Taormina Public Gardens, 9.00pm – Free entrance

“Da Lucio a Lucio” – A tribute to Lucio Battisti and Lucio Dalla

A tribute to the two great Italian singers and songwriters, Lucio Battisti (1943-1998) who is considered to be one of the best-known and most influential musicians and authors in Italian pop/rock music history and Lucio Dalla (1943-2012) the composer of Caruso (1986).

Music will be performed by: M. Samar & Two Wolves and their Vocalist,  Quintet of the Taormina Plectrum Orchestra, Federica Scalia, Simone Di Benedetto, Gabriella Cannavò, Santina Bartolotta and Katiuscia Fausto.
Dancers: Margot Fonteyn School in Taormina directed by Ambra Lo Turco and Studio Dance.Continuum directed by Salvo Cavolina Bonanno and Marilena Gravina. Speciale guests Giuseppe Lo Turco and Francesca Intelisano.

Background of the show, the sweet voice of the actress Anna Maria Raccuja.

SHOW TO BE RESCHEDULED

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Sptember 5th, 2012 – Taormina Greek Theatre, 9.00pm

Salvatore Accardo and the Italian Chamber Orchestra

The great Italian violinist and the orchestra will be performing musics by Fritz Kleiser, Nicolò Paganini, Gioacchino Rossini and Benjamin Britten.

Rendezvous with the Italian Chamber Orchestra, conducted by the Maestro Salvatore Accardo and his magic Stradivarius. The programme includes music by Fritz Kleiser, Nicolò Paganini, Gioacchino Rossini and Benjamin Britten. The Orchestra, founded in 1996 by Accordo himself, is a string orhestra whose members all descend from the same school, reaching an unparalleled expressive, technical and stylistic unity. With his orchestra, Salvatore Accardo addresses both the public of the most important concert season and non-specialist listeners, especially young people, involving them in the rehearsals, talking about music, speaking of the characteristics of the orchestra, the violin, the orchestra conduction and the repertoire. The concert is organised by E20 of Marco Grimaldi, in collaboration with Taormina Arte.
(Source: Taormina Arte)

Stalls (Parterre): € 49,50
Gallery: € 39,50
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 29,50
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 22,50
Tickets on boxol.it
Ticket Office in Taormina: +39 0942.628730

 Within the Bellini Festival

Greek Theatre

Cocciante canta Cocciante – 9.30pm

Riccardo Cocciante (also known in French-speaking countries as Richard Cocciante) is back in tour with only two Italian dates, Rome and Taormina.
The concert will be the great opportunity to enjoy old successes of his extraordinary career as a songwriter and singer – such as “Margherita”, “Bella Senz’Anima”, “Poesia” and the early world successes “Notre Dame de Paris” and “Romeo and Juliet”.

60 artists will perform on the stage with Riccardo Cocciante and the orchestra – composed by some of the best Italian musicians – will be directed by Leonardo De Amicis. The “National Orchestra of Academies of Music” is an amazing orchestra which brings together the best students of the Italian musical institutions and will involve the cast of “Romeo and Juliet” and “Notre Dame de Paris”.

Tickets at ticketone.it and boxol.it

 
Parterre and stands: € 74,80
Numbered Tiers: € 49,50
Non-numbered tiers: € 34,50

Greek Theatre, 9.30pm

Carmina Burana

Original version for two pianos and drums

Music: Carl Orff
Pianos: Gianfranco Pappalardo Fiumara and Roberto Carnevale
Euro Mediterraneo Chamber Orchestra
Chorus: Coro Lirico Siciliano directed by Francesco Costa
Conductor: Massimo Incarbone

Tickets available on boxol.it  
Ticket Office in Taormina: +39 0942.628730

Parterre: € 40,00
Stands: € 35,00
Tiers: € 25,00 – Under 18/Over65 € 20,00
Non-numbered tiers: € 20,00 – Under 18/Over65 € 16,00

Greek Theatre, 9.30pm

Carmen (Ballett)

The Sleeping Beauty is a ballet in a prologue and three acts, first performed in 1890. The music was by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (his Opus 66). The score was completed in 1889, and is the second of his three ballets. The original scenario was conceived by Ivan Vsevolozhsky, and is based on Charles Perrault’s La Belle au bois dormant.
The ballet’s focus was undeniably on the two main conflicting forces of good (the Lilac Fairy) and evil (Carabosse); each has a leitmotif representing them, which run through the entire ballet, serving as an important thread to the underlying plot. Act III of the work, however, takes a complete break from the two motifs and instead places focus on the individual characters of the various court dances.

The Sleeping Beauty is Tchaikovsky’s longest ballet, lasting nearly four hours at full length – counting the intermissions. Without intermissions (as it appears on several CD sets), it lasts nearly three hours. It is nearly always cut.

The ballet at the Greek Theatre will be performed by Balletto del Sud company and will last 2 hours.
Choreography: Fredy Franzutti
Scene: Francesco Palma

Tickets available on boxol.it  
Ticket Office in Taormina: +39 0942.628730

Parterre: € 50,00
Stands: € 45,00
Tiers: € 35,00 – Under 18/Over65 € 28,00
Non-numbered tiers: € 25,00 – Under 18/Over65 € 20,00