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October 2, 2026 – La Cena

F E S T I V A L   I N T E R N A Z I O N A L E   T A O R M I N A   A R T E

La Cena

Palazzo Corvaja, Friday 2nd October 2026 @ 9:00pm

 

By Giuseppe Manfridi 
Directed by Walter Manfrè
Starring Andrea Tidona, Chiara Condrò, Stefano Skalkotos, Giulio Pampiglione

 

If there’s a show that puts the spectator on stage, it’s this one: a perfect theatrical mechanism.

Only 40 spectators are seated at the table with the host. Everything is ready for dinner, but the plot twists leave the spectator immobile, making them become part of a story.

Walter Manfrè’s historic direction, to whom Taormina Arte pays homage, creates a perfect system through which this show continues to recur over time.

A masterpiece but also a truly unique theatrical experience, not to be missed. Immerse yourself in a story not as a spectator but as a protagonist, with that strange feeling of having arrived in the midst of a family drama and having no say in the matter.

Upon entering the theater, the butler (Giulio Pampiglione) will seat you around a beautifully laid table, at the head of which sits the host (Andrea Tidona), ready to welcome his daughter (Chiara Condrò) after five long years to meet her new partner (Stefano Skalkotos).

From this moment on the audience becomes a real guest at the long-desired reunion of a father and his daughter.

 

TICKETS 

more info ASAP


MORE INFO

Fondazione Taormina Arte >  www.facebook.com/fondazionetaorminartesicilia – ticket@taoarte.it – info@taormina-arte.com
Infoline: +39 391 7462 146

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

 

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Taormina Events 2026

EVENTS IN TAORMINA

2026

DISCLAIMER

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PERMANENT MUSEUMS

Ancient Theatre

Opening hours: 9:00am – 1 hour before sunset

 

Taormina Castle

Opening hours: depending on season, everyday from 9.00am on.
www.castelloditaormina.it

 

Casa Cuseni

Everyday Free Entrance to the Gardens

 

 

JANUARY

1 January > 47° Tuffo a Mare e Corsa – Villagonia (coastal fraction of Taormina) @ 10:30pm

1 January – Living Presepe of Taormina – Trappitello, 6.00pm/8.30pm

1 January – New Year’s Concert by the Taormina Plectrum Orchestra – Congress Hall @ 7:00pm

1 January – Toast with the Mayor of Taormina – Piazza IX Aprile @8:00pm

2 January – New Year’s Concert by the Taormina Plectrum Orchestra – Church Sacro Cuore di Gesù (Trappitello) @ 7:30pm

2 January – Living Presepe of Taormina – Mazzeo, 7:00pm-11:00pm

3 January – White Circus – Trappitello @ 4:00pm

3 January – Living Presepe of Taormina – Trappitello, 5.30pm/8.30pm

4 January – First Sunday of the month > Free entrance to Ancient Theatre, Isolabella and Archaeological Naxos Park

4 January – Harry Potter – Mazzeo (coastal fraction of Taormina) @4:00pm

6 January – The Befana is coming – Trappitello @12.00

9 January – White Circus – Piazza IX Aprile @ 4:00pm

12 January – VocAzione – Casa del Cinema

 

FEBRUARY

1 February – First Sunday of the month > Free entrance to Ancient Theatre, Isolabella and Archaeological Naxos Park

 

MARCH

1 March – First Sunday of the month > Free entrance to Ancient Theatre, Isolabella and Archaeological Naxos Park

20 March – Via Crucis – Ancient Theatre

28 March – Audax Taormina, a VESPA competition

 

APRIL

1 April – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

3 April – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

5 April – First Sunday of the month > Free entrance to Ancient Theatre, Isolabella and Archaeological Naxos Park

6 April – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

8 April – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

10 April – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

13 April – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

15 April – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

17 April – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

20 April – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

22 April – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

24-25-26 April – Taormina Spring Festival

24 April – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

25 April – Festa della Liberazione (Bank Holiday) > Free entrance to Ancient Theatre, Isolabella and Archaeological Naxos Park

27 April – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

29 April – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

30 April – International Jazz Day – Parade of the SIZE46 Street Band and Piano concert of Gilda Buttà

 

