Maria Todaro, General Director and CEO of Florida Grand Opera, will direct a new production of TOSCA at the 72nd Festival Puccini at the Gran Teatro all'Aperto Giacomo Puccini in Torre del Lago, Italy.
Gare St Lazare Ireland and Berggruen Arts and Culture will present the world premiere of HOW IT IS, Samuel Beckett's novel staged as a live art event at Venice's Palazzo Diedo, featuring Conor Lovett and Stephen Dillane.
Italy's Arena di Verona Opera Festival will present six classic opera productions, ballet, and multimedia concerts in its 10,000-seat open-air Roman amphitheater, featuring stars including Plácido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, and Roberto Alagna.
Mish Mash Festival announced its 2026 lineup for the Arab-Norman Castle of Milazzo, headlined by Yin Yin, Turbolenta, and Sam Ruffillo, alongside Ditonellapiaga and others, as the festival marks its tenth anniversary.
In a quiet corner of San Severo, a small city in Italy's Puglia region, a long-abandoned newsstand has been reborn as what may be the most radically intimate playhouse on earth.
This coming June 2026, the Summer Opera Workshop at Accademia Europea di Firenze will perform the Italian premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical The Light in the Piazza.
Mexican conductor Felipe Tristán will lead the Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria at Teatro Grandinetti in Lamezia Terme, featuring soloists Kirill Rodin and Thomas Selditz in works by Rossini, Bruch, and Brahms.
Caravaggio – A Rebel Rock Musical, prodotto dalla Golden Ticket Company, porta sul palcoscenico la figura di Michelangelo Merisi, artista rivoluzionario che sfidò apertamente la Roma papalina del Seicento.
Hosted since its founding in the 10,000-seat, open-air Roman amphitheater at the heart of the Italian city of Verona, the Arena di Verona Opera Festival is the largest, oldest, and most international opera festival in the world.
FestiValle will mark its 10th anniversary from August 7-10, 2026, at the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, Sicily, featuring a lineup of artists like Apparat and Cory Henry.