As soon as you arrive in Taormina, you will feel the magical, mythical atmosphere spread all around which has enchanted visitors from all over the world for years and years.
Settled on a hill of the Monte Tauro, Taormina dominates two grand, sweeping bays below and on the southern side, the top of Mount Etna, the european highest active volcano, often capped with snow, offering to the visitors a breathtaking, dramatic and memorable view.
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Events
- Sep. 5 – Il Volo05/09/2019 - 12:24 AM
Il Volo “Best of 10 Years” Ancient Theatre, Saturday 5th September 2020 @9.00pm Celebrating 10 years of incredible music making, global pop-opera sensation Il Volo performs again at the Ancient Greek-Roman Theatre of Taormina. l Volo is a group of three (unconventional) teenage boys that came to fame in Italy after appearing on the […]
- Sep. 4 – Il Volo04/09/2019 - 12:52 AM
Il Volo “Best of 10 Years” Ancient Theatre, Friday 4th September 2020 @ 9.00pm Celebrating 10 years of incredible music making, global pop-opera sensation Il Volo performs again at the Ancient Greek-Roman Theatre of Taormina. l Volo is a group of three (unconventional) teenage boys that came to fame in Italy after appearing on […]
- Aug. 29 – Daniele Silvestri29/08/2019 - 12:04 AM
Daniele Silvestri Ancient Theatre, August 29th 2020 @ 9.00pm Daniele Silvestri (born 18 August 1968) is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. Silvestri debuted in 1994, releasing his eponymous album. After a few albums, in 2002, he released the single “Salirò”, which won the Critics’ Award at the Sanremo Music Festival of the same year […]
Aug. 30 – Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli
Ancient Theatre, Friday August 30th 2019 @ 9.30pm
The world’s most beloved tenor comes back to 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
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
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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Aug. 27 – Antonello Venditti
1978 / 2018 Sotto il segno dei pesci
Ancient Theatre, Tuesday 27th August 2019 @ 9.00pm
Antonio “Antonello” Venditti (born 8 March 1949) is an Italian singer-songwriter who became famous in the 1970s for the social themes of his songs.
TICKETS on ticketone.it
Stalls (Parterre): € 92,00
Gallery: € 79,50
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 57,50
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 39,50
More on Antonello Venditti:
http://www.antonellovenditti.it/
Aug. 25 – Martha Argerich and Daniel Rivera
Martha Argerich and Daniel Rivera
Concert for Piano and Orchestra
Ancient Theatre, Sunday 25th August 2019 @ 9.00pm
Martha Argerich: Concert n. 1 in Mi bemolle Maggiore by F. Listz
David Rivera: Concert op. 16 in La minore by E. Grieg
TICKETS on boxol.it and ticketone.it
Stalls VIP (Parterre): € 100,00
Stalls (Parterre): € 80,00
Gallery: € 60,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 40,00
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 25,00
Here the two artists in J.Brahms, Variazioni sul tema di Haydn
Aug. 21 and 24 – Carmen by G. Bizet
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
Aug. 17 – Fiorella Mannoia
Fiorella Mannoia
Personale Tour
Ancient Theatre of Taormina, Saturday 17 August 2019 @ 9.00pm
TICKETS on ticketone.it
Stalls (Parterre): € 80,50
Gallery: € 69,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 52,00
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 35,00
Aug. 12 / Sep 30 – Exhib. of “Respiro” by Giacomo Rizzo
Exhibition of the sculpure “Respiro” (breath)
by Giacomo Rizzo
The sculpture – inspired by the mountain of Monte Pellegrino of Palermo – is located by the Ancient Theatre till September 30th 2019
The sites managed by the Archeaological Park of Taormina and Giardini Naxos (Ancient Theatre, isle of Isola Bella, Archeaological Site of Naxos, Palazzo Ciampoli and Villa Caronia) are open every day from 9.00am to one hour before sunset. Tickets can be purchased here: https://aditusculture.com
MORE INFO
www.parconaxostaormina.com – rp.parco.archeo.naxos@regione.sicilia.it
Aug. 11 – Ballet “W Verdi e i Vespri siciliani”
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
Aug. 10 – Alda Merini “The Concert”
Monica Guerritore in
Alda Merini “The Concert”
Mentre rubavo la vita – Homage to Alda Merini
With Giovanni Nuti
Special guest: Carmen Consoli
Ancient Theatre, Saturday 0th August 2019 @ 9.00pm
Giovanni Nuti e Monica Gurritore sing Alda Merini
The concert wants to raise funds for the Italian CIR – Commitee for Refugees (www.cir-onlus.org)
Aug. 10 – Monica Guerritore
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.
Click here to dowload the program
TICKETS on boxol.it
Stalls (Parterre): € 15,00
MORE INFO and on-site tickets at the Casa del Cinema, Corso Umberto I n. 61, open everyday excep Mondays fro 10.00am to 8.00pm. Ph. (mobile): 0039 391 746 2146
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)
August 3, 4 and 9 – Eros Ramazzotti
Eros Ramazzotti
Vita ce n’è – World Tour
Ancient Theatre on Saturday 3, Sunday 4 and Tuesday 6 August 2019 @ 9.00pm
TICKETS
Choose your day >> Saturday 3 – Sunday 4 – Tuesday 6
Stalls (Parterre): € 149,50
Gallery (central): € 132,25
Gallery (lateral): € 109,25
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 86,25
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 63,25
Eros Walter Luciano Ramazzotti (born 28 October 1963) is an Italian musician, singer and songwriter. Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries, and throughout the Spanish-speaking world, as he has released most of his albums in both Italian and Spanish.
Since 1984, Ramazzotti has released 11 studio albums, one EP, three compilation albums, three live albums, and 37 singles. He has sold over 60 million records in his 30-year career. His repertoire includes duets with artists such as Cher, Tina Turner, Andrea Bocelli, Patsy Kensit, Anastacia, Joe Cocker, Julio Iglesias, Lynn Davis, Ricardo Arjona, Luciano Pavarotti, Laura Pausini, Nicole Scherzinger and Ricky Martin.
(source: wikipedia)