OperaLombardia has announced its 2026-27 season.

The season opens with Puccini’s “Turandot” starring Caterina Meldolesi, Libby Sokolowski, Baopeng Wang, Roberto Aronica, Eduardo Niave, and Songha Lee.

Performance Dates: Teatro Sociale, Como: Sept. 24 & 26, 2026
Teatro Ponchielli, Cremona: Oct. 2 & 4, 2026
Teatro Fraschini, Pavia: Oct. 9 & 11, 2026
Teatro Grande, Brescia: Oct. 16 & 18, 2026
Teatro Coccia, Novara: Oct. 23 & 25, 2026
Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo: Jan. 8 & 10, 2027

Britten’s “Death in Venice” will star Toby Spence,  Mark LeBrocq, Dominic Sedgwick, Danilo Pastore, Xin Zhang, Eugenio Maria Degiacomi, Serena Pulpito, Dario Battaglia, Chiara La Porta, Ilaria Molinari, Fabio Sabadini, Federica Cassetti, Chiara Torosani, Marcello Zinzani, Renato Cadel, and Marco Tomasoni. Daniel Smith conducts the production by Rodula Gaitanou.

Performance Dates: Teatro Grande, Brescia: Sept. 25 & 27, 2026
Teatro Sociale, Como: Oct. 9 & 11, 2026
Teatro Fraschini, Pavia: Jan. 15 & 17, 2027
Teatro Ponchielli, Cremona: Feb. 5 & 7, 2027
Teatro Valli, Reggio Emilia: Jan. 29 & 31, 2027
Teatro Alighieri, Ravenna: Feb. 12 & 14, 2027

“Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci” will be presented in a double bill. Mascagni’s opera will star Clarissa Costanzo, Max Jota, Sebastian Catana, and Marta Leung while Leoncavallo’s will star Laura Brasó, Davide Piaggio, Sebastian Catana, Lorenzo Martelli, and William Allione.

Biagio Micciulla conducts the production by Davide Marranchelli.

Performance Dates: Teatro Fraschini, Pavia: Oct. 30 & 31, 2026
Teatro Sociale, Como: Dec. 4 & 6, 2026
Teatro Grande, Brescia: Dec. 11 & 13, 2026
Teatro Ponchielli, Cremona: Jan. 22 & 24, 2027

Rossini’s “L’Italiana in Algeri” will star Ilariandrea Tomasoni, Marco Ciaponi, Lorenzo Liberali, Chao Liu, Jaeyul Edward Kim, Claudia Belluomini, Marta Miccoli, Lorenzo Liberali, and Chao Liu.

Alessandro Palumbo conducts the production by Fabio Cherstich.

Performance Dates: Teatro Sociale, Como: Nov. 13 & 15, 2026
Teatro Fraschini, Pavia: Nov. 20 & 22, 2026
Teatro Grande, Brescia: Nov. 26 & 28, 2026
Teatro Ponchielli, Cremona: Dec. 10 & 12, 2027

Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera” will star Carlo Raffaelli, Andrès Sanchez Joglar, Jun Young Choi, Alessia Battini, Ioanna Kykna, and Yuer Ye.

Andrea Solinas conducts the production by Roberto Catalano.

Performance Dates:Teatro Ponchielli, Cremona: Nov. 27 & 29, 2026
Teatro Fraschini, Pavia: Dec. 3 & 5, 2026
Teatro Sociale, Como : Jan. 15 & 17, 2027
Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo: Jan. 29 & 31, 2027