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
Emanuele Senici
presents La sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini.
Poster
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 Otello by Gioachino Rossini with Giuseppe Cutino and Sabrina Petyx.
About
Monday October 20 2025, 6pm – Main Stage
Gala Concert – International Lyric Award Final “Ottavio Ziino”
For the first time, the Final of the International Lyric Award dedicated to Maestro Ottavio Ziino will take place in his hometown, Palermo, rather than in Rome.
This prestigious event, now in its 24th edition, has been discovering and promoting new talents on the international opera scene for many years, with a prestigious international jury committee.
This is a unique opportunity to hear young talents from the world of opera perform live in one of Europe’s most iconic theatres, in the spirit of remembrance and musical excellence.
Tickets
Full price 10 euro
Concession price 5 euro
Il Concorso
About
The Ottavio Ziino Opera Competition, founded in 2002 by Prof. Wally Santarcangelo, who is also the current artistic director, represents an important opportunity for growth and improvement for young opera singers up to the age of 33. It is a unique opportunity to develop their talent in an art form that is as demanding as it is fascinating.
The competition, organised by the Association Il Villaggio della Musica in collaboration with the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, is sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the City of Palermo.
Info
Tuesday, February 17 2026, 6 pm, Sala Onu
Talking about Opera – Dido and Aeneas
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 Dido and Aeneas with Rinaldo Clementi 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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Creative cast
Creative direction Luca Pintacuda
Artistic direction Antonino Serafino
Screenplay Fabrizio Pedone
Music and live performances Giulia Tagliavia, Giovanni Magaglio
Interaction Design Alessandro Disingrini, Albert Julius Cabri
Designers Lidia Falletta, Serena Pantaleo, Claudia Rago, John Mark Poultry, Rosaria Gallè
Tickets
Biglietti
Full price €12 + €8 guided tour
Reduced (under 26 and card under 35) €8 + €6 guided tour
Reduced price for school groups €4 + €3 guided tour
Free: one accompanying teacher for every 10 students, H students and their support teachers
It is also possible to purchase the show only (without the guided tour)
Gallery
Highlights
An experience in which the public will find itself surrounded by projections, lights, music; a one-of-a-kind show in which the stages, the ceiling and the holographic sheets become the projection surfaces on which the narrative develops. Over the centuries, the harmonies and disharmonies of nature have inspired musicians and composers who have tried to translate into music the alternation of the seasons, the noises produced by natural phenomena, by living beings, by the movements of the cosmos. “Sounds in Extinction” questions and questions the viewer on the relationship between music, art and the natural environment, and on the evolution of this relationship in relation to a world that is increasingly artificial, urban, virtual and the danger of the progressive disappearance of entire ecosystems.
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Dates
- 19 December11:00 AMTeatro Massimo19 December12:00 PMTeatro Massimo21 December11:00 AMTeatro Massimo21 December12:00 PMTeatro Massimo22 December11:00 AMTeatro Massimo22 December12:00 PMTeatro Massimo23 December11:00 AMTeatro Massimo23 December8:30 PMTeatro Massimo27 December5:00 PMTeatro Massimo27 December6:30 PMTeatro Massimo
About
18 – 21 February, 2025 | Sala Grande, Teatro Massimo
from 5 to 13 years old | Bookings from 25 November, 2024
Written and directed by Manu Lalli
Original music and arrangements Simone PirainoTeatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
Chorus Master Salvatore PunturoTickets
Students 5 €
Full price 12 €
Reduced price 10 €
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The plot
A funny little man descends one evening from a moonbeam and finds himself in the fascinating circus life populated by acrobats, clowns, knife throwers, ferocious animals, tamers, and lots of music…
Gallery
The poster
Spoken parts of the performance are in Italian; a basic understanding of the language is adviced.
Performances from Tue to Fri are events 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.
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