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MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2026 – 62nd EDITION
27 November 2025From 17 July to 9 August 2026 Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi 17, 26 July, 1°, 9 August Directed by Paul-Émile Fourny Conducted by Fabrizio Marialeggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2024
12 December 2023From 19 July to 11 August, the Arena Sferisterio pays homage to Giacomo Puccini with Turandot and La bohème. The 60th anniversary of the opera season is celebrated with Norma by Vincenzoleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2023
16 February 2023The myth of seduction: from the fragility of Lucia di Lammermoor to the obstinacy of Carmen and Violetta Lucia di Lammermoor, a rare gem for the Sferisterio, alongside its mostleggi + -
The Sferisterio school program is underway, with a number of projects for all ages: from children in nurseries to high school students.
20 January 2023Alongside the Opera Domani project by AsLiCo for primary and lower secondary schools, there are programs for nurseries and preschools by the Scuola Civica di Musica “Stefanoleggi + -
Flavio Cavalli is the new Superintendent of the Arena Sferisterio Association
21 November 2022The Board of Directors of the Arena Sferisterio Association, which met in Macerata on Monday, November 21, unanimously decided to appoint Flavio Cavalli as Superintendent for the 2023-2024leggi + -
International training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young opera singers
14 April 2022FIRST EDITION, 2022 Rules and regulations 1. Associazione Arena Sferisterio launches the first international training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young operaleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2022 Opera, cinema, and symphonic repertoire
05 March 2022Tosca, Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Pagliacci are the three opera titles chosen by the new Artistic Director, Paolo Pinamonti. A new addition to the festival is a series of symphonicleggi + -
Paolo Pinamonti appointed new artistic director of Macerata Opera Festival
04 January 2022During his successful career, Venetian musicologist Paolo Pinamonti served as artistic director of Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, and Teatro la Fenice inleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021
25 August 2021100x100 Sferisterio: the Festival celebrating 100 years of opera at the Sferisterio closes with great results in terms of audience, critics, participation, public safety andleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100×100 Sferisterio: 100 days to go until this year’s Festival
13 April 2021A new game dedicated to Aida, social media initiatives, online events, and much more On April 14, we started the countdown towards Macerata Opera Festival 2021, 100x100 Sferisterioleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021 #100x100Sferisterio
01 July 2020Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100x100 Sferisterio A special edition to celebrate the centenary of the first opera staged at the Macerata arena Aida, Il barbiere di Siviglia andleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2020 #biancocoraggio: three weeks of events for the Sferisterio festival
30 May 2020Two operas and a series of other events, from Palco Reverse to contemporary dance, from mixed concerts featuring Melozzi/Anastasio and Paoli/Rea, to the Montelago Celtic Festivalleggi + -
MOF 2020: confirmed the staging of “Don Giovanni” and “Il Trovatore” in concert form
20 May 2020The Sferisterio Arena confirms the staging of Don Giovanni and Il Trovatore, the latter in concert form In July and August, the Sferisterio arena will present two operas, includingleggi + -
Francisco Negrin’s essential production of Il Trovatore made a grand return to close the opening weekend of the Macerata Opera Festival, conducted by Dmitri Jurowski, the last heir to a great dynasty of Russian conductors and one of the world’s most highly regarded conductors. Taking to the stage for Verdi’s great tragedy is a cast of accomplished singers, led by the tenor Piero Pretti and the Marche-born soprano Marta Torbidoni, now a rising star on the most prestigious international stages such as La Scala, where she has starred in major productions in recent years.
16 July 2026The opening weekend of the 62nd Macerata Opera Festival therefore draws to a close on Sunday 19 July with a revival of Il Trovatore – a geometric and minimalist production by the Mexicanleggi + -
As the second production on this year’s programme, the 62nd Macerata Opera Festival continues its opening weekend with the acclaimed Il Barbiere di Siviglia, directed by Abbiati Prize-winning director Daniele Menghini, with musical direction by Jacopo Brusa – a young conductor with an outstanding career – a top-class Rossini cast, and a major, highly topical surprise that breathes new life into the 2022 dramaturgical project.
16 July 2026From 18 July, the acclaimed production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia returns to the Sferisterio. Directed in 2022 by Daniele Menghini – winner of the 2026 Abbiati Prize – it isleggi + -
Major new sponsors, the continued support of long-standing patrons including the 100Mecenati per lo Sferisterio, as well as year-round international promotion of the region and an increasingly robust box office, not to mention the new green décor commissioned by the City Council: these are the building blocks for the grand opening on 17 July of the Macerata Opera Festival, featuring a new production of *Nabucco* directed by the Belgian director Fourny, a cast of young stars led by the expert baton of Carminati, but above all the festival’s steady growth in its indispensable role as a tool for social cohesion, local dialogue, a beacon of cultural attraction and a virtuous economic driver for the whole of Central Italy.
16 July 2026Following the huge success of Sferisterio Scuola and the collaboration with cultural associations for ExtraMof, with the Under-30 Previews of the new production of Nabucco on the 14th, Theleggi + -
MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2025 – 61ª EDITION
02 October 2025The 61st edition of the Macerata Opera Festival closed to public and critical acclaim thanks to the surprising Vedova Allegra, which made its operetta debut on the stage of the Sferisterio,leggi +
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MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2026 – 62nd EDITION
27 November 2025From 17 July to 9 August 2026 Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi 17, 26 July, 1°, 9 August Directed by Paul-Émile Fourny Conducted by Fabrizio Marialeggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2024
12 December 2023From 19 July to 11 August, the Arena Sferisterio pays homage to Giacomo Puccini with Turandot and La bohème. The 60th anniversary of the opera season is celebrated with Norma by Vincenzoleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2023
16 February 2023The myth of seduction: from the fragility of Lucia di Lammermoor to the obstinacy of Carmen and Violetta Lucia di Lammermoor, a rare gem for the Sferisterio, alongside its mostleggi + -
The Sferisterio school program is underway, with a number of projects for all ages: from children in nurseries to high school students.
