On Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at 8:30 PM, the historic Teatro Niccolini in Florence will welcome an extraordinary international star: Paulo Szot, the Tony Award–winning baritone whose spectacular career has captivated audiences from Broadway to the world’s greatest opera houses. Winner of the Tony Award for his acclaimed Broadway debut as Emile de Becque in South Pacific—an achievement followed by the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Awards—Szot has gone on to grace the stages of the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, the Paris Opera and Teatro Real Madrid, while dazzling audiences in Chicago, Evita, & Juliet and Hadestown. A singular artist who moves effortlessly between opera and musical theatre, he possesses the rare combination of a magnificent voice, magnetic stage presence and unmistakable international glamour. Now, in a spectacular concert with orchestra, Paulo Szot comes to Florence for the very first time. His Florentine debut is more than a concert—it is a meeting between one of the great voices of our time and one of the world’s great cities of art, beauty and music. In the intimate splendor of the Teatro Niccolini, this promises to be a truly unforgettable evening.
