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Opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Giovanni Schmidt
Conductor Antonino Fogliani
Director Davide Livermore
Assistant Director Sax Nicosia
Scene Designs Giò Forma
Costume Designs Gianluca Falaschi
Costume Collaborator Anna Verde
Lighting Designs Nicolas Bovey
Videodesign D-Wok
Assistant Conductor Nicola Pascoli
Teatro Massimo Chorus and Orchestra
Chorus Master Salvatore Punturo
A production of the Rossini Opera Festival and the Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Cast
Elisabetta Nino Machaidze (22, 25, 27, 29) / Aya Wakizono (24, 26)
Leicester Enea Scala (22, 25, 27, 29) / Mert Süngü (24, 26)
Norfolc Ruzil Gatin (22, 25, 27, 29) / Alasdair Kent (24, 26)
Matilde Salome Jicia (22, 25, 27, 29) / Veronica Marini (24, 26)
Enrico Rosa Bove
Guglielmo Francesco Lucii
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- 22 October8:00 PMPremiere24 October8:00 PMF Turn25 October6:30 PMB Turn26 October6:30 PMOpera Turn27 October5:30 PMD Turn29 October6:30 PMC Turn
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September 17 – 25 2025 | Main Stage, Teatro Massimo
Conductor Riccardo Bisatti
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Dates
- 17 September8:00 PMPremiere18 September6:30 PMTurno B19 September8:00 PMTurno F20 September8:00 PMTickets-only21 September6:30 PMTurno D23 September6:30 PMTurno Scuola24 September6:30 PMTurno C25 September6:30 PMTickets-only
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November 21 to November 27 2025 | Main Stage
Aleko / Pagliacci
Music by Sergej Vasil’evič Rachmaninov / Ruggero Leoncavallo
Conductor Francesco Lanzillotta
Director Silvia Paoli
Scene Designs Eleonora De Leo
Costume Designs Ilaria Ariemme
Lighting Designs Fiammetta Baldiserri
Collaborating Lighting Designer Marcello Lumaca
Choreography Daisy Ransom Phillips
Assistant Director Lisa Capaccioli
Aiuto costumi Alice Perez
Aiuto scene Elena Madia
Cast
Aleko / Tonio Elchin Azizov (21, 23, 25, 27) / Federico Longhi (22, 26)
Zemfira / Nedda Carolina López Moreno (21, 23, 25, 27) / Tetiana Miyus (22, 26)
Giovane zingaro Pavel Kolgatin
Vecchio zingaro Petar Naydenov
Canio Brian Jagde (21, 23, 25, 27) / Ivan Magrì (22, 26)
Silvio Gustavo Castillo
Beppe Matteo Mezzaro
Farmer Antonio Barbagallo (21, 23, 26) / Federico Cucinotta (22, 25, 27)
Another Farmer Gianmarco Randazzo (21, 23, 26) / Francesco Polizzi (22, 25, 27)
Chorus, Youth Chorus, Ballet and Orchestra of the Teatro Massimo
Chorus Master Salvatore Punturo
Ballet Director Jean-Sébastien ColauA Teatro Massimo New Production
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Booking
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Booking opens on November 5 2025Check the 2025-2026 Tickets Page-
Dates
- 21 November7:00 PMPremiere22 November8:00 PMTurno F23 November5:30 PMTurno D
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October 5 – 12 2025 | Main Stage, Teatro Massimo
Alessandro Scarlatti
MITRIDATE EUPATORE
Libretto by Girolamo Frigimelica Roberti, from Sophocles’ Electra and Euriphides’ Electra
Critical edition edited by Luca Della Libera, Giacomo Biagi, and Paolo V. Montanari
Musical Tragedy in five acts
Staged in Palermo for the first time
Conductor Giulio PrandiDirector Cecilia Ligorio
Dramaturgy Paolo V. Montanari and Cecilia Ligorio
Scene Designs Gregorio ZurlaCostume Designs Vera Pierantoni GiuaLighting Designs Fabio Barettin
Assistant Conductor Giacomo Biagi
Assistant Director Davide Finotti
Assistant Costume Designs Enrica Giusti
