Andrea Bocelli

Ancient Theatre, Saturday August 31st 2019 @ 9.30pm – NEW DATE

 

An additional concert for Andrea Bocelli: Saturday 31 August at the Ancient Theatre of Taormina!

A great return to our city for the most loved Italian singer in the world.  A concert that promises to be special as the wonderful voice of Andrea Bocelli that will enchant the audience of taormina on August 30th

 

TICKETS on ticketone.it and boxol.it
Stalls (Parterre): not available
Gallery: € 265,00
Upper circle (gold numbered seats): € 185,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 145,00
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 80,00

 

Where to stay

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

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Bocelli has recorded 15 solo studio albums of both pop and classical music, three greatest hits albums, and nine complete operas, selling over 90 million records worldwide. He has had success as a crossover performer, bringing classical music to the top of international pop charts.

In 1998, Bocelli was named one of People magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People. In 1999, he was nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards. “The Prayer” is his duet with Celine Dion for the animated film Quest for Camelot which won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.^[3] He captured a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records with the release of his classical album Sacred Arias, as he simultaneously held the top three positions on the US Classical Albums charts.^[3]

Bocelli was made a Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2006 and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 2 March 2010 for his contribution to Live Theater.

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Lithograph of act 1 in the premiere performance, by Pierre-Auguste Lamy, 1875

Carmen

opera by Georges Bizet

Ancient Theatre on

Wednesday August 21st 2019 @9.30pm

and

Saturday August 24th 2019 @9.30pm

 

Carmen is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on a novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera, written in the genre of opéra comique, tells the story of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery Gypsy, Carmen. José abandons his childhood sweetheart and deserts from his military duties, yet loses Carmen’s love to the glamorous toreador Escamillo, after which José kills her in a jealous rage.

The music of Carmen has been widely acclaimed for its brilliance of melody, harmony, atmosphere and orchestration, and for the skill with which Bizet musically represented the emotions and suffering of his characters. After the composer’s death the score was subject to significant amendment, including the introduction of recitative in place of the original dialogue; there is no standard edition of the opera, and different views exist as to what versions best express Bizet’s intentions.

 

T W O   D A T E S

TICKETS for August 21st >> on boxol.it and ticketone.it

TICKETS for August 24th >> on boxol.it and ticketone.it

 

Stalls (Parterre): € 105,00
Gallery: € 85,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 60,00
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 35,00

 

More on Carmen

Original libretto (lyrics) Italian/French >> http://www.teatroallascala.org/includes/doc/2014-2015/carmen/libretto.pdf

W Verdi e i Vespri Siciliani

performed by the Corps of Ballet of Milan

Ancient Theatre, Sunday 11th August, 2019

 

A ballet in two acts with famous ballets realised on the music masterpieces of Giuseppe Verdi: Traviata, Aida, I Vespri Siciliani, Otello and Macbeth.

 

TICKETS on boxol.it
Stalls (Parterre): € 35,00
Gallery: € 35,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 25,00
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 15,00