Verona

Anna Netrebko triumphs as Aida in Zeffirelli’s legendary Verona production

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom 103rd Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2026 [4] – Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of Fondazione Arena di Verona / Francesco Ommassini (conductor). Verona Arena, 30.8.2026. (DM-D)

Ludovic Tézier (Amonasro), Yusif Eyvazov (Radamès) and Anna Netrebko (Aida) © Ennevi Foto/Fondazione Arena di Verona

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Paul Curran’s new Verona production La traviata has intimate moments and crowd exuberance

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ItalyItaly 103rd Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2026 [3] – Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of Fondazione Arena di Verona / Francesco Ivan Ciampa (conductor), Verona Arena, 29.8.2026. (DM-D)

Adam Smith (Alfredo) and Rosa Feola (Violetta) © Ennevi Foto/Fondazione Arena di Verona

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Stefano Poda’s concept is consistent for the 2026 revival of Nabucco in the Verona Arena

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ItalyItaly 103rd Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2026 [2] – Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of Fondazione Arena di Verona / Sebastiano Rolli (conductor), Verona Arena, 28.8.2026. (DM-D)

Nabucco at the Verona Arena © Ennevi Foto/Fondazione Arena di Verona

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The ninth revival of Zeffirelli’s 2010 Turandot is still impressive in the Verona Arena

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ItalyItaly 103rd Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2026 [1] – Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of Fondazione Arena di Verona / Francesco Ivan Ciampa (conductor), Verona Arena, 27.8.2026. (DM-D)

Lise Lindstrom (Turandot) and Yusif Eyvazov (Calaf) © Ennevi Foto/Fondazione Arena di Verona

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Feast of fine singing from Kaufmann, Yoncheva and Tézier at the 100th Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2023

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ItalyItaly Jonas Kaufmann at the 100th Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2023 [4]: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Arena di Verona Orchestra / Jochen Rieder (conductor). Recorded at Arena di Verona (directed by Henning Karsten) on 20.8.2023 and released by CinemaLive to be shown in cinemas on 12 October (for information click here). (JPr)

(l-r) Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano) and Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) singing Ennio Morricone’s ‘Nella fantasia’

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Aleksandra Kurzak, Roberto Alagna and Luca Salsi are outstanding in Verona Opera Festival’s Tosca

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ItalyItaly Puccini’s Tosca at the 100th Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2023 [3]: Soloists, Children’s Choir (conductor: Elisabetta Zucca), Chorus (chorus director: Roberto Gabbiani) and Orchestra of Arena di Verona / Francesco Ivan Ciampa (conductor). Recorded (directed by Barbara Napolitano) at the Arena di Verona on 29.7.2023 and available on RaiPlay for a limited time. (JPr)

From l-r: Carlo Bosi (Spoletta), Roberto Alagna (Cavaradossi), Aleksandra Kurzak (Tosca) and Luca Salsi (Scarpia) © Ennevi Foto

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Sonya Yoncheva and Vittorio Grigòlo star in Verona’s unashamedly traditional Tosca

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ItalyItaly Puccini’s Tosca at the 100th Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2023 [2]: Soloists, Children’s Choir (conductor: Elisabetta Zucca), Chorus (chorus director: Roberto Gabbiani) and Orchestra of Arena di Verona / Francesco Ivan Ciampa (conductor). Recorded (directed by Tiziano Mancini) at the Arena di Verona on 5.8.2023 and available on ARTE Concert until 12.11.2023.  (JPr)

Vittorio Grigòlo (Cavaradossi) © Ennevi Foto

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Anna Netrebko is the standout performer in a spectacular new Aida at the 100th Verona Opera Festival

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ItalyItaly Verdi’s Aida at the 100th Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2023 [1]: Soloists, Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of Arena di Verona / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast live on Rai1 from the Arena di Verona, 16.6.2023. (JPr)

Yusif Eyvazov (Radamès) and Olesya Petrova (Amneris) © Ennevifoto / Arena di Verona

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