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Mitridate Tim MeadIssicratea Francesca AsciotiStratonica Carmela RemigioFarnace Renato Dolcini
Laodice Arianna VendittelliNicomede Martina Licari
Pelopida Konstantin Derri
Basso Continuo
Harpsichord Maestro Ignazio Maria Schifani
Harpsichord Michele Barbieri
Theorbo Giulio Falzone, Giorgia Zanin
Cello Kristi CurbTeatro Massimo Orchestra and ChorusChorus Master Salvatore PunturoA Teatro Massimo New ProductionGallery
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Dates
- 5 October8:00 PMPremiere7 October6:30 PMTurno C9 October6:30 PMTurno B12 October5:30 PMTurno D
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December 14 to December 23 2025 | Main Stage
La bohème
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Conductor Carlo Montanaro
Director Mario Pontiggia
Scene Designs Antonella Conte
Costume Designs Francesco Zito
Lighting Designs Bruno Ciulli
Assistant Director Luigia Frattaroli
Cast
Mimì Anastasia Bartoli (14, 17, 19, 21) / Hasmik Torosyan (16, 18) / Jessica Nuccio (20,
23)
Rodolfo Arturo Chacón-Cruz (14, 17, 19, 21) / To be determined (16, 18, 20, 23)
Marcello Giulio Mastrototaro (14, 17, 19, 21) / Francesco Vultaggio (16, 18, 20, 23)
Musetta Hasmik Torosyan (14, 21) / Francesca Benitez (16, 18, 20, 23) / Jessica Nuccio (17, 19)
Schaunard Diego Savini (14, 17, 19, 21) / Daniele Muratori Caputo (16, 18, 20, 23)
Colline George Andguladze
Benoît/Alcindoro Giuseppe Esposito
Parpignol Francesco Polizzi (14, 17, 19, 21) /Gianmarco Randazzo (16, 18, 20, 23)
A customs officer Federico Cucinotta
Sergeant of customs officers Antonio Barbagallo
A plum seller Carlo Morgante
Teatro Massimo Chorus, Youth Chorus and Orchestra
A Teatro Massimo New Production
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Booking opens on November 12 2025More info at the 2025-2026 Tickets Page-
Dates
- 14 December8:00 PMPremiere16 December6:30 PMTurno Scuola17 December6:30 PMTurno C18 December8:00 PMTurno F19 December6:30 PMTurno B20 December6:30 PMTurno Opera21 December5:30 PMTurno D23 December6:30 PMTickets-only
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October 17 – 23 2025 | Main Stage, Teatro Massimo
Vincenzo BelliniLA SONNAMBULALibretto by Felice Romani, from La somnambule di Eugène ScribeConductor Giuseppe MengoliDirector Bárbara Lluch
Assistant Director Anna Ponces
Scene Designs Christof HetzerCostume Designs Clara Peluffo
Assistant to Costume Designs Agnès Costa Olivé
Coreographer Iratxe Ansa and Igor BacovichLighting Designs Urs Schönebaum
Assistant to the Lighting Designs Fabio BarettinCast
Amina Jessica Pratt (17, 19, 21, 23) / Vittoriana De Amicis (18, 22)Elvino Francesco Demuro (17, 19, 21, 23) / César Cortés (18, 22)Rodolfo Carlo Lepore (17, 19, 21, 23) / Gabriele Sagona (18, 22)Lisa Ilaria Monteverdi (17, 19, 21, 23) / Noemi Muschetti (18, 22)Alessio Mariano Orozco
Teresa Daniela Pini
Un notaro Pietro Luppina (17, 19, 22) / Gianmarco Randazzo (18, 21, 23)
Teatro Massimo Orchestra, Chorus and BalletChorus Master Salvatore PunturoBallet Director Jean-Sébastien ColauA new co-production of the Teatro Real Madrid, Teatro Liceu Barcellona and the New National Theatre TokyoCast
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Amina Jessica Pratt (17, 19, 21, 23) / Vittoriana De Amicis (18, 22)Elvino Francesco Demuro (17, 19, 21, 23) / César Cortés (18, 22)Rodolfo Carlo Lepore (17, 19, 21, 23) / Gabriele Sagona (18, 22)Lisa Ilaria Monteverdi (17, 19, 21, 23) / Noemi Muschetti (18, 22)Alessio Mariano Orozco
Teresa Daniela Pini
Un notaro Pietro Luppina (17, 19, 22) / Gianmarco Randazzo (18, 21, 23)
