Lidia Fridman, Lucas Meachem, Fabio Sartori, Erika Grimaldi & Clementine Margaine Lead Teatro Carlo Felice’s 2025-26 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Teatro Carlo Felice has announced its 2025-26 season.
Opera
Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” will open the season, starring Simone Alberghini, Gurgen Baveyan, Desirée Rancatore, Irina Dubrovskaya, Ian Koziara, David Ferri Durà, Mattia Denti, Jennifer Holloway, Monica Zanettin, Giulio Mastrototaro, Bruno Taddia, Alex Martini, and Chiara Fiorani. Constantin Trinks conducts the production by Damiano Michieletto.
Marta Torbidoni, Valentina Boi, Nino Chikovani, Luciano Ganci, Leonardo Caimi, Gezim Myshketa, Massimo Cavalletti, and Manuela Custer star in Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana.” Davide Massiglia conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov 14-23, 2025
Giampaolo Bisanti conducts Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” in a production by Marina Bianchi. Two casts will perform the work, with the first including Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar, Erika Grimaldi, Clementine Margaine, Fabio Sartori, and Simon Lim. The second cast includes Leon Kim, Iwona Sobotka, Chiara Mogini, Samuele Simoncini, and Fabrizio Beggi.
Performance Dates: Jan. 15-23, 2026
Tilmann Unger and Majorie Owens lead Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” with Evgeny Stavinsky, Nicolò Ceriani, Cristiano Olivieri, and Daniela Barcellona.
Donato Renzetti conducts the production by Laurence Dale.
Performance Dates: Feb. 13-22, 2026
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s “Il campiello” will star Bianca Tognocchi, Leonardo Cortellazzi, Gilda Fiume, Saverio Fiore, Benedetta Torre, Paola Gardina, Matteo Roma, Gabriele Sagona, Biagio Pizzuti, and Guido Loconsolo. Francesco Ommassini conducts the production by Federico Bertolani.
Anna Goryachova, Lucas Meachem, Katrina Galka, Luca Tittoto, Daniela Barcellona, Fabrizio Beggi, Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Giorgio Berrugi, Owen Willetts, Giulio Pelligra, Filippo Mineccia, Leonardo Cortellazzi, and Andrea Porta star in Frncesco Filidai’s “Il Nome della Rosa.” Tito Ceccherini conducts the production by Damiano Michieletto.
Performance Dates: April 10-19, 2026
Two will headline Verdi’s “Macbeth.” The first will include George Gagnidze, Riccardo Zanellato, Lidia Fridman, and Riccardo Massi. The second cast will include Stefano Meo, Abramo Rosalen, Caterina Meldolesi, and Vasyl Solodkyy.
Sesto Quatrini conducts the production by Fabio Ceresa.
Performance Dates: May 15-24, 2026
The season concludes with Puccini’s “La Bohème” conducted by Donato Renzetti and directed by Augusto Fornari. The production will start with soloists from the Accademia di alto perfezionamento e inserimento professionale dell’Opera Carlo Felice Genova.
Performance Dates: June 16-21, 2026
Concerts
Diego Fasolis conducts Mendelssohn’s “Elias.”
Performance Date: Dec. 11, 2025
Hartmut Haenchen conducts an end-of-the-season concert of opera arias and overtures.
Performance Date: June 1, 2026
