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It promises to be a season of great events. In September, a production of Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena will be staged at the LAC-Lugano, and in February, it will be performed at theatres in Reggio Emilia, Modena and Piacenza.
Extraordinary concerts will be held in Locarno in honour of the healthcare workers involved during the pandemic and in Bellinzona in aid of the Associazione Mani per il Nepal. The 'Caro Sassone' concert in the auditorium will celebrate the young 'Italian' Handel. The highlight of the season may well be Bach's magnificent 'Passion According to John' at the LAC during Easter. On Good Friday in Bellinzona, the Coro RSI will perform Brahms' 'German Requiem' in a large formation, while a chamber ensemble of Barocchisti will bring the Accademia Filarmonica Romana's concert season at the Teatro Argentina to a close.
Upcoming concerts
La Creazione
21 February 2026
8.00pm
LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura - Theatre Hall
Lugano
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
La Creazione
Swiss premiere of the Italian version by Giuseppe Carpani, endorsed by Franz Joseph Haydn.
Solisti e Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Mass in C minor K. 427
12 March 2025
8.00pm
A repeat performance will take place on Saturday 14 March 2026 at 5.00pm
Teatro Dal Verme
Milan
Mass in C minor K. 427
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Lydia Teuscher soprano
Lucia Cirillo mezzo-soprano
Moritz Kallenberg tenor
Johannes Weisser bass
Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera
Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali
Diego Fasolis conductor
Requiem in Tempore Belli
From Wednesday 1 to Saturday 4 April 2026Time to be confirmed
Chiesa Collegiata
Bellinzona
Requiem in Tempore Belli
A nine-movement work composed by nine Ticinese composers.
Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis conductor
Past concerts
St. John Passion, BWV 245 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Considered one of Johann Sebastian Bach's most important compositions, St John Passion is regarded as one of the grandest and most monumental works of sacred music ever written. It was conceived during the musician's first year in Leipzig, when he took up the position of Kantor at the Thomaskirche, the city's second largest church.
Presumably composed during Lent 1724, it incorporates excerpts from cantatas written during Bach's time in Weimar and is based on chapters 18 and 19 of the Gospel According to John. It consists of an alternation of recitatives and choruses interspersed with arias and chorales providing theological commentary on the events. The libretto, which is generally attributed to Bach himself, juxtaposes the Gospel text with other sources, most notably the Passion of the renowned German poet Barthold Heinrich Brockes. The work was first performed on Good Friday in 1724 at the Nikolaikirche.
The Four Seasons Symphonies and Arias from Farnace and Orlando Furioso by Antonio Vivaldi
Recognition and Rebirth, Extraordinary Concert Dedicated to the Healthcare Personnel of Southern Switzerland
