The Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari has announced its 2022 season featuring ballet and opera. Here is a look at the operatic productions.

Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” opens the season with Andrew Richards and Lars Cleveman as Tristan and Gun-Brit Barkmin and Alexandra Lubchansky as Isolde. The cast also includes Stefanie Iranyi, Anna Werle, Rafal Siwek, Oliver Zwarg, Robert Bork, and Simon Schnorr. Marc Piollet conducts the production by Yannis Kokkos.

Performance Dates: Jan. 25-30, 2022

Leah Crocetto and Burçin Savigne lead Verdi’s “Aida” with Roberto Aronica, Dario Di Vietri, Carmen Topciu, Rossana Rinaldi, Abramo Rosalen, Ramaz Chikviladze, Vladimir Stoyanov, and Elia Fabbian. Renato Palumbo conducts Mariano Bauduin’s production.

Performance Dates: March 5-13, 2022

Francesco Demuro and Pietro Adaini alternate the title role of Massenet’s “Werther.” The cast also includes Ketevan Kemoklidze, Caterina Dellaere, Sara Rossini, Veronica Granatiero, Biagio Pizzuti, and Pierluigi Dilengite. Giampaolo Bisanti conducts the production by Tatjana Gürbaca.

Performance Dates: April 19-24, 2022

Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” will star Cecilia Molinari and Lamia Beuque as Angelina, Pavel Kolgatin and Edoardo Milletti as Don Ramiro, Christian Senn and Pierluigi Dilengite as Dandini, Pablo Ruiz and Giuseppe Esposito as Don Magnifico, and Mirco Palazzi and Davide Giangregorio as Alidoro.  Fabio Mastrangelo conducts Emma Dante’s production.

Performance Dates: June 24-30, 2022

Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette” is set to star Ivan Magrì and Mario Rojas as Romeo and Irina Lungu and Giuliana Gianfaldoni as Juliette. The cast also includes Riccardo Fassi, Christian Senn, Gaetano Castillo, and Maria José Lo Monaco. Jordi Bernàcer conducts Éric Ruf’s production.

Performance Dates: Sept. 13-18, 2022

Tchiakovsky’s “The Queen of Spades” is set to star Ivan Gyngazov, Gragory Solovyev, Vasilii Efimov, Larisa Kostiuk, Elena Mikhailenko, and Iuliia Nikanorova. Valerii Kirianov conducts the production by Dmitry Bertman. 

Performance Dates: Oct. 15-20, 2022

Maxim Mironov, Alasdair Kent, Damiana Mizzi, Veronica Granatiero, Giorgio Caoduro, Biagio Pizzuti, and Carlo Lepore star in Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale.” Renato Palumbo conducts.

Performance Dates: Nov. 18-24, 2022

Vittoria Yeo and Stacey Alleaume star in Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Celso Albelo and Giulio Pelligra as Alfredo, Vladimir Stoyanov and Damiano Salerno as Germont.

Performance Dates: Dec. 18-28, 2022