Naples Events - January 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.
The San Carlo carries January by itself: Butterfly for seven nights, the Christmas ballet's last five performances, and a Pietà de' Turchini concert on the 15th. Across the piazza the Mercadante has Orlando Furioso, and the Gallerie d'Italia's show on two women painters runs all month.
🎭 Watch and listen
Madama Butterfly, Puccini
📅 Sunday 17 – Sunday 24 January 2027, seven performances
🕒 Times: 17 Jan 17:00 · 19 Jan 20:00 · 20 Jan 20:00 · 21 Jan 19:00 · 22 Jan 18:00 · 23 Jan 20:00 · 24 Jan 17:00
The month's only opera, and the seven nights come with two Cio-Cio-Sans: Anna Pirozzi and Karah Son split the role. Ferzan Özpetek directs; Francesco Ivan Ciampa conducts.
📍 Location: Teatro di San Carlo, Via San Carlo 98/f
🏷️ Categories: OPERA
🌐 More Information: Teatro di San Carlo
Lo Schiaccianoci, Tchaikovsky
📅 Saturday 2, Sunday 3 and Tuesday 5 January 2027 — the last three days of a run that opened on 22 December 2026
🕒 Times: 2 Jan 17:00 and 21:00 · 3 Jan 17:00 · 5 Jan 17:00 and 21:00
Five performances left of the Christmas ballet, closing on 5 January with a 17:00 and a 21:00. Simone Valastro's choreography.
📍 Location: Teatro di San Carlo, Via San Carlo 98/f
🏷️ Categories: BALLET
🌐 More Information: Teatro di San Carlo
Orlando Furioso
📅 Wednesday 20 – Sunday 24 January 2027
Davide Livermore stages Ariosto's poem in Margherita Rubino's adaptation, five nights only, in a co-production between the Teatro Nazionale di Genova and HNK Rijeka.
📍 Location: Teatro Mercadante, Piazza Municipio
🏷️ Categories: THEATRE
🌐 More Information: Teatro di Napoli
"L'eroe ritrovato" — Handel and Vivaldi
📅 Friday 15 January 2027
Stefano Demicheli conducts the Orchestra Nazionale Barocca dei Conservatori in Handel and Vivaldi, in a church rather than a concert hall. One of thirteen dates in the Pietà de' Turchini's Tempo Rubato season.
📍 Location: Chiesa di Santa Caterina da Siena
🏷️ Categories: CONCERT
🌐 More Information: Fondazione Pietà de' Turchini
🏛️ Learn and do
"Angelica e Élisabeth. L'età delle donne pittrici"
📅 6 November 2026 – 7 March 2027
Kauffmann and Vigée Le Brun, two women who painted at the courts of Europe, shown against the Bourbon court that commissioned them. The run covers January and closes on 7 March.
📍 Location: Gallerie d'Italia – Napoli, Palazzo Piacentini, Via Toledo 177
🏷️ Categories: EXHIBITION
🌐 More Information: Gallerie d'Italia, Naples
#domenicalmuseo — free first Sunday
📅 Sunday 3 January 2027
Italy's state museums open free on the first Sunday. Palazzo Reale shuts on Wednesdays, so a Sunday is the day it is both open and free.
📍 Location: Palazzo Reale, Piazza del Plebiscito, and Museo Pignatelli
🏷️ Categories: FREE MUSEUM DAY
🌐 More Information: Palazzo Reale di Napoli