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medeaANFITEATRO SICILIA 2017

Medea

by Seneca

Greek Theatre, August 4 2017 @ 9.30pm

Translation:  Filippo Amoroso
Direction: Walter Pagliaro
Performers: Micaela Esdra Creonte: Luciano Virgilio Giasone: Blas Roca Rey
Musics edited by Germano Mazzocchetti
Set design: Michele Cacciofera

 

Medea is a fabula crepidata (Roman tragedy with Greek subject) written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca. It is generally considered to be the strongest of his earlier plays. It was written around 50 CE. The play is about the vengeance of Medea against her betraying husband Jason and King Creon. Medea is the leading role in the play and her character dominates the play.

Characters
Medea: daughter of King Aeets (King of Colchis), wife of Jason
Chorus: Corinthians, hostilte to Medea and not Jason
Nutrix (nurse): nurse of Medea
Creon: King of Corinth, father of Princess Creusa
Jason: husband of Medea who leaves her for the princess, son Aeson
nuntius (messenger)
Two sons of Medea and Jason: mute characters

Background
Medea falls in love with Jason while he is on his quest for the Golden Fleece. Medea uses her supernatural powers to aid Jason in completing the tasks that King Aeets (Medea’s dad) set. The three tasks where: yoke the fiery bulls, compete with the giants, and slay the dragon that was guarding the fleece. In order to flee with Jason, Medea killed her brother to distract her father and be able to escape with Jason. Again they had to flee when Medea uses her powers to get Pelias killed by his own daughters. They finally settle in Corinth where they had two sons.

Plot
In order to climb the political ladder, Jason leaves Medea for Creusa who is the daughter of King Creon. Medea opens up the play by cursing Creusa and King Creon. King Creon gives Medea one day before she is exiled and she does not take Jason’s advice on going peacefully. She uses a regal robe to poison and sends it as a gift for Creusa on her wedding day with Jason. The chorus describe in great detail the rage, scorn, and anger that Medea felt as she plotted her revenge. The chorus prays to the gods that Jason (the leader of the Argonauts) is spared from Medea’s vengeance. Medea’s curse contains poisons, snake blood, herbs, and the invocations to all the underworld gods. The cursed robe kills Creusa and Creon by catching on fire when Creusa puts it on. Creon tries to put out his daughter but is unsuccessful and he catches on fire too. Their death does not satisfy Medea but only awakens her vengeful spirt more. Jason’s betrayal blinds Medea so much that her number one priority is hurting Jason. Even if hurting Jason means hurting her children. Medea sacrifices her children from the roof of her house in order to hurt Jason. Medea escapes in a dragon chariot while she throws the bodies of the boys down to Jason. Jason closes the play by stating that there are no gods because otherwise such acts would have not been committed.

Euripides vs. Seneca
Euripides’ Medea was written before Seneca’s Medea and even though they are similar there are differences. Seneca starts off his play with Medea herself expressing her hatred of Jason and Creon. Her first line is “O gods! Vengeance! Come to me now, I beg, and help me…” While Euripides introduces Medea later on in scene one and she complains to her nurse of the injustices she has faced. The chorus in Euripides’ Medea is not objective towards her. The chorus is Seneca’s Medea does no ridicule her and has an objective positions through out the play. Seneca’s chorus does not show sympathy towards Medea.The final scenes are particularly different because Medea does not blame Jason for the death of her children in Seneca’s version. She even kills one of her sons in front of Jason and blames herself for their death. Medea does the opposite in Euripides’ version because she blames Jason and does not carry any guilt or blame with her.

 

TICKETS on boxol.it
Gallery: € 22,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 16,50

Ticket Offices in Taormina
Casa del Cinema of Taormina Arte in Corso Umbert n. 61
Tabacchi Shop “La6” in via Bagnoli Croci n. 90 Taormina – T. 0942 23226 – open 6.00am – 1.00pm and 4.30pm – 8.30pm
Congress Hall (only on da’s event) >> 10-12am / 5.00-7.00pm (till 9.00pm on event’s day)

sette vs tebeSette contro Tebe – Seven Against Thebes

a Greek tragedy by Aeschilo

Ancient Theatre, Thursday August 3rd 2017 @ 9.30pm

 

Organization: Fondazione Inda Siracusa

Direction: Marco Baliani
Assitant Dierection: Raffaele Di Florio
Translation: Giorgio Ieranò
Scene e costumi Carlo Sala
Assistente scenografo Roberta Monopoli
Musics:Mirto Baliani
Coreografie:  Alessandra Fazzino

PERFORMERS
Aedo: Gianni Salvo
Eteocle: Marco Foschi
Messanger: Aldo Ottobrino
Araldo: Aldo Ottobrino
Antigone: Anna Della Rosa
Dancers: Massimo Frascà, Liber Dorizzi
Chorus: Accademia d’arte del dramma antico

 

Seven Against Thebes is the third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced by Aeschylus in 467 BC. The trilogy is sometimes referred to as the Oedipodea. It concerns the battle between an Argive army led by Polynices and the army of Thebes led by Eteocles and his supporters. The trilogy won the first prize at the City Dionysia. The trilogy’s first two plays, Laius and Oedipus, as well as the satyr play Sphinx, are no longer extant.

