9 October to 7 February 2027Scuderie del Quirinale
Pontormo
The first major monographic exhibition of Jacopo Pontormo, curated by Cristina Acidini with the Uffizi, gathering his principal paintings and a large body of drawings.
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What is on in Rome
The few events worth an evening, soonest first. Each leaves the list the day after it ends.
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11 October to 1 NovemberTeatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Falstaff
Verdi's last opera in a new production by Tatjana Gürbaca, conducted by the Opera di Roma's music director Michele Mariotti, with Luca Salsi as Falstaff; six performances.
14 October, 20:00Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Lisette Oropesa
A song recital by the soprano Lisette Oropesa with the pianist Alessandro Praticò, zarzuela and Spanish and Cuban song, opening the Accademia di Santa Cecilia's chamber season at the Teatro dell'Opera.
21 to 27 OctoberSala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone
Wagner: Siegfried / Daniel Harding
The second day of Wagner's Ring, staged in a new production by the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and conducted by its music director Daniel Harding, opening the 2026/27 season.
12 to 14 NovemberSala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone
Kirill Petrenko
Kirill Petrenko conducts the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, with the tenor Benjamin Bernheim, in Hindemith, Strauss songs and Schumann's Rhenish Symphony, three evenings.
