Bachtrack logo
What's on
All eventsConcertsOperaDanceKids eventsMasterclassesCompetitionsFestivals
Reviews
All reviewsConcert reviewsOpera reviewsDance reviews
Articles
All articlesFeaturesInterviewsOpinionPlaylists
News
Video
Video homeAll videoStreamed eventsConcertsOperaDanceKids eventsMasterclassesPublishers
Site
About usContact usLink to usConditions of useCookiesPrivacy
Young artists
Travel
Help
EventsReviewsArticlesVideo

Classical music, opera, ballet and dance in Italy

Use Bachtrack's search facility to find concerts, opera and dance events not only in this country but right around the world. Bachtrack has the largest number of upcoming events of any website, and if you want to read reviews of events which have taken place here, or in another country, you can search here for exactly the reviews which interest you.

October 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
28293001020304
05060708091011
12131415161718
19202122232425
26272829303101
02030405060708
Evening performance
Matinee performance
Upcoming eventsSee more...

VeniceAffinità

© Clément Pimenta
Palazzetto Bru Zane, Thu 8 Oct at 19:30
de Grandval, Saint-Saëns
Trio Pantoum; Hugo Meder; Bo-Geun Park; Martin Jollet
Buy tickets
Read more

VeniceKara-lis Coverdale / Keiji HainoWorld premiere

© Normal Wong
Teatro alle Tese, Arsenale, Sat 10 Oct at 21:00
Coverdale, Haino
Kara-Lis Coverdale; Sarah Davachi; Keiji Haino
Buy tickets
Read more

VeniceLaraaji / Heaven is Ours-o Céu É Nosso

© Daniel Oduntan
Sale d'Armi, Arsenale, Sat 10 Oct at 18:00
Sissel Morell Dargis; Adriano Rosselli; Unknown
Buy tickets
Read more

VeniceLivwutang

© Guarionex Rodriguez Jr.
Sale d'Armi, Arsenale, Sat 10 Oct at 23:00
Livwutang
Buy tickets
Read more

VeniceAlys(Alys)alys / Mechatok / Dj Anderson Do Paraiso

Listing filler
Teatro alle Tese, Arsenale, Sun 11 Oct at 21:00
Unknown
Buy tickets
Read more
Latest reviewsSee more...

Beyond Sleeping Beauty: a reimagining at Teatro Massimo in Palermo

Martina Pasinotti as Aurora in Reginaldo Oliveira’s The Sleeping Beauty © Rosellina Garbo
Vito Lentini, 03 Oct
Reginaldo Oliveira’s production of The Sleeping Beauty engages with the great classic through a deliberate and radical rewriting: a choice that may appeal to those who seek new interpretative possibilities.
***11
Read more

A visually striking Nabucco lacks heart at the Festival Verdi

Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar (Nabucco) © Roberto Ricci | Festival Verdi
Mark Pullinger, 03 Oct
Pier Luigi Pizzi’s staging looks impressive but feels empty. Lidia Fridman’s Abigaille ignites the evening.
***11
Read more

Nile spectacular: Franco Zeffirelli’s intimate Aida revived in Busseto

Federica Vitali (Aida) © Roberto Ricci | Festival Verdi
Mark Pullinger, 02 Oct
Franco Zeffirelli’s Aida – compact yet simultaneously monumental – is thrilling revived at the tiny Teatro Verdi in Busseto.
*****
Read more

Alzira: mining for gold at the Festival Verdi

Marta Torbidoni (Alzira) and Daniel Luis de Vicente (Gusmano) © Roberto Ricci | Festival Verdi
Mark Pullinger, 01 Oct
Manuel Renga directs a simple, but sympathetic production of Verdi's early opera set in 16th-century Peru. 
****1
Read more

Tradition reclaimed in Liliana Cavani’s lavish Traviata at La Scala

Nadine Sierra (Violetta) and ensemble © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Laura Servidei, 19 Sep

Reaching a milestone 100th performance, Liliana Cavani’s grand staging of La traviata returns in fine form, featuring a luminous Nadine Sierra as Violetta.

****1
Read more