Performances 2026/2027
Giuseppe Verdi – Macbeth
Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni
Friday, October 30, 2026 – 8:00 PM
Additional performance:
Sunday, November 1, 2026 – 3:30 PM
Work information:
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Macbeth
- Opera in four acts
- Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, with contributions by Andrea Maffei
- Ricordi edition, Milan
Principal roles:
- Macbeth: Alexey Zelenkov
- Banco: Simon Lim
- Lady Macbeth: Marily Santoro
- Lady Macbeth’s attendant: Baia Saganelidze *
- Macduff: Paolo Nevi
- Malcolm: Timoteo Bene Junior *
- Doctor, Macbeth’s servant, assassin, herald: Andrei Miclea *
Production team:
- Conductor: Giuseppe Finzi
- Director: Fabio Ceresa
- Set design: Tiziano Santi
- Costume design: Giuseppe Palella
- Lighting design: Cristian Zucaro
- Choreography: Mattia Agatiello
- Assistant director: Luca Orsini
- Assistant set designer: Mariam Zamiri
- Assistant costume designer: Elisa Cobello
Performing ensembles:
- Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra
- Modena Lyric Choir
- Choirmaster: Giovanni Farina
Co-production:
- Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena, Fondazione I Teatri di Reggio Emilia, Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Fondazione Teatro di Pisa, Fondazione Ravenna Manifestazioni, Teatro Amintore Galli, Fondazione Teatro Goldoni, Fondazione Teatro Carlo Felice
Additional notes:
* Former students of the Teatro Comunale di Modena’s advanced training courses
Richard Wagner – Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni
Friday, November 20, 2026 – 8:00 PM
Other dates:
Sunday, November 22, 2026 – 3:30 PM
Work information:
- Romantic opera in three acts. Libretto by Richard Wagner.
Principal roles:
- Daland: Sorin Coliban;
- Senta: Olga Maslova;
- Erik: Ian Koziara;
- Mary: Ester Ferraro;
- The Steersman: Paolo Antognetti;
- The Dutchman: Claudio Sgura.
Production team:
- Conductor: Martijn Dendievel.
- Staging and costumes: Matteo Mazzoni.
- Video: Luca Attilii.
Performing ensembles:
- Orchestra dell’Emilia-Romagna Arturo Toscanini;
- Chorus of Teatro Municipale di Piacenza;
- Chorus Master: Corrado Casati.
Production and co-production:
- Co-production: Fondazione Teatri di Piacenza and Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena. NEW PRODUCTION.
Additional information:
Performed in German with Italian surtitles.
Salvatore Passantino – L’esecuzione (The Execution, under Tosca’s Gaze)
Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni
Saturday, November 28, 2026 – 8:00 PM
Other dates:
Sunday, November 29, 2026 – 3:30 PM
Work information:
- Libretto: Marco Malvaldi. Published by Edizioni Curci.
Principal roles:
- Teseo Parenti: Aloisa Aisemberg;
- Paolo Matteucci: Riccardo Liberatore;
- Cristiano Ghignola: Giacomo Medici;
- The Superintendent: Carlo Guidotti Tiziano Rosati;
- The Soprano: Antonella Scuderi, Laura Fortino**.
Production team:
- Conductor: Eddi De Nadai.
- Director: Italo Nunziata.
- Lighting: Oscar Frosio.
- Set and costume design: winner of the Svoboda Prize.
- Set design: Jing Guan*.
- Costume design: Margherita Figini*.
Performing ensembles:
- Ensemble della Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Modena.
Production and co-production:
- Co-production: Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini and Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena. NEW PRODUCTION.
Additional notes:
* Winners of the 6th edition of the Josef Svoboda competition for musical-theatre set and costume design.
** Former student of the advanced training courses at Teatro Comunale di Modena.
Daniele Furlati – I salvatori della mezzanotte (The Saviors of Midnight)
Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni
Sunday, December 13, 2026 – 5:30 PM
Work information:
- Libretto: Bruno Tognolini.
Principal roles:
- St. Peter, commoner: Enzo Zihao Ying*;
- Archangel, commoner: Anna Trotta*;
- Assassin Zahel: Paolo Mascari*;
- Narrator: Tony Contartese.
Production team:
- Conductor: Stefano Seghedoni.
- Director: Gianfranco Cabiddu.
- Costumes: Elena Gaiani.
- Lighting: Andrea Ricci.
Principal roles:
- Set project: Alessia Colosso. Video animations: Sylvain de Robert.
