Antonio Poli, Adela Zaharia, Saioa Hernandez, Roberta Mantegna & Gregory Kunde Headline Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s 2026 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Teatro Comunale di Bologna has anounced its 2026 season. Here is a look at the operatic performances.
Roberto Abbado conducts Mozart’s “Idomeneo” in a production by Mariano Bauduin. Antonio Poli, Francesca Di Sauro, Mariangela Sicilia, Salome Jicia, and Leonardo Cortellazzi star.
Performance Dates: Jan. 24-Feb. 1, 2026
Adela Zaharia and Julia Muzychenko star in Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Liparit Avetisyan, Davide Tuscano, Nicola Alaimo, and Lodovico Filippo Ravizza. Leonardo Sini conducts the productions by Alessandro Talevi.
Performance Dates: Feb. 21-March 1, 2026
Roberto Aronica and Francesco Pio Galasso star in “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Rapsodia Satanica” with Roman Burdenko, Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar, Saioa Hernandez, Martina Belli, Nino Chikovani, and Elena Zilio.
Performance Dates: March 21-29, 2026
Roberta Mantegna and Karen Gardazebal lead Donizetti’s “Roberto Devereux” alongside Raffaella Lupinacci, Aoxue Zhu, Francesco Demuro, Matteo Desole, Vladimir Stoyanov, and Biagio Pizzuti.
Renato Palumbo conducts the production by Alfonso Antoniozzi.
Performance Dates: April 17-22, 2026
Riccardo Frizza conducts Nicola Campogrande’s “Olympia” in a production by Tommaso Franchin. Isidora Moles, Francesco Castoro, Candida Guida, Stefan Astakhov, and Nicolò Ceriani star.
Performance Dates: May 17-19, 2026
Nino Rota’s “Napoli Millionara” will be directed by Marcelo Lombardero. The production will star Matteo Falcier, Kazuki Yoshida, Paolo Bordogna, Bruno Taddia, Carmen Giannattasio, Laura Stella, Mariam Battistelli, Claudia Ceraulo, Giulio Iermini, Michele Patti, Luca Park, Benedetta Mazzetto, and Eleonora Filipponi.
