Teatro Regio di Parma
Via G. Garibaldi, 16/a, Parma, (PR), Italy
On October 1, 8, and 17, 2026, the XXVI Festival Verdi in Parma opens with the rarely performed opera "Alzira." Under the theme "Mondi Lontani" (Distant Worlds), the work at the Teatro Regio di Parma illuminates the conflict between Spanish conquerors and indigenous peoples in 16th-century Peru. The Verdi expert James Conlon conducts the Orchestra Filarmonica Toscanini and soloists, including Marta Torbidoni (Alzira) and Antonio Poli (Zamoro), in this story of love and dramatic cultural clash. An evening that revives a forgotten Verdi jewel in a new staging by Manuel Renga.
Teatro Regio di Parma
Via G. Garibaldi, 16/a, Parma, (PR), Italy
On October 3, 11, 18, and 24, 2026, Verdi's breakthrough work "Nabucodonosor" will be performed as part of the Verdi Festival at the Teatro Regio di Parma. Under the theme "Mondi Lontani," Pier Luigi Pizzi (director, sets, costumes) stages the drama surrounding the Babylonian King and the Jewish exile. Francesco Lanzillotta conducts the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. The cast includes Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar (Nabucodonosor), Lidia Fridman (Abigaille), and Michele Pertusi (Zaccaria). Experience the elemental force of Verdi's music and the moving Chorus of the Captives.
Teatro Regio di Parma
Via G. Garibaldi, 16/a, Parma, (PR), Italy
On October 1, 8, and 17, 2026, the XXVI Festival Verdi in Parma opens with the rarely performed opera "Alzira." Under the theme "Mondi Lontani" (Distant Worlds), the work at the Teatro Regio di Parma illuminates the conflict between Spanish conquerors and indigenous peoples in 16th-century Peru. The Verdi expert James Conlon conducts the Orchestra Filarmonica Toscanini and soloists, including Marta Torbidoni (Alzira) and Antonio Poli (Zamoro), in this story of love and dramatic cultural clash. An evening that revives a forgotten Verdi jewel in a new staging by Manuel Renga.
Teatro Regio di Parma
Via G. Garibaldi, 16/a, Parma, (PR), Italy
On Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 8:30 PM, the Teatro Regio di Parma celebrates Giuseppe Verdi's birthday. James Conlon leads the Orchestra Filarmonica Toscanini in a program that combines Verdi's operas Il Corsaro and Jérusalem (excerpts) with the overture to Gomes’ Il Guarany – a musical journey that powerfully represents the festival theme "Mondi Lontani." Soloists including Galeano Salas and Daniel Luis de Vicente present the Maestro's dramatic repertoire.
Teatro Regio di Parma
Via G. Garibaldi, 16/a, Parma, (PR), Italy
On October 3, 11, 18, and 24, 2026, Verdi's breakthrough work "Nabucodonosor" will be performed as part of the Verdi Festival at the Teatro Regio di Parma. Under the theme "Mondi Lontani," Pier Luigi Pizzi (director, sets, costumes) stages the drama surrounding the Babylonian King and the Jewish exile. Francesco Lanzillotta conducts the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. The cast includes Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar (Nabucodonosor), Lidia Fridman (Abigaille), and Michele Pertusi (Zaccaria). Experience the elemental force of Verdi's music and the moving Chorus of the Captives.
Teatro Regio di Parma
Via G. Garibaldi, 16/a, Parma, (PR), Italy
On October 1, 8, and 17, 2026, the XXVI Festival Verdi in Parma opens with the rarely performed opera "Alzira." Under the theme "Mondi Lontani" (Distant Worlds), the work at the Teatro Regio di Parma illuminates the conflict between Spanish conquerors and indigenous peoples in 16th-century Peru. The Verdi expert James Conlon conducts the Orchestra Filarmonica Toscanini and soloists, including Marta Torbidoni (Alzira) and Antonio Poli (Zamoro), in this story of love and dramatic cultural clash. An evening that revives a forgotten Verdi jewel in a new staging by Manuel Renga.
Teatro Regio di Parma
Via G. Garibaldi, 16/a, Parma, (PR), Italy
On October 3, 11, 18, and 24, 2026, Verdi's breakthrough work "Nabucodonosor" will be performed as part of the Verdi Festival at the Teatro Regio di Parma. Under the theme "Mondi Lontani," Pier Luigi Pizzi (director, sets, costumes) stages the drama surrounding the Babylonian King and the Jewish exile. Francesco Lanzillotta conducts the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. The cast includes Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar (Nabucodonosor), Lidia Fridman (Abigaille), and Michele Pertusi (Zaccaria). Experience the elemental force of Verdi's music and the moving Chorus of the Captives.
Teatro Regio di Parma
Via G. Garibaldi, 16/a, Parma, (PR), Italy
On Friday, October 23, 2026, at 8:00 PM, Giuseppe Verdi's Messa da Requiem will be performed at the Teatro Regio di Parma. Led by Daniele Rustioni and featuring the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini and the Coro del Teatro Regio, the Requiem forms a spiritual climax of the festival. The all-star soloist quartet includes Eleonora Buratto, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Saimir Pirgu, and Roberto Tagliavini.
Teatro Regio di Parma
Via G. Garibaldi, 16/a, Parma, (PR), Italy
On October 3, 11, 18, and 24, 2026, Verdi's breakthrough work "Nabucodonosor" will be performed as part of the Verdi Festival at the Teatro Regio di Parma. Under the theme "Mondi Lontani," Pier Luigi Pizzi (director, sets, costumes) stages the drama surrounding the Babylonian King and the Jewish exile. Francesco Lanzillotta conducts the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. The cast includes Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar (Nabucodonosor), Lidia Fridman (Abigaille), and Michele Pertusi (Zaccaria). Experience the elemental force of Verdi's music and the moving Chorus of the Captives.
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