Corinne Winters, Angela Meade, Luca Salsi, Anna Pirozzi, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya & Iván Ayón Rivas Lead Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s 2027 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Teatro Comunale di Bologna has announced its 2027 season.
The season opens with Bellini’s “La straniera” featuring Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Iván Ayón Rivas, Vito Priante, and Raffaella Lupinacci. Antonino Fogliani conducts the concert performance.
Performance Dates: Jan. 22 & 24, 2027
Fabio Biondi conducts Monteverdi “Il ritorno di Ulisse in patria.” Daniele Abbado directs the production and Stefan Astakhov stars.
Performance Dates: March 2-27, 2027
Anna Pirozzi and Maria Teresa Leva star in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” The cast also includes Piero Pretti, Aoxue Zhu, Alessandro Luongo, David Esteban, Benedetta Mazzetto and Gustavo Castillo. Stefano Ranzani conducts the production by Monica Manganelli.
Performance Dates: March 30-April 4, 2027
Bizet’s “Carmen” will be directed by Pier Francesco Maestrini and conducted by Emmanuel Villaume. Caterina Piva, Jean François Borras, Karen Gardeazabal, and Andrii Kymach star. A second cast includes Martina Belli, Roberto Aronica, Giulia Mazzola, and Alberto Petricca.
Performance Dates: May 4-14, 2027
Barber’s “Vanessa” will star Corinne Winters with Leo Muscato directing and Francesco Lanzillotta conducting.
Performance Dates: June 11-16, 2027
Luca Salsi, Anastasia Bartoli, and Fabio Sartori star in a concert performance of Verdi’s “I Due Foscari” with Francesco Ivan Ciampa conducting.
Performance Dates: Sept. 23 & 26, 2027
Yannis Kokkos conducts Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” with Robert Treviño conducting. John Matthew Myers, Angela Meade, Evgeny Stavinsky, Daniela Barcellona, and Leonardo Lee starring. An alternate cast includes Daniel Brenna, Soojin Moon-Sebastian, Simon Lim, Bernadette Fodor, and Valdis Jansons.
Performance Dates: Oct. 7-13, 2027
Two casts lead Verdi’s “Nabucco.” the first stars Amartüvshin Enkhbat, Marta Torbidoni, Davide Tuscano, and Angela Schisano while the second includes Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar, Olga Maslova, Kazuki Yoshida, and Benedetta Mazzetto. Pier Luigi Pizzi’s production is conducted by Renato Palumbo.
Performance Dates: Nov. 3-9, 2027
Valentina Carrasco directs “Accabadora” by Francesco Filidei with a cast that includes Noa Frenkel, Hugo Brady, and Francesco Leone. Leonhard Garms conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov. 26-30, 2027
Concerts
Performance Date: Jan. 10, 2027
Hartmut Haenchen conducts Händel’s “Messiah.”
Performance Date: Dec. 31, 2027
