Tickets for the 103rd Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2026 on sale
From 12 June to 12 September, three whole months of live shows, including 50 evenings of opera, great music and dance
For the first time ever, Family Section for parents with children aged 0-14 and 30 euro stall-seat tickets for young people
Opening the festival, two performances of a new production of Verdi's La Traviata on 12 and 13 June. Zeffirelli’s magical rendition of Turandot returns, 100 years after the opera was first performed
The Fondazione Arena di Verona is proud to announce that tickets for the 103rd edition of the Festival in 2026 are now on sale: six operas and three different evening events totalling 50 performances between 12 June and 12 September. Three whole months’ worthy of incredible live shows. Tickets for each date will be available to purchase from Thursday 17 April, at the arena.it website, through Arena di Verona’s social-media channels and via Vivaticket, the Festival’s new ticketing agent.
Opening the festival on 12 and 13 June will be two performances of a new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, the world’s most beloved and most performed opera. Details about the new production will be revealed in the coming months.
Two different versions of the Arena’s top opera Aida will be performed: the "crystal" production created by Stefano Poda to mark the 100th edition of the Arena di Verona Festival, between 19 June and 24 July. And, for seven evenings between 30 July and 10 September, the Franco Zeffirelli production.
Stefano Poda’s 2025 production of Verdi’s lyrical drama Nabucco will also return to the Arena for 10 performances in 2026, between 26 June and 9 September.
The production of La Bohème directed by Alfonso Signorini for the 2024 edition of the Festival will also return to the stage for four nights between 3 and 25 July. Celebrating its 100th birthday, Puccini’s masterpiece Turandot will return for six evening performances of Zeffirelli’s magical production (a box-office record holder at the Arena) between 7 August and 11 September, featuring costumes designed by Oscar winner Emi Wada.
Three different event evenings will take to the stage at the 2026 Festival. Dancing back onto the stage, Roberto Bolle and friends—co-produced with ARTEDANZAsrl—makes its long-awaited return on 21 July. Two of the most popular musical events of recent seasons will take centre stage at the Festival in August: a large choir and symphony orchestra will perform Carl Orff's opus Carmina Burana on August 13, while Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons will be performed again in the return of Viva Vivaldi on 19 August, featuring the Fondazione Arena Orchestra accompanied by some spectacular, immersive three-dimensional projections by Balich Wonder Studio.
Alongside Vivaticket, the Festival’s new ticketing agent for 2026, two major new developments have been planned.
FAMILY AREA. To make the Festival even more accessible, a Family Area will be set up for the very first time. All families with children aged 0 to 14 may purchase tickets—a maximum of six in total—for seats in this dedicated section, costing just 2.50 Euro for minors and 68 Euro (instead of 125 or 135) for accompanying adults. Adjacent to the stage, the Family Area will have special features and services, including easy entry and exit, spaces for strollers and nearby bathrooms.
UNDER-30 CONCESSION. Thanks to Unicredit, 30 Euro tickets will be available for all young people under 30 years of age. The aim of this initiative is to encourage young people to come and enjoy evening Opera performances and Gala events. The U30 tariff is one of the initiatives of the ‘U Are Invited’ project carried out by Fondazione Arena in collaboration with Unicredit, whose aim is to bring young people closer to the world of opera and support their personal and professional growth.
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