About
Based on Turandot by Giacomo Puccini
Musical dramaturgy Anna Pedrazzini
Performance with pianist, singer and actors
Directed by Massimiliano Burini
Masks and costumes Mariella Carbone
New staging – AsLiCo Production
Opera Kids – 15th edition
Running time: 50 minutes
from 5 to 8 years old | Reservations from January 8th
Tickets
Students 5 €
Full price 12 €
Reduced price 10 €
For more information
Programme
The plot
In an ethereal scene, lit by a soft, delicate light, a garden of bare peach trees appears. The petals of the flowers have fallen to the ground, the lanterns still hang from the branches. It seems that winter has passed or is about to arrive. Three characters behind their masks, like shadows, appear on the scene. They tell an ancient story, that of Princess Turandot, victim of a curse that has involved the whole kingdom. Her frozen heart cannot love, feel emotions and so her kingdom loses vigour, light and hope. Only the arrival of someone of great courage could break the spell that has made her the Ice Princess and the whole kingdom could return to shine and love.
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Dates
- 6 March10:00 AMMain Stage6 March11:30 AMMain Stage7 March10:00 AMMain Stage7 March11:30 AMMain Stage8 March10:00 AMMain Stage8 March11:30 AMMain Stage
About
21-23 April 2026 | Sala Onu
from 0 to 3 years old | Bookings open on January 15 2026
Based on an idea by Compagnia Teatrale Petra
Curated by Vania Cauzillo, Antonella Iallorenzi, Alessandra Maltempo
Original music Tommaso Ussardi
Live music Claudio Cauzillo
Scene Designs Gabriella Mastrangelo, Antonio Guerrieri
made by Veronica Scardillo
in collaboration with Officina Creativa S.C.S. Made in Carcere MATERA
Technical Designs Angelo Piccinni
A Compagnia Teatrale Petra, Compagnia Teatrale L’Albero and Orchestra Senzaspine Production
Inspired by Suzy Lee, The Wave
Tickets
Full price: 10 €
Concession: 8 €
Students: 4 €
Free entrance for 1 teacher every 10 students, students with disabilities and their support teachers
Programme
The plot
The show is inspired by Suzy Lee’s book “The Wave” and tells a story that is both simple and complex: that of a little girl and her encounter with the sea, which leads her to cross a boundary, to experience, to learn. The sea is the natural element that contains and awakens a series of emotions and moods: curiosity, fascination, the desire to play, but also the unknown, fear, and the need to escape. The sea also marks the boundary between the real and the imaginary. The limit, therefore, that becomes a necessary step towards transformation and always leaves behind a treasure to be cherished.
This is an event for school groups. In case seats are available to the general audience, they will be on sale on the same day of performance at the box-office.
Find out more about our Educational project for school groups.
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Dates
- 21 April9:30 AMSala ONU21 April11:00 AMSala ONU22 April9:30 AMSala ONU22 April11:00 AMSala ONU23 April9:30 AMSala ONU23 April11:00 AMSala ONU
About
This event is in Italian.
Free entrance
You can access the Sala Onu through the stairs located in the stage door area (on the right side of the main entrance, close to Via Pignatelli Aragona).
An accessible pathway, with no steps and the elevator, is also available (ask the staff for guidance).
The presentations are organized by Associazione Amici del Teatro Massimo.
Programme
Lucio Tufano
presents Turandot by Giacomo Puccini.
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Dates
- 12 September6:00 PMSala Onu
About
Saturday May 18 2024, 8:30pm | Foyer
Conductor Salvatore Punturo
Female Chorus and Youth Chorus of the Teatro Massimo
Piano Giuseppe Cinà
Tickets: Full price 15€ / Concession price 12€
Programme
Giuseppe Verdi
Cori di Streghe da Macbeth:
“Che faceste”
“S’allontanarono”
“Tre volte miagola”
Georges Bizet
da Carmen
“Dans l’air nous suivons des yeux”
“Que se passe-t-il donc… Au secours!”