Background When Oedipus, King of Thebes, realized he had married his own mother and had two sons and two daughters with her, he blinded himself and cursed his sons to divide their inheritance (the kingdom) by the sword. The two sons, Eteocles and Polynices, in order to avoid bloodshed, agreed to rule Thebes in alternate years. After the first year, Eteocles refused to step down, leading Polynices to raise an army of Argives (captained by the eponymous Seven) to take Thebes by force. This is where Aeschylus’ tragedy starts.

Plot summary Seven Against Thebes features little action; instead, the bulk of the play consists of rich dialogues between the citizens of Thebes and their king Eteocles regarding the threat of the hostile army before their gates. Dialogues show aspects of Eteocles’ character. There is also a lengthy description of each of the seven captains that lead the Argive army against the seven gates of the city of Thebes as well as the devices on their respective shields. Eteocles, in turn, announces which Theban commanders he will send against each Argive attacker. Finally, the commander of the troops before the seventh gate is revealed to be Polynices, the brother of the king. Then Eteocles remembers and refers to the curse of their father Oedipus. Eteocles resolves to meet and fight his brother in person before the seventh gate and exits. Following a choral ode, a messenger enters, announcing that the attackers have been repelled but that Eteocles and Polynices have killed each other in battle. Their bodies are brought on stage, and the chorus mourns them.

Due to the popularity of Sophocles’ play Antigone, the ending of Seven against Thebes was rewritten about fifty years after Aeschylus’ death.While Aeschylus wrote his play to end with somber mourning for the dead brothers, it now contains an ending that serves as a lead-in of sorts to Sophocles’ play: a messenger appears, announcing a prohibition against burying Polynices; his sister Antigone, however, announces her intention to defy this edict.

TICKETS on vivaticket.it
Stalls (Parterre): € 33,00
Gallery: € 22,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 16,50

More info: www.indafondazione.org/en/

 

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Il Tour

Taormina Ancient Theatre, July 31st 2017 @ 9.30pm

 

Tickets on boxol.it and ticketone.it

Package Meet and Greet Poltronissima (terrace) golden number: € 200,00

stalls: 85,00 euro
gallery: 75,00 euro
terraces (numbered seats): 65,00 euro
terrace (non-numbered seats): 35,00 euro

 

 

BELLINI OPERA GALA (2)FESTIVAL BELLINIANO 2017

Bellini Opera Gala

Ancient Theatre, July 27 and 30@ 9.30pm
GONCA DOGAN Soprano
FILIPPO MICALE Tenor
GIOVANNI DI MARE Baritone
Chorus, Orchestra and Techniciansmof the Bellini Festival
Haffner Orchestra
ANTONELLA FIORINO Conductor

Two different concerts with the most famous arias of the greatest italian opera-composers: Vincenzo Bellini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gaetano Donizetti, Gioacchino Rossini, Giacomo Puccini, Pietro Mascagni,…

More info:
www.festivaleuromediterraneo.eu

 

 

 

TICKETS on July 27 and July 30 
Stalls (Parterre) A (first rows): € 65,00
Stalls (Parterre) B: € 55,00
Gallery: 44,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 33,00
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 16,50

Reduced ticket Under 12:
Parterre A: € 33.00
Parterre B: € 27,50
Gallery: € 22,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 16,50
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 11,50

Reduced ticket Under 18 – Over 65:
Parterre A € 53.00
Parterre B € 44,00
Gallery: € 35,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 26,00
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 13,50

 

Ticket Offices in Taormina
Congress Hall >> 10-12am / 5.00-7.00pm (till 9.00pm on event’s day)
Tabacchi Shop “La6” in via Bagnoli Croci n. 90 Taormina – T. 0942 23226 – open 6.00am – 1.00pm and 4.30pm – 8.30pm

more info: www.festivaleuromediterraneo.eu – Mobile 0039 392 764 56 83

 

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DON CHISCIOTTEFESTIVAL BELLINIANO 2017

Don Chisciotte

Ballet

Ancient theatre, Wednesday 26 and Friday 29 July 2017 @ 9.30pm

Musics: L. Minkus
Choreography: Giusy Vittorino
Soloists: Emilio Barone, Silvio Liberto, Beatrice Rancani, Ilaria Frazzetto
Bellini Junior Company Ballet

 

 

 

 

 

TICKETS

for July 26
for July 29

Parterre A (first rows): € 65,00
Parterre B: 55,00
Gallery : € 44,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 33,00
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 16,50

