About
8 – 21 November, 2025 | Sala ONU, Teatro Massimo
Il 66
Il biglietto vincente
by Jacques Offenbach
from 8 to 15 years old | School Group Bookings open on October 22, 2025
Libretto Auguste Pittaud de Forges and Laurencin
Conductor and orchestrator Alberto Maniaci
Director, translation into Italian and adaptation of dialogues Salvatore Cannova
Rhythmic translation Paolo V. Montanari and Salvatore Cannova
Scene Designs Roberto Tusa
Costume Designs Giusy Di Trapani
Assistant Director Elena Snidero
Lighting Designs Vincenzo Traina
Tickets
Full price: 10 €
Concession: 8 €
Students: 4 €
Free entrance for 1 teacher every 10 students, students with disabilities and their support teachers
Cast & Plot
Cast
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
The plot
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.
Gallery
Ph. Franco Lannino
Spoken and sung parts of the performance are in Italian; a basic understanding of the language is adviced.
Performances from Tue to Fri are events 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.
Sat and Sun performances are open to everyone.
Find out more about our Educational project for school groups.
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Dates
- 8 November5:30 PMFamily Event9 November5:30 PMFamily Event11 November10:00 AMSchool-Groups Event11 November11:30 AMSchool-Groups Event12 November10:00 AMSchool-Groups Event12 November11:30 AMSchool-Groups Event13 November10:00 AMSchool-Groups Event13 November11:30 AMSchool-Groups Event14 November10:00 AMSchool-Groups Event14 November11:30 AMSchool-Groups Event15 November5:30 PMFamily Event16 November5:30 PMFamily Event18 November10:00 AMSchool-Groups Event18 November11:30 AMSchool-Groups Event19 November10:00 AMSchool-Groups Event19 November11:30 AMSchool-Groups Event20 November10:00 AMSchool-Groups Event20 November11:30 AMSchool-Groups Event21 November10:00 AMSchool-Groups Event21 November11:30 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.
Poster
About
This event is in Italian.
Tickets (3 euros) 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).
Programme
Beatrice Monroy
presents Otello by Gioachino Rossini with Giuseppe Cutino and Sabrina Petyx.
About
Monday October 20 2025, 6pm – Main Stage
Gala Concert – International Lyric Award Final “Ottavio Ziino”
For the first time, the Final of the International Lyric Award dedicated to Maestro Ottavio Ziino will take place in his hometown, Palermo, rather than in Rome.
This prestigious event, now in its 24th edition, has been discovering and promoting new talents on the international opera scene for many years, with a prestigious international jury committee.
This is a unique opportunity to hear young talents from the world of opera perform live in one of Europe’s most iconic theatres, in the spirit of remembrance and musical excellence.
Tickets
Full price 10 euro
Concession price 5 euroIl Concorso
About
The Ottavio Ziino Opera Competition, founded in 2002 by Prof. Wally Santarcangelo, who is also the current artistic director, represents an important opportunity for growth and improvement for young opera singers up to the age of 33. It is a unique opportunity to develop their talent in an art form that is as demanding as it is fascinating.
The competition, organised by the Association Il Villaggio della Musica in collaboration with the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, is sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the City of Palermo.
Info
Tuesday, February 17 2026, 6 pm, Sala Onu
Talking about Opera – Dido and Aeneas
This event is in Italian.
The art of storytelling is made up of intertwined threads that open up the enchantment of listening.
Beatrice Monroy tells us the story of the opera Dido and Aeneas with Rinaldo Clementi and Consuelo Lupo.
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.