Zuniga (baritono) Alessio Gatto Goldstein
Johannes Brahms
Ave Maria op. 12
Gabriel Fauré
Le ruisseau
mezzosoprano Loredana Megna
Gustav Mahler
“Es sungen drei Engel” dalla Terza Sinfonia
Contralto Damiana Li Vecchi
Campane Silvia De Checchi
Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij
Coro delle contadine da Evgenij Onegin
Sergej Prokofiev
Due cori per coro femminile e orchestra op. 7
1. Il cigno bianco
2. L’onda
Giuseppe Ricotta
The Moon da Creation Suite
Chorus in the Foyer
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Dates
- 18 May8:30 PMFoyer
About
Livestreaming Concert
#apertinonostantetutto (We keep going, regardless)
The Concert will be livestreamed on: Teatro Massimo WebTv, Teatro Massimo Youtube channel, ANSA Press and Anfols WebTv.
Conductor Omer Meir Wellber
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
Programme
Claude Debussy
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Gabriel Fauré
Pelléas et Mélisande, suite op. 80
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor D. 759 “Unfinished”
Photo © Rosellina Garbo
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Dates
- 14 November7:00 PMTeatro Massimo, Auditorium
About
Pianisti Valeria Giordano con Gianfranco Giordano, Leonardo Massa, Giuseppe Cinà e Serena Di Giorgi
Concerto inserito nel percorso di formazione e crescita artistica dei musicisti dei complessi giovanili della Fondazione Teatro Massimo di Palermo
In collaborazione con il Sistema Museale di Ateneo
Ingresso gratuito fino a esaurimento posti disponibili
Dal 20 al 22 settembre si terrà la 7a edizione di PIANO CITY PALERMO, il festival gratuito di pianoforte che trasforma la città in un grande palcoscenico, con talentuosi artisti provenienti dalla Sicilia e da tutto il mondo.
Programme
Programma
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Dates
- 22 September12:00 PMOrto Botanico
About
This event is in Italian.
Tickets (3 euros) available at the box-office and online.
You can access the Sala Onu through the stairs located in the stage door area (on the right side of the main entrance, close to Via Pignatelli Aragona). An accessible pathway, with no steps and the elevator, is also available (ask the staff for guidance).
Programme
Beatrice Monroy
presents Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini with Stefania Blandeburgo and Rinaldo Clementi.
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Dates
- 11 September7:00 PMSala Onu
Info
Tuesday September 8 2026, 6 pm, Sala Onu
Talking about – Cavalleria rusticana
This event is in Italian.
The art of storytelling is made up of intertwined threads that open up the enchantment of listening.
Beatrice Monroy tells us the story of the opera Cavalleria rusticana with Gigi Borruso and Consuelo Lupo.
Tickets (3 euros) are available at the box-office and online.
You can access the Sala Onu through the stairs located in the stage door area (on the right side of the main entrance, close to Via Pignatelli Aragona). An accessible pathway, with no steps and the elevator, is also available (ask the staff for guidance).
About
The project
Beatrice Monroy – with readings by Stefania Blandeburgo, Gigi Borruso, Rinaldo Clementi, Giuseppe Cutino, Consuelo Lupo, and Sabrina Petyx – recounts the plots of the Operas staged at the Teatro Massimo to the audience, as well as the historical and cultural references on which the librettists based their work.
Our aim is to bring to the audience the extraordinary stories that inspired the Masters to compose their masterpieces.
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Dates
- 8 September6:00 PMSala Onu
About
Wednesday, December 3, 5 pm – Feltrinelli Bookstore (Via Cavour)
Presentation of the book “Nino Rota. Storia del mago Doppio e della fata Giglia”
The volume will be presented by:
– Marco Betta, Superintendent of the Teatro Massimo Foundation
– Dario Oliveri, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Music History at the University of Palermo.
Programme
Presentation
The work traces the composer’s great artistic and human adventure, drawing on mostly unpublished documents and testimonies that reconstruct the parable of an artist whose life was extremely intense, made up of strong family ties and friendships and collaborations with some of the greatest artists of his time, from Fellini and Visconti to De Filippo, Béjart, Coppola and Zeffirelli.
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Dates
- 3 December5:00 PMFeltrinelli Bookstore