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Thursday December 11 2025, 6:00pm, Sala Onu
Talking about Opera – La bohème
This event is in Italian.
The art of storytelling is made up of intertwined threads that open up the enchantment of listening.
Beatrice Monroy tell us the story of the opera La bohème with Gigi Borruso and Sabrina Petix.
The wonderful story of Mimì, Musetta and the four boys in the Parisian attic comes to Puccini from Henry Muger’s play, Scènes de la vie de Bohème.
A story of young people, hopes and loves that don’t know how to move forward.
Stories that break the melodrama of heroes – they are just ordinary people without a penny. That’s life.
We have chosen to open and close with two poems by Baudelaire; when you hear them, you will find they are just right for the occasion.
Tickets (3 euros) are available at the box-office and online.
You can access the Sala Onu through the stairs located in the stage door area (on the right side of the main entrance, close to Via Pignatelli Aragona).
An accessible pathway, with no steps and the elevator, is also available (ask the staff for guidance).
About
The Project
Beatrice Monroy – with readings by Stefania Blandeburgo, Gigi Borruso, Rinaldo Clementi, Giuseppe Cutino, Consuelo Lupo, and Sabrina Petyx – recounts the plots of the Operas staged at the Teatro Massimo to the audience, as well as the historical and cultural references on which the librettists based their work.
Our aim is to bring to the audience the extraordinary stories that inspired the Masters to compose their masterpieces.
About
Friday, March 6 2026, 6 pm – Sala ONU
This event is in Italian.
Free entrance
You can access the Sala Onu through the stairs located in the stage door area (on the right side of the main entrance, close to Via Pignatelli Aragona). An accessible pathway, with no steps and the elevator, is also available (ask the staff for guidance).
The presentations are organized by the Associazione Amici del Teatro Massimo.
Programme
Alberto Mattioli
talks about Semiramide by Gioachino Rossini
About
27 January, 2025 | Sala Grande, Teatro Massimo
from 11 to 18 years old | Bookings from November 25, 2024
with Margherita Mannino
Dramaturgy Daniela Palumbo
Director Lorenzo Maragoni
Costume Designs Silvana Galota
Original music by Filippo Cosentino
Technical Director Alberto Gottardi
Sound designer Marco Labruna
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M.i.l.k. – Minds In a Lovely Karma production
under the patronage of Associazione Figli della Shoah and Comunità Ebraica di Venezia
In collaboration with La Piccionaia Centro di Produzione Teatrale
Tickets
Students 5 €
Full price 12 €
Reduced price 10 €
For more information
Programme
The plot
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.
Spoken parts of the performance are in Italian; a basic understanding of the language is adviced.
This is an event for school groups. In case seats are available to the general audience, they will be on sale on the same day of performance at the box-office.
About
27 – 30 January 2026 | Main Stage
Aida anime di sabbia
with Giuseppe Verdi‘s music
from 8 to 14 years old | School Group Bookings from November 11 2025
Director Manu Lalli
Original music and arrangements Simone Piraino
Conductor Daniele Malinverno (27, 29) / Michele De Luca (28, 30)
Assistant Director Chiara Casalbuoni
Scene Designs Daniele Leone
Scene and Costume Making Marco Burberi, Paola Pietri and Ginevra Boni
Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
Chorus Master Salvatore Punturo
A Teatro Massimo New Production
Cast
Aida Mariagiorgia Caccamo (27, 29) / Anna Ryabenkaya (28, 30)
Amneris Sonia Sala (27, 29) / Ambra Abbisogni (28, 30)
Radamès Samuele Di Leo (27, 28)/ Alfonso Zambuto (29, 30)
Narrator (Teraki) Giuseppe Randazzo
with the classes of the schools IC Politeama (plesso La Masa) and IC Giotto – Cipolla (plesso Cipolla)
Educational Workshops Assistants Carla Barbato, Anton Giulio Pandolfo
Tickets
Full price: 12 €
Students: 5 €
Free entrance for 1 teacher every 10 students, students with disabilities and their support teachers
Programme
The plot
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.
Gallery
Ph. Franco Lannino
Spoken parts of the performance are in Italian; a basic understanding of the language is adviced.
This is an event for school groups. In case seats are available to the general audience, they will be on sale on the same day of performance at the box-office.
Find out more about our Educational project for school groups.
