pm), 21 (5h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Arthur Honegger/Astor Piazzolla/Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Corrado Rovaris
Cast: Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice

CORNELIUS MEISTER

July 2026

July: 09 (8h00 pm), 10 (8h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Richard Strauss/Antonín Dvořák/Johannes Brahms

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Cornelius Meister
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice

PAGLIACCI

September 2026 - Teatro Malibran

September: 18 (7h00 pm), 20 (5h00 pm), 22 (7h00 pm), 24 (7h00 pm), 26 (5h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Ruggero Leoncavallo

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Daniele Callegari
Director: Fabio Ceresa
Cast: Selene Zanetti/Gregory Kunde - TBA
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice

NEIL THOMSON

October 2026 - Teatro Malibran

October: 01 (8h00 pm), 02 (8h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov/Joaquín Rodrigo/Edward Elgar

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Neil Thomson
Cast: Marco Tamayo
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice

HAMBURGER KAMMERBALLETT

October 2026 - Teatro Malibran

October: 16 (7h00 pm), 17 (5h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Aaron Copland/Igor Stravinskij

ARTISTS:

Piano: Michal Bialk
Choreography: John Neumeier
Cast: Hamburger Kammerballett
Hamlet Connotations/Petruška Variations

IVOR BOLTON

November 2025

November: 28 (8h00 pm), 29 (5h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Johannes Brahms

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice/Piccoli Cantori Veneziani

MARCO GEMMANI

December 2025 - Basilica di San Marco

December: 17 (8h00 pm), 18 (8h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Francesco Cavalli

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Marco Gemmani
Performers: Maria Chiara Ardolino/Caterina Chiarcos/Maria Clara Maiztegui/Maria Baldo/Aurelio Schiavoni/Jake Dyble, Enrico Imbalzano/Riccardo Martin tenori/Giovanni Bertoldi/Marcin Wyszkowski/Enrico Parizzi/Pietro Battistoni/ Maria Bocelli/Cristiano Contadin/Stefano Pratissoli/Matthijs van der Moolen/Joost Swinkels/Cameron Drayton/ Alvise Mason
Orchestra & Choir: Cappella Marciana

VINCENZO MILLETARÌ

January 2026 - Teatro Malibran

January: 10 (08h00 pm), 11 (05h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Giuseppe Martucci/Aleksandr Skrjabin/Nikolaj Rimskij-Korsakov

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Vincenzo Milletarì
Cast: Gianluca Bergamasco
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice

LA TRAVIATA

February 2026

February: 08 (7h00 pm), 11 (7h00 pm), 13 (7h00 pm), 15 (5h00 pm), 17 (7h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Giuseppe Verdi

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Stefano Ranzani
Director: Robert Carsen
Cast: Rosa Feola/Stefan Pop/Roberto Frontali/Barbara Massaro/Paolo Antognetti/Armando Gabba/William Corrò/Mattia Denti - TBA
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice

NUTCRACKER

February - March 2026

February: 25 (7h00 pm), 26 (7h00 pm), 27 (7h00 pm), 28 (3h30 pm)
March: 01 (3h30 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Gábor Hontvári
Choreography: Wayne Eagling/Solymosi Tamás
Cast: Magyar Állami Operaház (Opera Nazionale di Budapest)
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice

CONSTANTINOS CARYDIS

March 2026

March: 06 (8h00 pm), 07 (8h00 pm), 08 (5h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Ernest Guiraud/Arvo Pärt/Periklis Koukos/Hector Berlioz

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Constantinos Carydis
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice

MICHAEL HOFSTETTER

April 2026

April: 03 (8h00 pm), 04 (5h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Antonio Vivaldi/Antonio Lotti/Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Michael Hofstetter
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice

MARKUS STENZ

April 2026

April: 17 (8h00 pm), 18 (5h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Jean-Féry Rebel/Franz Joseph Haydn/Robert Schumann

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Markus Stenz
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice

TON KOOPMAN

May 2026 - Teatro Malibran

May: 02 (8h00 pm), 03 (5h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Ton Koopman
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice

JOHN AXELROD

May 2026 - Teatro Malibran

May: 08 (8h00 pm), 09 (8h00 pm), 10 (5h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Michael Daugherty/Aaron Copland/Charles Ives

ARTISTS:

Conductor: John Axelrod
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice

ENRICO DI BORGOGNA

June 2026 - Teatro Malibran

June: 12 (7h00 pm), 14 (5h00 pm), 16 (7h00 pm), 18 (7h00 pm), 20 (5h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Gaetano Donizetti

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Corrado Rovaris
Direction: Silvia Paoli
Cast: Teresa Iervolino/Giuseppina Bridelli/Dave Monaco/Christian Collia/Giuseppe Toia/Chiara Notarnicola/Omar Montanari - TBA
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice

VENERE E ADONE

June - July 2026

June: 26 (7h00 pm), 27 (5h00 pm), 28 (5h00 pm), 30 (7h00 pm)

July: 01 (7h00 pm),

DETAILS:

Music Franz Joseph Haydn/Ludwig van Beethoven

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Kent Nagano
Direction: Georges Delnon
Cast: Layla Claire/Randall Scotting/Evan Hughes/Cody Quattlebaum/Matthias Klink/Kady Evanyshyn/Nicholas Mogg/Vera Talerko - TBA
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice

L'ELISIR D'AMORE

August - September 2026 - Teatro Malibran

August: 26 (7h00 pm), 28 (7h00 pm), 30 (5h00 pm)
September: 01 (7h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Gaetano Donizetti

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Francesco Ivan Ciampa
Direction: Bepi Morassi
Orchestra & Choir: Coro del Teatro La Fenice

DANIELE CALLEGARI

September 2026 - Teatro Malibran

September: 25 (8h00 pm), 27 (5h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Georges Bizet/Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Daniele Callegari
Orchestra & Choir: Coro del Teatro La Fenice

THE TELEPHONE & TROUBLE IN TAHITI

October 2026 - Teatro Goldoni

October: 09 (7h00 pm), 10 (7h00 pm), 11 (3h30 pm), 13 (7h00 pm), 14(7h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Gian Carlo Menotti & Leonard Bernstein

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Francesco Lanzillotta
Direction: Gianmaria Aliverta
Cast: llen Boxer/Elisa Balbo - TBA
Orchestra & Choir: Coro del Teatro La Fenice

ALFONSO CAIANI

October 2026 - Teatro Malibran

October: 30 (8h00 pm), 31 (8h00 pm)

DETAILS:

Music Carl Orff

ARTISTS:

Conductor: Alfonso Caiani
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice/Piccoli Cantori Veneziani