The Legend of Zelda 40th anniversary concert comes to Italy: three shows in Rome on 17 and 18 April 2027

The orchestral tour for The Legend of Zelda's 40th anniversary will also stop in Italy. Today, 12 November, Nintendo announced a new set of dates on its European channels, with Rome at the top of the list: 17 and 18 April 2027. According to the tour's official website, there will be three shows, all at the Auditorium Conciliazione with the Orchestra Italiana del Cinema: on 17 April at 8:30 p.m. and on 18 April at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

The other new cities are Amsterdam (6 and 7 September 2027, at the Concertgebouw with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra), Frankfurt am Main (10 and 11 September, Alte Oper, Frankfurt Radio Symphony) and Paris (13 and 14 November, Philharmonie de Paris, Orchestre Colonne). The official graphic also lists among the new dates another performance in London on 6 April and dates in Stockholm (19 June), Edinburgh (17 September) and Glasgow (18 September). Spain is listed as "coming soon". Nintendo Australia and New Zealand has also added an afternoon performance in Sydney on 9 July 2027, at the Sydney Opera House.

Nintendo Italia says tickets will go on sale tomorrow at 1 p.m., with presale and general sale times varying by venue; tickets for Paris and Frankfurt will be available later.

It delivers on the promise made in September, when the tour was announced with the 40th anniversary Direct: at the time the website mentioned further concerts "being planned" in France, Germany, Italy and Spain. The series, with music from across the saga "from nostalgic to modern melodies", starts in North America on 22 February 2027 in Chicago; in Europe it opens on 3 April at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and all four London performances on 3 and 4 April are already sold out, as are those in Chicago and Melbourne.