20 January 2023Alongside the Opera Domani project by AsLiCo for primary and lower secondary schools, there are programs for nurseries and preschools by the Scuola Civica di Musica “Stefanoleggi + -
Flavio Cavalli is the new Superintendent of the Arena Sferisterio Association
21 November 2022The Board of Directors of the Arena Sferisterio Association, which met in Macerata on Monday, November 21, unanimously decided to appoint Flavio Cavalli as Superintendent for the 2023-2024leggi + -
International training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young opera singers
14 April 2022FIRST EDITION, 2022 Rules and regulations 1. Associazione Arena Sferisterio launches the first international training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young operaleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2022 Opera, cinema, and symphonic repertoire
05 March 2022Tosca, Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Pagliacci are the three opera titles chosen by the new Artistic Director, Paolo Pinamonti. A new addition to the festival is a series of symphonicleggi + -
Paolo Pinamonti appointed new artistic director of Macerata Opera Festival
04 January 2022During his successful career, Venetian musicologist Paolo Pinamonti served as artistic director of Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, and Teatro la Fenice inleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021
25 August 2021100x100 Sferisterio: the Festival celebrating 100 years of opera at the Sferisterio closes with great results in terms of audience, critics, participation, public safety andleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100×100 Sferisterio: 100 days to go until this year’s Festival
13 April 2021A new game dedicated to Aida, social media initiatives, online events, and much more On April 14, we started the countdown towards Macerata Opera Festival 2021, 100x100 Sferisterioleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021 #100x100Sferisterio
01 July 2020Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100x100 Sferisterio A special edition to celebrate the centenary of the first opera staged at the Macerata arena Aida, Il barbiere di Siviglia andleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2020 #biancocoraggio: three weeks of events for the Sferisterio festival
30 May 2020Two operas and a series of other events, from Palco Reverse to contemporary dance, from mixed concerts featuring Melozzi/Anastasio and Paoli/Rea, to the Montelago Celtic Festivalleggi + -
MOF 2020: confirmed the staging of “Don Giovanni” and “Il Trovatore” in concert form
20 May 2020The Sferisterio Arena confirms the staging of Don Giovanni and Il Trovatore, the latter in concert form In July and August, the Sferisterio arena will present two operas, includingleggi + -
Francisco Negrin’s essential production of Il Trovatore made a grand return to close the opening weekend of the Macerata Opera Festival, conducted by Dmitri Jurowski, the last heir to a great dynasty of Russian conductors and one of the world’s most highly regarded conductors. Taking to the stage for Verdi’s great tragedy is a cast of accomplished singers, led by the tenor Piero Pretti and the Marche-born soprano Marta Torbidoni, now a rising star on the most prestigious international stages such as La Scala, where she has starred in major productions in recent years.
16 July 2026The opening weekend of the 62nd Macerata Opera Festival therefore draws to a close on Sunday 19 July with a revival of Il Trovatore – a geometric and minimalist production by the Mexicanleggi + -
As the second production on this year’s programme, the 62nd Macerata Opera Festival continues its opening weekend with the acclaimed Il Barbiere di Siviglia, directed by Abbiati Prize-winning director Daniele Menghini, with musical direction by Jacopo Brusa – a young conductor with an outstanding career – a top-class Rossini cast, and a major, highly topical surprise that breathes new life into the 2022 dramaturgical project.
16 July 2026From 18 July, the acclaimed production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia returns to the Sferisterio. Directed in 2022 by Daniele Menghini – winner of the 2026 Abbiati Prize – it isleggi + -
Major new sponsors, the continued support of long-standing patrons including the 100Mecenati per lo Sferisterio, as well as year-round international promotion of the region and an increasingly robust box office, not to mention the new green décor commissioned by the City Council: these are the building blocks for the grand opening on 17 July of the Macerata Opera Festival, featuring a new production of *Nabucco* directed by the Belgian director Fourny, a cast of young stars led by the expert baton of Carminati, but above all the festival’s steady growth in its indispensable role as a tool for social cohesion, local dialogue, a beacon of cultural attraction and a virtuous economic driver for the whole of Central Italy.
16 July 2026Following the huge success of Sferisterio Scuola and the collaboration with cultural associations for ExtraMof, with the Under-30 Previews of the new production of Nabucco on the 14th, Theleggi + -
MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2025 – 61ª EDITION
02 October 2025The 61st edition of the Macerata Opera Festival closed to public and critical acclaim thanks to the surprising Vedova Allegra, which made its operetta debut on the stage of the Sferisterio,leggi +
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MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2026 – 62nd EDITION
27 November 2025From 17 July to 9 August 2026 Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi 17, 26 July, 1°, 9 August Directed by Paul-Émile Fourny Conducted by Fabrizio Marialeggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2024
12 December 2023From 19 July to 11 August, the Arena Sferisterio pays homage to Giacomo Puccini with Turandot and La bohème. The 60th anniversary of the opera season is celebrated with Norma by Vincenzoleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2023
16 February 2023The myth of seduction: from the fragility of Lucia di Lammermoor to the obstinacy of Carmen and Violetta Lucia di Lammermoor, a rare gem for the Sferisterio, alongside its mostleggi + -
The Sferisterio school program is underway, with a number of projects for all ages: from children in nurseries to high school students.
20 January 2023Alongside the Opera Domani project by AsLiCo for primary and lower secondary schools, there are programs for nurseries and preschools by the Scuola Civica di Musica “Stefanoleggi + -
Flavio Cavalli is the new Superintendent of the Arena Sferisterio Association
21 November 2022The Board of Directors of the Arena Sferisterio Association, which met in Macerata on Monday, November 21, unanimously decided to appoint Flavio Cavalli as Superintendent for the 2023-2024leggi + -
International training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young opera singers
14 April 2022FIRST EDITION, 2022 Rules and regulations 1. Associazione Arena Sferisterio launches the first international training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young operaleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2022 Opera, cinema, and symphonic repertoire
05 March 2022Tosca, Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Pagliacci are the three opera titles chosen by the new Artistic Director, Paolo Pinamonti. A new addition to the festival is a series of symphonicleggi + -
Paolo Pinamonti appointed new artistic director of Macerata Opera Festival
04 January 2022During his successful career, Venetian musicologist Paolo Pinamonti served as artistic director of Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, and Teatro la Fenice inleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021
25 August 2021100x100 Sferisterio: the Festival celebrating 100 years of opera at the Sferisterio closes with great results in terms of audience, critics, participation, public safety andleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100×100 Sferisterio: 100 days to go until this year’s Festival
13 April 2021A new game dedicated to Aida, social media initiatives, online events, and much more On April 14, we started the countdown towards Macerata Opera Festival 2021, 100x100 Sferisterioleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021 #100x100Sferisterio
01 July 2020Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100x100 Sferisterio A special edition to celebrate the centenary of the first opera staged at the Macerata arena Aida, Il barbiere di Siviglia andleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2020 #biancocoraggio: three weeks of events for the Sferisterio festival
30 May 2020Two operas and a series of other events, from Palco Reverse to contemporary dance, from mixed concerts featuring Melozzi/Anastasio and Paoli/Rea, to the Montelago Celtic Festivalleggi + -
MOF 2020: confirmed the staging of “Don Giovanni” and “Il Trovatore” in concert form
20 May 2020The Sferisterio Arena confirms the staging of Don Giovanni and Il Trovatore, the latter in concert form In July and August, the Sferisterio arena will present two operas, includingleggi + -
Francisco Negrin’s essential production of Il Trovatore made a grand return to close the opening weekend of the Macerata Opera Festival, conducted by Dmitri Jurowski, the last heir to a great dynasty of Russian conductors and one of the world’s most highly regarded conductors. Taking to the stage for Verdi’s great tragedy is a cast of accomplished singers, led by the tenor Piero Pretti and the Marche-born soprano Marta Torbidoni, now a rising star on the most prestigious international stages such as La Scala, where she has starred in major productions in recent years.
