Best opera in Milan this season
Milan is one of the great opera cities. The 2025–2026 season at Teatro alla Scala stretches from Verdi and Puccini to Wagner and Strauss, plus chamber concerts and a Ring cycle. Below: the upcoming operas tro currently has on file, refreshed nightly from venue listings.
Upcoming on tro
Editor's pickOperaFaust
Opera Faust by Charles Gounod at La Scala from 20 October to 8 November 2026.
Editor's pickOperaL’elisir d’amore
Orchestra and Lyric Opera Soloists of the Teatro alla Scala Academy in the opera L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti, at La Scala from 5 to 16 September 2026.
Editor's pickOperaLa traviata
The opera La traviata di Giuseppe Verdi at La Scala from 19 September to 15 October 2026.
Editor's pickBalletGiselle
Adolphe Adam — Corps de ballet del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Editor's pickOperaTosca
Giacomo Puccini
Editor's pickOperaMadama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
OperaL'OPERA (FORSE)
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If you're new to opera, La Scala has long been the city's defining stage — it's the venue most lists are built around. Smaller venues (Teatro Dal Verme, Teatro Nazionale) sometimes carry productions worth catching for half the price.
Tickets for La Scala open ~2 months before each production. Under-30 previews are a real discount path and sell out fast.