Laura Pausini

THE GREATEST HITS WORLD TOUR 

May 10th, 11th, 13th and 18th 2014, 9.30pm

Taormina Greek Theatre

FOUR DATES!!

Born on May 1 1974, Laura Pausini is one of the best-known-abroad Italian singers.
During her career, she has won numerous music awards, including three Latin Grammy Awards, a Billboard Latin Music Award and four World Music Awards. In 2006 she also became the first Italian female artist to win a Grammy Award, receiving the accolade for Best Latin Pop Album for the record Escucha. She has been honoured as a Commander Order of Merit of the Italian Republic .
The album Laura” (1994) was certified diamond by the Association of Phonographic and Videographic of Spain, making her the first non-Spanish artist to sell more than one million copies in Spain.

During the concert in Taormina 40 players and 6 dancers will perform on stage.

May 10th, Saturday – Tickets on ticketone.it

May 11th, Sunday – Tickets on ticketone.it

May 13,  Tuesday – Tickets on ticketone.it

May 18th, Sunday – Tickets on ticketone.it

Stalls (Parterre): 103,50
Gallery: € 92,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 80,50
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 44,00

More info on the artist: http://www.laurapausini.com/eng/#home

 Italian Opera Taormina

Cine-Theatre San Giorgio (behind the church of San Giuseppe, in piazza IX aprile, the Belvedere main square of the town)

Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from May to October (in August special events) – 9.15pm

An extraordinary journey with the most famous arias and duet from “Italian Operas”. You will hear music from great Italian operas interpreted by professional singers who have performed in the most important Italian and international theatres, performed with piano accompaniment.

The evening will be held in the Cine Teatro ‘San Giorgio’ where you will be offered a drink and can take in an extraordinary panorama view of Taormina.

Program arias from:

W. A. Mozart Arias from The Marriage of Figaro
Giuseppe Verdi Arias from La Traviata
Gaetano Donizetti Arias from Elisir D’Amor
Gioacchino Rossini Arias from Il barbiere di Siviglia
Giacomo Puccini Arias from Madame Butterfly and La Boheme
Giacomo Puccini Arias from Tosca

Download the poster

Tickets : € 20,00 (under 25 € 15,00)
Box office:  11:00 – 12:00 a.m.  and from 7.00pm on concert dates
Tickets Online:  www.italianoperataormina.com or classictic.com

Info and booking: 0039 340 64 26 230 (mobile)

CALENDAR
The program slightly changes every day.

Fri 02.05.2014
Mon 05.05.2014
Wed 07.05.2014
Fri 09.05.2014
Mon 12.05.2014
Wed 14.05.2014
Fri 16.05.2014
Mon 19.05.2014
Wed 21.05.2014
Fri 23.05.2014
Mon 26.05.2014
Wed 28.05.2014
Fri 30.05.2014
Mon 02.06.2014
Wed 04.06.2014
Fri 06.06.2014
Mon 09.06.2014
Wed 11.06.2014
Fri 13.06.2014
Mon 16.06.2014
Wed 18.06.2014
Fri 20.06.2014
Mon 23.06.2014
Wed 25.06.2014
Fri 27.06.2014
Mon 30.06.2014
Wed 02.07.2014
Fri 04.07.2014
Mon 07.07.2014
Wed 09.07.2014
Fri 11.07.2014
Mon 14.07.2014
Wed 16.07.2014
Fri 18.07.2014
Mon  21.07.2014
Wed  23.07.2014
Fri  25.07.2014
Mon  28.07.2014
Wed  30.07.2014
Mon  01.09.2014
Wed  03.09.2014
Fri  05.09.2014
Mon 08.09.2014
Wed 10.09.2014
Fri 12.09.2014
Mon 15.09.2014
Wed 17.09.2014
Fri 19.09.2014
Mon 22.09.2014
Wed 24.09.2014
Fri 26.09.2014
Mon 29.09.2014
Wed 01.10.2014
Fri 03.10.2014
Mon 06.10.2014
Wed 08.10.2014
Fri 10.10.2014
Mon 13.10.2014
Wed 15.10.2014
Fri 17.10.2014
Mon 20.10.2014
Wed 22.10.2014
Fri 24.10.2014
Mon 27.10.2014
Wed 29.10.2014
Fri 31.10.2014

Afternoon in Jazz

April 26 and May 3 2014

Excelsior Palace Hotel, Via Toselli (next to Porta Catania)

The Taormina Jazz Festival organises Afternoon in Jazz.
During each event a famous Sicilian jazz player will exhibit.

On April 26 Seby Burgio will present his “Piano Solo”. More  information on the player at:
https://myspace.com/sebyburgio
www.facebook.com/seby.burgio
http://urbanfabula.com/about/seby-burgio

The entrance costs € 15,00 and includes a rich Happy Hour cocktail.

John Paul II, the Pope who changed history

Photo Exhibition

April 15 – May 18, Town Library (Piazza IX aprile) – Free entrance

From Tuesday to Sunday – 10.00am / 1.00pm – 3.30pm / 8.30pm

The itinerant exhibition counts 22 images most of them taken by the Studio fotografico Felici di Roma, the photographic agency that since 1846 takes care of the images of the Popes.

This exhibition is thought as an “emotional show” of one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century, an extraordinary protagonist of the life and the history of the Roman Church who, also, significantly improved the Catholic Church’s relations with Judaism, Islam, the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Anglican Communion.

You will also find two sacred relics: the blood of the pope (dating back to the aggression that took place in Vatican City in 1980) and his own rosary beads. During the Holy Week (April 17-22) the two relics will be displayed in the Cathedral of Taormina.

John Paul II will be canonised (will become SAINT) on 27 April 2014, alongside Pope John XXIII. His feast day will be not celebrated on the date of his death as is usual, but on 22 October, the anniversary of his papal inauguration in 1978.

Short Biography

Pope John Paul II – in Latin Ioannes Paulus II – born Karol Józef Wojtyła (18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005), was Pope from 16 October 1978 to his death in 2005. He was the second longest-serving pope in history and the first non-Italian since Pope Adrian VI, who died in 1523.
John Paul II was one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century. He is recognised as helping to end Communist rule in his native Poland and eventually all of Europe. John Paul II significantly improved the Catholic Church’s relations with Judaism, Islam, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion. Controversially, he upheld the Church’s teachings against artificial contraception and the ordination of women, he supported the Church’s Second Vatican Council and its reform, and he held firm orthodox Catholic stances. He is known for his implementation of several papal documents pertaining to the role of the Church in the modern world.
He was one of the most travelled world leaders in history, visiting 129 countries during his pontificate. As part of his special emphasis on the universal call to holiness, he beatified 1,340 people and canonized 483 saints, more than the combined tally of his predecessors during the preceding five centuries. By the time of his death, he had named most of the College of Cardinals, consecrated or co-consecrated a large number of the world’s bishops, and ordained many priests. A key goal of his papacy was to transform and reposition the Catholic Church. His wish was “to place his Church at the heart of a new religious alliance that would bring together Jews, Muslims and Christians in a great [religious] armada”.

John Paul II’s cause for canonisation commenced in 2005 shortly after his death with the traditional five year waiting period waived. On 19 December 2009, John Paul II was proclaimed Venerable by his successor Pope Benedict XVI and was beatified on 1 May 2011 after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints attributed one miracle to him, the healing of a French nun from Parkinson’s disease. A second miracle, attributed to the late pope, was approved on 2 July 2013 and confirmed by Pope Francis two days later.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II

“TOWN OF TAORMINA” Award – 6th edition

January 6th 2014

Hotel Villa Diodoro, 6.00pm