About
July 5 and 6 2025, 21pm | Main Stage
Bernstein – Barber – Dvořák
Conductor Salvatore Punturo
Teatro Massimo Chorus and Orchestra Ensemble
Running time: 55 minutes (without intermission)
Tickets
Bookings open on Tuesday, June 3
Price range: 10 – 25 euro
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Programme
Antonín Dvořák
Te deum
Soprano Emanuela Sala
Baritone Salvatore Grigoli
Piano Claudio Marchetti
Samuel Barber
Agnus Dei
Piano Claudio Marchetti
Leonard Bernstein
Chichester Psalms
Voce bianca Simona Forte (5) / Maria Vittoria Cuccia (6)
Soprano Adelaide Minnone
Contralto Daniela My
Tenore Gianmarco Randazzo
Basso Federico Cucinotta
Harp Francesca Luppino
Percussions Silvia De Checchi
Organ Pasquale Lo Cascio
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Ph. Franco Lannino
The poster
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Sunday 19 July 2026, 9pm | Main Stage
In Memoria
in memory of Paolo Borsellino, Agostino Catalano, Walter Eddie Cosina, Emanuela Loi, Vincenzo Li Muli and Claudio Traina
Conductor Salvatore Punturo
Teatro Massimo Youth Chorus and Cantoria
Teatro Massimo Female Chorus
Cantoria Master Giuseppe Ricotta
CORO DI VOCI BIANCHE
Music by Karl Jenkins, Alberto Maniaci, Bob Chilcott, Leonard Bernstein
CANTORIA
Traditional songs and pieces by Giuseppe Ricotta
CANTORIA AND YOUTH CHORUS
Music by Bear McCreary, Giuseppe Ricotta
FEMALE CHORUS, YOUTH CHORUS AND CANTORIA
Maria Chiara Casà A questa città vorrei dire (a commission of the Teatro Massimo, world premiere)
Tickets
Tickets
Booking opens on Friday 12 June 2026
Price range: 10 – 15 €
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July 15 2025, 9pm | Main Stage
Musica da Oscar
Conductor Maurizio Billi
Soprano Anna Kazlova
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
Running time: 75 minutes
Tickets
Bookings open on Tuesday, June 3
Price range: 10 – 25 euro
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Programme
Nino Rota
The Leopard symphonic suite
Ennio Morricone
Inseguendo quel suono’ (Cockeye’s Song – Lady Caliph – The Inheritance)
Ennio Morricone
My Heart and I (The Octopus) (arr. Maurizio Billi)
John Williams
Movies Symphony (Star Wars – Raiders of the Lost Ark – E.T. – Superman) (arr. Roberto Granata)
John Williams
Main Theme (Schindler’s List)
Astor Piazzolla
Ave Maria (Tanti anni fa) (Enrico IV) (arr. Maurizio Billi)
Bernard Herrmann
Vertigo – Suite
Ennio Morricone
Symphonic ecstasy (A Fistful of Dynamite- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) (arr. Maurizio Billi)
Ennio Morricone
Hommage to Morricone (The Untouchables – Cinema Paradiso – The Secret of the Sahara – The Mission) (arr. Maurizio Billi e Roberto Granata)
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Poster
About
Friday 17 and Saturday 18 July 2026, 9pm | Main Stage
Gran Galà del Tango e della Danza
(Tango and Dance Gala Evening)
Conductor Alessandro Cadario
Guest étoiles
Jevgeni Grib (Estonian National Theatre Vanemuine) and Marta Navasardyan (Estonian National Ballet)
Holly Dorger (Royal Danish Ballet) and Jon Axel Fransson (Royal Danish Ballet)
Teatro Massimo Ballet and Orchestra
Ballet Director Jean-Sébastien Colau
The ballet features both Live Orchestra and Recorded Music
