The Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires has announces its 2026 season.

Opera

Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci“ and Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana“ will open the season with a cast that includes Yonghoon Lee, Denis Pivnitsky, Alejandro Roy, María Belén Rivarola, Fabián Veloz, Youngjun Park, Diego Bento, Liudmyla Monastyrska, and Mónica Ferracani. Beatrice Venezi conducts the production by Hugo de Ana.

Performance Dates: April 14-24, 2026

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Oscar Strasnoy’s “Dementia” will make its world premiere Tito Ceccherini conducting the production by Mariano Pensotti. The opera will star Florencia Burgardt, Daniela Tabernig, Mónica Ferracani, Sebastián Angulegui, Alejandro Spies, and Víctor Torres.

Performance Dates: May  31-June 6, 2026

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Yaritza Véliz, Jaquelina Livieri, Silvia Tró Santafé, Ekaterina Vorontsova, and Ioan Hotea lead Bellini’s “I Capuleti e I Montecchi.” Evelino Pidò conducts the production by Pablo Maritano.

Performance Dates: June 23-July 1, 2026

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Gregory Kunde, Michael Fabiano, and José Azócar lead Verdi’s “Otello” alongside Juliana Grigoryan, María Belén Rivarola, Daniel Luis de Vicente, and Fabián Veloz.

Alejo Pérez conducts the new production by Fabio Sparvoli.

Performance Dates: August 14-25, 2026

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Chiara Isotton, Junhyeok Felix Park, and Ricardo Seguel lead a concert performance of Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut.”

Lorenzo Passerini conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 6-12, 2026

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Carlo Montanaro conducts Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann“ in a revival that will star Jean-François Borras, René Barbera, Jaquelina Livieri, Mar Morán, Marina Costa-Jackson, Dmitri Ulianov, Nahuel Di Pierro, and Annalisa Stroppa.

Performance Dates: Oct. 9-16, 2026

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Samuel Sakker, Gustavo López Manzitti, Vida Miknevičiūtė, Carla Filipcic Holm, Nicholas Brownlee, Hernán Iturralde, Elena Pankratova, Annemarie Kremer, Irene Roberts, Vitalij Kowaljow, and Brindley Sherratt star in Wagner’s “Die Walküre.” Alejo Pérez conducts the production by Davide Livermore.

Performance Dates: Nov. 29-Dec. 6, 2026

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Ópera de cámara

Kurt Weill’s “Die Dreigroschenoper” will be performed.

Performance Dates: TBD

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Stravinsky’s “Histoire du soldat” will also be showcased.

Performance Dates: TBD

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Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw” will also be part of the chamber opera series.

Performance Dates: TBD

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Concerts

Henrick Schaefer and Günter Haumer lead a program of music by Gade, Mahler, and Mendelssohn.

Performance Date: June 5, 2026

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Sasha Yankevych conducts music by Boulanger, Wagner, and Tchaikovsky. Dara Savinova is the soloist.

Performance Date: August 21, 2026

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Zoe Zeniodi joins soloists Vadim Gluzman and Aphrodite Patoulidou  for music by Pēteris Vasks  and Gustav Mahler.

Performance Date: Sept. 12, 2026