The Fondazione Teatro Petruzzelli has announced its 2023 season. Here is a look at the operatic and vocal performances.

Opera

The season opens with Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Cecilia Molinari, Amira Elmadfa, Levy Sekgapane, Cesar Cortes, Marcus Werba, Gurgen Baveyan, Gianluca Buratto, Nicolò Donini, Marco Filippo Romano, and Stefano Marchisio. Stefano Montanari conducts teh production by Davide Livermore.

Performance Dates: Jan. 22-29, 2023

Hartmut Haenchen conducts Strauss’ “Salome” in a production by Damiano Michieletto. The cast includes Ian Storey, Elena Gabouri, Jane Archibald, Leah Gordon, Samuel Youn, and Joel Prieto.

Performance Dates: Feb. 24-March 2, 2023

Two casts headline Verdi’s “Attila.” The first is led by Alexander Vinogradov, Simone Piazzola, Leah Crocetto, and Fabio Sartori. The second stars Marko Mimica, Leo An, Maria Tomassi, and Azer Zada. Henrik Nánási conducts the production by Daniele Abbado.

Performance Dates: April 21-28 2023

Marco Berti and Gaston Rivero lead Verdi’s “Otello” with Vladimir Stoyanov, Vittorio Vitelli, and Vittoria Yeo. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts and Francesco Micheli directs.

Performance Dates: June 23-29, 2023

Rebeka Lokar, Maida Hundeling, Ramaz Chikviladze, Andrea Comelli, Jorge de León, Gaston Rivero, Francesca Sassu, and Rocio Ignacio lead Puccini’s “Turandot.” The opera will be directed by Paul Curran and Renato Palumbo will conduct.

Performance Dates: Sept. 13-21, 2023

Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” will star Lance Ryan, Andreas Sager, Albert Pesendorfer, Betsy Horne, Jordanka Milkova, Benjamin Russell, and Aaron Cawley. Patrick Lange conducts the production by Uwe Eric Laufenberg.

Performance Dates: Oct. 11-15, 2023

Moritz Kallenberg, Caterina Dellaere, Christian Senn, Stefanie Iranyi, Nicole Piccolomini, and Francesca Benitez star in Britten’s “The Rape of Lucretia.” Christian Arming conducts the production by Yannis Kokkos.

Performance Dates: Nov. 15-21, 2023

Selene Zanetti and Martina Gresia star in Puccini’s “La Bohème” alongside Bianca Tognocchi, Francesca Pia Vitale, Ivan Ayon Rivas, Riccardo Della Sciucca, Mattia Olivieri, Luca Galli, Biagio Pizzuti, Marko Mimica, and Francesco Leone. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts the production by Hugo de Ana.

Performance Dates: Dec. 21-30, 2023

Concerto

Concerto Corale is set to perform music by Poulenc, Florent Schmitt, Richard Strauss, and Pasquale Corrado.

Performance Date: Jan. 26, 2023

Hansjörg Albrecht conducts Mozart and Honneger with soloists Eleonora Bellocci, Anke Vondung, Patrik Reiter, and Pavel Kudinov.

Performance Date: March 23, 2023

Raffaele Pe is set to perform La Liria di Orfeo with music by Handel, Giacomelli, and Carlo Francesco Pollarolo.

Performance Date: June 20, 2023