Alaleona Theater and Opera Season
Prose, opera, and big names of the Italian stage in the heart of the Fermano area
About Alaleona Theater Season
A historic theater in the village of Montegiorgio
The Domenico Alaleona Municipal Theater is the beating heart of the cultural life of Montegiorgio, a hilltop village in the province of Fermo, in the Marche region. Named after the Montegiorgio musicologist and composer Domenico Alaleona, every winter season hosts an extensive and curated program that draws spectators from all over the Fermano area and neighboring towns.
A multidisciplinary season
The program is not limited to prose: alongside spoken theater performances, there are opera, comedy and stand-up, theater for children and families, musical events, and special series. It is this variety that makes the Alaleona season one of the most followed cultural events in the province, capable of appealing to a broad and diverse audience.
Big names and regional exclusives
One of the distinctive features of the program is the constant presence of leading actors and actresses from Italian theater, often with titles presented as regional exclusives. In recent years, the Montegiorgio stage has hosted performers much loved by the general public, alternating revisited classics, brilliant comedies, and new dramaturgy, balancing great tradition with contemporary languages.
The operatic finale
Crowning the season is the event dedicated to opera, which brings soloists, choir, and orchestra to the Alaleona stage for the great titles of the repertoire. The operatic finale has become an anticipated moment, uniting the melodramatic passion of the Marche region with a focus on audience accessibility and inclusion.
How to experience the season
- Program runs from late autumn to spring
- Prose, opera, comedy, and children's theater performances
- Regional exclusives with prominent national performers
- Tickets and subscriptions available through the Ciaotickets circuit
The Alaleona Theater season is organized by the Municipality of Montegiorgio with the support of sponsors and local entities, and continues to be a reference cultural hub for the entire province of Fermo.
Alaleona Theater Season — edition 2026
The 2025/2026 season of the Alaleona Theater in Montegiorgio was presented under the motto "Carpe diem", with a program of over thirty events curated by artistic director Gianluca Balestra. A program that confirmed the multidisciplinary vocation of the Fermo theater, intertwining national-level prose, comedy, children's theater, and the usual operatic finale.
The prose season alternated revisited classics and brilliant comedies, with numerous regional exclusives and performers highly popular with the audience. The curtain rose on December 20, 2025, and closed in the spring with a major opera title, in a crescendo that animated the historic center of Montegiorgio throughout the winter.
Programme Alaleona Theater Season 2026
December 20, 2025 — "Il calamaro gigante"
- With Angela Finocchiaro (national preview) — prose
January 6, 2026 — "Brokeback Mountain"
- With Malika Ayane, Edoardo Purgatori, and Filippo Contri (regional exclusive)
January 20, 2026 — "Il vedovo"
- With Massimo Ghini and Galatea Ranzi (regional exclusive) — comedy
February 4, 2026 — "A qualcuno piace caldo"
- With Euridice Axen and Giulio Corso — comedy
February 16, 2026 — "Otello"
- With Giorgio Pasotti and Giacomo Giorgio
March 10, 2026 — "La grande magia"
- With Natalino Balasso and Michele Di Mauro (regional exclusive) — comedy
March 21, 2026, 9:15 PM — "Nabucco" by Giuseppe Verdi
An opera in four acts with libretto by Temistocle Solera, the season's operatic finale and the first performance of this opera at the theater.
- Conductor and musical director: Leonardo Quadrini
- Director: Alberto Paloscia
- Orchestra: R.O.L.F. Ensemble — Choir: Harmoniae Chorus (choir master Domenico Maglioni)
- Cast: Ettore Nova (Nabucco), Samantha Sapienza (Abigaille), Giada Zocchi (Fenena), Fabio Aureli (Ismaele), Qiang Rao (Zaccaria), Domenico Maglioni (Abdallo), David Paccara (High Priest), Immacolata Caterino (Anna)
- Inclusive staging with audio descriptions and dedicated surtitles for blind and deaf spectators, in collaboration with the AXESS project
Highlights Alaleona Theater Season 2026
Prices Alaleona Theater Season 2026
Practical information — Alaleona Theater Season
Location
The Domenico Alaleona Municipal Theater is located in the historic center of Montegiorgio (FM), in the Marche region.
How to get there
By car: from the Adriatic coast (A14, Porto San Giorgio-Fermo exit), Montegiorgio can be reached by driving up the Tenna valley in about 25-30 minutes. By train: Fermo or Porto San Giorgio station, followed by bus connections to the inland area.
Tickets
Tickets and subscriptions are available through the Ciaotickets circuit (www.ciaotickets.com) and authorized ticket outlets. For information: Teatro Alaleona tel. 0734 961441, Municipal Culture Office tel. 0734 952066.
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Where does it take place — Alaleona Theater Season
Teatro Comunale Domenico Alaleona
Via Giacomo Leopardi, 63833 Montegiorgio