MAY

1 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

3 May – First Sunday of the month > Free entrance to Ancient Theatre, Isolabella and Archaeological Naxos Park

4 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

5 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

6 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

7 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

8 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

10 May – Italian Opera Selection > Tosca – Teatro Nazarena

10 May – The Gardens of Lady Florence – Florence Trevelyan Public Gardens

10 May – Opera Selection: Tosca – Teatro Nazarena

11 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

12 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

13 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

14 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

15 May – Guardia di Finanza Music Band & National Orchestra – Ancient Theatre

15 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

16 May – 30 June – EXHIBITION > Jago a Taormina, Gesti scolpiti – Ancient Theatre

17 May – Per Sempre Chico – Taormina Sporting Club

17 May – Jazz in Sicily – Excelsior Palace Hotel

18 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

19 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

20 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

21 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

22 May – Sicily Folk Festival – Taormina

22 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

25 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

26 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

27 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

28 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

29 May – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

30 May – Le Memorie di Giorgio

 

JUNE

1-30 June – EXHIBITION > Jago a Taormina, Gesti scolpiti – Ancient Theatre

1 June – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre – Ancient Theatre

1 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

2 June – Festa della Repubblica (Bank Holiday) > Free entrance to Ancient Theatre, Isolabella and Archaeological Naxos Park

2 June – Night (and free) Opening of the Ancient Theatre – Ancient Theatre

2 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

3 June – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre – Ancient Theatre

3 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

4 June – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre – Ancient Theatre

4 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

5 June – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre – Ancient Theatre

5 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

7 June – First Sunday of the month > Free entrance to Ancient Theatre, Isolabella and Archaeological Naxos Park

7 June – International Music Festival > Maurizio Di Fulvio Trio – Teatro Nazarena

8 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

9 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

10 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

10-14 – June – Taormina FilmFest

10 June – Taormina Film Fest > Première of “House of The Dragons” – Ancient Theatre

11 June – Taormina Film Fest > Piccolo Miracolo – Ancient Theatre

11 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

12 June – Taormina Film Fest > Brunello, il visionario garbato – Ancient Theatre

12 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

13 June – Taormina Film Fest > Bear Country – Ancient Theatre

14 June – Taormina Film Fest > Fuze – Ancient Theatre

14 June – Italian Opera Selection > La Traviata – Teatro Nazarena

15 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

16 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

17 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

18 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

18/22 June – TAOBUK, Taormina Book Festival

19 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

21 June – International Music Festival > Marianna Di Ruvo Duo – Teatro Nazarena

22 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

23 June – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre – Ancient Theatre

23 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

24 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

25/28 June – Nations Award – Ancient Theatre

25 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

26 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

June 27 – Nations Award – Ancient Theatre

28 June – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre – Ancient Theatre

28 June – International Music Festival > Letizia Michelon – Teatro Nazarena

29 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

30 June – Bryan Adams – Ancient Theatre

30 June – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

 

