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June 24 2025, 9pm | Main Stage
Opera in Concert – Maniaci
Conductor Alberto Maniaci
Soprano Desirée Rancatore
Tenor Marco Ciaponi
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
Running time: 1 hour and 20 minutes (without intermission)
Tickets
Bookings open from Tuesday, June 3
Price range: 10 – 25 euro
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Programme
Gioachino Rossini
Sinfonia from L’inganno felice
Giuseppe Verdi
“Lunge da lei… De’ miei bollenti spiriti” da La traviata
Gaetano Donizetti
“Caro elisir, sei mio… Esulti pur la barbara” da L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love)
Gioachino Rossini
Temporale from Il barbiere di Siviglia (The barber of Seville)
Vincenzo Bellini
“Casta Diva… Ah! Bello a me ritorna” from Norma
Giuseppe Verdi
“Parigi, o cara” da La traviata
Gioachino Rossini
Sinfonia from La scala di seta
Giuseppe Verdi
“O figli… Ah, la paterna mano” da Macbeth
Gaetano Donizetti
“Una parola, o Adina… Chiedi all’aura lusinghiera” da L’elisir d’amore (The elixir of love)
Gioachino Rossini
Temporale from La Cenerentola
Gaetano Donizetti
“O luce di quest’anima” from Linda di Chamounix
Vincenzo Bellini
“Vieni fra queste braccia” from I puritani
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June 29 2025, 9pm | Main Stage
Olimpo – Serata di danza
Coreography by Lucia Ermetto, Marcello Carini, Alessandro Cascioli
Teatro Massimo Corps de ballet
Ballet Director Jean-Sébastien Colau
Music by Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Georg Friedrich Händel
Running time: 2 hours (including two 15-minute intermissions)
Tickets
Bookings open on Tuesday, June 3
Price range: 10 – 25 euro
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Programme
Διάλογος - Il simposio dei miti
Concept, direction and choreography Marcello Carini
Costume Designs Marja Hoffmann
Lighting Designs Vincenzo Traina
Audio Tracks Implementation Samuele Mollisi
Cast
Narciso Gianluca Mascia
Medea Francesca Bellone
Aretusa Martina Pasinotti
Alfeo Alessandro Casà
Artemide Francesca Bellone
Eco Jessica Tranchina
Dorian Michele Morelli
Giasone Diego Mulone
Platone Fabio Correnti
Fedro Daniele Chiodo
Simposio Alessandro Casà, Andrea Mocciardini, Daniele Chiodo, Debora Di Giovanni, Diego Millesimo, Diego Mulone, Jessica Tranchina, Michele Morelli, Noemi Ferrante, Dennis Vizzini, Michaela Colino
Donne
Concept, direction and choreography Lucia Ermetto
Costume Designs Marja Hoffmann
Lighting Designs Vincenzo Traina
Video Tracks Implementation Dario Castiglione
Cast
Francesca Bellone, Michaela Colino, Francesca Davoli, Noemi Ferrante, Simona Filippone, Sabrina Montanaro, Martina Pasinotti
Colui che scioglie
Coreographer and Dramaturgy Alessandro Cascioli
Scene and Costume Designs Support Alessandro Cascioli, Miriam Palmentino
Lighting Designs Vincenzo Traina
Cast
Dioniso Vincenzo Carpino
Apollo Michele Morelli
Satiro Emilio Barone
Baccante Yuriko Nishihara
Maschere veneziane Annalisa Bardo, Alessandro Casà, Debora Di Giovanni, Romina Leone, Andrea Mocciardini, Sabrina Montanaro, Giovanni Traetto
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Saturday May 18 2024, 8:30pm | Foyer
Conductor Salvatore Punturo
Female Chorus and Youth Chorus of the Teatro Massimo
Piano Giuseppe Cinà
Tickets: Full price 15€ / Concession price 12€
Programme
Giuseppe Verdi
Cori di Streghe da Macbeth:
“Che faceste”
“S’allontanarono”
“Tre volte miagola”
Georges Bizet
da Carmen
“Dans l’air nous suivons des yeux”
“Que se passe-t-il donc… Au secours!”