Contact Tango
Coreographers Jean-Sébastien Colau and Vincenzo Veneruso
Music by Stefano Conti (recorded)
with Holly Dorger Étoile Royal Danish Ballet
Teatro Massimo Ballet
Grand Pas de Deux from Esmeralda
Coreographer Marius Petipa
restaged by Jean-Sébastien Colau
Music by Cesare Pugni
Soloists Yuriko Nishihara and Michele Morelli Teatro Massimo Ballet
Teatro Massimo Ballet
Sharps & Flats
Coreographer Jevgeni Grib
Music by Sasha Pushkin (recorded)
Soloists
Marta Navasardyan Principal Dancer with the Estonian National Ballet
Jevgeni Grib Principal Dancer with the National Estonian Theatre Vanemuine
Pas de Deux da Satanella
Coreographer Marius Petipa
restaged by Jean-Sébastien Colau
Music by Cesare Pugni
Soloists Francesca Davoli and Alessandro Cascioli Teatro Massimo Ballet
Bitter Earth
Coreographer Jevgeni Grib
Music by Max Richter (recorded)
Interpreti Marta Navasardyan Prima ballerina del Balletto Nazionale d’Estonia
Jevgeni Grib Primo ballerino del Teatro Nazionale Estone Vanemuine
Grand Pas Classique
Coreographer Victor Gsovsky
restaged by Jean-Sébastien Colau
Music by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
Soloists Martina Pasinotti and Alessandro Casà Teatro Massimo Ballet
Pas de deux da “Rubies”
Coreographer George Balanchine
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Soloists Holly Dorger Étoile Royal Danish Ballet
Jon Axel Fransson First Soloist Royal Danish Ballet
Tickets
Tickets
Booking opens on Friday 12 June 2026
Price range: 12 – 30 €
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From 29 to 30 July 2021
Adolphe Adam
Giselle
Conductor Omer Meir Wellber
Coreographer Patrice Bart
from Jean Coralli/Jules Perrot
Production recreated by Raffaella Renzi
Scene Designs Raffaele Del Savio
Costume Designs Giusi Giustino
Lighting Designs Salvatore Spataro
Maîtres de ballet Marco Pierin, Corina Dumitrescu
Teatro Massimo Ballet and Orchestra
Ballet Director Davide Bombana
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Cast
Giselle Alina Cojocaru
Albrecht Timofej Andrijashenko
Myrtha Maria Chiara Grisafi
Hilarion Vincenzo Carpino
Berthe, Giselle’s mother Giada Scimemi
Wilfred, Albrecht’s friend Fabio Correnti
Bathilde, Albrecht’s fiancée Carmen Marcuccio
Duca di Curlandia Gaetano La Mantia
Farmers Linda Messina e Michele Morelli (29) / Yuriko Nishihara e Alessandro Cascioli (30)
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New Guidelines for the Audience
All the people who will access the Teatro Massimo or the Teatro di Verdura 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, by calling the call centre. On performance days the Teatro di Verdura box-office is open from 7.15pm.
Concessions
Under 26, Under35 Card holders, 2020 subscribers, #iorinuncio al rimborso donors, students of the University of Palermo, Palermo Conservatory of Music and Palermo Academy of Arts, Uncalm, groups (at least 20 people for the same date), Diamond Card holders. 6 seats in section 1 are reserved for people with disabilities and their companions for each performance (at the fare of gradinata) - check with the box-office for further info. You will be required to show your ID/certificate to get the concession price.