16 July 2026The opening weekend of the 62nd Macerata Opera Festival therefore draws to a close on Sunday 19 July with a revival of Il Trovatore – a geometric and minimalist production by the Mexicanleggi + -
As the second production on this year’s programme, the 62nd Macerata Opera Festival continues its opening weekend with the acclaimed Il Barbiere di Siviglia, directed by Abbiati Prize-winning director Daniele Menghini, with musical direction by Jacopo Brusa – a young conductor with an outstanding career – a top-class Rossini cast, and a major, highly topical surprise that breathes new life into the 2022 dramaturgical project.
16 July 2026From 18 July, the acclaimed production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia returns to the Sferisterio. Directed in 2022 by Daniele Menghini – winner of the 2026 Abbiati Prize – it isleggi + -
Major new sponsors, the continued support of long-standing patrons including the 100Mecenati per lo Sferisterio, as well as year-round international promotion of the region and an increasingly robust box office, not to mention the new green décor commissioned by the City Council: these are the building blocks for the grand opening on 17 July of the Macerata Opera Festival, featuring a new production of *Nabucco* directed by the Belgian director Fourny, a cast of young stars led by the expert baton of Carminati, but above all the festival’s steady growth in its indispensable role as a tool for social cohesion, local dialogue, a beacon of cultural attraction and a virtuous economic driver for the whole of Central Italy.
16 July 2026Following the huge success of Sferisterio Scuola and the collaboration with cultural associations for ExtraMof, with the Under-30 Previews of the new production of Nabucco on the 14th, Theleggi + -
MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2025 – 61ª EDITION
02 October 2025The 61st edition of the Macerata Opera Festival closed to public and critical acclaim thanks to the surprising Vedova Allegra, which made its operetta debut on the stage of the Sferisterio,leggi +
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MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2026 – 62nd EDITION
27 November 2025From 17 July to 9 August 2026 Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi 17, 26 July, 1°, 9 August Directed by Paul-Émile Fourny Conducted by Fabrizio Marialeggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2024
12 December 2023From 19 July to 11 August, the Arena Sferisterio pays homage to Giacomo Puccini with Turandot and La bohème. The 60th anniversary of the opera season is celebrated with Norma by Vincenzoleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2023
16 February 2023The myth of seduction: from the fragility of Lucia di Lammermoor to the obstinacy of Carmen and Violetta Lucia di Lammermoor, a rare gem for the Sferisterio, alongside its mostleggi + -
The Sferisterio school program is underway, with a number of projects for all ages: from children in nurseries to high school students.
20 January 2023Alongside the Opera Domani project by AsLiCo for primary and lower secondary schools, there are programs for nurseries and preschools by the Scuola Civica di Musica “Stefanoleggi + -
Flavio Cavalli is the new Superintendent of the Arena Sferisterio Association
21 November 2022The Board of Directors of the Arena Sferisterio Association, which met in Macerata on Monday, November 21, unanimously decided to appoint Flavio Cavalli as Superintendent for the 2023-2024leggi + -
International training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young opera singers
14 April 2022FIRST EDITION, 2022 Rules and regulations 1. Associazione Arena Sferisterio launches the first international training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young operaleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2022 Opera, cinema, and symphonic repertoire
05 March 2022Tosca, Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Pagliacci are the three opera titles chosen by the new Artistic Director, Paolo Pinamonti. A new addition to the festival is a series of symphonicleggi + -
Paolo Pinamonti appointed new artistic director of Macerata Opera Festival
04 January 2022During his successful career, Venetian musicologist Paolo Pinamonti served as artistic director of Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, and Teatro la Fenice inleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021
25 August 2021100x100 Sferisterio: the Festival celebrating 100 years of opera at the Sferisterio closes with great results in terms of audience, critics, participation, public safety andleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100×100 Sferisterio: 100 days to go until this year’s Festival
13 April 2021A new game dedicated to Aida, social media initiatives, online events, and much more On April 14, we started the countdown towards Macerata Opera Festival 2021, 100x100 Sferisterioleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021 #100x100Sferisterio
01 July 2020Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100x100 Sferisterio A special edition to celebrate the centenary of the first opera staged at the Macerata arena Aida, Il barbiere di Siviglia andleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2020 #biancocoraggio: three weeks of events for the Sferisterio festival
30 May 2020Two operas and a series of other events, from Palco Reverse to contemporary dance, from mixed concerts featuring Melozzi/Anastasio and Paoli/Rea, to the Montelago Celtic Festivalleggi + -
MOF 2020: confirmed the staging of “Don Giovanni” and “Il Trovatore” in concert form
20 May 2020The Sferisterio Arena confirms the staging of Don Giovanni and Il Trovatore, the latter in concert form In July and August, the Sferisterio arena will present two operas, includingleggi + -
Francisco Negrin’s essential production of Il Trovatore made a grand return to close the opening weekend of the Macerata Opera Festival, conducted by Dmitri Jurowski, the last heir to a great dynasty of Russian conductors and one of the world’s most highly regarded conductors. Taking to the stage for Verdi’s great tragedy is a cast of accomplished singers, led by the tenor Piero Pretti and the Marche-born soprano Marta Torbidoni, now a rising star on the most prestigious international stages such as La Scala, where she has starred in major productions in recent years.
16 July 2026The opening weekend of the 62nd Macerata Opera Festival therefore draws to a close on Sunday 19 July with a revival of Il Trovatore – a geometric and minimalist production by the Mexicanleggi + -
As the second production on this year’s programme, the 62nd Macerata Opera Festival continues its opening weekend with the acclaimed Il Barbiere di Siviglia, directed by Abbiati Prize-winning director Daniele Menghini, with musical direction by Jacopo Brusa – a young conductor with an outstanding career – a top-class Rossini cast, and a major, highly topical surprise that breathes new life into the 2022 dramaturgical project.
