OperaLombardia has announced its 2025-26 season. The season, which is shared by five theaters including Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo, Teatro Grande di Brescia, Teatro Sociale di Como / AsLiCo, Teatro Ponchielli di Cremona, and Teatro Fraschini di Pavia, will showcase the same operas.

Here are the works with dates to each theater:

Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” will be presented in a production by Andrea Chiodi and will star Sabrina Sanza, Nico Franchini, Giovanni Accardi, Giacomo Nanni, and Rosalba Ducato. Enrico Lombardi conducts.

Performance Dates: Como, Teatro Sociale – Sept. 25 & 27, 2025; Pavia, Teatro Fraschini – Oct. 3 & 5, 2025; Brescia, Teatro Grande – Oct. 10 & 12, 2025; Cremona, Teatro Ponchielli – Oct. 17 & 19, 2025; Novara, Teatro Coccia – Nov. 21 & 23, 2025; Pisa, Teatro di Pisa – March 27 & 29, 2026

Emanuela Pascu & Emilia Rukavina lead Bizet’s “Carmen” with a cast that includes Roberto Aronica, Joseph Dahdah, Rocio Faus, Alessia Merepeza, and Pablo Ruiz. Sergio Alapont conducts the production by Stefano Vizioli.

Performance Dates: Brescia, Teatro Grande – Sept.  26 & 28, 2025; Cremona, Teatro Ponchielli – Oct. 3 & 5, 2025; Como, Teatro Sociale – Oct. 10 & 12, 2025; Pavia, Teatro Fraschini – Jan. 15 & 17, 2026; Bergamo, Teatro Donizetti – Jan. 30 & Feb. 1, 2026; Modena, Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni – April 10 & 12, 2026 Piacenza, Teatro Municipale – April 17 & 19, 2026; Ravenna, Teatro Dante Alighieri – April 24 & 26, 2026

Massenet’s “Don Quichotte” will star Nicola Ulivieri, Giorgio Caoduro, Chiara Tirotta, Raffaele Feo, Roberto Covatta, Marta Leung, and Erica Zulikha Benato.

Jacopo Brusa conducts the production by Kristian Frédric.

Performance Dates: Pavia, Teatro Fraschini – Oct. 31 & Nov. 2, 2025; Brescia, Teatro Grande – Nov. 7 & 9, 2025; Como, Teatro Sociale – Jan. 16 & 18, 2026; Cremona, Teatro Ponchielli – Jan. 23 & 25, 2026

Sieva Borzak conducts a new production of Bellini’s “I Puritani” by Daniele Menghini. Maria Laura Iacobellis leads a cast that also includes Gabriele Valsecchi,  Roberto Lorenzi, and Sunu Sun.

Performance Dates: Como, Teatro Sociale – Nov. 14 & 16, 2025; Pavia, Teatro Fraschini – Nov. 20 & 22, 2025; Cremona, Teatro Ponchielli – Dec. 4 & 6, 2025

Angelo Veccia, Kristina Kolar, Luca Tittoto, Marco Miglietta, and Mara Gaudenzi star in Verdi’s “Nabucco” with Valerio Galli conducting. The new production will be directed by Federico Grazzini.

Performance Dates: Modena, Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni – Oct. 24, 25, 26, 2025; Reggio Emilia, Teatro Municipale Valli – Oct. 31 & Nov. 2, 2025; Cremona, Teatro Ponchielli – Nov. 21 & 23, 2025; Brescia, Teatro Grande – Nov. 28 & 30, 2025; Pavia, Teatro Fraschini – Dec. 5 & 7, 2025; Como, Teatro Sociale – Dec. 12 & 14, 2025; Lucca, Teatro del Giglio – Dec. 20 & 21, 2025