Pappano e la Messa di Gloria di Puccini

Blind and wandering, Oedipus arrives in Colonus, near Athens, supported by Antigone and then also by Ismene. Everyone avoided him, but now everyone seeks him, because the city that will have his tomb will be invincible, according to the oracles. Oedipus drives everyone away and, accompanied by the Athenian king Theseus, sets off towards death. Directed by Robert Carsen.

Grieving and thirsting for justice for the murder of her father, committed by her mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus, Electra, together with her brother Orestes, embarks on a path of suffering in which there is no room for remorse or repentance, culminating in irrevocable decisions. Directed by Roberto Andò.

From the Teatro Verdi in Trieste, the world premiere of ‘Amorosa presenza’, loosely based on the novel of the same name by Vincenzo Cerami, and the opera debut of Oscar-winning composer Nicola Piovani. Conducted by Maestro Piovani, with stage direction by Chiara Muti.

Dialogues of the Carmelites. Opera in three acts and twelve scenes by Francis Poulenc, based on the play by Georges Bernanos. Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma conducted by Michele Mariotti, directed by Emma Dante.

An opera in a prologue and two acts by John Adams, with a libretto by Alice Goodman, inspired by the 1985 hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro. Conducted by Lawrence Renes, directed and designed by Luca Guadagnino. A new production by the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

The story of Guglielmo, a successful doctor and confirmed Don Juan who, in order to help his friend Vincenzo, who is a bit clumsy with the fairer sex, lets him use his house for a romantic rendezvous with a woman he met in a chat room, lying to his wife Raffaella and forcing her to leave the apartment.

Richard Strauss' Salome opens the 87th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Festival. Alexander Soddy conducts; Emma Dante directs the new production. Lidia Fridman is Salome, Anna Maria Chiuri is Herodias, and Nikolai Schukoff plays Herod.

The Youth Orchestra - Luigi Cherubini conducted by Maestro Riccardo Muti performs the Symphony from “I vespri siciliani” by Giuseppe Verdi the “Symphony No. 4” in A major ‘Italiana’ op. 90 by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and the “Symphony No. 5” in C minor op. 67 by Ludwig van Beethoven.

From the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, the world premiere of “Julius Caesar” with music by Giorgio Battistelli. Orchestra and chorus of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, conducted by Daniele Gatti, directed by Robert Carsen.

Opera in one prologue and one act. Music and libretto by Luigi Dallapiccola. Mattia Olivieri in the title role, Ángeles Blancas Gulín as La Madre. Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma conducted by Michele Mariotti. Directed by Calixto Bieito.