Maggio Musicale 2025

Why “Maggio” (May)? Its roots can be found in the ancient Florentine tradition of celebrating the arrival of spring each year with festivals, music and singing. These public celebrations, which took place in early May, were called the Cantar Maggio, and are aptly reproduced and commemorated with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the oldest opera and symphonic festival in Europe together with those in Bayreuth and Salzburg, and the oldest in Italy. Since 1986, the orchestra’s conductor has been the great Zubin Mehta, who now holds the title of principal conductor emeritus. Those who have attended in the past know there is no better way to celebrate the season of renewal than through music.

Mozart - Messa in C minor, Giulio Prandi, conductor, Jan. 24 | Ravel - Boléro, Alejo Pérez, conductor, Feb. 7, 2025 | Rigoletto Giuseppe Verdi, Feb. 16, 18, 20, 23 | Anna Netrebko Recital, Feb. 21 | Dukas - The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Bertie Baigent, conductor, Feb. 22 | Berlioz - Sinfonia Fantastica, Michele Spotti, conductor, March 7 | Norma, Vincenzo Bellini March 9, 11, 14, 16 | The Witches of Macbeth from the operas of William Shakespeare and Giuseppe Verdi March 12, 13, 14, 15, 18 | Bach - Brandenburg Concertos, Dame Jane Glover, conductor, March 21 | Stefano Bollani, Piano Solo Tour, March 22 | Zubin Mehta, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gustav Mahler, Titan, March 28 | Salome Richard Strauss, April 13, 16, 23, 27 | Giuseppe Verdi - Requiem Mass, Zubin Mehta, conductor, April 18 | Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, Alexander Soddy, conductor, April 26 | Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, Diego Ceretta, conductor, May 3 | Michele Mariotti, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Igor Stravinsky, Francis Poulenc, May 8 | Roberto Bolle in “Caravaggio” Ballet by Mauro Bigonzetti, May 9, 10, 11 | Daniele Gatti, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev May 11 | Tchaikovsky no. 6 - Pathetics, Timur Zangiev, director, May 15.