Performing ensembles:
- Ensemble della Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Modena;
- Children’s Choir School of Teatro Comunale di Modena;
- Children’s Chorus Master: Paolo Gattolin.
Production and co-production:
- Production: Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena.
- Co-production: Teatro dell’Opera Giocosa and Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena.
Additional notes:
* Former students of the advanced training courses at Teatro Comunale di Modena.
Umberto Giordano – Siberia
Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni
Friday, January 8, 2027 – 8:00 PM
Other dates:
Sunday, January 10, 2027 – 3:30 PM
Work information:
- Opera in three acts. Libretto: Luigi Illica.
Principal roles:
- Stephana: Iwona Sobotka;
- Nikona: Silvia Beltrami;
- The Girl: Eleonora Boaretto;
- Vassili: Vincenzo Costanzo;
- Gleby: Claudio Sgura;
- Prince Alexis: Carlo Raffaelli;
- Ivan / The Sergeant: Manuel Pierattelli;
- Banker Minskinsky / The Invalid: Alexandru Suciu;
- Walinoff / The Governor: Alessio Vernia;
- The Captain / The Inspector: Viktor Shevchenko;
- The Cossack: Andrea Galli.
Production team:
- Conductor: Sesto Quatrini.
- Director: Roberto Catalano.
- Set design: Mariana Moreira.
- Costumes: Veronica Pattuelli.
- Lighting: Silvia Vacca.
- Choreography: Marco Caudera.
Performing ensembles:
- Orchestra dell’Emilia-Romagna Arturo Toscanini;
- Chorus of Teatro Municipale di Piacenza;
- Chorus Master: Corrado Casati.
Production and co-production:
- Co-production with Fondazione Teatri di Piacenza and Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena. NEW PRODUCTION.
Leoš Janáček / Thomas Adès – Vanishings
Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni
Sunday, January 17, 2027 – 3:30 PM
Other dates:
Tuesday, January 19, 2027 – 8:00 PM
Programme:
- Il diario di uno scomparso (The Diary of One Who Disappeared): music by Leoš Janáček;
- texts by Ozef Kalda;
- arrangements by Laurent Cuniot. Janik: Vladimír Šlepec;
- Zefka: Helena Milošević;
- three-voice female chorus: Angela Simkin, Marlene Janschütz, Lena Obexer.
- Növények: music by Thomas Adès;
- texts by Attila József, Miklós Radnóti, Sándor Weöres and Ottó Orbán;
- mezzo-soprano: Angela Simkin.
- Darknesse Visible: music by Thomas Adès;
- piano: David Barnard.
Production team:
- Concept, direction and lighting: Lukas Hemleb.
- Conductor: Ingmar Beck.
- Set design: Margherita Palli.
- Costumes: Bianca Sarah Stummer.
- Video: Luca Scarzella.
- Assistant set designer: Marco Cristini.
- Assistant choreographer: Yuko Harada.
Performing ensembles:
- Ensemble della Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Modena.
Production and co-production:
- Co-production with Opéra de Massy (France), Landestheater Linz (Austria) and Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena. NEW PRODUCTION.
L’anno che verrà (The Year to Come)
Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni
Saturday, January 30, 2027 – 8:00 PM
Work information:
- Music by Lucio Dalla;
- music edition: Universal Music Publishing Ricordi.
- From an idea by Marcello Corvino.
- Direction and arrangements: Roberto Molinelli.
- Dramaturgy and text: Emanuele Aldrovandi.
Principal roles:
- Solo performer: Pierdavide Carone.
Production team:
- Choreography: Michele Merola.
Principal roles:
- Dancers: MM Contemporary Dance Company.
Performing ensembles:
- Orchestra Città di Ferrara;
- Accademia Corale Vittore Veneziani;
- Chorus Master: Teresa Auletta.
Production team:
- Director: Manuel Renga.
- Set design: Matteo Paoletti.
- Costumes: Nuvia Valestri.
- Lighting: Marco Cazzola.
Principal roles:
- Video direction: Fabio Massimo Iaquone.
- Actors: Gabriele Martini and Marinella Manicardi.
Production and co-production:
- Production: Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Fondazione I TEATRI di Reggio Emilia, Fondazione Ravenna Manifestazioni, Fondazione Teatri di Piacenza, Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena, Fondazione Teatro Regio di Parma, Azienda Teatro del Giglio – A.T.G., Teatro Comunale di Bologna Fondazione, Comune di Rimini – Teatro Galli.
