Dall’inferno all’infinito

by Monica Guerritore

Ancient Theatre, Saturday August 10 2019 @ 5.00am

 

written and directed by Monica Guerritore
Lucilla Mininno, assistant director
Paolo Meglio, lights
Parmaconcerti srl, ditribution

 

At 5.00 o’clock in the morning, during the dawn, in a theatre built on top of a hill with a breathtaking panorama of the Mediterranean Sea and Mount Etna, the Italian theatre actress Monica Guerritore will bring the audience into a spiritual voyage, from the Inferno (the Hell) by Dante Aligheri to the Infinito (Infinite) by Giacomo Leopardi.

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TICKETS on boxol.it
Stalls (Parterre): € 15,00

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INFINITO

by Giacomo Leopardi

“L’infinito” (Italian pronunciation: [liɱfiˈniːto]; English: The Infinite) is a poem written by Giacomo Leopardi probably in the autumn of 1819. The poem is a product of Leopardi’s yearning to travel beyond his restrictive home town of Recanati and experience more of the world which he had studied.
It is widely known within Italy.

 

Original Text
Sempre caro mi fu quest’ermo colle,
e questa siepe, che da tanta parte
dell’ultimo orizzonte il guardo esclude.
Ma sedendo e mirando, interminati
spazi di là da quella, e sovrumani
silenzi, e profondissima quïete
io nel pensier mi fingo; ove per poco
il cor non si spaura. E come il vento
odo stormir tra queste piante, io quello
infinito silenzio a questa voce
vo comparando: e mi sovvien l’eterno,
e le morte stagioni, e la presente
e viva, e il suon di lei. Così tra questa
immensità s’annega il pensier mio:
e il naufragar m’è dolce in questo mare.

Literal English Translation
Always dear to me was this solitary hill
and this hedge, which, from so many parts
of the far horizon, the sight excludes.
But sitting and gazing, endless
spaces beyond it, and inhuman
silences, and the deepest quiet
I fake myself in my thoughts; where almost
my heart scares. And as the wind
I hear rustling through these trees, I, that
infinite silence, to this voice
keep comparing: and I feel the eternal,
the dead seasons, the present,
and living one, and the sound of her. So in this
immensity drown my own thoughts:
and sinking in this sea is sweet to me.

Alternate translation
This lonely hill was always dear to me,
and this hedgerow, which cuts off the view
of so much of the last horizon.
But sitting here and gazing, I can see
beyond, in my mind’s eye, unending spaces,
and superhuman silences, and depthless calm,
till what I feel
is almost fear. And when I hear
the wind stir in these branches, I begin
comparing that endless stillness with this noise:
and the eternal comes to mind,
and the dead seasons, and the present
living one, and how it sounds.
So my mind sinks in this immensity:
and foundering is sweet in such a sea.

(translated by Jonathan Galassi)

(Source: Wikipedia)

Irama

Ancient Theatre, Friday August 2nd 2019 @ 9.30pm

 

TICKETS on ticketone.it
Stalls (Parterre): € 52,90
Gallery: € 46,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 34,50
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 29,90

 

Special full package including:
– n. 1 ticket for the parterre
– personalised check-in
– early entry
– soundcheck entry (before the show)
– free gadget
Tickets € 87,90 sold here

 

 

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John Legend

Taormina 4ever

Ancient Theatre, Thursday 25th @9.30pm

 

Legend, his band and a symphonic orchestra of more than 100 elements. THIS is the only concert in Italy of John Legend

 

TICKETS on boxol.it
Parterre A Gold: € 180,00 SOLD OUT
Parterre B: € 120,00 SOLD OUT
Gallery: € 100,00 SOLD OUT
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 70,00 SOLD OUT
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 50,00

 

 

Taomoda

Jul. 13-20 2109

Gala TaoModa Awards on Saturday, July 20th 2019 @ the Ancient Theatre

 

TAOMODA, scheduled in Taormina from 13 to 20 July, is one of the most important sector events in Italy and it combines fashion, design, art, culture and healthy nutrition.
Among some of the major tourist attractions in Sicily, TAOMODA wraps up the calendar of international events of various fashion weeks.
The final event, sponsored by the National Chamber of Italian Fashion and Italian Buyer Chamber, is the TAOMODA AWARDS Gala, which WILL TAKE place on Saturday 20 July at the Ancient Theatre in Taormina. During the gala the collections of renowned fashion designers – already protagonists at the Milan, Paris, London and New York fashion weeks – will be accompanied by celebrities from the world of television, entertainment, music, fashion and culture.
The event will be broadcast on RAI television networks.

 

Here is the calendare

 

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