(Credit: © Zani Casadio)

The 25th edition of the Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra has been announced.

The festival, which takes place in Rome and in the Vatican, will be held between Nov. 21 and 24, 2026.

The opening concert will showcase Riccardo Muti conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker conducting the Messa dell’incoronazione K 317″ and “Ave Verum Corpus K 618.” The evening will feature soprano Rosa Feola, mezzo-soprano Nina van Essen, Giovanni Sala and bass Alexander Grassauer.

Performance Date: Nov. 21, 2026

At the Basilica Papale di San Pietro in the Vatican, the Guillou Consort will perform sacred music from the 1800s and 1900s.

Performance Date: Nov. 21, 2026

At the Basilica Papale di San Paolo, the Coro dell’Escolanía del Escorial will be conducted by José María Abad Bolufer. The repertoire will be sacred music.

Performance Date: Nov. 22, 2026

Marios Papadopoulos will conduct the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir in Monteverdi’s “Il Vespro della Beata Vergine.”

Performance Date: Nov. 23, 2026

The festival concludes at the Chiesa di Sant’Ignazio di Loyola with the Stiftsmusik St. Peter alongside soprano  Ekaterina Krasko and conductor Peter Peinstingl.

Performance Date: Nov. 24, 2026