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Loving Ella
Monday, september 23 2019, 8:30 pm |Main stage, Teatro Massimo
Omaggio a Ella Fitzgerald
Conductor Domenico Riina
Voce Simona Molinari
Orchestra Jazz Siciliana
In collaborazione con The Brass Group
Programme
Programme
Gerald Marks – Seymour Simons
All Of Me
A-Tisket A-Tasket (arr. J. Stephens – T. Gad)
Richard Rodgers – Lorenz Hart
Bewitched
Duke Ellington – Johnny Mercer – Billy Strayhorn
Satin Doll
George Gershwin – Ira Gershwin
But Not For Me
Summertime da Porgy and Bess
The Man I Love
Kurt Weill – Bertolt Brecht
Mack The Knife
Henry Mancini – Johnny Mercer
Moon River
Don Scamber
Blues Right Down To The Shues
Simona Molinari
Egocentrica
Amore a prima vista
Lelio Luttazzi
Dr Jekyll
Simona Molinari – Carlo Avarello – Maurizio Vultaggio – Peter Cincotti
La felicità
Eros Sciorilli – Giancarlo Testoni
In cerca di te
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May 6 2026, 8:30 pm| Main Stage
Orchestra del Conservatorio Scarlatti
Orchestra of the Scarlatti Conservatory of Music
Conductor Giuseppe Crapisi
Flauto Alessandro Nigrelli
Orchestra of the Scarlatti Conservatory of Music
In collaboration with the Scarlatti Conservatory of Music in Palermo
Programme & Tickets
Programme
Leonardo Scicolone
Per l’umanità
Winning Composition of the Student Contest at the Palermo Conservatory of Musica “A. Scarlatti”
Carl Reinecke
Concerto for flute and orchestra in D major op. 283
Richard Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
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Conductor Ingo Metzmacher
Alto Sara Mingardo
Teatro Massimo Female Chorus, Youth Chorus and Orchestra
Programme
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3
Biglietti
Tickets
Booking opens on January 9 2024
Price range: 15 to 30 euro [check ticket fares & info]
Info for subscribers to the 2023-24 Season at the 2023-2024 Season Tickets Page
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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
Tickets
Booking opens on May 30 2024
Price Range: 10 – 25 euro
Programme
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
Programme
Programme
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
Tickets
Tickets
Booking opens on January 9 2024
Price range: 15 to 30 euro [check ticket fares & info]
Info for subscribers to the 2023-24 Season at the 2023-2024 Season Tickets Page
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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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