Announcing the 2026 Bel Canto season
Celebrating 200 Years of Italian Opera in America
with two operas from the 1826 debut tour
Tickets will go on sale in early April.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756~1791)
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
Don Giovanni ……….. Ricardo José Rivera
Donna Anna …………. Elizabeth Novella
Don Ottavio …………. Martin Luther Clark
Il Commendatore …. Daniel Mobbs
Donna Elvira ………… Sedona Libero
Leporello ……………… Kevin Spooner
Zerlina …………………. Simona Genga
Masetto ……………….. Noah Rogers
Teatro Nuovo Chorus and Orchestra
Geoffrey Loff, Maestro al Cembalo e Direttore
Gioachino Rossini (1792~1868)
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
Selim ………………. Vincent Graña
Donna Fiorilla …. Kresley Figueroa
Don Geronio ……. Mattia Venni
Don Narciso …….. Max Alexander Cook
Prosdocimo ……… Hans Tashjian
Zaida …..…………… Sabatina Mauro
Albazar ……………. David Freides
Teatro Nuovo Chorus and Orchestra
Elisa Citterio, Primo Violino e Capo d’Orchestra
Derrick Goff, Maestro al Cembalo
"The most consistently satisfying live opera in New York"
- Andrew Moravcsik, Opera Today
Images: Ricardo José Rivera in Anna di Resburgo; Vincent Graña and Mattia Venni in Crispino e la Comare. Photo credit: Steven Pisano
Graphics: Il Don Giovanni from the handwriting of Lorenzo da Ponte; Il Turco in Italia from the handwriting of Gioachino Rossini
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