Zuniga (baritono) Alessio Gatto Goldstein
Johannes Brahms
Ave Maria op. 12
Gabriel Fauré
Le ruisseau
mezzosoprano Loredana Megna
Gustav Mahler
“Es sungen drei Engel” dalla Terza Sinfonia
Contralto Damiana Li Vecchi
Campane Silvia De Checchi
Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij
Coro delle contadine da Evgenij Onegin
Sergej Prokofiev
Due cori per coro femminile e orchestra op. 7
1. Il cigno bianco
2. L’onda
Giuseppe Ricotta
The Moon da Creation Suite
Chorus in the Foyer
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June 28 2025, 9pm | Main Stage
Opera in Concert – Percacciolo
Conductor Salvatore Percacciolo
Soprano Ilaria Monteverdi
Baritone Andrea Piazza
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
Running time: 1 hour and 20 minutes (without intermission)
Tickets
Bookings open on Tuesday, June 3
Price range: 10 – 25 euro
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ouverture from Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“Non più andrai” from Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“Là ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni
Gioachino Rossini
Sinfonia from Il signor Bruschino
Gioachino Rossini
“Sento un’interna voce” from Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra (Elizabeth, Queen of England)
Gioachino Rossini
“Per piacere alla signora” da Il turco in Italia
Giuseppe Verdi
Sinfonia from Luisa Miller
Giuseppe Verdi
“O Carlo, ascolta… Io morrò” from Don Carlo
Giuseppe Verdi
“Egli non riede ancora… Non so le tetre immagini” from Il corsaro
Gaetano Donizetti
Sinfonia from Don Pasquale
Gaetano Donizetti
“Bella siccome un angelo” from Don Pasquale
Gaetano Donizetti
“Quel guardo il cavaliere… So anch’io la virtù magica” from Don
Pasquale
Gaetano Donizetti
“E il dottor non si vede… Pronta io son” from Don Pasquale
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July 2 2025, 9:15pm | Teatro Massimo Staircase
L’Opera cuntata – Cavalleria rusticana
By and with Salvo Piparo
Running time: 1 hour (without intermission)
Free admission subject to availability
Programme
Salvo Piparo narrates
Pietro Mascagni‘s Cavalleria rusticana with references to the famous scene in the film The Godfather III shot there by Francis Ford Coppola.
Gallery
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July 3 2025, 9pm | Main Stage
Opera in Concert – Fratta
Conductor Gianna Fratta
Soprano Maria Cristina Napoli, Federica Maggì
Tenor Samuele Di Leo, Davide Battiniello
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
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
Georges Bizet
Prélude from Carmen
Jules Massenet
“Pourquoi me réveiller” from Werther
Georges Bizet
Entr’acte Atto III from Carmen
Georges Bizet
“Parle-moi de ma mère” from Carmen
Ermanno Wolf Ferrari
Serenata from I gioielli della Madonna
Giacomo Puccini
“Quando men vo” from La bohème
Ruggero Leoncavallo
“Recitar!… Vesti la giubba” from Pagliacci
Giacomo Puccini
La tregenda from Le villi
Giacomo Puccini
“Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì” from La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
“O soave fanciulla” from La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut
Giacomo Puccini
“Avete torto… Firenze è come un albero fiorito” from Gianni Schicchi
Pietro Mascagni
“Tutto tace” from L’amico Fritz
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Ouverture from Il segreto di Susanna
Giacomo Puccini
”Nessun dorma” from Turandot
Giacomo Puccini
”Bevo al tuo fresco sorriso” from La rondine
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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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July 23 2023, 9:15pm – Teatro di Verdura
Conductor Domenico Riina
Voice Lucy Garsia
Armonica Giuseppe Milici
Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Orchestra Jazz Siciliana – The Brass Group
Tickets
Section 1 – Full price 30 / Concession price 24 / Card Under 35 10 €
Section 2 – Full price 25 / Concession price 20 / Card Under 35 10 €
Section 3 – Full price 20 / Concession price 16 / Card Under 35 10 €
Section 4 – Full price 15 / Concession price 12 / Card Under 35 5 €
Programme
Bookings open on
June 7
Gallery
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Conductor Tohar Gil
Guitar Eugenio Della Chiara
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
Tickets
Full price: 20 €
Concession: 16 €
Card Under35: 10 €
Programme
Federico Moreno Torroba
Sonatina for guitar and chitarra and small orchestra (Italian Premiere)
Joaquín Rodrigo
Tres viejos aires de danza for chamber orchestra
Joaquín Turina
La oración del torero for strings
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Intermission
Enrique Granados - Albert Guinovart
Suite goyesca on Granados’ themes for orchestra
Joaquín Rodrigo
Fantasía para un gentilhombre for guitar and small orchestra





