The Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari has announced its 2026 season.

Opera

Niccolò Piccinni’s “La Cecchina” opens the season with Daniele Luchetti directing. Stefano Montanari conducts a cast that includes Ana Maria Labin, Francesca Benitez, Krystian Adam, Francesca Aspromonte, Paola Gardina, Michela Antenucci, Christian Senn, and Pietro Spagnoli.

Performance Dates: Jan 21-28, 2026

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Vincenzo Milletari will conduct Verdi’s “Falstaff” with Luca Ronconi directing. The production will star Milan Siljanov, Dario Solari, Mihai Damian, Min Kim, Jack Swanson, Francesco Lucii, Roberta Mantegna, Lavinia Bini, Damiana Mizzi, Anita Rachvelishvili, and Silvia Beltrami.

Performance Dates: March 7-15, 2026

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Federica Guida and Diana Alexe alternate as Violetta in Verdi’s “La Traviata.” They will be joined by Stefan Pop and Tigran Melkonyan as Alfredo and Andrzej Filonczyk and Min Kim as Germont. Jordi Benacer conducts the production by Sofia Coppola.

Performance Dates: April 18-26, 2026

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Franco Casavola’s “Il Gobo del Califfo” will be conducted by Matteo dal Maso and directed by Mariano Dammacco.

Performance Dates: May 21-24, 2026

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Anna Maria Chiuri, Valeria Sepe, Nikoletta Hertsak, Margherita Sala, Rory Musgrave, Emanuele Cordaro, Deniz Leone, Saverio Pugliese, and Eleonora Filipponi star in Zygmunt Krautze’s “Bona Sforza.” Piotr Sulkowski conducts the production by Michal Znainecki.

Performance Dates: Sept. 14-20, 2026

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Fabio Sartori and Ivan Magrì lead Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” alongside Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Serban Vasile, Liudmila Monastyrska, Vittoria Yeo, Silvia Beltrami, and Chiara Mogini. Vincenzo Milletari conducts the production by Davide Livermore.

Performance Dates: Oct. 18-27, 2026

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Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” will be conducted by Stefano Montanari and directed by Daniele Luchetti. The production will feature two casts led by Santiago Ballerini, Valery Makarov, Omar Montanari, Pierpaolo Martella, Chiara Amarù, Giuseppina Bridelli, Rodion Pogossov, Matteo Mancini, Emanuele Cordaro, and Tiziano Rosati

Performance Dates: Dec. 16-22, 2026

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Concerts 

Vincenzo Milletari conducts Brahms’ Requiem with Louise Alder and Markus Werba.

Performance Date: March 31, 2026

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Maxim Emelyanichev conducts the Pomo d’Oro in Bach’s “St. John Passion” with Sebastian Kohlepp, William Thomas, Jasmin White and Nicholas Scott.

Performance Date: April 1, 2026

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Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake lead a Schubert and Mahler program.

Performance Date: April 13, 2026

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Sasha Yankevych conducts pianist Alexandra Dovgan and Elena Villalon in music by Sergej Rachmaninov and Gustav Mahler.

Performance Date: Oct. 2, 2026

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John Axelrod conducts pianist Sophia Liu in Liszt’s Piano Concert No. 1. The program also includes Rossini’s  Petite Messe solennelle with Anna Prohaska, Laura Verrecchia, Filip Filipovic, and Adolfo Corrado.

Performance Date: Oct. 31, 2026

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Kristina Mkhitaryan and Andrey Zhilikhovsky perform alongside Sasha Yankevych.

Performance Date: Dec. 3, 2026

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Julia Doyle, Tim Mead, Thomas Hobb, and Roderick Williams lead Händel’s “Messiah” with Justin Doyle conducting.

Performance Date: Dec. 14, 2026