Don Giovanni e Il Turco in Italia nel cartellone estivo 2026 del Teatro Nuovo, a New York. Il capolavoro di Mozart sarà rappresentato nella versione librettistica approntata da Lorenzo Da Ponte per la prima americana del 1826

Greetings as springtime approaches! I’m writing to share the details of our 2026 summer season, which promises to be a real feast of novelty and excitement. A familiar masterpiece in an unfamiliar guise (Il Don Giovanni as arranged by its librettist Lorenzo da Ponte for its American premiere); a rarity that sparkles in a familiar way (Rossini’s madcap Il Turco in Italia), and tying them together, the narrative of opera’s arrival in New York two hundred years ago in a bold venture led by Rossini's fave tenor Manuel García. . The dates and times are listed below, and you can read all about them at teatronuovo.org (including why we're using the original title of Il Don Giovanni). Also linked: a feature article, hot off the press, from the Festivals Issue of Opera magazine. I hope you’ll enjoy hearing about a project that has been a tremendous joy to prepare, save the dates if you haven’t already, and look out for our follow-up mail when tickets are available for purchase in April.

We’re looking forward to resuming our long collaboration with Ricardo José Rivera, who has meanwhile leapt into stardom in the Metropolitan Opera’s HD broadcast of I Puritani, and to welcoming back Vincent Graña and Mattia Venni, who were hilarious together in Crispino e la Comare and will be reunited for equal zaniness in Il Turco in Italia. Along with them will be Martin Luther Clark, who stopped the show with his aria in last summer’s Macbeth, a long list of exciting Teatro Nuovo debuts, and of course our glorious period instrument orchestra with its revelatory zest and tone-colors. Paying tribute to the amazing tour that brought Bel Canto across the ocean two centuries ago is exactly the kind of historical exploration Teatro Nuovo was set up to accomplish. What a moment! Mozart was still a living memory; Rossini was brand new; all the Romantic glories still lay ahead; and a young city in the New World was eager to savor Europe's top artistic product. What did those 1826 audiences hear? We know they fell in love with great singing, and we are in love with the project of re-connecting to its roots. That spirit is what lets us achieve “the most consistently satisfying live opera in New York,” as Andrew Moravcsik put it last summer in Opera Today. We can’t wait to share the results with all of you! Mozart: Il Don Giovanni (1826 edition) July 11, 3:00 pm Alexander Kasser Theater, Montclair State University July 15, 7:30 pm Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center Rossini: Il Turco in Italia July 12, 3:00 pm Alexander Kasser Theater, Montclair State University July 16, 7:30 pm Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center Pre-opera events start 90 minutes before each opera. NEW this year - both NJ performances are in the afternoon Teatro Nuovo’s 2026 Program is supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts. 26/03 Comunicato Stampa Info: www.teatronuovo.org bellaunavitaalloperablogspot.com