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The Cast of the 102 Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2025

Find out who will be performing on the Arena stage this summer

Discover the cast of the Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2025

The 102 Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2025 is near and opera stars are preparing to shine again on the stage of the Arena di Verona. Have you discovered our fantastic casts yet? No? Find out more, just keep reading. Who will you choose to listen to?

First times

There is always a first time. Even for stars!

In 2025, at the Arena di Verona, Anna Netrebko will be Abigaille in Nabucco for the first time in Italy, while Marina Rebeka will perform Aida for the first time in Italy. Aleksandra Kurzak will make her debut as the protagonist in Aida next to Roberto Alagna.

Eagerly awaited debuts will be made by the American soprano Angel Blue and Samoan tenor Pene Pati, for the first time ever at the Arena, while soprano Erin Morley and tenor Enea Scala will make their stage debuts.

These are just some of the big stars of the upcoming summer at the Arena di Verona, which from 13 June to 6 September 2025 will feature five opera titles, eight gala concerts and ballets, for 51 evenings of entertainment.

Le grandi stelle che ritornano nel 2025

Arena una volta, Arena per sempre. Il 102° Festival vedrà il ritorno di alcune star amatissime.

Qualche nome? Jonas Kaufmann, Nadine Sierra, Luca Salsi, Francesco Meli, Ludovic Tèzier, Yusif Eyvazov, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Anna Pirozzi, 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, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya …e molti altri, con grandi artisti e giovani di talento anche nelle parti di fianco.

Le bacchette del Festival 2025

Chi salirà sul podio dell'Orchestra di Fondazione Arena?

Pinchas Steinberg tornerà in Arena a venticinque dal suo debutto; e ritornaneranno anche i direttori Andrea Battistoni, Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Daniel Oren, Michele Spotti. Interessanti esordi per Speranza Scappucci - per la prima volta in un'opera - e Francesco Ommassini al suo debutto areniano assoluto.