In Rome, the festival at the Terme di Caracalla, signed by Damiano Michieletto

The traditional opera season at Rome's Terme di Caracalla is given a new impetus this year, entrusting its artistic direction to a director like Damiano Michieletto. It is an interesting playbill, featuring a new production of the famous musical 'West Side Story' directed by Michieletto and conducted by Michele Mariotti, the musical director of the Rome Opera. After 48(!) years, Bellini's masterpiece 'Norma' will be staged at La Scala.

Bellini's "Norma" returns to La Scala after 48 years, seven performances between 27 June and 17 July. Conducted by Fabio Luisi in a new production designed by Olivier Py. In the title role is Marina Rebeka, whom we remember from La Scala as Violetta, Thaïs, Mimì and Médée. Adalgisa is Vasilisa Berzhanskaya and Pollione Freddie De Tommaso.

An hour before the start of each performance, an introductory meeting on the opera held by Fabio Sartorelli will be held in the Ridotto dei Palchi.

The opera will be broadcast live on Radio3 on 27 June, and on 4 July from 7.45pm on LaScalaTv where it will remain available on demand until 11 July.

From 29 June to 7 August the Caracalla Festival 2025, entitled 'Between Sacred and Human' and signed by director Damiano Michieletto, will include opera, sacred music, musicals, dance, concerts and meetings. There will be four new productions: Händel's "La Resurrezione", Verdi's "La traviata", Mozart's "Don Giovanni" and Bernstein's "West Side Story" (5-9-10-13-17 July), with young directors such as Ilaria Lanzino, Sláva Daubnerová, Vasily Barkhatov; and Michieletto himself for "West Side Story", on the podium the music director of the Rome Opera, Michele Mariotti.