The Teatro San Carlo has announced its 2025-26 season.

The season opens with Riccardo Frizza conducting Cherubini’s “Medea” in a production by Mario Martone. Sondra Radvanovsky stars in the title role alongside Francesco Meli, Giorgi Manoshvili, Désirée Giove, and Anita Rachvelishvili.

Performance Dates: Dec. 3-16, 2025

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Jessica Pratt, Maria Agresta, Désirée Giove, Francesco Demuro, and Mimmo Borrelli star in Ennio Morricone’s “Partenope.” Riccardo Frizza conducts the production by Vanessa Beecroft.

Performance Dates: Dec. 12-14, 2025

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Ludovic Tézier, Piero Pretti, Michele Pertusi, Marina Rebeka, and Cassandre Berthon star in Verdi’s “Nabucco.” Riccardo Frizza conducts the production by Andreas Homoki.

Performance Dates: Jan. 18-31, 2026

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Luca Salsi leads Verdi’s “Falstaff” with Andrzej Filończyk, Francesco Demuro, Maria Agresta, Désirée Giove, Anita Rachvelishvili, and Caterina Piva. Marco Armiliato conducts the production by Laurent Pelly.

Performance Dates: Feb. 15-24, 2026

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Rosa Feola leads Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” with Mattia Olivieri, René Barbera, and Alexander Köpeczi. Francesco Lanzillotta conducts the production by Gianni Amelio.

Performance Dates: March 11-24, 2026

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Two casts headline Puccini’s “La bohème.” Pretty Yende, Kang Wang, Marina Monzó, and Artur Ruciński headline the first while Elsa Dreisig, René Barbera, Maria Knihnytska, and Liam James Karai will be showcased in the second. The cast will be rounded out by Alessio Arduini and Gianluca Buratto. Dan Ettinger conducts the production by Bárbara Lluch.

Performance Dates: April 8-14, 2026

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Jonas Kaufmann and Francesco Demuro lead Massenet’s “Werther” alongside Lodovico Filippo Ravizza, Caterina Piva, and Désirée Giove. Lorenzo Passerini conducts the production by Willy Decker.

Performance Dates: May 20-26, 2026

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Aleksandra Kurzak, Brian Jagde, Elīna Garanča, and Pietro Spagnoli lead Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur.” Pinchas Steinberg conducts Davide Livermore’s production.

Performance Dates: June 14-20, 2026

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Anna Pirozzi and Inara Kozlovskaya headline Puccini’s “Turandot” with Alexander Vinogradov, Brian Jagde, Angelo Villari, Pretty Yende, and Hasmik Torosyan. Vincenzo Milletarì conducts the production by Vasily Barkhatov.

Performance Dates: July 5-15, 2026

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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Elizabeth DeShong, Luca Salsi, and Alexander Köpeczi perform Verdi’s “Aida” in concert with Riccardo Frizza conducting.

Performance Date: Sept. 6, 2026

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Giovanni Sala, Sara Blanch, Mariangela Sicilia, Franco Fagioli, Giuliana Gianfaldoni, Alasdair Kent, and Agustín Pennino lead Mozart’s “Mitridate, re di Ponto.” Riccardo Frizza conducts the production by Claus Guth.

Performance Dates: Sept. 24-Oct. 1, 2026

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Lisette Oropesa, Franco Fagioli, Varduhi Abrahamyan, Sun Tianxuefei, Erin Morley, Sayumi Kaneko, and Yunho Eric Kim lead Handel’s “Alcina.” Iván López-Reynoso conducts the concert performance.

Performance Dates: Oct. 9-11, 2026

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Aigul Akhmetshina and Aleksandra Meteleva lead Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” with Jack Swanson, Dave Monaco, Florian Sempey, Giulio Mastrototaro, and Gianluca Margheri.

Performance Dates: Oct. 20-27, 2026

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Concerts

Dan Ettinger and Asmik Grigorian perform Wagner, Puccini, Strauss, and Wagner.

Performance Date: Nov. 18, 2025

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Ingo Metzmacher and Matthias Goerne will perform music by Hans Werner Henze and Johannes Brahms.

Performance Date: Feb. 1, 2026

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Nicola Luisotti conducts Verdi’s Requiem with Pretty Yende, Elīna Garanča, Pene Pati, and John Relyea.

Performance Dates: Feb. 27 & 28, 2026

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Fabio Luisi conducts Mozart and Mahler with Marina Monzó.

Performance Date: March 22, 2026

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Aigul Akhmetshina and Jonathan Papp perform in recital.

Performance Date: April 7, 2026

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Giacomo Sagripanti conducts an opera gala featuring Sondra Radvanovsky and Freddie De Tommaso. The program includes music by Verdi, Puccini, Mascagni, and Giordano.

Performance Date: June 21, 2026

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Jochen Rieder conducts Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tézier in Verdi, Puccini, and Ponchielli.

Performance Date: July 17, 2026

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Anita Rachvelishvili and Vincenzo Scalera perform in recital.

Performance Date: Oct. 2, 2026