
Marina Rebeka, Cecilia Bartoli, Juan Diego Flórez, Ismael Jordi, Marigona Qerkezi & Marina Monzó Lead Teatro de la Maestranza’s 2025-26 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Teatro de la Maestranza has announced its 2025-26 season.
Two casts will perform Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Alessio Arduini and Jan Antem star alongside Ekaterina Bakanova, Bryndís Guðjónsdóttir, Marco Ciaponi, Pablo Martínez, George Andguladze, Luis López, Julie Boulianne, Karen Gardeazabal, David Menéndez, Emmanuel Franco, Marina Monzó, Montserrat Seró, Ricardo Seguel, and Yoshihiko Miyashita. Iván López Reynoso and Mariano García Valladares conduct the production by Cecilia Ligorio.
Performance Dates: Oct. 4-12, 2025
Franco Fagioli will join forces with Michele D’Elia for a program of Mozart, Bellini, Donizetti, Scarlatti, Lotti and Handel, among others.
Performance Date: Oct. 6, 2025
Helena Cánovas’ “Don Juan no existed” will star Sachika Ito and Josep-Ramon Olivé. Jhoanna Sierralta conducts the production by Bárbara Lluch.
Performance Dates: Oct. 7 & 9, 2025
The company will present Certamen de Nuevas Voces Ciudad de Sevilla.
Performance Date: Oct. 25, 2025
Soraya Méncid and Manuel Navarro perform works by Gabriel Fauré, Reynaldo Hahn, Pauline Viardot, Amy Beach, Lili Boulanger, Cécile Chaminade, Maurice Ravel, Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Giacomo Meyerbeer.
Performance Date: Nov. 19, 2025
Paulina Francisco, Georgia Burashko, Rebecca Leggett, Juliette Mey, Rodrigo Carreto, Ilja Aksionov, Benjamin Schilperoort, and Hugo Herman-Wilson star in Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen.” Paul Agnew conducts the production by Mourad Merzouki.
Performance Date: Nov. 23, 2025
Cecilia Bartoli and Mélissa Petit star in Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” with Ginaluca Capuano conducting.
Performance Date: Nov. 29, 2025
Marina Rebeka stars in Donizetti’s “Lucrezia Borgia” with Duke Kim, Cecilia Molinari, and Krzysztof Bączyk. Maurizio Benini conducts the production by Silvia Paoli.
Performance Dates: Dec. 3-9, 2025
Xabier Anduaga and Maciej Pikulski perform in recital.
Performance Date: Dec. 7, 2025
Mariola Cantarero will perform a Christmas concert.
Performance Date: Dec. 26, 2025
Thomas Guggeis and Corinna Scheurle join forces for a program of Ravel, Shostakovich, and Brahms.
Performance Date: Dec. 29, 2025
Josep Pons conducts Brahms’ Deutsche Requiem with Katharina Konradi and José Antonio López.
Performance Date: Jan. 18, 2026
Xavier Sabata, Rocío Pérez, Charlotte Dumartheray, Scott Wilde, Clare Presland, José Luis Sola, Joan Martín-Royo, Heather Lowe, Aoife Miskelly, David Ireland, Daniel Noyola, Juan Sancho, Thibault de Damas, and Jorge Franco star in Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Corrado Rovaris conducts the production by Laurent Pelly.
Performance Dates: Feb. 12-16, 2026
Amy Beach’s “Cabildo” will be performed.
Performance Dates: March 6 & 7, 2026
Giovanni Antonini and Julia Lezhneva join Il Giardino Armonico will perform Vivaldi.
Performance Date: March 8, 2026
Juan Diego Flórez and Vincenzo Scala perform Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Massenet, and Verdi.
Performance Date: March 13, 2026
Arrieta’s “Marina” will star Sabina Puértolas, Ismael Jordi, Juan Jesús Rodríguez, Rubén Amoretti, José Manuel Díaz, Alicia Naranjo, and Andrés Merino. Manuel Busto conducts the production by Bárbara Lluch.
Performance Dates: March 14-19, 2026
Jonathan Cohen conducts Bach’s St. Matthew Passion will star Nick Pritchard, Alex Rosen, Giulia Semenzato, Hugh Cutting, Hugo Hymas, and Thomas E. Bauer.
Performance Date: March 29, 2026
Jakub Józef Orliński and Michał Biel perform in recital.
Performance Date: April 15, 2026
Paisello’s “The Barber of Seville” will be conducted by Lucas Macías and will star Aitana Sanz, Santiago Ballerini, Pablo Ruiz, Darío Solari, Pietro Spagnoli, Luís Raspaqueso, and Andrés Merino.
Performance Date: May 10, 2026
Philip Glass’ “Einstein on the Beach” will be performed in concert.
Performance Date: May 26, 2026
Marigona Qerkezi and Stella Hu star in Verdi’s “Aida.” They will star alongside Ketevan Kemoklidze, María Luján Mirabelli, Piero Pretti, Joan Laínez, Insung Sim, Inho Jeong, Ernesto Petti, and Fabián Veloz. Daniele Callegari and Dominic Limburg conduct the production by Paco Azorín.
Performance Date: June 20-28, 2026