L'opera cuntata

Wednesday 1 July 2026, 9pm | Main Stage

L’opera cuntata

Cavalleria Rusticana, Caravaggio, Santa Rosalia

by Salvo Piparo (cunto) and Lello Analfino (voice)
with the Lello Analfino Quartet

Saturday 11 July 2026, 9pm| Main Stage

Il genio di Ennio Morricone

Conductor Alberto Maniaci
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
Music by Ennio Morricone

14, 15, 16 July 2026 | Sala Stemmi

Antonio Trovato

Recital

Piano Antonio Trovato

Monday 6 July 2026, 9pm | Main Stage

Il genio di Ennio Morricone

Conductor Alberto Maniaci
Teatro Massimo Orchestra 
Music by Ennio Morricone

In collaboration with Fondazione Morricone

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

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)

Thursday 9 and Tuesday 21 July 2026, 9pm | Main Stage

Carmina Burana

version for Chorus, Youth Chorus, two pianos and percussions

Music by Carl Orff
Conductor Salvatore Punturo
Soprano Angelica Disanto
Countertenor Konstantin Derri
Baritone Daniele Caputo

Chorus, Youth Chorus and Musical Ensemble of the Teatro Massimo

venerdì 24 luglio 2026 ore 21 | Sala Grande

Alessandro Taverna

Pianoforte Alessandro Taverna
Musiche di Fryderyk Chopin, Sergej Rachmaninov

Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 July 2026, 9pm | Main Stage

An American in Paris

Conductor Steven Mercurio
Piano Alessandro Taverna
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
Music George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein