Arena di Verona Opera Festival
BIG STARS FOR THE 2025 ARENA DI VERONA FESTIVAL
From Anna Netrebko, appearing in Nabucco and Aida, to the premiere of Marina Rebeka, and great return appearances from the likes of Jonas Kaufmann, Nadine Sierra, Luca Salsi, Francesco Meli, Ludovic Tèzier, Yusif Eyvazov, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Anna Pirozzi, Aleksandra Kurzak, Roberto Alagna, Luca Micheletti, Aigul Akhmetshina, Brian Jagde, Mariangela Sicilia, Piotr Beczała, Anita Rachvelishvili, Maria José Siri, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Christian Van Horn, Gregory Kunde, Rosa Feola, Erwin Schrott and Vasilisa Berzhanskaya. These are some of the great stars of the next Arena summer programme, which from 13 June to 6 September 2025 offers 5 operas and 8 events including gala concerts and ballets, for 51 performance evenings. There are also many debuts for prestigious artists such as Angel Blue, Pene Pati, Enea Scala, Erin Morley. On the podium can be found Pinchas Steinberg, Andrea Battistoni, Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Daniel Oren, Michele Spotti, Speranza Scappucci (for the first time in an opera) and Francesco Ommassini in his first-ever appearance.
Thus, for all the productions of 2025, the biggest international opera stars are coming back to the Amphitheatre, making every evening unique. More than 100 participants will arrive from all over the world to sing, conduct, and dance, with welcome returns among the most sought-after performers today and the best emerging young talent.
THE FIVE OPERAS The inauguration places the spotlight on a new production of Verdi's Nabucco, the third best-loved title ever in the history of the Arena. Stage direction, scenes, costumes, lights and choreography are entirely curated by Stefano Poda, already noted for his ‘crystal’ Aida of 2023 and returning again in 2025, from 20 June. Giuseppe Verdi is again protagonist with La Traviata, in the elegant production by Hugo De Ana, and Rigoletto, in the historical stage set by Guerra and Del Savio, based on drawings by Fagiuoli made for the Arena premiere one century ago.
Not-to-be-missed in 2025 is Carmen in the classic production by Zeffirelli, celebrating 30 years in the Arena and paying tribute to Georges Bizet both on the 150th anniversary of his death and the debut of his masterpiece.