- Co-production: MM Contemporary Dance Company.
Additional information:
In collaboration with Fondazione Lucio Dalla and Pressing Line.
Gioachino Rossini – La Cenerentola (Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant)
Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni
Friday, February 19, 2027 – 8:00 PM
Other dates:
Saturday, February 20, 2027 – 6:00 PM; Sunday, February 21, 2027 – 3:30 PM
Work information:
- Comic drama in two acts. Libretto: Jacopo Ferretti. Casa Ricordi, Milan.
Principal roles:
- Don Ramiro, Prince of Salerno: Marco Ciaponi / Pavel Kolgatin (February 20);
- Dandini: Alessandro Luongo;
- Don Magnifico: Marco Filippo Romano;
- Clorinda: Silvia Caliò;
- Tisbe: Ester Ferraro;
- Angelina: Giuseppina Bridelli / Anna Trotta (February 20);
- Alidoro: Matteo D’Apolito.
Production team:
- Conductor: Giovanni Di Stefano. Director and costumes: Nicola Berloffa.
- Set design: Aurelio Colombo.
- Lighting: Valerio Tiberi.
Performing ensembles:
- Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini;
- Chorus of Teatro Municipale di Piacenza;
- Chorus Master: Corrado Casati.
Production and co-production:
- Co-production with Fondazione Teatri di Piacenza, Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena, Fondazione Ravenna Manifestazioni and Teatro Galli di Rimini. Production of Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena.
Giuseppe Verdi – Simon Boccanegra
Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni
Friday, March 12, 2027 – 8:00 PM
Other dates:
Sunday, March 14, 2027 – 3:30 PM
Work information:
- Melodrama in a prologue and three acts. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, with additions by Arrigo Boito, based on Simón Bocanegra by Antonio García Gutiérrez. Casa Ricordi, Milan.
Principal roles:
- Simon Boccanegra: Simone Piazzola;
- Jacopo Fiesco: Luca Park;
- Maria Boccanegra: Maria Agresta;
- Gabriele Adorno: Matteo Desole;
- Paolo Albiani: Ludovico Ravizza;
- Pietro: Renzo Ran.
Production team:
- Conductor: Massimo Zanetti.
- Director: Pier Francesco Maestrini.
- Set design: Nathalie Deana.
- Costumes: Stefania Scaraggi. Lighting and video: Jean Paul Carradori.
Performing ensembles:
- Orchestra Regionale dell’Emilia-Romagna Arturo Toscanini;
- Coro Lirico di Modena;
- Chorus Master: Giovanni Farina.
Production and co-production:
- Co-production: Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena, Fondazione I Teatri di Reggio Emilia, Fondazione Teatri di Piacenza and Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Ferrara. NEW PRODUCTION.
Gaetano Donizetti – Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (The Conventions and Inconveniences of the Theatre)
Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni
Friday, April 9, 2027 – 8:00 PM
Other dates:
Sunday, April 11, 2027 – 3:30 PM
Work information:
- Farce in one act. Libretto: Domenico Gilardoni.
Additional information:
Performers from the 2026/2027 Advanced Training Course for Opera Singers at Teatro Comunale di Modena.
Production team:
- Conductor: Gianluca Martinenghi.
- Staging: Alfonso Antoniozzi.
Performing ensembles:
- Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana.
Production and co-production:
- Production in co-production with Teatro Galli di Rimini and Teatro Alighieri di Ravenna.
Gaia Aloisi – Veleno (Poison)
Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni
Friday, May 7, 2027 – 8:00 PM
Other dates:
Sunday, May 9, 2027 – 3:30 PM
Work information:
- Chamber opera. Libretto: Stefano Simone Pintor.
Principal roles:
- Performers: Maria Eleonora Caminada, Giacomo Pieracci, Danilo Pastore and Elena Caccamo.
Performing ensembles:
- Icarus Ensemble.
Production team:
- Conductor: Mimma Campanale.
- Director: Stefano Simone Pintor.
- Set design: Andrea De Micheli.
- Costumes: Veronica Pattuelli.
- Lighting: Alessandro Pasqualini.
Production and co-production:
- New commission and production.
- Co-production: Fondazione I Teatri di Reggio Emilia, Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena and Fondazione Teatro Regio di Parma.
Additional information:
Created as part of the “Young Composers on Stage 2025” call, supported by SIAE and promoted by AGIS in collaboration with ANFOLS and ATIT.