OperaCamion returns from 31 May to 17 June 2026.<\/p>\n
The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s roving truck-stage returns this summer, bringing Rossini’s comic masterpiece to\u00a0the suburbs of the Italian capital and beyond – all for free.<\/p>\n
Rome’s opera house is once again loading up its lorry and heading out into the city for OperaCamion 2026, its itinerant project that transforms an articulated truck into a mobile theatre, rolling through piazzas, courtyards and urban spaces across the capital and its metropolitan area.<\/p>\n
Running from 31 May to 17 June, the 2026 edition brings a new touring production of Gioachino Rossini’s\u00a0Il barbiere di Siviglia, with audiences able to attend free of charge.<\/p>\n
The opera is performed in a streamlined version designed for open-air urban spaces, but conceived to preserve the full musical and theatrical richness of the original score.<\/p>\n
The production is directed by Manu Lalli, who also designed the costumes and lighting. Her staging draws on circus,\u00a0commedia dell’arte\u00a0and street theatre – a natural fit for OperaCamion’s travelling spirit – filling the mobile stage with illusionists, acrobats, animal tamers and clowns.<\/p>\n
The Orchestra of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma performs under conductor Alessandro Poleggi, with musical adaptation by Tommaso Chieco and Marco Giustini, sets by Daniele Leone and mime choreography by Chiara Casalbuoni. The cast features young singers, some drawn from the theatre’s own Fabbrica Young Artist Programme.<\/p>\n
The project has built a devoted following. In 2025, OperaCamion attracted more than 10,000 attendees for\u00a0Il barbiere di Siviglia\u00a0and another 10,000 for\u00a0Tosca. Around 40 per cent of those surveyed said it was the first time they had ever attended an opera.<\/p>\n
This year’s tour ventures beyond Rome’s city limits for the first time, with a stop in Bracciano on 9 June in Piazza Mazzini, and the final performance in Valmontone on 17 June at Valmontone.<\/p>\n
The inaugural performance takes place on Sunday 31 May at the Quarticciolo in Via dei Larici 4 \u2014 a symbolically apt starting point, as the neighbourhood houses the Teatro dell’Opera’s own warehouses.<\/p>\n
All performances begin at 21.15. Admission is free, subject to availability.<\/p>\n
OperaCamion is promoted by Roma Capitale and the Regione Lazio. The project was first staged in 2016 with a production of\u00a0Figaro.<\/p>\n
2026 calendar –\u00a0Il barbiere di Siviglia<\/p>\n
Sunday 31 May: Via dei Larici 4, Quarticciolo (Municipio V)<\/p>\n
Wednesday 3 June: Cortile della Parrocchia del Corpus Domini, Massimina (Municipio XII)<\/p>\n
Friday 5 June: Parcheggio di Via Leonida Repaci, Cinquina\/Bufalotta (Municipio III)<\/p>\n
Saturday 6 June: Via Benedetto Croce 50, Montagnola (Municipio VIII)<\/p>\n
Tuesday 9 June: Piazza Mazzini, Bracciano<\/p>\n
Wednesday 10 June: Via Fosso dell’Osa (fronte civico 338), Villaggio Prenestino (Municipio VI)<\/p>\n
Saturday 13 June: Rotonda di Viale Antonio Gandin, Palmarola\/Selva Candida (Municipio XIV)<\/p>\n
Sunday 14 June: Piazza Sirio, Lido di Ostia (Municipio X)<\/p>\n
Tuesday 16 June: Parcheggio del Mercato Rionale, Via Comte, Casal de’ Pazzi (Municipio IV)<\/p>\n
Wednesday 17 June: Largo Brodolini, Valmontone<\/p>\n