JULY

1 July – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre – Ancient Theatre

1 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

2 July – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre – Ancient Theatre

2 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

3 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

4 July – “Dopo di noi” Charity event – Ancient Theatre

4-5 July – Taormina Asian Fest – Congress Hall and Ancient Theatre

5 July – First Sunday of the month > Free entrance to Ancient Theatre, Isolabella and Archaeological Naxos Park

5 July – Lo Schiaccianoci 3.0 – Ancient Theatre

6 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

7 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

8 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

9 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

10 July – Delia Buglisi – Ancient Theatre

10 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

11 July – Serena Brancale – Ancient Theatre

12 July – Village People Live – Ancient Theatre

12-16 July – Dolce & Gabbana Haute Couture Week 

13 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

13 July – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre – Ancient Theatre

14-18 July – TAOMODA Week and Tao Music Awards – Taormina

14 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

15 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

16 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

17 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

18 July – Un Palco Per Tutti > Eclipse Floyd Legend, a Pink Floyd Tribute Band – Public Gardens

19 July – Size 46 Street Band – Corso Umberto

19 July – Un Palco Per Tutti > Gli Occhi dell’altro mondo su questo mondo – Public Gardens

20 July – Size 46 Street Band – Corso Umberto

20 July – Un Palco Per Tutti > Concert by Students of Modern Singing – Public Gardens

20 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

21 July – Size 46 Street Band – Corso Umberto

21 July – Un Palco Per Tutti > Concert by Students of Modern Singing – Public Gardens

21 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

22 July – Size 46 Street Band – Corso Umberto

22 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

23-26 July > Taormina Jazz Festival

23 July – Taormina Jazz Festival > Size 46 Street Band – Corso Umberto

23 July – Taormina Jazz Festival – Alfredo Rodriguez Trio > Public Gardens

23 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

24 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

25 July – Taormina Gold Award – Ancient Theatre

25 July – Taormina Jazz Festival > Roberto Gatto Quartet – Public Gardens 

26 July – Taormina Jazz Festival > Cécile MacLorin Salvant – Ancient Theatre

27 July – Un Palco Per Tutti > SAGGIO TEATRALE LABORATORIO “Impara L’Arte” – Public Gardens

27 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

28 July – Un Palco Per Tutti > Canta con Noi + Vest Voice Award – Public Gardens

28 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

29 July – Parade of marching bands – Corso Umberto

29 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

30 July – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

31 July – Claudio Baglioni – Ancient Theatre – Rescheduled for next year

 

AUGUST

1 August – Claudio Baglioni – Ancient Theatre – Rescheduled for next year

1 August – Ambra Angiolini – Ancient Theatre

1 August – Un Palco Per Tutti > Varity – Public Gardens

2 August – First Sunday of the month > Free entrance to Ancient Theatre, Isolabella and Archaeological Naxos Park

2 August – “Armonie di pietre e stelle”, Art and music pro Rotary Foundation – Ancient Theatre

3 August – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre – Ancient Theatre

4 August – Ballet night  > La Bella Addormentata & Cronaca da Cavalleria Rusticana – Ancient Theatre

4 August – Un Palco Per Tutti > La Carrubba and Turinese in concert- Public Gardens

4 August – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

5 August – Pink Floyd Legend – Ancient Theatre

5 August – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

6 August – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

7 August – Nabucco – Ancient Theatre

7 August – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

8 August – Lisa Agnelli violinist > Pop Rock Concert in aid of UNICEF – Ancient Theatre

9 August – Luca Carboni – Ancient Theatre

10 August – Oltre le Colonne D’Ercole – Ancient Theatre

10 August – Un Palco Per Tutti > Music event by Alex Gargano – Public Gardens

10 August – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

11 August – The Iliad and the Sicilian Opera dei Pupi – Ancient Theatre

11 August – Un Palco Per Tutti > Hanon klarissah Hosho Sanchez – Music and cello from Venezuela – Public Gardens

11 August – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

12 August – Nino D’Angelo – Ancient Theatre

12 August – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

13 August – Un Palco Per Tutti > Anna La Croce in concert – Public Gardens

13 August – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

14 August – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre – Ancient Theatre

14 August – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

15 August – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre – Ancient Theatre

16 August – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre – Ancient Theatre

17 August – Un Palco Per Tutti > TEATRO “Romeo e Giulietta… in tre – Public Gardens

17 August – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

17 August – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre – Ancient Theatre

18 August – Hans Zimmer Tribute – Ancient Theatre

18 August – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

19 August – Ennio Morricone Tribute – Ancient Theatre

19 August – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

20 August – Ludovico Einaudi Tribute – Ancient Theatre

20 August – Un Palco Per Tutti > Taormina Song Festival – Public Gardens

20 August – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

21 August – Un Palco Per Tutti > Reading “La Caccia al Tesoro” by Andrea Camilleri – Public Gardens

21 August – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

22 August –  Il Volo – Ancient Theatre

22 August – Un Palco Per Tutti > Mini Corrida – Public Gardens

23 August 2026 – Il Volo – Ancient Theatre

23 August – Un Palco Per Tutti > “Tutte le Canzoni parlano d’amore” by Giò Galante – Public Gardens

24 Agosto – Pooh60 – Ancient Theatre

24 August – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

25 August – Pooh60 – Ancient Theatre

26 August – Nuhara Trio – Odeon

26 August – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

27 August – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

28 August – Un Palco Per Tutti > Hanon klarissah Hosho Sanchez – Music and cello from Venezuela – Public Gardens

31 August – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre – Ancient Theatre

31 August – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

 

