The others are clearly less good on the paper but you can still catch 1-2 excellent show every year in Ancona, Bari, Trieste... The victims of erosion of Italian opera seem to be Teatro Carlo Felice and Teatro San Carlo who year after year were thinning down their programs and now they struggle to exist. We of course wish them a huge "In bocca al lupo".
More details about the new productions in 2010-2011 in Italy
Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti..., but also Dallapiccola, Busoni, Nono...
