Tips and events · 18.04. – 30.06.2027
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino 2027
Italy’s oldest music festival draws thousands of music and opera lovers to Florence every year. The 2027 season and the 89th festival of the “Maggio Musicale Fiorentino” offer a rich programme with a total of 12 operas, 1 ballet (“Swan Lake”) and 20 symphony concerts under the direction of music director Daniele Gatti. The festival itself runs from 18 April to 30 June 2027, but the theatre’s opera and symphony programme extends throughout the whole year.
The 2027 opera programme
The opera programme ranges from the great classics of the Italian repertoire to international masterpieces:
- “La traviata” (Giuseppe Verdi): 15–22 January
- “Il mondo alla roversa” (Baldassarre Galuppi): 30 January – 2 February
- “Il trovatore” (Giuseppe Verdi), conducted by Daniele Gatti: 23 February – 2 March
- “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Benjamin Britten), opening of the festival, conducted by Ivor Bolton: 18–28 April
- “Tristan und Isolde” (Richard Wagner): 20–29 May
- “Elektra” (Richard Strauss), conducted by Daniele Gatti: 20–28 June
- “Tosca” (Giacomo Puccini), summer season: 22 July
- “Macbeth” (Giuseppe Verdi), in concert performance: 12 September
- “Norma” (Vincenzo Bellini): 16–25 September
- “Adriana Lecouvreur” (Francesco Cilea): 10–19 October
- “Anna Bolena” (Gaetano Donizetti): 7–14 November
- “Don Giovanni” (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), conducted by Daniele Gatti: 3–11 December