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
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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
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 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 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 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 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
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
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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
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
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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
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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
The poster