SEPTEMBER

1 September – Capelli, M. si desta un mattino da sogni inquieti – Odeon

1 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

2 September – Dance of Fire with music by Bernstein, Ravel, Rachmaninov – Ancient Theatre

2 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

3 September – Festa del Teatro – Ancient Theatre

3 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

4 September – Christian racconta: Christian De Sica – Ancient Theatre

4 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

5 September – Alfa – Ancient Theatre

5 September – Un Palco Per Tutti > Karaoke – Public Gardens

5 September – Li Fomni – Odeon

6 Sptember – First Sunday of the month > Free entrance to Ancient Theatre, Isolabella and Archaeological Naxos Park

6 September – Una ragazza per il Cinema – Ancient Theatre 

6 September – Un Palco Per Tutti > Barboraduno e Toelettatura – Public Gardens

6 September – Prove di Volo – Odeon

6 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

7 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

8 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

9 September – Roberto Lipari – Ancient Theatre

9 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

10 September – Coez – Ancient Theatre

10 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

11 September – Un Palco Per Tutti > The Sultans of Swinga, a tribute band to Dire Straits – Public Gardens

11 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

13 September – Madame

13 September – Un Palco Per Tutti > Orchestra Mandolinistica Gioviale Città di Taormina – Public Gardens

13 September – Italian Opera Selection > Pagliacci – Teatro Nazarena

14 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

15 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

16 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

17 September – Planetaria Blu – Ancient Theatre

17 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

18 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

19 September – Taormina Music Award

20 September – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre – Ancient Theatre

20 September – Un Palco Per Tutti > Amici della Musica Giardini Naxos – Public Gardens

20 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

21 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

22 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

23 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

24 September – Interference, ballet – Ancient Theatre

24 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

25 September – Un Palco Per Tutti > Mountain lyrical arias, accompanied by piano – Public Gardens

25 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

27 September – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre – Ancient Theatre

27 September – Un Palco Per Tutti > Fashion show of tailored wedding dresses by A. Bordonaro – Public Gardens

27 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

28 September – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre – Ancient Theatre

28 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

29 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

30 September – La Cena – Palazzo Corvaja

30 September – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

 

OCTOBER

1 October – La Cena – Palazzo Corvaja

1 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

2 October – La Cena – Palazzo Corvaja

2 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

3 October – La Cena – Palazzo Corvaja

4 October – First Sunday of the month > Free entrance to Ancient Theatre, Isolabella and Archaeological Naxos Park

4 October – La Cena – Palazzo Corvaja

4 October – Italian Opera selection > La Bohème – Teatro Nazarena

5 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

6 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

7 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

8 October – Masterclass by Roberta Torre – Casa del Cinema

8 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

9 October – Masterclass by Roberta Torre – Casa del Cinema

9 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

10 October – Masterclass by Roberta Torre – Casa del Cinema

11 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

12 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

13 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

14 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

15 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

16 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

18 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

19 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

20 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

21 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

22 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

23 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

25 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

26 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

27 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

28 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

29 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

30 October – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

 

NOVEMBER

2 November – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

4 November – Festa delle Forze Armate (Bank Koliday) > Free entrance to Ancient Theatre, Isolabella and Archaeological Naxos Park

4 November – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

6 November – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

9 November – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

11 November – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

13 November – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

16 November – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

18 November – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

20 November – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

23 November – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

25 November – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

27 November – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

30 November – Italian Opera Taormina – Teatro Nazarena

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

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October 4, 2026 – La cena

F E S T I V A L   I N T E R N A Z I O N A L E   T A O R M I N A   A R T E

La Cena

Palazzo Corvaja, Thursday 3rd October 2026 @ 9:00pm

 

By Giuseppe Manfridi 
Directed by Walter Manfrè
Starring Andrea Tidona, Chiara Condrò, Stefano Skalkotos, Giulio Pampiglione

 

If there’s a show that puts the spectator on stage, it’s this one: a perfect theatrical mechanism.

