La leggenda di Tristano e Isotta è antichissima, una delle vicende più romantiche del medioevo: narra le avventure di un cavaliere e di una principessa che si innamorano grazie a un magico Elisir. Wagner compose l’opera su ispirazione del testo di Goffredo di Strasburgo  e riuscì a portarla  in scena nel 1865. È considerata tuttora uno dei capolavori di ogni tempo. La versione che verrà rappresentata, pur mantenendo integre le linee essenziali sia drammaturgiche che musicali, è adattata in modo da esaltare gli aspetti fiabeschi magici e simbolici della vicenda che ha al centro temi importanti legati all’immaginario e all’ideale orizzonte del mondo cavalleresco, come la ricerca dell’amore, il rapporto fra morale pubblica e morale privata, il peccato, la fedeltà.

Frantz Samuele Di Leo (8, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20) / Alfonso Zambuto (9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21)
Grittly Fabiola Galati (8, 11, 12, 15, 18, 21) / Federica Foresta (9, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20)
Berthold Giovanni Palminteri (8, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20) / Nicola Ciancio (9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21)

Teatro Massimo Orchestra

A Teatro Massimo New Production

Frantz and Grittly are two young street artists from Tyrol on the route to Strasbourg. Why are they traveling? To visit and help Charlotte, Grittly’s sister, who has recently become a widower, after the alleged passing of her husband Bertoldo. Their encounter with a merchant called ‘U Venditor sweeps them up in a whirlwind of misunderstandings, promises, and lies: everything revolves around a lottery ticket, a symbol of easy (and deceptive) fortune. Amid laughter and twists and turns, the show invites us to reflect on how fragile dreams of wealth are and how solid human bonds and the truth of feelings are.

A funny little man descends one evening from a moonbeam and finds himself in the fascinating circus life populated by acrobats, clowns, knife throwers, ferocious animals, tamers, and lots of music…

Cupido Alessandra Fazzino 
Apollo Daniele Muratori Caputo / Diego Savini
Dafne Noemi Muschetti / Amélie Hois

Teatro Massimo Orchestra

A Teatro Massimo New Production

This show updates the myth of Apollo and Daphne to reflect on gender violence. Apollo is an arrogant and powerful head of state who, blinded by his ego, sees Daphne as a reward he is entitled to, ignoring her rejection. Cupid, here an elderly and disillusioned figure, is unable to prevent Apollo’s obsession. The story focuses on possessive love: the god pursues Daphne to the point of causing her death, unable to tolerate her refusal, while his grief is only a public charade. The work is a reflection on the relevance of Ovid’s tragic ending, denouncing the inability to accept rejection and the destruction that follows.

A painful, unforgettable story of Liliana Segre being deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp when she was only 13 years old. A story of which the world must become the bearer in order to pass on what has been and must never happen again. A story that stems from the personal need to help young consciences become familiar with painful facts that are part of our past through the most suitable tools.

Aida is not only a monumental opera set in an idealized Egypt, but a universal story that speaks of deep human emotions. The protagonists—Aida, Radamès, and Amneris—are young people overwhelmed by passions and ambitions greater than themselves, victims of an inexorable fate and a cruel and useless war. The opera thus becomes a reflection on love as the only way to give meaning to life.

A funny little man descends one evening from a moonbeam and finds himself in the fascinating circus life populated by acrobats, clowns, knife throwers, ferocious animals, tamers, and lots of music…

Aida is not only a monumental opera set in an idealized Egypt, but a universal story that speaks of deep human emotions. The protagonists—Aida, Radamès, and Amneris—are young people overwhelmed by passions and ambitions greater than themselves, victims of an inexorable fate and a cruel and useless war. The opera thus becomes a reflection on love as the only way to give meaning to life.