Michele Mariotti

Dialogues of the Carmelites. Opera in three acts and twelve scenes by Francis Poulenc, based on the play by Georges Bernanos. Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma conducted by Michele Mariotti, directed by Emma Dante.

Opera in one prologue and one act. Music and libretto by Luigi Dallapiccola. Mattia Olivieri in the title role, Ángeles Blancas Gulín as La Madre. Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma conducted by Michele Mariotti. Directed by Calixto Bieito.

From the Salone dei Corazzieri in the Quirinale Palace, the traditional concert to mark the 80th anniversary of Italian Republic Day. The Rome Opera House Orchestra, conducted by Michele Mariotti.

An extraordinary event marking the run-up to the opening of the Rome Opera House for the 2025/2026 season and celebrating the 125th anniversary of *Tosca*.

From Venice's Teatro La Fenice, the traditional New Year's Concert conducted by Maestro Michele Mariotti, featuring arias, duets, and choral pieces performed by soloists Rosa Feola and Jonathan Tetelman. The event will be enhanced by dance performances by étoiles Eleonora Abbagnato and Friedemann Vogel.

Michele Mariotti conducts Gioachino Rossini’s *Tancredi* for the first time. Carlo Vistoli takes on the title role. Joining him on stage are Martina Russomanno, Antonino Siragusa, and Luca Tittoto. Directed by Emma Dante, with set design by Carmine Maringola. The Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

To open the 2023–24 opera season, the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma presents a new production of *Mefistofele*. This opera, in a prologue, four acts, and an epilogue by Arrigo Boito, is inspired by Goethe’s *Faust*. The production is directed by Simon Stone, with Michele Mariotti conducting.

Michael Mayer’s acclaimed production, first seen in the 2012–13 season, sets the action of Verdi’s masterpiece in 1960 Las Vegas—a neon-lit world ruled by money and ruthless, powerful men. Piotr Beczała is the Duke, a popular entertainer and casino owner who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Željko Lučić sings Rigoletto, his sidekick and comedian, and Diana Damrau is Rigoletto’s innocent daughter, Gilda. When she is seduced by the Duke, Rigoletto sets out on a tragic course of murderous revenge. Štefan Kocán is the assassin Sparafucile and Michele Mariotti conducts.

An all-star cast assembled for the Met’s first-ever performances of Rossini’s romantic retelling of Sir Walter Scott’s epic poem The Lady of the Lake. Joyce DiDonato is Elena, the title heroine, who is being pursued by not one, but two tenors—setting off sensational vocal fireworks. Juan Diego Flórez is King James V of Scotland, disguised as the humble Uberto, and John Osborn sings his political enemy, and rival in love, Rodrigo Di Dhu. Complicating matters is the fact that Elena herself loves Malcolm, a trouser role sung by mezzo-soprano Daniela Barcellona, and that she is the daughter of Duglas (Oren Gradus), another of the king’s political adversaries. Paul Curran’s atmospheric production is conducted by Michele Mariotti.

Two one-act operas adapted by Emma Dante, conducted by Michele Mariotti. Two ways of understanding love and exploring the boundaries between reason and madness. The protagonists embody the pain of abandonment and the driving force behind the tragedy: for love, people commit extreme acts, just as the theatrical gesture within a grand opera is extreme.