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Conductor Ingo Metzmacher
Alto Sara Mingardo
Teatro Massimo Female Chorus, Youth Chorus and Orchestra
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3
Biglietti
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Booking opens on January 9 2024
Price range: 15 to 30 euro [check ticket fares & info]
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July 20 2024 – 7pm and 9pm | Main Stage, Teatro Massimo
Kagarlitsky – Mascellino – Cinematic Chanson
Concerto for accordion and string orchestra
Concept and arrangements Gaetano Randazzo
Conductor Keren Kagarlitsky
Accordion Ruggiero Mascellino
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
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Booking opens on May 30 2024
Price Range: 10 – 25 euro
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Music
Prélude (su temi di J. Kosma)
Pierrot (R. Mascellino/G. Randazzo)
Ratatouille (R. Mascellino/G. Randazzo)
Valse à Margaux (R. Galliano)
Le Grand Michel (G. Randazzo)
Valse Sicilienne (su temi di G. Marinuzzi)
Valse Lyrique (su temi di N. Rota)
Divertissement (su temi di A. Piazzolla)
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April 24 2025, 8:30pm – Main Stage, Teatro Massimo
D’Espinosa / Obiso / Nuccio
Conductor Gaetano D’Espinosa
Violin Andrea Obiso
Soprano Jessica Nuccio
Chorus Master Salvatore Punturo
Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
Programme
Sergej Prokofiev
Francis Poulenc
Gloria
Igor Stravinsky
Suite from The Firebird (1919’s version)
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Maxime Pascal
Thursday, october 10 2019, 8:30 pm| Main stage, Teatro Massimo
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Igor Stravinsky
Symphonies d’instruments à vents (versione 1947)
Olivier Messiaen
Oiseaux exotiques per pianoforte e orchestra da camera
Claude Debussy
Danses sacrée et profane per arpa e orchestra d’archi
Arpa Francesca Luppino
Richard Wagner
Siegfried-Idyll
Conductor Maxime Pascal
Piano Sinforosa Petralia
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
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June 9 and 10 2026, 8:30 pm | Main Stage
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9
Conductor Nir Kabaretti
Soprano Maria Mudryak
Mezzosoprano Nino Surguladze
Tenore Antonio Poli
Baritono Alfonso Mujica
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Massimo
Maestro del Coro Salvatore Punturo
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
De profundis
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony n. 9 in D minor per soloists, chorus and orchestra op. 125
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Conductor Gabriele Ferro
Soprano Carolina López Moreno
Mezzosoprano Vasilisa Berzhanskaya
Tenor Francesco Demuro
Bass Luca Tittoto
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Massimo
Photographs Franco Lannino
Programme
Gioachino Rossini
Stabat Mater
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Booking opens on January 9 2024
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April 29 2025, 8pm – Main Stage, Teatro Massimo
Chaslin – Strauss: Life of a Hero
Conductor Frédéric Chaslin
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
Programme
Richard Strauss
Ein Heldenleben
Presenting the programme
Composed in 1898, ‘A Hero’s Life’ (Ein Heldenleben), Op. 40, is one of Richard Strauss’ most emblematic and ambitious symphonic works. Famous for its orchestral richness, it features an impressive ensemble with a wide range of wind instruments, percussion and a solo role of great virtuosity entrusted to the first violin. The piece recounts the life of a man who reconsiders his entire existence and the meaning of his work. The German composer portrays himself as a ‘hero’, not in the conventional sense, but as an artist committed to his creative struggle and his vision of the world. The score is divided into six sections that range from heroic battle scenes to moments of deep introspection, and outline an intense musical self-portrait. The first section, The Hero, evokes a portrait of the poem’s protagonist; the second, The Hero’s Adversaries depicts the hero’s critics and opponents, with dissonances and harsh sounds; the third The Hero’s Companion celebrates love with a long violin solo; the fourth The Battlefield depicts the struggles and challenges faced by the artist, culminating in a sonorous explosion; the fifth The Works of Peace takes up themes from Strauss’s earlier works and his artistic achievements; the sixth and final The Retreat from the World and the Hero’s End is a melancholic epilogue that marks the hero’s detachment from worldly struggles and the attainment of inner peace.
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Beethoven / Ferro
November 5 2019, 8:30 pm |Main stage, Teatro Massimo
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Gratulations-Menuett WoO 3
“Ah perfido!” Aria da concerto op. 65 per soprano e orchestra
Sinfonia n. 3 in Mi bemolle maggiore op. 55 “Eroica”
Conductor Gabriele Ferro
Soprano Sophie Karthäuser
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
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September 24 2026, 8:30 pm | Main Stage
Sicilian Jazz Orchestra – The Brass Group
Conductor Domenico Riina
Sicilian Jazz Orchestra
In collaboration with Sicilian Jazz Orchestra Foundation – The Brass Group