Photo © Rosellina Garbo
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July 19 2025, 9pm | Main Stage
In memoria
Conductor Salvatore Punturo
Soprano Ginevra Gentile
Baritone Andrea Borghini
Teatro Massimo Chorus
Four-hands piano Giuseppe Cinà e Matteo Londero
in remembrance of Paolo Borsellino, Agostino Catalano, Walter Eddie Cosina, Emanuela Loi, Vincenzo Li Muli and Claudio Traina
Running time: 1 hour and 15 minutes (without intermission)
Tickets
Bookings open on Tuesday, June 3
Price range: 10 – 25 euro
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Programme
Johannes Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem (four-hands piano version)
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The poster
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Saturday 11 July 2026, 9pm| Main Stage
Il genio di Ennio Morricone
Conductor Alberto Maniaci
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
Music by Ennio Morricone
Tickets
Tickets
Booking opens on Friday 12 June 2026
Price range: 12 – 30 €
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Info
From 9 to 11 July 2021
Giuseppe Verdi
La traviata
Conductor Michele Spotti
Mise en espace Ludovico Rajata
Costume Designs and Scenery Francesco Zito
Visual Project Francesco Zito e Ludovico Rajata
Digital Animation Fabiola Nicoletti
Lighting Designs Giuseppe Di Iorio
Coreographer Carmen Marcuccio
Chorus Master Ciro Visco
Teatro Massimo Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet
Cast
Cast
Violetta Valéry Pretty Yende
Flora Carlotta Vichi
Annina Piera Bivona
Alfredo Germont David Astorga
Giorgio Germont Simone Piazzola
Gastone Blagoj Nacoski
Barone Douphol Giuseppe Esposito
Marchese D’Obigny Salvatore Grigoli
Dottor Grenvil Adriano Gramigni
Un commissionario / Domestico di Flora Antonio Barbagallo
Giuseppe Carlo Morgante
Zingarella Francesca Bellone
Matadores Alessandro Casà, Diego Mulone
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New Guidelines for the Audience
All the people who will access the Teatro Massimo or the Teatro di Verdura 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, by calling the call centre. On performance days the Teatro di Verdura box-office is open from 7.15pm.
Concessions
Under 26, Under35 Card holders, 2020 subscribers, #iorinuncio al rimborso donors, students of the University of Palermo, Palermo Conservatory of Music and Palermo Academy of Arts, Uncalm, groups (at least 20 people for the same date), Diamond Card holders. 6 seats in section 1 are reserved for people with disabilities and their companions for each performance (at the fare of gradinata) - check with the box-office for further info. You will be required to show your ID/certificate to get the concession price.
Photo © Rosellina Garbo
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July 17 2025, 9pm | Main stage
Paolo Buonvino – The music beyond the stories – Live
Piano Paolo Buonvino
Violin Prisca Amori
Viola Antonio Bossone
Cello Luca Pincini
Wind Instruments Pasquale Laino
Vocal soloist. Simona Sciacca
Guitar Alessandro Chimienti
Percussions Puccio Panettieri
Harmonica Mauro Menegazzi
Electronics Silvia Barbera
Guest Faisal Taher
Running time: 1 hour and 40 minutes (without intermission)
Tickets
Bookings open on Tuesday, June 3
Price range: 12 – 30 euro
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Programme
Programme
Fatima (from Fatima, director Marco Pontecorvo)
Where are you? (from Fatima, director Marco Pontecorvo)
Risvegli (from A casa tutti bene – La serie, director Gabriele Muccino)
Una nuova alba (from A casa tutti bene – La serie, director Gabriele Muccino)
Sconvolti (from A casa tutti bene – La serie, director Gabriele Muccino)
Caos Calmo (from Caos calmo, director Antonello Grimaldi)
Noite e Luar (from Manuale d’amore, director Giovanni Veronesi)
Gabriel Tango (from Ecco fatto, director Gabriele Muccino)
Les estivants (from Les estivants, director Valeria Bruni Tedeschi)
Apertura (from L’ultimo bacio, director Gabriele Muccino)
Non sono pensieri carini (from l’ultimo bacio, director Gabriele Muccino)
Tema semplice (from L’ultimo bacio, director Gabriele Muccino)
Grande mistero (from Padre Pio, director Carlo Carlei)
Mirella (from N – Io e Napoleone, director Paolo Virzì)
Quello che resta (from Ricordati di me, director Gabriele Muccino)
L’amante perduto (from L’amante perduto, director Roberto Faenza)
All’alba ti pinsai (from Italians, director Giovanni Veronesi)
Si vulissi (from Çiatu, Biennale musica di Venezia 2022)
Ferma zitella (from La notte della Taranta Festival 2020)
L’incanto sospeso (from Il Gattopardo – the series, director Tom Shankland)
Spunta lu suli (from Il Gattopardo – the series, director Tom Shankland)
Love for duty (from I Medici – Master of Florence – the series, director Frank Spotniz)
Renaissance (from I Medici – Master of Florence – the series, director Frank Spotniz)
La meraviglia di esserci (from Baciami, director Gabriele Muccino)
Occupazione (from Come te nessuno mai, director Gabriele Muccino)
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The poster
