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The Teatro San Carlo in Naples, has announced its performance lineup for the 2025/2026 season. The season will open with a new production of Cherubini’s “Medea”, directed by Mario Martone. Riccardo Frizza will conduct. Dan Ettinger, who has served as music director since 2023, will conduct only one work.


Cherubini “Medea”= New Production
Dec. 3-16
［PRODUCTION］Mario Martone
［CONDUCTOR］Riccardo Frizza
［CAST］Sondra Radvanovsky　/　Francesco Meli　/　Giorgi Manoshvili　/　Désirée Giove　/　Anita Rachvelishvili

Morricone “Partenope”= New Production
Dec. 12-14
［PRODUCTION］Riccardo Frizza
［CONDUCTOR］Vanessa Beecroft
［CAST］Jessica Pratt　/　Maria Agresta　/　Désirée Giove　/　Francesco Demuro　/　Mimmo Borrelli

Verdi “Nabucco”
Jan. 18-31, 2026
［PRODUCTION］Andreas Homoki
［CONDUCTOR］Riccardo Frizza
［CAST］Ludovic Tézier　/　Piero Pretti　/　Michele Pertusi　/　Marina Rebeka　/　Cassandre Berthon

Verdi “Falstaff”
Feb. 15-24
［PRODUCTION］Laurent Pelly
［CONDUCTOR］Marco Armiliato
［CAST］Luca Salsi　/　Andrzej Filończyk　/　Francesco Demuro　/　Maria Agresta　/　Désirée Giove　/　Anita Rachvelishvili　/　Caterina Piva

Donizetti “Lucia di Lammermoor”
Mar. 11-24
［PRODUCTION］Gianni Amelio
［CONDUCTOR］Francesco Lanzillotta
［CAST］Rosa Feola　/　Mattia Olivieri　/　René Barbera　/　Alexander Köpeczi

Puccini “La bohème”
Apr. 8-14
［PRODUCTION］Bárbara Lluch
［CONDUCTOR］Dan Ettinger
［CAST］Pretty Yende … Elsa Dreisig　/　Kang Wang … René Barbera　/　Marina Monzó … Maria Knihnytska　/　Artur Ruciński … Liam James Karai　/　 Alessio Arduini　/　Gianluca Buratto

Massenet “Werther”
May. 20-26
［PRODUCTION］Willy Decker
［CONDUCTOR］Lorenzo Passerini
［CAST］Jonas Kaufmann … Francesco Demuro　/　Lodovico Filippo Ravizza　/　Caterina Piva　/　Désirée Giove

Cilea “Adriana Lecouvreur”
Jun. 14-20
［PRODUCTION］Davide Livermore
［CONDUCTOR］Pinchas Steinberg
［CAST］Aleksandra Kurzak　/　Brian Jagde　/　Elīna Garanča　/　Pietro Spagnoli

Puccini “Turandot”
Jul. 5-15
［PRODUCTION］Vasily Barkhatov
［CONDUCTOR］Vincenzo Milletarì
［CAST］Anna Pirozzi … Inara Kozlovskaya　/　Alexander Vinogradov　/　Brian Jagde … Angelo Villari　/　Pretty Yende … Hasmik Torosyan

Verdi “Aida”= Concert Performance
Sep. 6
［CONDUCTOR］Riccardo Frizza
［CAST］Anna Netrebko　/　Jonas Kaufmann　/　Elizabeth DeShong　/　Luca Salsi　/　Alexander Köpeczi

Mozart “Mitridate, re di Ponto”
Sep. 24-Oct. 1
［PRODUCTION］Claus Guth
［CONDUCTOR］Riccardo Frizza
［CAST］Giovanni Sala　/　Sara Blanch　/　Mariangela Sicilia　/　Franco Fagioli　/　Giuliana Gianfaldoni　/　Alasdair Kent　/　Agustín Pennino

Handel “Alcina”= Concert Performance
Oct. 9-11
［CONDUCTOR］Iván López-Reynoso
［CAST］Lisette Oropesa　/　Franco Fagioli　/　Varduhi Abrahamyan　/　Sun Tianxuefei　/　Erin Morley　/　Sayumi Kaneko　/　Yunho Eric Kim

Rossini “La Cenerentola”
Oct. 20-27
［PRODUCTION］Damiano Michieletto
［CONDUCTOR］Speranza Scappucci
［CAST］Aigul Akhmetshina … Aleksandra Meteleva　/　Jack Swanson … Dave Monaco　/　Florian Sempey　/　Giulio Mastrototaro　/　Gianluca Margheri

PHOTO：Teatro di San Carlo


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