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52 evenings of opera and ballet under the stars
The curtain is about to rise on the 103rd Arena di Verona Opera Festival: three months of great performances, from 12 June to 12 September 2026 — 52 magical evenings of opera, gala and ballet under the stars in a truly unique venue
Te Arena di Verona is both a perfect- ly preserved historical monument and the largest open-air opera house in the world, welcoming more than 10,000 spectators every evening in summer. Tey come from all over the globe to see spectacular productions involving the world’s most distinguished artists. Opening the festival on 12 and 13
June are two performances of a new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, the world’s most-performed opera. For the first time in Arena his- tory, one of the French capital’s most iconic institutions comes to life in Verona: the Moulin Rouge. Tis orig- inal and aesthetically powerful inter- pretation will transport the audience to Paris in the early 1900s when the Moulin Rouge saw a surge in popular- ity. An unprecedented collaboration, directed by Paul Curran, it’s a decla- ration of love to both opera and Paris itself, the city of La Traviata. Tis new production will run for a further 11 evenings until 12 September. Te season will continue with anoth-
er five operas. Te queen of the Arena, Verdi’s Aida, will return in two differ- ent stagings: the ‘crystal’ version, de- signed by Stefano Poda, from 19 June to 24 July, and the ‘classic’ production, imagined by Franco Zeffirelli, from 30 July to 10 September. Between 26 June and 9 September,
Stefano Poda’s 2025 production of Verdi’s lyrical drama Nabucco will be on the bill. It’s not all Verdi; the recent produc-
tion of Puccini’s La Bohème directed by Alfonso Signorini will also return for four nights between July 3 and 25. Celebrating its 100th birthday, Pucci-
ni’s masterpiece Turandot is scheduled for six evenings from 7 August to 11 September in the magical and sumptu- ous staging by Franco Zeffirelli.
Ticket offices Via Dietro Anfiteatro 6/B, 37121 Verona (IT) Via Roma 1, 37121 Verona (IT)
biglietteria@arenadiverona.it Call centre +39 045 800 51 51
arena.it Vivaticket presale tickets
Te 2026 Festival will also feature
six different evening events. Great dance is back on stage with Roberto Bolle and friends on 21 July. On 25 and 26 August, the ballet Zorba the Greek, with music by Teodorakis, will take place at the Roman Teatre. On 13 August, a huge symphonic and cho- ral ensemble will perform Orff’s best- known cantata Carmina Burana. A brand-new creation by Balich Wonder Studio, Paganini Paradise, will debut on 18 August, alongside Viva Vivaldi, the Four Seasons immersive concert. Te 2026 Festival offers exclusive
pre-opera experiences inside the world’s largest open-air opera house. Among these, ‘Te Star Roof’ grants just 24 guests access to a Miche- lin-starred dinner on the Arena’s ter- race and exclusive seats in the royal box. Plus ‘Vinitaly, the opera’s over- ture’, a journey to discover the finest Italian winemaking. Te Festival
is becoming increas-
ingly accessible, with the creation of a Family Area for the first time and Arena per Tutti, the largest inclu- sive project in Europe, preparing for a record-breaking fourth edition: 26 accessible performances and 19 mul- ti-sensory experience dates, spread over the three months of the event. Tickets are on sale to experience ‘the most Italian place on Earth’.
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