About
Conductor and harpsichord Omer Meir Wellber
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
Programme
Aziza Sadikova
Marionettes for harpsichord and orchestra (2020)
Joseph Haydn
Ouverture from Philemon und Baucis Hob. Ia:8
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 4 in D minor op. 120
Photo © Franco Lannino
About
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)
Gallery
Poster
About
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)
Gallery
The poster
About
July 20 2025, 9pm | Main Stage
Movies in Concert
Screening with live music from the movie
The Immigrant by Charlie Chaplin
One Week by Buster Keaton
Liberty by Stanlio & Ollio
Composer and conductor Timothy Brock
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
Running time: 1 hour and 15 minutes (without intermission)
Tickets
Bookings open on Tuesday, June 3
Price range: 10 – 25 euros
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Programme
Music from the following movies
The Immigrant by Charlie Chaplin, One Week by Buster Keaton, Liberty by Stanlio & Ollio
Gallery
Ph. Franco Lannino
The poster
About
July 16 2025, 9pm | Main Stage
Brahms – Schumann – Elgar
Conductor Salvatore Punturo
Four-hands piano Claudio Marchetti and Giuseppe Cinà
Teatro Massimo Chorus
Tickets
Bookings open on Tuesday, June 3
Running time: 50 minutes without intermission
Price range: 10 – 25 euros
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Programme
Johannes Brahms
Liebeslieder-Walzer op. 52
- Rede, Mädchen (Dimmi, fanciulla)
- Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut (Sulla roccia rumoreggia il ruscello)
- O die Frauen (Oh le donne)
- Wie des Abends schöne Röte (Come del bel rosso della sera)
- Die grüne Hopfenranke (I verdi viticci del luppolo)
- Ein kleiner, hübscher Vögel (Un bell’uccellino)
- Wohl schön bewandt war es (Come era bello)
Ungarische Tanze n. 7 in La maggiore
Liebeslieder-Walzer op. 52
- Wenn so lind dein Auge mir (Quando il tuo occhio dolce)
- Am Donaustrande (Sulle rive del Danubio)
- O wie sanft die Quelle (Come serena la fonte)
- Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen (No, non se ne può più)
- Schlosser auf (Orsù fabbro)
Ungarische Tanze n. 5 in Fa diesis minore
Liebeslieder-Walzer op. 52
- Vogelein durchrauscht die Luft (L’uccellino vola nell’aria)
- Sieh! wie ist die Welle klar (Vedi! Come è chiara l’onda)
- Nachtigall (L’usignolo)
- Ein dunkeler Schacht ist Liebe (L’amore è un buco nero)
- Nicht wandle mein Licht (Non vagare mia luce)
18. Es bebet das Gesträuche (Tremano i cespugli)
Robert Schumann
Zigeunerleben op. 29
Edward Elgar
From the Bavarian Highlands op. 27
- The Dance (Sonnenbichl) – Allegretto giocoso
- False Love (Wamberg) – Allegretto ma moderato
- Lullaby (In Hammersbach) – Moderato
- Aspiration (Bei Sankt Anton) – Adagio
- On the Alm (True Love, Hoch Alp) – Allegro piacevole
- The Marksmen (Bei Murnau) – Allegro vivace
Gallery
Ph. Franco Lannino
About
July 16, 9.30pm |Greek Theater of Taormina
Una notte da Oscar
Conductor Maurizio Billi
Soprano Anna Kazlova
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
Running time: 1 hour and 15 minutes (without intermission)
Tickets for sale exclusively through the Foundation Taormina Arte Sicilia channels
[Ticket fares and info]
Programme
Nino Rota
The Leopard symphonic suite
Ennio Morricone
Inseguendo quel suono’ (Cockeye’s Song – Lady Caliph – The Inheritance) (arr. Maurizio Billi)
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)
Gallery
About
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
Gallery
The poster
Ph. Franco Lannino
About
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)
Gallery
The poster
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Souls in Limbo, beyond Boundaries
The presentation of the new 2025-2026 season of operas, ballets and concerts took place in the enchanting Art Nouveau hall of Villa Igiea, Rocco Forte Hotel, a partner of the Foundation.
Souls in Limbo, Beyond Borders is the title and the invisible thread that runs through the entire season, weaving an underground plot that unites works and ballets, eras and styles, tradition and vision. It is the plot of characters suspended on the brink of something: an impossible love, a fatal choice, an inner transformation.
The emotional focus of the season is on the female protagonists: from Zemfira to Nedda, from Gilda to Dido, from Aida to Amneris, to Semiramide.
The season explores the dramatic power of their stories, often marked by exclusion, strength and sacrifice, and does so in dialogue with the great issues of our time, such as the fight against gender-based violence and for the rights of children and adolescents.
Discover the 2025-26 Season
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Presentation
The Season
‘Souls in Limbo, Beyond Borders’ is the title and the invisible thread that runs through the entire season, weaving an underground plot that unites works and ballets, eras and styles, tradition and vision. It is the plot of characters suspended on the brink of something: an impossible love, a fatal choice, an inner transformation. This is a season of blurred boundaries, of those territories where dream and reality intertwine, where art becomes life and fiction becomes revelation. A season where the main characters live permanently suspended on a threshold between desire and duty, the self and the other, light and shadow. The protagonists face not certainties but shadows, mists, mirrors that sometimes reflect clearly, sometimes distort reality. Not safe havens, but fertile anxieties. The theatrical scene thus becomes a mirror of the human condition: fragile, changeable, deeply true.
All the staff and artists of the Teatro Massimo Foundation will be involved in the operas, ballets and concerts: the Orchestra, Chorus, Ballet, Youth Chorus as well as the Set Design Workshops.
The Season includes titles taken from the great repertoire, new productions, visionary reinterpretations, international co-productions and an artistic and symbolic journey that explores the thresholds of existence: between light and shadow, reality and imagination, destiny and desire.