Teatro Massimo Orchestra, Chorus and BalletChorus Master Salvatore PunturoBallet Director Jean-Sébastien ColauA new co-production of the Teatro Real Madrid, Teatro Liceu Barcellona and the New National Theatre TokyoBooking
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Booking opens on December 3 2024from 22 to 165 euro [check ticket fares & info]Gallery
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Dates
- 17 October8:00 PMPremiere18 October6:30 PMTurno Danza19 October5:30 PMTurno D21 October6:30 PMTurno C22 October6:30 PMTurno Opera23 October8:00 PMTurno F
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March 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 2026 | Main Stage
Semiramide
Music by Gioachino Rossini
Conductor Christopher Franklin
Director, Scene and Costume Designs Pierre-Emmanuel Rousseau
Lighting Designs Gilles GentnerCast
Semiramide Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (11, 13, 15, 18) /Martina Russomanno (12, 14, 17)
Arsace Chiara Amarù (11, 13, 15, 18) / Ginger Costa-Jackson (12, 14, 17)
Assur Mirco Palazzi (11, 13, 15, 18)
Idreno Maxim Mironov (11, 13, 15, 18) / Antonino Siragusa (12, 14, 17)
Azema Francesca Cucuzza
Oroe/L’ombra di Nino Adriano GramigniTeatro Massimo Chorus and Orchestra
Chorus Master Salvatore PunturoA Opéra de Rouen – Normandie Production
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Booking opens on December 3 2025More info at the 2025-2026 Season Tickets Page-
Dates
- 11 March8:00 PMPremiere12 March6:30 PMTurno Opera13 March6:30 PMTurno B14 March8:00 PMTurno F15 March5:30 PMTurno D17 March6:30 PMFuori abbonamento18 March6:30 PMTurno C
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April 26, 28, 29, 30, May 2, 3 2026 | Main Stage
Le convenienze e inconvenienze teatrali
Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Conductor George Petrou
Director Moshe Leiser e Patrice Caurier
Scene Designs Moshe Leiser
Lighting Designs Christophe Forey
Cast
Mamma Agata Nicola Alaimo
Corilla Desirée Rancatore
Procolo Giuseppe Toia
Luigia Caterina Di Tonno
Pippetto Maximiliano Danta
Impresario Salvatore SalvaggioTeatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
A Teatro Massimo New Production
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Booking opens on December 3 2025More info at the 2025-2026 Season Tickets Page-
Dates
- 26 April8:00 PMPremiere28 April6:30 PMTurno B29 April6:30 PMTurno Scuola30 April6:30 PMTurno C2 May6:30 PMTurno Opera3 May5:30 PMTurno D
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La Favorite
February 24 – March 3, 2019| Main Stage, Teatro Massimo
Grand-opéra
Libretto by Alphonse Royer e Gustave Vaëz
Music of Gaetano DonizettiConductor Francesco Lanzillotta
Director Allex Aguilera
Costume and Scene Designs Francesco Zito
Lighting Designs Caetano Vilela
Coreographer Carmen Marcuccio
Scene assistant Antonella Conte
Costume assistant Ilaria AriemmeTeatro Massimo Ballet, Orchestra and Chorus
A Teatro Massimo new productionCast
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Léonor Sonia Ganassi (24, 26, 28, 3) / Raehann Bryce-Davis (27, 2)
Ines Clara Polito
Fernand John Osborn (24, 26, 28, 3) / Giorgio Misseri (27, 2)
Alphonse Mattia Olivieri (24, 27, 3) / Simone Piazzola (26, 28, 2)
Balthazar Marko Mimica (24, 26, 28, 3) / Riccardo Fassi (27, 2)
Don Gaspar Blagoj Nacoski
Un seigneur Carlo MorganteGallery
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- 24 February8:30 PMTurno Prime26 February6:30 PMTurno C27 February6:30 PMTurno Scuola28 February6:30 PMTurno B2 March8:30 PMTurno F3 March5:30 PMTurno D