16 July 2026From 18 July, the acclaimed production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia returns to the Sferisterio. Directed in 2022 by Daniele Menghini – winner of the 2026 Abbiati Prize – it isleggi + -
Major new sponsors, the continued support of long-standing patrons including the 100Mecenati per lo Sferisterio, as well as year-round international promotion of the region and an increasingly robust box office, not to mention the new green décor commissioned by the City Council: these are the building blocks for the grand opening on 17 July of the Macerata Opera Festival, featuring a new production of *Nabucco* directed by the Belgian director Fourny, a cast of young stars led by the expert baton of Carminati, but above all the festival’s steady growth in its indispensable role as a tool for social cohesion, local dialogue, a beacon of cultural attraction and a virtuous economic driver for the whole of Central Italy.
16 July 2026Following the huge success of Sferisterio Scuola and the collaboration with cultural associations for ExtraMof, with the Under-30 Previews of the new production of Nabucco on the 14th, Theleggi + -
MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2025 – 61ª EDITION
02 October 2025The 61st edition of the Macerata Opera Festival closed to public and critical acclaim thanks to the surprising Vedova Allegra, which made its operetta debut on the stage of the Sferisterio,leggi +
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MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2026 – 62nd EDITION
27 November 2025From 17 July to 9 August 2026 Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi 17, 26 July, 1°, 9 August Directed by Paul-Émile Fourny Conducted by Fabrizio Marialeggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2024
12 December 2023From 19 July to 11 August, the Arena Sferisterio pays homage to Giacomo Puccini with Turandot and La bohème. The 60th anniversary of the opera season is celebrated with Norma by Vincenzoleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2023
16 February 2023The myth of seduction: from the fragility of Lucia di Lammermoor to the obstinacy of Carmen and Violetta Lucia di Lammermoor, a rare gem for the Sferisterio, alongside its mostleggi + -
The Sferisterio school program is underway, with a number of projects for all ages: from children in nurseries to high school students.
20 January 2023Alongside the Opera Domani project by AsLiCo for primary and lower secondary schools, there are programs for nurseries and preschools by the Scuola Civica di Musica “Stefanoleggi + -
Flavio Cavalli is the new Superintendent of the Arena Sferisterio Association
21 November 2022The Board of Directors of the Arena Sferisterio Association, which met in Macerata on Monday, November 21, unanimously decided to appoint Flavio Cavalli as Superintendent for the 2023-2024leggi + -
International training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young opera singers
14 April 2022FIRST EDITION, 2022 Rules and regulations 1. Associazione Arena Sferisterio launches the first international training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young operaleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2022 Opera, cinema, and symphonic repertoire
05 March 2022Tosca, Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Pagliacci are the three opera titles chosen by the new Artistic Director, Paolo Pinamonti. A new addition to the festival is a series of symphonicleggi + -
Paolo Pinamonti appointed new artistic director of Macerata Opera Festival
04 January 2022During his successful career, Venetian musicologist Paolo Pinamonti served as artistic director of Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, and Teatro la Fenice inleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021
25 August 2021100x100 Sferisterio: the Festival celebrating 100 years of opera at the Sferisterio closes with great results in terms of audience, critics, participation, public safety andleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100×100 Sferisterio: 100 days to go until this year’s Festival
13 April 2021A new game dedicated to Aida, social media initiatives, online events, and much more On April 14, we started the countdown towards Macerata Opera Festival 2021, 100x100 Sferisterioleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021 #100x100Sferisterio
01 July 2020Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100x100 Sferisterio A special edition to celebrate the centenary of the first opera staged at the Macerata arena Aida, Il barbiere di Siviglia andleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2020 #biancocoraggio: three weeks of events for the Sferisterio festival
30 May 2020Two operas and a series of other events, from Palco Reverse to contemporary dance, from mixed concerts featuring Melozzi/Anastasio and Paoli/Rea, to the Montelago Celtic Festivalleggi + -
MOF 2020: confirmed the staging of “Don Giovanni” and “Il Trovatore” in concert form
20 May 2020The Sferisterio Arena confirms the staging of Don Giovanni and Il Trovatore, the latter in concert form In July and August, the Sferisterio arena will present two operas, includingleggi + -
Francisco Negrin’s essential production of Il Trovatore made a grand return to close the opening weekend of the Macerata Opera Festival, conducted by Dmitri Jurowski, the last heir to a great dynasty of Russian conductors and one of the world’s most highly regarded conductors. Taking to the stage for Verdi’s great tragedy is a cast of accomplished singers, led by the tenor Piero Pretti and the Marche-born soprano Marta Torbidoni, now a rising star on the most prestigious international stages such as La Scala, where she has starred in major productions in recent years.
16 July 2026The opening weekend of the 62nd Macerata Opera Festival therefore draws to a close on Sunday 19 July with a revival of Il Trovatore – a geometric and minimalist production by the Mexicanleggi + -
As the second production on this year’s programme, the 62nd Macerata Opera Festival continues its opening weekend with the acclaimed Il Barbiere di Siviglia, directed by Abbiati Prize-winning director Daniele Menghini, with musical direction by Jacopo Brusa – a young conductor with an outstanding career – a top-class Rossini cast, and a major, highly topical surprise that breathes new life into the 2022 dramaturgical project.
16 July 2026From 18 July, the acclaimed production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia returns to the Sferisterio. Directed in 2022 by Daniele Menghini – winner of the 2026 Abbiati Prize – it isleggi + -
Major new sponsors, the continued support of long-standing patrons including the 100Mecenati per lo Sferisterio, as well as year-round international promotion of the region and an increasingly robust box office, not to mention the new green décor commissioned by the City Council: these are the building blocks for the grand opening on 17 July of the Macerata Opera Festival, featuring a new production of *Nabucco* directed by the Belgian director Fourny, a cast of young stars led by the expert baton of Carminati, but above all the festival’s steady growth in its indispensable role as a tool for social cohesion, local dialogue, a beacon of cultural attraction and a virtuous economic driver for the whole of Central Italy.
