Jessica Pratt, Carolina López Moreno, Brian Jagde, Corinne Winters, Francesco Meli, Asmik Grigorian & Luca Salsi Lead Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’s 2026 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced its 2026 season.
Michele Gamba conducts Massimo Popolizio’s production of Puccini’s “Tosca.” Chiara Isotton and Marta Mari sing the title role alongside Vincenzo Costanzo and Bror Magnus Tødenes as Cavaradossi and Alexey Markov and Claudio Sgura as Scarpia.
Opening Date: Jan. 11, 2026
Robert Carsen directs “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci” with Riccardo Frizza conducting. Corinne Winters, Brian Jagde, Roman Burdenko, Caterina Dellaere, Lorenzo Martelli, and Hae Kang star in Leoncavallo’s work, while Luciano Ganci, Martina Belli, Vesselina Kasarova, Roman Burdenko, and Francesca Di Sauro star in Mascagni’s work.
Opening Date: Feb. 22, 2026
Martin Rajna conducts a double bill of Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” and Poulenc’s “La Voix Humaine.” Claus Guth directs a cast that incudes Florian Boesch and Christel Loetzsch in Bartok and Anna Caterina Antonacci in Poulenc.
Opening Date: March 14, 2026
Lawrence Renes conducts Luca Guadagnino’s production of John Adams’ “The Death of Klinghoffer.” The production stars Jeremy Carpenter, Andreas Mattersberger, Marina Comparato, Roy Cornelius Smith, Levent Bakirci, Laurent Naouri, Joshua Bloom, Janetka Hoșco, Ioanna Kykna, and Katarina Dalayman.
Opening Date: April 19, 2026
Antonio Poli, Max Jota, Ariun Gambaatar, Hae Kang, Chiara Isotton, Alessia Panza, Ksenia Dudnikova, and Lavinia Bini star in Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.” Emmanuel Tjeknavorian conducts the production by Valentina Carrasco.
Opening Date: May 12, 2026
Gianluca Capuano conducts Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” with Davide Livermore directing. Raffaele Pe, Fleur Barron, Nicolò Balducci, Mariangela Sicilia, Filippo Mineccia, Valerio Morelli, and Huigang Liu star.
Opening Date: June 14, 2026
Berg’s “Wozzeck” will be conducted by Thomas Guggeis and directed by Deborah Warner. Wolfgang Koch, Sam Furnes, Peter Hoare, Clive Bayley, and Anja Kampe star.
Opening Date: Sept. 27, 2026
Nicola Piovani’s “Romanzo criminale” will make its world premiere. The opera will be conducted by Piovani and directed by Massimo Popolizio and will star Vanessa Goikoetxea, Anthony Ciaramitaro, Matteo Desole, Toni Nežić, William Hernandez, Alberto Petricca, Gonzalo Godoy Sepúlveda, and Valentina Pernozzoli.
Opening Date: Oct. 23, 2026
George Petean, Jongmin Park, Carolina López Moreno, and Luciano Ganci star in Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra.” James Conlon conducts the production by Àlex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus).
Opening Date: Nov. 15, 2026
Kent Nagano conducts Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” with Jessica Pratt, Marvic Monréal, Dmitry Korchak, Alex Esposito, and Martin Summer. Laurent Pelly directs.
Opening Date: Dec. 20, 2026
Concerts
Daniele Rustioni conducts Wagner and Brahms in a choral concert.
Performance Date: Feb. 21, 2026
Christopher Franklin and Jessica Pratt team up for Overtures and arias from Mozart’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail,” “Die Zauberflöte,” “Le nozze di Figaro,” “Don Giovanni,” and “Così fan tutte.”
Performance Date: March 20, 2026
Zubin Mehta conducts Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis” with soloists Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Marvic Monréal, Maximilian Schmitt, and Jongmin Park.
Performance Date: April 3, 2026
Zubin Mehta conducts Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde.” Tanja Ariane Baumgartner and Ian Koziara star.
Performance Date: April 23, 2026
Zubin Mehta conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Jessica Pratt, Szilvia Vörös, Ian Koziara, and Simon Lim.
Performance Date: April 29, 2026
Asmik Grigorian and Lukas Geniušas perform in recital Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov.
Performance Date: June 6, 2026
Diego Ceretta conducts the chorus in Beethoven, Schubert and Mendelssohn.
Performance Date: June 9, 2026
Francesco Meli and Luca Salsi perform Liszt and Verdi with Nelson Calzi.
Performance Date: June 16, 2026
Daniele Gatti conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Mariangela Sicilia, Eleonora Filipponi, Bernard Richter, and Jongmin Park. The program also includes Symphony No. 8.
Performance Date: July 1, 2026
Zubin Mehta conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Rosalia Cid and Noa Beinart.
Performance Date: Sept. 26, 2026
Daniele Gatti conducts Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 2 with Rosalia Cid, Elizaveta Shuvalova, and Yijie Shi.
Performance Date: Nov. 21, 2026
Christophe Rousset conducts Mozart arias with soloists Marie-Eve Munger, Beth Taylor, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Luca Tittoto, and Riccardo Donati.
Performance Date: Nov. 28, 2026
Daniele Gatti conducts Mendelssohn’s “Elias” with Sara Blanch, Michèle Losier, Daniel Behle, and Jordan Shanahan.
Performance Date: Dec. 19, 2026