Only 40 spectators are seated at the table with the host. Everything is ready for dinner, but the plot twists leave the spectator immobile, making them become part of a story.

Walter Manfrè’s historic direction, to whom Taormina Arte pays homage, creates a perfect system through which this show continues to recur over time.

A masterpiece but also a truly unique theatrical experience, not to be missed. Immerse yourself in a story not as a spectator but as a protagonist, with that strange feeling of having arrived in the midst of a family drama and having no say in the matter.

Upon entering the theater, the butler (Giulio Pampiglione) will seat you around a beautifully laid table, at the head of which sits the host (Andrea Tidona), ready to welcome his daughter (Chiara Condrò) after five long years to meet her new partner (Stefano Skalkotos).

From this moment on the audience becomes a real guest at the long-desired reunion of a father and his daughter.

 

TICKETS 

more info ASAP


MORE INFO

Fondazione Taormina Arte >  www.facebook.com/fondazionetaorminartesicilia – ticket@taoarte.it – info@taormina-arte.com
Infoline: +39 391 7462 146

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

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October 4, 2026 – La Bohème

I T A L I A N   O P E R A   S E L E C T I O N

A selection of arias from

LA BOHÈME

by Giacomo Puccini

Teatro Nazarena (via Fontana Vecchia, 3), Sunday 4th October 2026 @9:15pm

A free drink during intermission on theater’s terrace is included

 

Rather than focusing on spectacle, La Bohème reveals itself through intimacy: small gestures, unspoken feelings, and music that mirrors the rhythm of real life. Puccini’s score flows with natural warmth, shifting effortlessly between lightness and melancholy, joy and quiet sorrow. The result is an opera that feels immediate and profoundly human, even to first-time listeners.

In the refined and close setting of Teatro Nazarena, the audience is invited to share the emotional space of the characters, experiencing their hopes, friendships, and inevitable farewells at close range. This proximity enhances the emotional clarity of the music, allowing Puccini’s melodies to unfold with sincerity and depth.

 

Cast
Mimì: Silvia Di Falco
Rodolfo: Davide Benigno
Marcello: Graziano D’Urso
Musetta: Ester Ventura
Puccini’s Most Poetic Opera in Taormina

(source: italianoperataormina.com)

 

TICKETS on italianoperataormina.com

Standard ticket € 50,00

 

MORE INFO

Italian Opera Taormina > www.italianoperataormina.com – info@italianoperataormina.com – T. +39 340 642 6230 – www.facebook.com/italianoperataormina

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

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October 3, 2026 – La Cena

F E S T I V A L   I N T E R N A Z I O N A L E   T A O R M I N A   A R T E

La Cena

Palazzo Corvaja, Thursday 3rd October 2026 @ 9:00pm

 

By Giuseppe Manfridi 
Directed by Walter Manfrè
Starring Andrea Tidona, Chiara Condrò, Stefano Skalkotos, Giulio Pampiglione

 

If there’s a show that puts the spectator on stage, it’s this one: a perfect theatrical mechanism.

Only 40 spectators are seated at the table with the host. Everything is ready for dinner, but the plot twists leave the spectator immobile, making them become part of a story.

Walter Manfrè’s historic direction, to whom Taormina Arte pays homage, creates a perfect system through which this show continues to recur over time.

A masterpiece but also a truly unique theatrical experience, not to be missed. Immerse yourself in a story not as a spectator but as a protagonist, with that strange feeling of having arrived in the midst of a family drama and having no say in the matter.

Upon entering the theater, the butler (Giulio Pampiglione) will seat you around a beautifully laid table, at the head of which sits the host (Andrea Tidona), ready to welcome his daughter (Chiara Condrò) after five long years to meet her new partner (Stefano Skalkotos).

From this moment on the audience becomes a real guest at the long-desired reunion of a father and his daughter.