16 July 2026Following the huge success of Sferisterio Scuola and the collaboration with cultural associations for ExtraMof, with the Under-30 Previews of the new production of Nabucco on the 14th, Theleggi + -
MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2025 – 61ª EDITION
02 October 2025The 61st edition of the Macerata Opera Festival closed to public and critical acclaim thanks to the surprising Vedova Allegra, which made its operetta debut on the stage of the Sferisterio,leggi +
Archivio
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MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2026 – 62nd EDITION
27 November 2025From 17 July to 9 August 2026 Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi 17, 26 July, 1°, 9 August Directed by Paul-Émile Fourny Conducted by Fabrizio Marialeggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2024
12 December 2023From 19 July to 11 August, the Arena Sferisterio pays homage to Giacomo Puccini with Turandot and La bohème. The 60th anniversary of the opera season is celebrated with Norma by Vincenzoleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2023
16 February 2023The myth of seduction: from the fragility of Lucia di Lammermoor to the obstinacy of Carmen and Violetta Lucia di Lammermoor, a rare gem for the Sferisterio, alongside its mostleggi + -
The Sferisterio school program is underway, with a number of projects for all ages: from children in nurseries to high school students.
20 January 2023Alongside the Opera Domani project by AsLiCo for primary and lower secondary schools, there are programs for nurseries and preschools by the Scuola Civica di Musica “Stefanoleggi + -
Flavio Cavalli is the new Superintendent of the Arena Sferisterio Association
21 November 2022The Board of Directors of the Arena Sferisterio Association, which met in Macerata on Monday, November 21, unanimously decided to appoint Flavio Cavalli as Superintendent for the 2023-2024leggi + -
International training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young opera singers
14 April 2022FIRST EDITION, 2022 Rules and regulations 1. Associazione Arena Sferisterio launches the first international training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young operaleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2022 Opera, cinema, and symphonic repertoire
05 March 2022Tosca, Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Pagliacci are the three opera titles chosen by the new Artistic Director, Paolo Pinamonti. A new addition to the festival is a series of symphonicleggi + -
Paolo Pinamonti appointed new artistic director of Macerata Opera Festival
04 January 2022During his successful career, Venetian musicologist Paolo Pinamonti served as artistic director of Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, and Teatro la Fenice inleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021
25 August 2021100x100 Sferisterio: the Festival celebrating 100 years of opera at the Sferisterio closes with great results in terms of audience, critics, participation, public safety andleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100×100 Sferisterio: 100 days to go until this year’s Festival
13 April 2021A new game dedicated to Aida, social media initiatives, online events, and much more On April 14, we started the countdown towards Macerata Opera Festival 2021, 100x100 Sferisterioleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021 #100x100Sferisterio
01 July 2020Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100x100 Sferisterio A special edition to celebrate the centenary of the first opera staged at the Macerata arena Aida, Il barbiere di Siviglia andleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2020 #biancocoraggio: three weeks of events for the Sferisterio festival
30 May 2020Two operas and a series of other events, from Palco Reverse to contemporary dance, from mixed concerts featuring Melozzi/Anastasio and Paoli/Rea, to the Montelago Celtic Festivalleggi + -
MOF 2020: confirmed the staging of “Don Giovanni” and “Il Trovatore” in concert form
20 May 2020The Sferisterio Arena confirms the staging of Don Giovanni and Il Trovatore, the latter in concert form In July and August, the Sferisterio arena will present two operas, includingleggi + -
Francisco Negrin’s essential production of Il Trovatore made a grand return to close the opening weekend of the Macerata Opera Festival, conducted by Dmitri Jurowski, the last heir to a great dynasty of Russian conductors and one of the world’s most highly regarded conductors. Taking to the stage for Verdi’s great tragedy is a cast of accomplished singers, led by the tenor Piero Pretti and the Marche-born soprano Marta Torbidoni, now a rising star on the most prestigious international stages such as La Scala, where she has starred in major productions in recent years.
16 July 2026The opening weekend of the 62nd Macerata Opera Festival therefore draws to a close on Sunday 19 July with a revival of Il Trovatore – a geometric and minimalist production by the Mexicanleggi + -
As the second production on this year’s programme, the 62nd Macerata Opera Festival continues its opening weekend with the acclaimed Il Barbiere di Siviglia, directed by Abbiati Prize-winning director Daniele Menghini, with musical direction by Jacopo Brusa – a young conductor with an outstanding career – a top-class Rossini cast, and a major, highly topical surprise that breathes new life into the 2022 dramaturgical project.
16 July 2026From 18 July, the acclaimed production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia returns to the Sferisterio. Directed in 2022 by Daniele Menghini – winner of the 2026 Abbiati Prize – it isleggi + -
Major new sponsors, the continued support of long-standing patrons including the 100Mecenati per lo Sferisterio, as well as year-round international promotion of the region and an increasingly robust box office, not to mention the new green décor commissioned by the City Council: these are the building blocks for the grand opening on 17 July of the Macerata Opera Festival, featuring a new production of *Nabucco* directed by the Belgian director Fourny, a cast of young stars led by the expert baton of Carminati, but above all the festival’s steady growth in its indispensable role as a tool for social cohesion, local dialogue, a beacon of cultural attraction and a virtuous economic driver for the whole of Central Italy.
16 July 2026Following the huge success of Sferisterio Scuola and the collaboration with cultural associations for ExtraMof, with the Under-30 Previews of the new production of Nabucco on the 14th, Theleggi + -
MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2025 – 61ª EDITION
02 October 2025The 61st edition of the Macerata Opera Festival closed to public and critical acclaim thanks to the surprising Vedova Allegra, which made its operetta debut on the stage of the Sferisterio,leggi +
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MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2026 – 62nd EDITION
27 November 2025From 17 July to 9 August 2026 Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi 17, 26 July, 1°, 9 August Directed by Paul-Émile Fourny Conducted by Fabrizio Marialeggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2024
12 December 2023From 19 July to 11 August, the Arena Sferisterio pays homage to Giacomo Puccini with Turandot and La bohème. The 60th anniversary of the opera season is celebrated with Norma by Vincenzoleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2023
16 February 2023The myth of seduction: from the fragility of Lucia di Lammermoor to the obstinacy of Carmen and Violetta Lucia di Lammermoor, a rare gem for the Sferisterio, alongside its mostleggi + -
The Sferisterio school program is underway, with a number of projects for all ages: from children in nurseries to high school students.
