(Photo: Fabrizio Sansoni) Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera opened its season with “Lohengrin,” last heard at the Teatro Costanzi a half century ago, in 1975. Once Wagner’s most popular opera in this country, it fell out of favor with the new dogma of presenting operas in their original language. Between 1933 and 1966, it was performed on average every other season. Then {…}
(Credit: Fabrizio Sansoni) On Nov. 27, Rai 5 will present the opening night of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s 2025-2026 season. The season will open with Wagner’s “Lohengrin,” which returns to the Rome stage after a 50-year absence. The work will be transmitted on Rai Cultura and Rai 5 and will be conducted by Music Director Michele Mariotti and directed {…}
(Credit: © © Yasuko Kageyama) Rai Cultura and Rai 3 are set to broadcast Puccini’s “Tosca “from the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. The broadcast will be held on Nov. 1, 2025, and will feature a star cast led by Eleonora Buratto in the title role, Jonathan Tetelman as Cavaradossi, and Luca Salsi as Scarpia. They will be joined by Gabriele {…}
The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia are set to present Wagner’s music in the coming month, teaming up for the projects. Santa Cecilia will present “Die Walküre” under Daniel Harding, while the opera di Roma will showcase “Lohengrin.” These two productions will be accompanied by joint initiatives: first, a special promotion has been planned {…}
The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced its 2025-26 Season. Opera The season opens with Wagner’s “Lohengrin” with Michele Mariotti conducting a production by Damiano Michieletto. The cast includes Dmitry Korchak, Clive Bayley, Tómas Tómasson, Ekaterina Gubanova, Andrei Bondarenko, and Jennifer Holloway. Performance Dates: Nov. 27-Dec. 7, 2025, 2025 Davide Livermore’s production of Puccini’s “La bohème” returns with Carolina López {…}
The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is set to team up with Rai Cultura for the 2025-26 season. The company will present four operas, “Tosca,” “Lohengrin,” “Tancredi,” and “Falstaff.” “Tosca” will be presented on Nov. 1, 2025, on Rai 3, with Daniel Oren conducting a cast that includes Eleonora Buratto as Tosca, Jonathan Tetelman as Cavaradossi, and Luca Salsi as Scarpia. {…}
On July 13, the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma canceled the July 13 performance of “West Side Story” at the Terme di Caracalla due to bad weather. The company said, “Unfortunately, due to the ongoing thunderstorm, tonight’s performance of West Side Story (July 13) is CANCELLED.” It added several methods of reimbursement and ticket replacement for the performance. The company said {…}
Rai 5 is set to broadcast the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s Production of Puccini’s “Suor Angelica” and Dallapiccola’s “Il Prigioniero.” The broadcast will be held on June 12 at 9:15 local Italian time. The production, which opened in April 2025, was conducted by Michele Mariotti and directed by Calixto Bieito. Corinne Winters and Marie-Nicole Lemieux led Puccini’s opera, while Mattia {…}
(Credit: rosellina garbo) The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is set to present Rossini’s “L’Italiana in Algeri” from June 5 through 12, 2025. The opera will be presented at the Teatro Costanzi for the first time in 20 years in Emanuele Luzzati’s production. In a statement, director Maurizio Scaparro said, “It is evident that in an unlikely ‘Algeri,’ Rossini had fun {…}
The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced that Francesco Giambrone will extend his contract as Sovrintendente until 2030. The extension was decided by the Board of the Fondazione Teatro dell’Opera di Roma presided by Mayor and president of the board Roberto Gualtieri. Giambrone was named sovrintendente of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma in 2021 and previously worked for the Teatro {…}
(Credit: Fabrizio Sansoni) Rai Radio 3 is set to broadcast Puccini’s “Tosca” from the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma on March 1, 2025. The evening will recreate the 1900 production that premiered the Opera. The cast will include Anna Netrebko in her signature interpretation that she has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Arena di Verona, Salzburg Festival, Teatro {…}