 

TICKETS 

more info ASAP


MORE INFO

Fondazione Taormina Arte >  www.facebook.com/fondazionetaorminartesicilia – ticket@taoarte.it – info@taormina-arte.com
Infoline: +39 391 7462 146

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

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October 1, 2026 – La Cena

F E S T I V A L   I N T E R N A Z I O N A L E   T A O R M I N A   A R T E

La Cena

Palazzo Corvaja, Thursday 1st October 2026 @ 9:00pm

 

By Giuseppe Manfridi 
Directed by Walter Manfrè
Starring Andrea Tidona, Chiara Condrò, Stefano Skalkotos, Giulio Pampiglione

 

If there’s a show that puts the spectator on stage, it’s this one: a perfect theatrical mechanism.

Only 40 spectators are seated at the table with the host. Everything is ready for dinner, but the plot twists leave the spectator immobile, making them become part of a story.

Walter Manfrè’s historic direction, to whom Taormina Arte pays homage, creates a perfect system through which this show continues to recur over time.

A masterpiece but also a truly unique theatrical experience, not to be missed. Immerse yourself in a story not as a spectator but as a protagonist, with that strange feeling of having arrived in the midst of a family drama and having no say in the matter.

Upon entering the theater, the butler (Giulio Pampiglione) will seat you around a beautifully laid table, at the head of which sits the host (Andrea Tidona), ready to welcome his daughter (Chiara Condrò) after five long years to meet her new partner (Stefano Skalkotos).

From this moment on the audience becomes a real guest at the long-desired reunion of a father and his daughter.

 

TICKETS 

more info ASAP


MORE INFO

Fondazione Taormina Arte >  www.facebook.com/fondazionetaorminartesicilia – ticket@taoarte.it – info@taormina-arte.com
Infoline: +39 391 7462 146

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

 

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September 30, 2026 – La Cena

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La Cena

Palazzo Corvaja, Wednesday 30 September 2026 @ 9:00pm

 

By Giuseppe Manfridi 
Directed by Walter Manfrè
Starring Andrea Tidona, Chiara Condrò, Stefano Skalkotos, Giulio Pampiglione

 

If there’s a show that puts the spectator on stage, it’s this one: a perfect theatrical mechanism.

Only 40 spectators are seated at the table with the host. Everything is ready for dinner, but the plot twists leave the spectator immobile, making them become part of a story.

Walter Manfrè’s historic direction, to whom Taormina Arte pays homage, creates a perfect system through which this show continues to recur over time.

A masterpiece but also a truly unique theatrical experience, not to be missed. Immerse yourself in a story not as a spectator but as a protagonist, with that strange feeling of having arrived in the midst of a family drama and having no say in the matter.

Upon entering the theater, the butler (Giulio Pampiglione) will seat you around a beautifully laid table, at the head of which sits the host (Andrea Tidona), ready to welcome his daughter (Chiara Condrò) after five long years to meet her new partner (Stefano Skalkotos).

From this moment on the audience becomes a real guest at the long-desired reunion of a father and his daughter.

 

TICKETS 

more info ASAP


MORE INFO

Fondazione Taormina Arte >  www.facebook.com/fondazionetaorminartesicilia – ticket@taoarte.it – info@taormina-arte.com
Infoline: +39 391 7462 146

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

 

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September 24, Interference

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Interference

Junior Ballet

National Premiere

Ancient Theatre,  Thursday 24 September 2026 @ 9:00pm

 

Only 100 – Only for 100 spectators

Choreography: Alessandra Scalambrino
Live music: by and with Puccio Castrogiovanni
Dancers: Desy Falletta, Rachele Masciocchi, Giuseppe Sgroppo, Alessandro Bonacina.
Project by DT Junior danza –

A project created specifically to make the audience part of the show. “Only 100” allows only 100 spectators to enter.

With the distance between the stalls and the stage abolished, the audience sits directly on the stage, right next to the dancers, eliminating any safety distance. INTERFERENCE is not a choreography to be observed, but a vibration to be welcomed.

An invitation to discover how the body, deprived of speech, can become a naked witness. It is a close encounter in which silence thickens and proximity takes your breath away, based on a single premise: without the presence of the spectator, that body has nothing to say.

The original soundtrack, performed live, engages in real-time with this tension, amplifying the pulse and vulnerability of the shared space.

