Michele Spotti

This 2026 production of La Traviata at the Arena di Verona uses a “Moulin Rouge”-inspired Paris setting, blending the Belle Époque atmosphere with a glamorous, period-pop look, while keeping the focus on Violetta’s emotional and social drama.

Glorious comedy and impeccable coloratura combine in Donzetti’s La fille du régiment, incarnated by Marie, the feisty tomboy raised by a regiment of French soldiers. What can stand in the path of true love for Tonio is the young Swiss villager who conquers her heart - and nails a few high Cs on the way? Director Luis Ernesto Doñas sets the action in central America, turning the revolutionary French fighting against conservative Tyrol into the struggle for Cuban liberation. Cuba as a place where two worlds confront and clash, a colourful one projected into the future and the other in black and white locked in nostalgic feelings about the past.

Enjoy a thrilling operatic double bill — Ravel's L’Heure espagnole, performed during the year of Ravel's 150th birthday anniversary, and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi — by award-winning duo Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier at the magnificent Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia! The star-studded cast features renowned mezzo-soprano Eve-Maud Hubeaux and soprano Marina Monzó, as well as acclaimed baritone Ambrogio Maestri and tenor Iván Ayón Rivas, performing under the masterful baton of Michele Spotti.