Naples Events - April 2027
⚠️ Current Status
Castel dell'Ovo's interior is not confirmed open. The Comune di Napoli's official page still lists the castle as closed to the public until further notice for renovation work, and gives no reopening date. On 20 September 2026 Mayor Gaetano Manfredi announced that the castle would reopen and stay open, with guided visits by booking while restoration continues in other parts of the complex; as of 30 September 2026 no booking channel had been published. Check our opening hours and current access status page, or telephone the castle on 081 7953581, before planning a trip around going inside.
Dutoit takes the podium on the 4th, Lev Dodin brings Chekhov to the Mercadante for eleven performances, and the San Carlo has three performances of a Donizetti rarity. At Villa Pignatelli the crocheted reef closes on the 12th.
🎭 Watch and listen
Symphonic concert — Charles Dutoit, Javier Perianes
📅 Sunday 4 April 2027
🕒 Times: 19:00
Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto with Perianes, then Stravinsky's 1919 Firebird suite and Ravel's La valse. Three showpieces, one night.
📍 Location: Teatro di San Carlo, Via San Carlo 98/f
🏷️ Categories: CONCERT
🌐 More Information: Teatro di San Carlo
Il reparto n. 6
📅 Wednesday 7 – Sunday 18 April 2027
Chekhov's Ward No. 6, adapted and directed by Lev Dodin, eleven performances. A Russian staging of this weight is not a routine booking in Naples.
📍 Location: Teatro Mercadante, Piazza Municipio
🏷️ Categories: THEATRE
🌐 More Information: Teatro di Napoli
Otto mesi in due ore o sia Gli esiliati in Siberia, Donizetti
📅 Saturday 17 – Friday 23 April 2027, three performances
🕒 Times: 17 Apr 20:00 · 21 Apr 18:00 · 23 Apr 19:00
A new San Carlo production of a Donizetti the house rarely stages: Fabio Mastrangelo conducting, Mariano Bauduin directing, about two hours forty with one interval.
📍 Location: Teatro di San Carlo, Via San Carlo 98/f
🏷️ Categories: OPERA
🌐 More Information: Teatro di San Carlo
🏛️ Learn and do
Crochet Coral Reef — Margaret and Christine Wertheim
📅 12 October 2026 – 12 April 2027
A reef crocheted by more than 4,000 people: six wool islands, two of them in Naples. It closes on 12 April, and it is the month's one listing that is not a performance.
📍 Location: Casa della Fotografia, Villa Pignatelli, Riviera di Chiaia 200
🏷️ Categories: EXHIBITION
🌐 More Information: Palazzo Reale / Villa Pignatelli programme