The Arena di Verona has announced its 2025 season.

Verdi’s “Nabucco” will get a new production. Stefano Poda will direct the new production. Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Youngjun Park, Luca Salsi, and Igor Golovatenko lead the cast that includes Anna Pirozzi, Maria José Siri, Anna Netrebko, and Olga Maslova as Abigaille, Francesco Meli and Galeano Salas as Ismaele. The cast is rounded out by Roberto Tagliavini, Alexander Vinogradov, Christian Van Horn, Simon Lim, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Francesca Di Sauro, and Aigul Akhmetshina. Pinchas Steinberg conducts. 

Performance Dates: June 13-Sept. 6, 2025

Verdi’s “Aida” will be revived in Stefano Poda’s production. Daniel Oren and Francesco Ommassini conduct with Maria José Siri, Olga Maslova, Aleksandra Kurzak, Anna Netrebko, and Marina Rebeka in the title role. Clémentine Margaine, Agnieszka Rehlis, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Luciano Ganci, Gregory Kunde, Brian Jagde, Roberto Alagna, Yusif Eyvazov, Simon Lim, Ramaz Chikviladze, Giorgi Manoshvili, Alexander Vinogradov, Simon Lim, Christian Van Horn, Abramo Rosalen, Igor Golovatenko, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Ludovic Tézier, and Youngjun Park round out the cast.

Performance Dates: June 20-Sept. 4, 2025

Verdi’s “La Traviata” will be performed in Hugo De Ana’s production. Speranza Scappucci and Francesco Ommassini conduct a cast that includes Angel Blue, Rosa Feola, Nadine Sierra, Galeano Salas, Enea Scala, Dmitry Korchak, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Luca Salsi, and Ludovic Tézier.

Performance Dates: June 27-August 2, 2025

Bizet’s “Carmen” will be performed in a production by Franco Zeffirelli. Aigul Akhmetshina, Alisa Kolosova, and Anita Rachvelishvili take on the title role with Aleksandra Kurzak, Mariangela Sicilia, Daniela Schillaci, Roberto Alagna, Francesco Meli, Yusif Eyvazov, Piotr Beczała, Freddie De Tommaso, Paolo Lardizzone, Erwin Schrott, Luca Micheletti, and Giorgi Manoshvili. Francesco Ivan Ciampa conducts.

Performance Dates: July 4-Sept. 3, 2025

“Roberto Bolle and Friends” will be presented in coproduction with ARTEDANZAsrl.

Performance Dates: July 22 & 23, 2025

Verdi’s “Rigoletto” returns to the stage with Pene Pati, Galeano Salas, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Luca Salsi, Youngjun Park, Nadine Sierra, Rosa Feola, Erin Morley, and Gianluca Buratto.

Performance Dates: August 8-Sept. 5, 2025

Jonas Kaufmann leads the Opera Gala.

Performance Date: August 3, 2025

Orff’s “Carmina Burana” returns to the festival with Erin Morley and Raffaele Pe. Andrea Battistoni conducts. 

Performance Date: August 15, 2025