Stagione Lirica e di Balletto del Teatro Verdi di Trieste
Opera and ballet at the Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi
About Stagione Lirica Teatro Verdi
The theatre overlooking the sea
Inaugurated in 1801 and dedicated to Giuseppe Verdi, the Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi is the musical heart of Trieste, overlooking the Rive just a stone's throw from Piazza Unità d'Italia. Every year, its Opera and Ballet Season draws enthusiasts from all over the Northeast and neighbouring Slovenia, with a programme that intertwines the cornerstones of Italian melodrama and major international repertoire titles.
Between repertoire and new productions
The season, which runs from November to June, alternates Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, and Mozart with major Central European composers such as Richard Strauss and Kurt Weill, in line with the city's borderland vocation. A significant portion of the titles are created in the theatre's artisan workshops as new Trieste productions, while other productions come from co-productions with major Italian and European theatres.
Voices, batons, and authorial direction
Internationally renowned singers and prestigious conductors take turns on the Verdi stage, under the guidance of the Permanent Music Director Enrico Calesso. Productions directed by names like Pier Luigi Pizzi and ballet evenings, often realised in collaboration with the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, complete a high-level offering.
A season that extends beyond the theatre
The Foundation collaborates with the Teatro Stabile del Friuli-Venezia Giulia and also brings some productions outside Trieste, to Udine and Pordenone, broadening the opera audience to the entire region. Attending an evening at the Verdi means experiencing one of the most cherished cultural rituals of the Julian city, in a hall with a bicentennial history.
Stagione Lirica Teatro Verdi — edition 2026
The 2025-2026 season of the Teatro Verdi opens with an inaugural double bill of new Trieste productions directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi: Rossini's The Barber of Seville and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, staged between November and December 2025. The season continues in 2026 with highly anticipated titles, concluding with Richard Strauss's Elektra in June 2026.
Enrico Calesso, Beatrice Venezi, Renato Palumbo, Giulio Prandi, and Leonardo Sini will alternate on the podium; the cast for Madama Butterfly includes Olga Maslova, Antonio Poli, and Ambrogio Maestri, while Il Trovatore features Anna Pirozzi, Yusif Eyvazov, and Carlo Lepore.
Programme Stagione Lirica Teatro Verdi 2026
Opera – 2025-2026 season
- The Barber of Seville (Rossini) – 28, 30 November and 5, 7, 11, 13 December 2025, cond. Enrico Calesso, dir. Pier Luigi Pizzi (new production)
- The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart) – 29 November and 4, 6, 10, 12, 14 December 2025, cond. Enrico Calesso, dir. Pier Luigi Pizzi (new production)
- Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Weill) – 30, 31 January and 1, 6, 7, 8 February 2026, cond. Beatrice Venezi, dir. Henning Brockhaus
- Il Trovatore (Verdi) – 27, 28 February and 1, 6, 7, 8 March 2026, cond. Renato Palumbo, dir. Louis Désiré
- Madama Butterfly (Puccini) – 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12 April 2026, cond. Giulio Prandi, dir. Alberto Triola
- Roméo et Juliette (Gounod) – 8, 10, 14, 16, 22, 24 May 2026, cond. Leonardo Sini, dir. Paolo Valerio (co-production with Teatro Stabile FVG – Il Rossetti)
- Elektra (R. Strauss) – 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 June 2026, cond. Enrico Calesso (new production)
Ballet
- Petit/Wheeldon/Pastor Evening – 9, 10, 11, 13 January 2026 (La Rose Malade, Within the Golden Hour, Proust, Bolero), in collaboration with Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Highlights Stagione Lirica Teatro Verdi 2026
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Practical information — Stagione Lirica Teatro Verdi
How to get there: The Teatro Verdi is located on the Rive, in the centre of Trieste, within walking distance of the station and Piazza Unità d'Italia.
Tickets: Season subscriptions and single performance tickets are on sale at the theatre's box office and online.
Accommodation: Numerous hotels and B&Bs in the historic centre, a short distance from the theatre.
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Where does it take place — Stagione Lirica Teatro Verdi
Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi
Riva Tre Novembre, 1, 34121 Trieste