From this year, the comprehensive programme with all the information and insights on the 2026 Macerata Opera Festival from 17 June to 9 August, becomes a coffee-table book.
A coffee table book with in-depth essays
This cross-disciplinary work of art is a true collector’s piece and will also be available for purchase online alongside performance tickets, at a price designed to remain affordable and accessible to all. With in-depth essays on the operas written by the artists responsible for staging the productions, and original images by one of the most highly regarded figures in international art photography: the award-winning photographer Christian Tasso.
The book has photos by Christian Tasso
Tasso's images capture the artistic essence of the Sferisterio as experienced through the opera, thanks to the unique perspective of his photographs, thus offering purchasers of the Libretto Unico a different and emotional narrative of the year’s most eagerly awaited events. Despite the Libretto Unico’s actual market value, its retail price will be just €10, whether purchased online in advance, at the Sferisterio shop or at the ticket office. Anyone purchasing the booklet online will be able to collect it from the box office on the evening of the performance, thus avoiding queues at the Book Shop.
The 2026 Macerata Opera Festival programme
Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi on 17, 26 July, 1, 9 August
Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini - 18, 24 July, 2, 8 August
Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi - 19, 25, 31 July
Carmina Burana by Carl Orff - 7 August
