Three new productions, three Donizetti rarities, artists from across the globe: the 2026 Festival opens at the Teatro Donizetti with L’esule di Roma (Friday 13, Saturday 21 and Sunday 29 November), the heroic melodrama composed by Gaetano Donizetti in 1828. Conducted by Antonino Fogliani and directed by Katharina Thoma, [...]

The call for applications for the Bottega Donizetti 2026, a masterclass for young opera singers dedicated to the study and practice of Donizetti's repertoire, is now open. In its sixth edition, the workshop, curated by vocal coach and pianist Giulio Zappa, will take place in Bergamo with a training programme [...]

Donizetti Opera 2025: a special opportunity for residents of Bergamo and the province On the occasion of the 2025 edition of the festival, Donizetti Opera offers a special promotion to residents of Bergamo and its province: a 20% discount on tickets for all operas in the programme. From 30 October [...]

A special promotion for World Opera Day 2025. 25 October is #WorldOperaDay, the birthday of Georges Bizet and Johann Strauss II, composers of some of the world's most famous opera and operetta. A celebration for all of us who live and breathe this art form! To celebrate World Opera Day [...]

Pietro Utili is the winner of the ‘Young Librettist’ competition promoted by the Fondazione Teatro Donizetti. Born in Ferrara in 1993, he graduated from La Sapienza University in Rome and the Paolo Grassi School in Milan, and is an author for theatre, cinema and publishing. He will write the libretto [...]

Georgian soprano Nino Machaidze will play Eleonora in the new production of Donizetti Opera's Il furioso nell'isola di S. Domingo, replacing the previously announced Mariangela Sicilia. Nino Machaidze thus makes her debut at the festival dedicated to the Bergamo composer in the role of Eleonora. Born in Tbilisi, she is [...]