20 January 2023Alongside the Opera Domani project by AsLiCo for primary and lower secondary schools, there are programs for nurseries and preschools by the Scuola Civica di Musica “Stefanoleggi + -
Flavio Cavalli is the new Superintendent of the Arena Sferisterio Association
21 November 2022The Board of Directors of the Arena Sferisterio Association, which met in Macerata on Monday, November 21, unanimously decided to appoint Flavio Cavalli as Superintendent for the 2023-2024leggi + -
International training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young opera singers
14 April 2022FIRST EDITION, 2022 Rules and regulations 1. Associazione Arena Sferisterio launches the first international training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young operaleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2022 Opera, cinema, and symphonic repertoire
05 March 2022Tosca, Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Pagliacci are the three opera titles chosen by the new Artistic Director, Paolo Pinamonti. A new addition to the festival is a series of symphonicleggi + -
Paolo Pinamonti appointed new artistic director of Macerata Opera Festival
04 January 2022During his successful career, Venetian musicologist Paolo Pinamonti served as artistic director of Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, and Teatro la Fenice inleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021
25 August 2021100x100 Sferisterio: the Festival celebrating 100 years of opera at the Sferisterio closes with great results in terms of audience, critics, participation, public safety andleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100×100 Sferisterio: 100 days to go until this year’s Festival
13 April 2021A new game dedicated to Aida, social media initiatives, online events, and much more On April 14, we started the countdown towards Macerata Opera Festival 2021, 100x100 Sferisterioleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021 #100x100Sferisterio
01 July 2020Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100x100 Sferisterio A special edition to celebrate the centenary of the first opera staged at the Macerata arena Aida, Il barbiere di Siviglia andleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2020 #biancocoraggio: three weeks of events for the Sferisterio festival
30 May 2020Two operas and a series of other events, from Palco Reverse to contemporary dance, from mixed concerts featuring Melozzi/Anastasio and Paoli/Rea, to the Montelago Celtic Festivalleggi + -
MOF 2020: confirmed the staging of “Don Giovanni” and “Il Trovatore” in concert form
20 May 2020The Sferisterio Arena confirms the staging of Don Giovanni and Il Trovatore, the latter in concert form In July and August, the Sferisterio arena will present two operas, includingleggi + -
Francisco Negrin’s essential production of Il Trovatore made a grand return to close the opening weekend of the Macerata Opera Festival, conducted by Dmitri Jurowski, the last heir to a great dynasty of Russian conductors and one of the world’s most highly regarded conductors. Taking to the stage for Verdi’s great tragedy is a cast of accomplished singers, led by the tenor Piero Pretti and the Marche-born soprano Marta Torbidoni, now a rising star on the most prestigious international stages such as La Scala, where she has starred in major productions in recent years.
16 July 2026The opening weekend of the 62nd Macerata Opera Festival therefore draws to a close on Sunday 19 July with a revival of Il Trovatore – a geometric and minimalist production by the Mexicanleggi + -
As the second production on this year’s programme, the 62nd Macerata Opera Festival continues its opening weekend with the acclaimed Il Barbiere di Siviglia, directed by Abbiati Prize-winning director Daniele Menghini, with musical direction by Jacopo Brusa – a young conductor with an outstanding career – a top-class Rossini cast, and a major, highly topical surprise that breathes new life into the 2022 dramaturgical project.
16 July 2026From 18 July, the acclaimed production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia returns to the Sferisterio. Directed in 2022 by Daniele Menghini – winner of the 2026 Abbiati Prize – it isleggi + -
Major new sponsors, the continued support of long-standing patrons including the 100Mecenati per lo Sferisterio, as well as year-round international promotion of the region and an increasingly robust box office, not to mention the new green décor commissioned by the City Council: these are the building blocks for the grand opening on 17 July of the Macerata Opera Festival, featuring a new production of *Nabucco* directed by the Belgian director Fourny, a cast of young stars led by the expert baton of Carminati, but above all the festival’s steady growth in its indispensable role as a tool for social cohesion, local dialogue, a beacon of cultural attraction and a virtuous economic driver for the whole of Central Italy.
16 July 2026Following the huge success of Sferisterio Scuola and the collaboration with cultural associations for ExtraMof, with the Under-30 Previews of the new production of Nabucco on the 14th, Theleggi + -
MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2025 – 61ª EDITION
02 October 2025The 61st edition of the Macerata Opera Festival closed to public and critical acclaim thanks to the surprising Vedova Allegra, which made its operetta debut on the stage of the Sferisterio,leggi +
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MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2026 – 62nd EDITION
27 November 2025From 17 July to 9 August 2026 Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi 17, 26 July, 1°, 9 August Directed by Paul-Émile Fourny Conducted by Fabrizio Marialeggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2024
12 December 2023From 19 July to 11 August, the Arena Sferisterio pays homage to Giacomo Puccini with Turandot and La bohème. The 60th anniversary of the opera season is celebrated with Norma by Vincenzoleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2023
16 February 2023The myth of seduction: from the fragility of Lucia di Lammermoor to the obstinacy of Carmen and Violetta Lucia di Lammermoor, a rare gem for the Sferisterio, alongside its mostleggi + -
The Sferisterio school program is underway, with a number of projects for all ages: from children in nurseries to high school students.
20 January 2023Alongside the Opera Domani project by AsLiCo for primary and lower secondary schools, there are programs for nurseries and preschools by the Scuola Civica di Musica “Stefanoleggi + -
Flavio Cavalli is the new Superintendent of the Arena Sferisterio Association
21 November 2022The Board of Directors of the Arena Sferisterio Association, which met in Macerata on Monday, November 21, unanimously decided to appoint Flavio Cavalli as Superintendent for the 2023-2024leggi + -
International training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young opera singers
14 April 2022FIRST EDITION, 2022 Rules and regulations 1. Associazione Arena Sferisterio launches the first international training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young operaleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2022 Opera, cinema, and symphonic repertoire
05 March 2022Tosca, Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Pagliacci are the three opera titles chosen by the new Artistic Director, Paolo Pinamonti. A new addition to the festival is a series of symphonicleggi + -
Paolo Pinamonti appointed new artistic director of Macerata Opera Festival
04 January 2022During his successful career, Venetian musicologist Paolo Pinamonti served as artistic director of Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, and Teatro la Fenice inleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021
25 August 2021100x100 Sferisterio: the Festival celebrating 100 years of opera at the Sferisterio closes with great results in terms of audience, critics, participation, public safety andleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100×100 Sferisterio: 100 days to go until this year’s Festival
13 April 2021A new game dedicated to Aida, social media initiatives, online events, and much more On April 14, we started the countdown towards Macerata Opera Festival 2021, 100x100 Sferisterioleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021 #100x100Sferisterio
01 July 2020Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100x100 Sferisterio A special edition to celebrate the centenary of the first opera staged at the Macerata arena Aida, Il barbiere di Siviglia andleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2020 #biancocoraggio: three weeks of events for the Sferisterio festival
30 May 2020Two operas and a series of other events, from Palco Reverse to contemporary dance, from mixed concerts featuring Melozzi/Anastasio and Paoli/Rea, to the Montelago Celtic Festivalleggi + -
MOF 2020: confirmed the staging of “Don Giovanni” and “Il Trovatore” in concert form
20 May 2020The Sferisterio Arena confirms the staging of Don Giovanni and Il Trovatore, the latter in concert form In July and August, the Sferisterio arena will present two operas, includingleggi + -
Francisco Negrin’s essential production of Il Trovatore made a grand return to close the opening weekend of the Macerata Opera Festival, conducted by Dmitri Jurowski, the last heir to a great dynasty of Russian conductors and one of the world’s most highly regarded conductors. Taking to the stage for Verdi’s great tragedy is a cast of accomplished singers, led by the tenor Piero Pretti and the Marche-born soprano Marta Torbidoni, now a rising star on the most prestigious international stages such as La Scala, where she has starred in major productions in recent years.