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Dates
- 27 January10:00 AMSchool-Groups Event27 January11:45 AMSchool-Groups Event28 January10:00 AMSchool-Groups Event28 January11:45 AMSchool-Groups Event29 January10:00 AMSchool-Groups Event29 January11:45 AMSchool-Groups Event30 January10:00 AMSchool-Groups Event30 January11:45 AMSchool-Groups Event
About
Pianists Matteo Franceschini, Antonino Siringo
Free admission subject to availability
The 6th edition of PIANO CITY PALERMO, the piano festival that transforms the city into a big stage, with talented artists from Sicily and all over the world, will be held from October 13th to October 15th.
Piano City Palermo returns to make the city resound with the sound of the piano and lands in Palermo for its sixth edition, thanks to the city’s generous welcome.
The festival, a co-production of the City of Palermo, the Teatro Massimo and the Piano City Milano association, is dedicated to the piano and ranges across musical genres, from classical to jazz, from pop to electronic. In these years of Palermo’s lively transformation, it brings music to the most sensitive, symbolic and significant places for the city’s social life. Concerts are free admission with compulsory booking. A big thank you to the pianists participating in the initiative and to the citizens, who are the true protagonists of this festival dedicated to Palermo!
Programme
Program
Electroacoustic live-set for piano and electronics
About
This event is in Italian.
Free entrance
You can access the Sala Onu through the stairs located in the stage door area (on the right side of the main entrance, close to Via Pignatelli Aragona).
An accessible pathway, with no steps and the elevator, is also available (ask the staff for guidance).The presentations are organized by Associazione Amici del Teatro Massimo.
Programme
Pietro Misuraca
presents Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner.
About
Saturday, May 22 2021, 06:30 pm
Lucia di Lammermoor
(Semi-staged opera)
Opera in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Salvatore CammaranoConductor Roberto Abbado
Mise en espace Ludovico Rajata
Costume Designs William Orlandi
Visual Project William Orlandi and Ludovico Rajata
Digital Animation Fabiola Nicoletti
Lighting Designs Fiammetta Baldiserri
Chorus Master Ciro Visco
Glass harmonica Sascha Reckert
Teatro Massimo Orchestra and ChorusAvailable in live streaming on the Teatro Massimo WebTv
Cast
Cast
Lord Enrico Ashton Ernesto Petti
Lucia Sara Blanch
Edgardo di Ravenswood Celso Albelo
Raimondo Bidebent Michele Pertusi
Arturo David Astorga
Normanno Matteo Mezzaro
Alisa Natalia GavrilanNew Guidelines for the Audience
The Teatro Massimo reopens in May 2021, with new safety and health guidelines linked to the the Covid-19 emergency. All the people who will access the theatre are required to take a few minutes to read the guidelines. Bear in mind that you are required to wear a face mask at all times, measure your body temperature upon arrival to the opera house, keep a physical distance of at least one metre from other people and sit in your selected seat.
Where to buy your tickets
At the Box-office, online on TicketOne.it and by calling the call centre.
Concessions
Under 26 anni, Under35 Card holders, 2020 subscribers, students of the University of Palermo, Palermo Conservatory of Music and Pale rmo Academy of Arts, Uncalm, groups (at least 20 people for the same date), Diamond Card holders, subscribers to the "Associazione Siciliana Amici della Musica" (only for the "Insieme sotto una nuova luce" concerts). People with disabilities and their companions have special fares - check with the box-office for further info. Donors #iorinuncioalrimborso are granted the Under35 discount for the "Sotto una nuova luce" performances.
Photo © Rosellina Garbo
About
Direttore Michele De Luca
Attore Roberto Lipari
Massimo Kids Orchestra
Coro di voci bianche e Coro Arcobaleno del Teatro Massimo
Maestro del Coro Salvatore PunturoMise en éspace Ludovico Rajata
In diretta streaming sulla WebTV del Teatro Massimo
Programme
Giuseppe Mazzamuto
Kaos
Salvatore Nogara
Heart Spring (Dedicato a coloro che hanno combattuto il COVID19)
Georges Bizet
Carmen Fantasy
Giuseppe Ricotta
Ouverture “Viaggio Lunare”
Antonino Francesco Blanco
A star goes out
Bill Conti
Dynasty (arr. Riccardo Mutolo)
Alberto Maniaci
Piccoli Cantori
Toshihiko Sahashi
Mozart Pop Symphony
Simone Piraino
Intermezzo
Ennio Morricone
Moment for Morricone (arr. J. De Meij)
Photo © Franco Lannino
About
This event is in Italian.
Free entrance
You can access the Sala Onu through the stairs located in the stage door area (on the right side of the main entrance, close to Via Pignatelli Aragona).
An accessible pathway, with no steps and the elevator, is also available (ask the staff for guidance).The presentations are organized by Associazione Amici del Teatro Massimo.
Programme
Emanuele Senici
presents La sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini.
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