February 20, 21, 22, 24 2026 | Main Stage

Dido and Aeneas

April 26, 28, 29, 30, May 2, 3 2026 | Main Stage

Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali

Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Conductor George Petrou
Director Moshe Leiser e Patrice Caurier
Scene Designs Moshe Leiser
Costume Designs Agostino Cavalca
Lighting Designs Christophe Forey
Dramaturgy and Music Consultant Paolo V. Montanari
Additional Orchestration Alberto Maniaci
Assistant Director Eike Mann
Assistant Scene Designer Thibault Sinay
Assistant Costume Designer Camilla Masellis

Cast

Corilla Scortichini Desirée Rancatore
Procolo Cornacchia Giuseppe Toia
Biscroma Strappaviscere Bryan Sala
Mamma Agata Nicola Alaimo
Luigia Scannagalli Caterina Di Tonno
Guglielmo Antolstoinoff Joshua Sanders
Pippetto Maximiliano Danta
Cesare Salzapariglia Matteo Mollica
Impresario Salvatore Salvaggio
Ispettore Blagoj Nacoski
Also with Aaron

Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus

A Teatro Massimo New Production

May 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 2026 | Main Stage

Aida

Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Director Mario Pontiggia
Conductor Daniele Callegari
Scene Designs Antonella Conte
Costume Designs Ilaria Ariemme
Lighting Designs Andrea Ledda
Coreography Luigia Frattaroli
Assistant Director Angelica Dettori
Assistant Scene Designs Chiarastella Santalucia
Assistant Costume Designs Alice Perez

Cast

Aida Maria José Siri (22, 24, 27, 29, 31) / Alessandra Di Giorgio (23, 26, 28, 30)
Amneris Daniela Barcellona (22, 24, 27, 29, 31) / Valentina Pernozzoli (23, 26, 28, 30)
Radamès Angelo Villari (22, 24, 27, 29, 31) / Armaz Darashvili (23, 26, 28, 30)
Amonasro Claudio Sgura (22, 24, 27, 29, 31) / Devid Cecconi (23, 26, 28, 30)
Ramfis Marco Spotti
Il Re dell’Egitto Manuel Fuentes
Un messaggero Andrea Schifaudo
Sacerdotessa Anna Ryabenkaya

Teatro Massimo Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet
Chorus Master Salvatore Punturo
Ballet Director Jean-Sébastien Colau

A New Production
in co-production with the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb and the National Theater Csokonai di Debrecen

September 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 2026 | Main Stage

Cavalleria rusticana

Music by Pietro Mascagni
Conductor Gaetano D’Espinosa
Director Marco Gandini
Scene Designs Italo Grassi
Costume Designs Francesco Zito

Cast

Santuzza Teresa Romano (12, 16, 18, 20) / Martina Belli (13, 15, 17, 19)
Lola Sofia Koberidze
Turiddu Fabio Sartori (12, 16, 18, 20) / Ivan Gyngazov (13, 15, 17, 19)
Alfio Ambrogio Maestri (12, 16, 18, 20) / Claudio Sgura (13, 15, 17, 19)

Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
Chorus Master Salvatore Punturo

A Teatro Massimo New Production

October 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 2026 | Main Stage

Rigoletto

Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor Gianna Fratta
Director John Turturro restaged by Lisa Capaccioli
Directing Project Coordinator Cecilia Ligorio
Scene Designs Francesco Frigeri
Costume Designs Marco Piemontese
Choreography Giuseppe Bonanno
Lighting Designs Alessandro Carletti

Cast

Il Duca di Mantova Francesco Demuro (23, 25, 28, 30) / Amitai Pati (24, 27, 29, 31)
Rigoletto Ludovic Tézier (23, 25, 28, 30) / Roman Burdenko (24, 27, 29, 31)
Gilda Adela Zaharia (23, 25, 28, 30) / Enkeleda Kamani (24, 27, 29, 31)
Sparafucile George Anguladze
Maddalena Martina Belli
Giovanna Cassandre Berthon
Il Conte di Monterone Emanuele Cordaro
Marullo Daniele Muratori Caputo
Borsa Alfonso Zambuto
Il Conte di Ceprano Mariano Orozco

Teatro Massimo Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet
Chorus Master Salvatore Punturo
Ballet Director Jean-Sébastien Colau

A Teatro Massimo Production
in co-production with Teatro Regio Torino, Shaanxi Opera House and Opéra Royal de Wallonie