Festival Vicenza in Lirica

The “Vicenza in Lirica – Contesti” Festival reaches its fourteenth edition with a double inauguration between August and September.

The 2026 edition will officially start on September 6 at 9 p.m. at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza with the performance of G. Rossini's “Petite Messe Solennelle” in the extraordinary orchestral version and will continue with a new production of the opera “Il barbiere di Siviglia” by G. Rossini on September 10, 12, and 13. On September 14 at 8:30 p.m. at the Teatro Olimpico, the opera “Il Filosofo di campagna” by Galuppi will be staged, produced by the Conservatorio “A. Steffani” of Castelfranco Veneto.

The “Vicenza in Lirica fuori le mura” festival, on the other hand, will inaugurate on August 21 at 9 p.m. at the Castello della Villa di Montecchio Maggiore (Romeo's Castle) with Mozart's “Le nozze di Figaro” in a semi-staged version. On September 11 at 9 p.m. in the suggestive Cava de’ Cice di Zovencedo, a concert dedicated to Ennio Morricone will be proposed. The programming of the “Vicenza in Lirica – Contesti” Festival will conclude on September 20 at 5 p.m. outside the city walls at the villa Pisani Bonetti in Bagnolo di Lonigo with the performance of the opera “L’Orfeo” by Monteverdi.

Concerts, operas, master classes, young artists, and great names in opera will be the protagonists of the 2026 Festival, which will contextualize a program specifically designed to break down those “walls” that too often hinder culture, in this case, opera theater.