28 June – 26 July 2026
2026 SUMMER CALENDAR
28 – 29 June 2026
VIETNAM IN PALERMO
HỒ GƯƠM OPERA
Opening of the Summer Season
28 June 2026, 9pm – Main Stage
HỒ GƯƠM OPERA AND THE TEATRO MASSIMO
Conductor Alberto Maniaci
Soprani Đào Tố Loan, Gemma Nguyễn, Bảo Yến
Tenor Pietro Adaini
Monocord Tất Nghĩa & Thu Trang
Litophone Bích Ngọc
Musicians of the Hồ Gươm Opera (Hanoi, Vietnam)
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
Music by Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Xuân Khải, Gaetano Donizetti, Pietro Mascagni, Doãn Nho
29 June 2026, 9pm – Main Stage
VIETNAM IN PALERMO
Hồ Gươm Opera Tradition Orchestra (Hanoi, Vietnam)
Music by Yến Lê, Thịnh Kainz, Kata Trần, Nguyễn Đình Thi, Trần Kiết Tường, Hoàng Vân, Eduardo Di Capua, Đàm Thanh,
Hữu Xuân, Nguyễn Tài Tuệ, Consuelo Vazquez, Lưu Hà An, Tiếng Vượng, Teodoro Cottrau and Vietnamese Traditional Songs
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1 July 2026, 9pm – Main Stage
L’OPERA CUNTATA – CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
by Salvo Piparo (cunto) and Lello Analfino (voice)
Guitars Lino Costa
Keyboards Vincenzo Fontes
Percussions and sound effects Francesco Prestigiacomo
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3 July 2026, 9pm – Main Stage
LA NAVARRAISE
Manuel de Falla Suite No. 2 from El sombrero de tres picos
Jules Massenet La Navarraise (in concert form)
Conductor Diego Matheuz
Anita Caterina Piva
Araquil Jean-François Borras
Garrido Manuel Fuentes
Remigio Diego Savini
Ramon Blagoj Nacoski
Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
Chorus Master Salvatore Punturo
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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
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8 July 2026, 9pm – Main Staircase
ANIME DAL FONDO
by Alessandro Ienzi
with Diletta Guglielmi, Christian Ceresera
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9 July 2026, 9pm – Main Stage
Carl Orff
CARMINA BURANA
version for Chorus, Youth Chorus, two pianos and percussions
Conductor Salvatore Punturo
Soprano Angelica Disanto
Countertenor Konstantin Derri
Baritone Daniele Caputo
Chorus, Youth Chorus and Musical Ensemble of the Teatro Massimo
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10 July 2026, 9pm – Main Stage
HOMAGE TO ELIODORO SOLLIMA
Conductor Salvatore Percacciolo
Piano Giuseppe Andaloro
Cello Giovanni Sollima
Narrator Giovanni Calcagno
Projections Alessandra Pescetta
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
Eliodoro Sollima
Suite No. 1 from Pimpinella e il suo latte e caffè (1955)
Concerto for piano and orchestra (1958)
Piano Giuseppe Andaloro
Sonata 1959 for solo cello
Cello Giovanni Sollima
Concerto for strings dedicated to Robert Kennedy
Giufà, suite for orchestra (1994)
Narrator Giovanni Calcagno
Projections Alessandra Pescetta
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11 July 2026, 9pm – Main Stage
IL GENIO DI ENNIO MORRICONE
Conductor Alberto Maniaci
Orchestra del Teatro Massimo
Music Ennio Morricone
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14 July 2026, 9pm – Sala Stemmi
15 July 2026, 7pm – Main Stage
16 July 2026, 9pm – Sala Stemmi
ANTONIO TROVATO
Piano Antonio Trovato
Music Antonio Trovato
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17-18 July 2026, 9pm – Main Stage
GRAN GALÀ DEL TANGO E DELLA DANZA
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
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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
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21 July 2026, 9pm – Main Stage
Carl Orff
CARMINA BURANA
version for Chorus, Youth Chorus, two pianos and percussions
Conductor Salvatore Punturo
Soprano Angelica Disanto
Countertenor Konstantin Derri
Baritone Daniele Caputo
Chorus, Youth Chorus and Music Ensemble of the Teatro Massimo
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24 July 2026, 9pm – Sala Stemmi
ALESSANDRO TAVERNA
Piano Alessandro Taverna
Music by Fryderyk Chopin, Sergej Rachmaninov
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25 – 26 July 2026, 9pm – Main Stage
“AN AMERICAN IN PARIS”
Conductor Steven Mercurio
Piano Alessandro Taverna
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
Music by George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein