About
The historic Magazine published by La Biennale di Venezia, brought back to life after 53 years of silence
A greeting from Marco Betta
General Manager of the Teatro Massimo
Presentation by Debora Rossi
Manager of the Historical Archive of the Biennale
Pietrangelo Buttafuoco
President of the Venice Biennale
Free entrance
Recommended booking by writing to info.asac@labiennale.org
Access to the Hall of Coats of Arms will be through the main entrance (Piazza Verdi).
The Hall can also be reached via the accessible path without steps with elevator (upon arrival in the Theatre contact the staff for more information).
The Magazine
Presentation
Reborn after 53 years since its last publication, the Journal is part of the activities of the Historical Archive of the Biennale. Conceived and produced exclusively in print, the Magazine features a significant iconographic apparatus that draws largely from the Historical Archive of La Biennale and from national and international photographic research. Published quarterly, each issue will be monographic in focus, establishing a dialogue between the disciplines that distinguish La Biennale di Venezia – visual arts, architecture, dance, music, theatre, cinema – while also venturing into the realms of science and literature. .
Interventions, testimonies, interviews, dialogues and unpublished and exclusive contributions are signed by artists, scholars and important figures of the cultural panorama and civil society, both Italian and international. Multiplicity of languages and freedom of expression characterize the Magazine, which gives ample space to graphic experimentation and contamination between different forms and codes.
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October 22-23, 2025 | Main Stage, Teatro Massimo
from 5 to 13 years old | Bookings from 20 January, 2025
Written and directed by Manu Lalli
Original music and arrangements Simone Piraino
Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
Chorus Master Salvatore Punturo
Written and directed by Manu Lalli
Original music and arrangements Simone Piraino
Assistant Director Chiara Casalbuoni
Scene Designs Daniele Leone
Conductor Daniele Malinverno / Michele De Luca
Voce dell’alba Maria Cristina Napoli / Fabiola Galati
Voce del tramonto Sonia Sala
Luna Alessandra Falanga
Fata Isabella Sciortino
Direttore del Circo Giuseppe Randazzo
Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
Chorus Master Salvatore Punturo
With the classes of the primary school D.D. Garzilli
Educational Workshops Assistants Angela Ribaudo, Patrizia Veneziano Broccia
A production of the Teatro Massimo
Tickets
Students 5 €
Full price 12 €
Reduced price 10 €
For more information
Programme
The plot
A funny little man descends one evening from a moonbeam and finds himself in the fascinating circus life populated by acrobats, clowns, knife throwers, ferocious animals, tamers, and lots of music…
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.
Videos by Venti Lucenti
SINGING LESSON
SCENIC MOVEMENTS
sAbout
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
The poster
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June 22 2025, 9pm | Main Stage
Canto per Santa Rosalia (Singing for Saint Rosalia)
Conductor Salvatore Punturo
Teatro Massimo Chorus and Youth Chorus
Piano Claudio Marchetti
Running time: 60 minutes
Tickets
Bookings open on Tuesday, June 3
Price range: 10 – 25 euro
[Ticket fares and info]
Programme
Gabriel Fauré
Ave Maria op. 67 for female chorus
Gabriel Fauré
Maria, Mater Gratiae op. 47 for female chorus
Gabriel Fauré
Ave Verum e Tantum Ergo op. 65 for female chorus
Soprano Gabriella Barresi
Mezzosoprano Loredana Megna
Alto Maria Rosalia Guttuso
Gabriel Fauré
Messe Basse for youth chorus
Gabriel Fauré
Tantum Ergo op. 55 for solo tenor and chorus
Tenore Gianmarco Randazzo
Maria Chiara Casà
CantVs. Canto per Santa Rosalia (commissioned by the Teatro Massimo, world premiere)
Vanniaturi Biagio Di Gesù
Gabriel Fauré
Le Ruisseau op. 22 for mezzo and female chorus
Mezzosoprano Damiana Li Vecchi
Gabriel Fauré
Madrigal op. 35
Gabriel Fauré
Cantique de Jean Racine op. 11
Gabriel Fauré
Les Djinns op. 12
Gabriel Fauré
Pavane op. 50
Gallery
Ph. Rosellina Garbo
The poster
About
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
[Ticket fares and info]
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
Gallery
The poster
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July 27, 29, 30 and 31 2025, 9pm | Main Stage
Fatalità
Giulietta, Traviata, Anna Karenina, Carmen
Ballet
Music by Sergei Prokofiev, Giuseppe Verdi, Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij and Georges Bizet
Choreography and Scene Designs Toni Candeloro
Conductor Alessandro Ferrari
Costumi Edlira Qyshka
Video Florian Canga
Luci Vincenzo Traina
Assistente alla coreografia Enada Hoxha
Teatro Massimo Corps de ballet and Orchestra
Ballet Director Jean-Sébastien Colau
A production of the Tirana National Theatre of Opera and Ballet
Running time: 1 hour and 15 minutes without intermission
Tickets
Bookings open on Tuesday, June 3
Price range: 12 – 30 euro
[Ticket fares and info]
Cast
Cast
Giulietta, Traviata, Anna Karenina, Carmen Martina Pasinotti (27, 30) / Francesca Davoli (29, 31)
Romeo Giovanni Traetto (27, 30) / Emilio Barone (29, 31)
Madre Giulietta Sabrina Montanaro (27, 30) / Noemi Ferrante (29, 31)
Padre Giulietta Fabio Correnti
Madre Romeo Romina Leone (27, 30) / Michaela Colino (29, 31)
Padre Romeo Daniele Chiodo
Alfredo Germont Alessandro Cascioli (27, 30) / Michele Morelli (29, 31)
Giorgio Germont Vincenzo Carpino
Due donne (Traviata)
Michaela Colino, Yuriko Nishihara (27, 30)
Romina Leone, Sabrina Montanaro (29, 31)
Alexis Vronski Andrea Mocciardini (27, 30) / Diego Mulone (29, 31)
Kostya Levin Dennis Vizzini (27, 30) / Gianluca Mascia (29, 31)
Due donne (Karenina) Noemi Ferrante, Debora Di Giovanni
Don José Diego Mulone
Escamillo Marcos Rodríguez Ovejero ballerino flamenco
Gallery
Ph. Rosellina Garbo
The poster
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 La Gloria di Primavera by Alessandro Scarlatti.
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From March 25th to March 28th, 2025 | Sala degli Stemmi
from 6 to 9 years old | Reservations from January 20th
Concept, direction and choreography Carmen Marcuccio e Annamaria Margozzi
Ideazione, regia e coreografia Carmen Marcuccio
Teatro Massimo Corps de ballet
Corps de ballet Director Jean-Sébastien Colau
Tickets
Reduced price for students: 4 €
Full price: 10 €
For further information
Lo spettacolo in breve
The plot
An interactive dance performance in which the young public actively collaborates in the creation of the show, thanks to the use of colours and abstract painting. The show is born from the interaction between children and dancers, each time producing a unique and unrepeatable result. A work in progress, light, magical but above all experimental.
The children, inspired by the musical pieces, will see the colours they have chosen come to life through the bodies of the dancers and the abstract strokes drawn by them in real time on the canvas interpreted by a dance inspired by their emotional trajectories. The memory will be nourished by the return to the class of the canvas produced, a work of art “signed” by the children and the Corps de Ballet of the Teatro Massimo, in memory of the sensory journey experienced together.
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.
Saturday performances are open to all.
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Dates
- 25 March11:30 AMSchool-Groups Event27 March10:00 AMSchool-Groups Event25 March10:00 AMSchool-Groups Event26 March10:00 AMSchool-Groups Event26 March11:30 AMSchool-Groups Event27 March11:30 AMSchool-Groups Event28 March10:00 AMSchool-Groups Event28 March11:30 AMSchool-Groups Event
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From March 5th to March 14th, 2025 | Sala degli Stemmi
from 4 to 7 years old | Reservations from January 20th, 2025
Concept, direction and choreography Gaetano La Mantia
Texts Daniela Allotta
Teatro Massimo Corps de ballet
Corps de ballet Director Jean-Sébastien ColauTickets
Reduced price for students: 4 €
Full price: 10 €
For further informationThe show in brief
This show
tells the story of Maître Patisser Rocher Matignent Furterer, a pastry chef, his assistants and a wonderful cake, that will eventually be stolen. Children will be involved in the search for the cake. Spoken parts and songs in Italian.
Gallery
Ph. Franco Lannino Studiocamera
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.