Ticket Offices in Taormina
Congress Hall >> 10-12am / 5.00-7.00pm (till 9.00pm on event’s day)
Tabacchi Shop “La6” in via Bagnoli Croci n. 90 Taormina – T. 0942 23226 – open 6.00am – 1.00pm and 4.30pm – 8.30pm

more info: www.festivaleuromediterraneo.eu – Mobile 0039 392 764 56 83

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Nek

Unici in Tour

Taormina Greek Theatre, Sunday July 23rd 2017 @ 9.00pm

Filippo Neviani (born 6 January 1972), known by his stage name Nek, is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. Nek is popular in Italy and throughout the Spanish-speaking world, and has performed and released most of his albums in both Italian and Spanish.
During his career he has released thirteen studio albums and forty-eight singles and it has been reported that he has sold over 10 million records.

 

TICKETS on ticketone.it and boxol.it
Stalls (Parterre): € 69,00
Gallery: € 65,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 49,00
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 29,00
Ticket Office in Taormina @ Taormina Arte:
Congress Hall >> 10-12am / 5.00-7.00pm (9.00pm on event’s day)
Tel. +39 0942.628730 – 0039 0942 21142 info@taormina-arte.com www.taormina-arte.com

 

Aznavour

C A N C E L L E D

Charles Aznavour

Taormina Greek Theatre, Friday July 21st 2017 @ 9.45pm

 

Charles Aznavour, born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian on 22 May 1924) is a French, later naturalised Armenian, singer, songwriter, actor, public activist and diplomat. Aznavour is known for his unique tenor voice: clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound low notes. He has written over 1300 songs and recorded over 1,400, sung in eight languages and sold more than 180 million records.

He is one of France’s most popular and enduring singers. In 1998, Aznavour was named Entertainer of the Century by CNN and users of Time Online from around the globe. He was recognized as the century’s outstanding performer, with nearly 18% of the total vote, edging out Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan.

He has sung for presidents, popes and royalty, as well as at humanitarian events. In response to the 1988 Armenian earthquake, he founded the charitable organization Aznavour for Armenia along with his long-time friend impresario Levon Sayan. In 2009, he was appointed ambassador of Armenia to Switzerland, as well as Armenia’s permanent delegate to the United Nations at Geneva. Aznavour is the longest standing “A list” star, still filling major venues all over the world.

TICKETS on ticketone.it (from April 6th on)
Stalls (Parterre): € 185,00
Gallery (central): € 185,00
Gallery (lateral): € 140,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 98,00
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 63,00

van-goghVan Gogh Multimedia Experience

Palazzo Corvaja from July 20th to October 15th 2017

 

Life and artworks in a multimedial path dedicated to Van Gogh.

Installations and projections of photographies and videos showing the famous paintings of Vincent Van Gogh combined with quotations and excerpts from his letters to his brother Theo and music by the French impressionist composer Paul Dukas and by Johann Sebastian Bach.
The opening night, June 11th, is dedicated to the famous painting “The Starry Night” (1889). The actor Sebastiano Lo Monaco will read from Van Gogh’s letters, Rosellina Guzzo will play the celtic harp and the sand artist Stefania Bruno will perform on Don McLean’s song “Vivenct”, creating a series of sand pictures on the life of the artist.

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TICKETS at ticketone.it
Full ticket €9,00
Reduced ticket €7,00 (over 65 – 6 pax)
Reduced ticket plus €6,00 (under 18, residents and university students)
Free entrance for children under the age of 10, people with disabilities and their for their people accompanying

TIMETABLE:
From 21 July to 1 September: 10:00am / 2:00pm and 5:00pm / 10:00pm
From 2 September to 15 October: 10:00am / 8:00pm

 

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Kasabian

Taormina Greek Theatre, July 19th 2017 @ 9.30pm

Kasabian are an English band rock formed in 1997. The band’s music is often described as “indie rock”, or alternative rock and space roock. The band consists of vocalist Tom Meighan, guitarist and vocalist Sergio Pizzorno, bassist Chris Edwards and drummer Ian Matthews .


Tickets
on boxol.it and ticketone.it

stalls: 69,00 euro
gallery: 69,00 euro
terraces (numbered seats): 57,50 euro
terrace (non-numbered seats): 46,00 euro

 

More info: kasabian.co.uk

 

Jose-Perez-©Ravenart-Studio_giornaledelladanzaCarmen ballet

Compagnia Josè Perez
Orchestra of the Teatro Massimo Bellini of Catania

Ancient Theatre, July 15th 207 @ 9.30pm

 

TICKETS on boxol.it

Gallery (central): € Gallery (lateral): € 60,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 40,00
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 20,00
Ticket Office in Taormina @ Taormina Arte:
Congress Hall >> 10-12am / 5.00-7.00pm (9.00pm on event’s day)
Tel. +39 0942.628730 – 0039 0942 21142 info@taormina-arte.com www.taormina-arte.com