16 July 2026The opening weekend of the 62nd Macerata Opera Festival therefore draws to a close on Sunday 19 July with a revival of Il Trovatore – a geometric and minimalist production by the Mexicanleggi + -
As the second production on this year’s programme, the 62nd Macerata Opera Festival continues its opening weekend with the acclaimed Il Barbiere di Siviglia, directed by Abbiati Prize-winning director Daniele Menghini, with musical direction by Jacopo Brusa – a young conductor with an outstanding career – a top-class Rossini cast, and a major, highly topical surprise that breathes new life into the 2022 dramaturgical project.
16 July 2026From 18 July, the acclaimed production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia returns to the Sferisterio. Directed in 2022 by Daniele Menghini – winner of the 2026 Abbiati Prize – it isleggi + -
Major new sponsors, the continued support of long-standing patrons including the 100Mecenati per lo Sferisterio, as well as year-round international promotion of the region and an increasingly robust box office, not to mention the new green décor commissioned by the City Council: these are the building blocks for the grand opening on 17 July of the Macerata Opera Festival, featuring a new production of *Nabucco* directed by the Belgian director Fourny, a cast of young stars led by the expert baton of Carminati, but above all the festival’s steady growth in its indispensable role as a tool for social cohesion, local dialogue, a beacon of cultural attraction and a virtuous economic driver for the whole of Central Italy.
16 July 2026Following the huge success of Sferisterio Scuola and the collaboration with cultural associations for ExtraMof, with the Under-30 Previews of the new production of Nabucco on the 14th, Theleggi + -
MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2025 – 61ª EDITION
02 October 2025The 61st edition of the Macerata Opera Festival closed to public and critical acclaim thanks to the surprising Vedova Allegra, which made its operetta debut on the stage of the Sferisterio,leggi +
Archivio
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MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2026 – 62nd EDITION
27 November 2025From 17 July to 9 August 2026 Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi 17, 26 July, 1°, 9 August Directed by Paul-Émile Fourny Conducted by Fabrizio Marialeggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2024
12 December 2023From 19 July to 11 August, the Arena Sferisterio pays homage to Giacomo Puccini with Turandot and La bohème. The 60th anniversary of the opera season is celebrated with Norma by Vincenzoleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2023
16 February 2023The myth of seduction: from the fragility of Lucia di Lammermoor to the obstinacy of Carmen and Violetta Lucia di Lammermoor, a rare gem for the Sferisterio, alongside its mostleggi + -
The Sferisterio school program is underway, with a number of projects for all ages: from children in nurseries to high school students.
20 January 2023Alongside the Opera Domani project by AsLiCo for primary and lower secondary schools, there are programs for nurseries and preschools by the Scuola Civica di Musica “Stefanoleggi + -
Flavio Cavalli is the new Superintendent of the Arena Sferisterio Association
21 November 2022The Board of Directors of the Arena Sferisterio Association, which met in Macerata on Monday, November 21, unanimously decided to appoint Flavio Cavalli as Superintendent for the 2023-2024leggi + -
International training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young opera singers
14 April 2022FIRST EDITION, 2022 Rules and regulations 1. Associazione Arena Sferisterio launches the first international training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young operaleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2022 Opera, cinema, and symphonic repertoire
05 March 2022Tosca, Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Pagliacci are the three opera titles chosen by the new Artistic Director, Paolo Pinamonti. A new addition to the festival is a series of symphonicleggi + -
Paolo Pinamonti appointed new artistic director of Macerata Opera Festival
04 January 2022During his successful career, Venetian musicologist Paolo Pinamonti served as artistic director of Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, and Teatro la Fenice inleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021
25 August 2021100x100 Sferisterio: the Festival celebrating 100 years of opera at the Sferisterio closes with great results in terms of audience, critics, participation, public safety andleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100×100 Sferisterio: 100 days to go until this year’s Festival
13 April 2021A new game dedicated to Aida, social media initiatives, online events, and much more On April 14, we started the countdown towards Macerata Opera Festival 2021, 100x100 Sferisterioleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021 #100x100Sferisterio
01 July 2020Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100x100 Sferisterio A special edition to celebrate the centenary of the first opera staged at the Macerata arena Aida, Il barbiere di Siviglia andleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2020 #biancocoraggio: three weeks of events for the Sferisterio festival
30 May 2020Two operas and a series of other events, from Palco Reverse to contemporary dance, from mixed concerts featuring Melozzi/Anastasio and Paoli/Rea, to the Montelago Celtic Festivalleggi + -
MOF 2020: confirmed the staging of “Don Giovanni” and “Il Trovatore” in concert form
20 May 2020The Sferisterio Arena confirms the staging of Don Giovanni and Il Trovatore, the latter in concert form In July and August, the Sferisterio arena will present two operas, includingleggi + -
Francisco Negrin’s essential production of Il Trovatore made a grand return to close the opening weekend of the Macerata Opera Festival, conducted by Dmitri Jurowski, the last heir to a great dynasty of Russian conductors and one of the world’s most highly regarded conductors. Taking to the stage for Verdi’s great tragedy is a cast of accomplished singers, led by the tenor Piero Pretti and the Marche-born soprano Marta Torbidoni, now a rising star on the most prestigious international stages such as La Scala, where she has starred in major productions in recent years.
16 July 2026The opening weekend of the 62nd Macerata Opera Festival therefore draws to a close on Sunday 19 July with a revival of Il Trovatore – a geometric and minimalist production by the Mexicanleggi + -
As the second production on this year’s programme, the 62nd Macerata Opera Festival continues its opening weekend with the acclaimed Il Barbiere di Siviglia, directed by Abbiati Prize-winning director Daniele Menghini, with musical direction by Jacopo Brusa – a young conductor with an outstanding career – a top-class Rossini cast, and a major, highly topical surprise that breathes new life into the 2022 dramaturgical project.
