The Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania has announced its 2025-26 season.

Opera

Fabrizio Maria Carminati conducts Verid’s “Aida” in a production by Marco Vinco. The production will star Oksana Dyka and Valentina Boi in the title role alongside Jorge de León, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Nino Surguladze, Irene Savignano, Franco Vassallo, Alberto Gazale, Insung Sim, and Simón Orfila.

Performance Dates: Jan. 20-28, 2026

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Lehár’s “La Vedova Allegra” will star Mihaela Marcu, Francesca Tiburzi, Mario Cassi, Michele Patti, Jessica Nuccio, Evgeniya Vukkert, Matteo Falcier, Christian Collia, Alberto Petricca, and Giovanni Calcagno. Roberto Gianola conducts the production by Alessandro Idonea.

Performance Date: March 6-13, 2026

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Fabio Sartori and Vincenzo Costanzo star in Giordano’s “Andrea Chenier.” They will be joined by Valeria Sepe, Lana Kos, Devid Cecconi, and Massimo Cavalletti. Paolo Carignani conducts the production by Giandomenico Vaccari.

Performance Date: April 10-18, 2026

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Chiara Muti directs Bellini’s “I Puritani” with Jessica Pratt, Caterina Sala, Dmitry Korchak, Valerio Borgioni, Christian Federici, Carlo Lepore, Dario Russo and Laura Verrecchia.

Performance Dates: Sept. 25-Oct. 2, 2026

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Alessandra Di Giorgio, Chiara Mogini, Carlo Ventre, Konstantine Kipiani, George Andguladze, Christian Senn, Desirée Rancatore, Federica Foresta, and Claudia Ceraulo star in Bizet’s “Carmen.” Gianluca Martinenghi conducts the production by Giovanni Anfuso.

Performance Dates: Nov. 27-Dec. 4, 2026

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Concerts 

La cantata dei pastori will be in recital.

Performance Date: Dec. 23, 2025

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Lü Jia conducts a choral concert featuring Mozart and Bach with soloists Alina Tkachuk, Ylenia Iasalvatore, Polina Shamaeva, Christian Collia, and Ugo Guagliardo.

Performance Dates: Feb. 7 & 8, 2026

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Opera e Cinema will be featured in the Tonhalle di Zurigo’s quintet. The program features music by Giulio Briccialdi, Georges Bizet, George Gershwin, Ezio Bosso, Ennio Morricone, and Nino Rota.

Performance Date: Feb. 15, 2026

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Fabrizio Maria Carminati conducts Haydn’s “La creazione” with soloists Melissa Purnell and Andrea Schifaudo.

Performance Dates: May 2 & 3, 2026

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Sergio Alapont conducts Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 and Prokofiev’s Aleksandr Nevskij with Sabrina Messina.

Performance Dates: May 15 & 16, 2026

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Concerti straordinari

Andrea Sanguineti conducts the New Year’s concert with Donata D’Annunzio Lombardi and Alessandro Scotto di Luzio. They will perform Johann Strauss jr., Josef Strauss, Franz Lehár, and Emmerich Kálmán.

Performance Date: Jan. 1, 2026

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Giulio Prandi conducts a concert with Francesca Tiburzi and Alessandra Della Croce.

Performance Date: Feb. 1, 2026

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The Concerto sinfonico-corale per la Festa della Repubblica will be conducted by Salvatore Percacciolo and will feature usic by Vincenzo Bellini, Giuseppe Verdi,
Gioachino Rossini, Giacomo Puccini, Francesco Muraca, and Pietro Mascagni.

Performance Date: June 1, 2026