 

TICKETS 

more info ASAP


MORE INFO

Fondazione Taormina Arte >  www.facebook.com/fondazionetaorminartesicilia – ticket@taoarte.it – info@taormina-arte.com
Infoline: +39 391 7462 146

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

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September 17, 2026 – Planetaria Blu

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Planetaria Blu

Thaetre, Science and Music to narrate a love story

Ancient Theatre, Thursday 17 September 2026 @ 9:00pm

 

With actor Edoardo Leo, climatologist Giulio Boccaletti and multi-instrumentalist Giovanna Famulari
Directed by Ferdinando Ceriani.
Music by Giovanna Famulari.
Light Designer Davide Comuzzi
Videomapping by Francesco Lopergolo.

 

Planetaria is the most interesting performance project of recent years. It’s not just a show that focuses on content, education, science, and spectacularity, but it’s a community and a brand that unites great actors, scientists, and communicators in a year-round system of meetings, major events, and projects.

We explain how the planet is changing, what needs we face, and how these accelerations are changing us and the world. A show – written specifically for the Taormina Festival – with an immersive and technological approach.

 

Sandro, played by Edoardo Leo, spends a memorable night of love in Taormina with the intriguing Blu, a young Sicilian woman who disappears the next day without a trace.
All searches are in vain. But upon returning home, Sandro receives a mysterious envelope with a musical clue signed by Blu, the first of many. Thus begins an exciting long-distance challenge. To track down the woman, Sandro must decipher a playlist of ancient songs he has received. The songs suggested by Blu correspond to key moments in the history of the Mediterranean.
The journey ends a year later, on September 17, 2026, at the Ancient Theater of Taormina, where the final stop on the playlist is a live concert in front of an audience: Sandro finally reunites with Blu on stage.
At the end of the show, the audience will interact with the protagonists on stage.

 

TICKETS 

more info ASAP


MORE INFO

Fondazione Taormina Arte > www.facebook.com/fondazionetaorminartesicilia – ticket@taoarte.it – info@taormina-arte.com
Infoline: +39 391 7462 146

Edoardo Leo > www.instagram.com/edoardoleo www.facebook.com/edoardoleo

Giulio Boccaletti > www.instagram.com/giulio_boccaletti – www.facebook.com/giulio.boccaletti

Giovanna Famulari > www.instagram.com/giovannafamulari – www.facebook.com/giovanna.famulari.1

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

 

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September 13, 2026 – Pagliacci

I T A L I A N   O P E R A   S E L E C T I O N

A selection of arias from

PAGLIACCI

by Ruggero Leoncavallo

Teatro Nazarena (Via Fontana Vecchia, 3) Sunday 13th September 2026 @ 9:15pm

A free drink during intermission on theater’s terrace is included

 

Leoncavallo’s iconic verismo opera strips away illusion to reveal a story where art and reality collide with devastating consequences.

Unlike romantic or idealized operas, Pagliacci confronts the audience with emotions that feel immediate and unfiltered: jealousy, betrayal, humiliation, and despair. The music follows this emotional trajectory with striking directness, moving from theatrical irony to moments of overwhelming truth. Famous for its ability to blur the boundary between performance and life, the opera draws the listener into a psychological drama that unfolds relentlessly.

In the intimate setting of Teatro Nazarena, Pagliacci becomes an especially powerful experience. The proximity between performers and audience amplifies every vocal inflection and dramatic gesture, transforming the opera into a shared emotional space rather than a distant spectacle. This closeness enhances the impact of Leoncavallo’s score, making the tension almost tangible.

 

Cast
Canio: Graziano D’Urso
Tonio: Moisès Molin
Silvio: Angelo Sapienza
Nedda: Ester Ventura
Beppe: Federico Parisi

 

Pagliacci embodies the essence of Italian verismo: direct storytelling, heightened emotion, and music that serves the drama without compromise. This performance invites the audience to witness an opera where laughter masks tragedy and the stage reflects the harshness of real life—an unforgettable operatic experience in the heart of Taormina.

(source: italianoperataormina.com)

 

TICKETS on italianoperataormina.com

Standard ticket € 50,00

 

MORE INFO

Italian Opera Taormina > www.italianoperataormina.com – info@italianoperataormina.com – T. +39 340 642 6230 – www.facebook.com/italianoperataormina

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

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