16 July 2026From 18 July, the acclaimed production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia returns to the Sferisterio. Directed in 2022 by Daniele Menghini – winner of the 2026 Abbiati Prize – it isleggi + -
Major new sponsors, the continued support of long-standing patrons including the 100Mecenati per lo Sferisterio, as well as year-round international promotion of the region and an increasingly robust box office, not to mention the new green décor commissioned by the City Council: these are the building blocks for the grand opening on 17 July of the Macerata Opera Festival, featuring a new production of *Nabucco* directed by the Belgian director Fourny, a cast of young stars led by the expert baton of Carminati, but above all the festival’s steady growth in its indispensable role as a tool for social cohesion, local dialogue, a beacon of cultural attraction and a virtuous economic driver for the whole of Central Italy.
16 July 2026Following the huge success of Sferisterio Scuola and the collaboration with cultural associations for ExtraMof, with the Under-30 Previews of the new production of Nabucco on the 14th, Theleggi + -
MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2025 – 61ª EDITION
02 October 2025The 61st edition of the Macerata Opera Festival closed to public and critical acclaim thanks to the surprising Vedova Allegra, which made its operetta debut on the stage of the Sferisterio,leggi +
Archivio
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MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2026 – 62nd EDITION
27 November 2025From 17 July to 9 August 2026 Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi 17, 26 July, 1°, 9 August Directed by Paul-Émile Fourny Conducted by Fabrizio Marialeggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2024
12 December 2023From 19 July to 11 August, the Arena Sferisterio pays homage to Giacomo Puccini with Turandot and La bohème. The 60th anniversary of the opera season is celebrated with Norma by Vincenzoleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2023
16 February 2023The myth of seduction: from the fragility of Lucia di Lammermoor to the obstinacy of Carmen and Violetta Lucia di Lammermoor, a rare gem for the Sferisterio, alongside its mostleggi + -
The Sferisterio school program is underway, with a number of projects for all ages: from children in nurseries to high school students.
20 January 2023Alongside the Opera Domani project by AsLiCo for primary and lower secondary schools, there are programs for nurseries and preschools by the Scuola Civica di Musica “Stefanoleggi + -
Flavio Cavalli is the new Superintendent of the Arena Sferisterio Association
21 November 2022The Board of Directors of the Arena Sferisterio Association, which met in Macerata on Monday, November 21, unanimously decided to appoint Flavio Cavalli as Superintendent for the 2023-2024leggi + -
International training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young opera singers
14 April 2022FIRST EDITION, 2022 Rules and regulations 1. Associazione Arena Sferisterio launches the first international training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young operaleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2022 Opera, cinema, and symphonic repertoire
05 March 2022Tosca, Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Pagliacci are the three opera titles chosen by the new Artistic Director, Paolo Pinamonti. A new addition to the festival is a series of symphonicleggi + -
Paolo Pinamonti appointed new artistic director of Macerata Opera Festival
04 January 2022During his successful career, Venetian musicologist Paolo Pinamonti served as artistic director of Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, and Teatro la Fenice inleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021
25 August 2021100x100 Sferisterio: the Festival celebrating 100 years of opera at the Sferisterio closes with great results in terms of audience, critics, participation, public safety andleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100×100 Sferisterio: 100 days to go until this year’s Festival
13 April 2021A new game dedicated to Aida, social media initiatives, online events, and much more On April 14, we started the countdown towards Macerata Opera Festival 2021, 100x100 Sferisterioleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2021 #100x100Sferisterio
01 July 2020Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100x100 Sferisterio A special edition to celebrate the centenary of the first opera staged at the Macerata arena Aida, Il barbiere di Siviglia andleggi + -
Macerata Opera Festival 2020 #biancocoraggio: three weeks of events for the Sferisterio festival
30 May 2020Two operas and a series of other events, from Palco Reverse to contemporary dance, from mixed concerts featuring Melozzi/Anastasio and Paoli/Rea, to the Montelago Celtic Festivalleggi + -
MOF 2020: confirmed the staging of “Don Giovanni” and “Il Trovatore” in concert form
20 May 2020The Sferisterio Arena confirms the staging of Don Giovanni and Il Trovatore, the latter in concert form In July and August, the Sferisterio arena will present two operas, includingleggi + -
Francisco Negrin’s essential production of Il Trovatore made a grand return to close the opening weekend of the Macerata Opera Festival, conducted by Dmitri Jurowski, the last heir to a great dynasty of Russian conductors and one of the world’s most highly regarded conductors. Taking to the stage for Verdi’s great tragedy is a cast of accomplished singers, led by the tenor Piero Pretti and the Marche-born soprano Marta Torbidoni, now a rising star on the most prestigious international stages such as La Scala, where she has starred in major productions in recent years.
16 July 2026The opening weekend of the 62nd Macerata Opera Festival therefore draws to a close on Sunday 19 July with a revival of Il Trovatore – a geometric and minimalist production by the Mexicanleggi + -
As the second production on this year’s programme, the 62nd Macerata Opera Festival continues its opening weekend with the acclaimed Il Barbiere di Siviglia, directed by Abbiati Prize-winning director Daniele Menghini, with musical direction by Jacopo Brusa – a young conductor with an outstanding career – a top-class Rossini cast, and a major, highly topical surprise that breathes new life into the 2022 dramaturgical project.
16 July 2026From 18 July, the acclaimed production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia returns to the Sferisterio. Directed in 2022 by Daniele Menghini – winner of the 2026 Abbiati Prize – it isleggi + -
Major new sponsors, the continued support of long-standing patrons including the 100Mecenati per lo Sferisterio, as well as year-round international promotion of the region and an increasingly robust box office, not to mention the new green décor commissioned by the City Council: these are the building blocks for the grand opening on 17 July of the Macerata Opera Festival, featuring a new production of *Nabucco* directed by the Belgian director Fourny, a cast of young stars led by the expert baton of Carminati, but above all the festival’s steady growth in its indispensable role as a tool for social cohesion, local dialogue, a beacon of cultural attraction and a virtuous economic driver for the whole of Central Italy.
16 July 2026Following the huge success of Sferisterio Scuola and the collaboration with cultural associations for ExtraMof, with the Under-30 Previews of the new production of Nabucco on the 14th, Theleggi + -
MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2025 – 61ª EDITION
02 October 2025The 61st edition of the Macerata Opera Festival closed to public and critical acclaim thanks to the surprising Vedova Allegra, which made its operetta debut on the stage of the Sferisterio,leggi +