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2024-25 OPERA & BALLET | 2024-25 CONCERTS
2024-25 OPERA & BALLET CALENDAR
November 24 / 26 / 28 / 29 / December 1 2024
Season Opening
György Ligeti
LE GRAND MACABRE
1996 Version in English
For the first time in Palermo
Conductor Omer Meir Wellber
Director Barbora Horáková
Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
A Teatro Massimo New Production
December 14/15/17/18/19/20/21/22 2024
Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij
LO SCHIACCIANOCI
(The Nutcracker)
Choreography Jean-Sébastien Colau e Vincenzo Veneruso
Conductor Mojca Lavrenčič
Teatro Massimo Ballet and Orchestra
A Teatro Massimo New Production
January 24 / 25 / 26 / 28 / 29 / 30 2025
Giuseppe Verdi
OTELLO
Conductor Jader Bignamini
Director Mario Martone
Teatro Massimo Orchestra, Chorus and Youth Chorus
A Teatro Massimo New Production
in co-production with Teatro San Carlo in Naples
February 15 / 16 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 2025
Gioachino Rossini
ROSSINI CARDS
Choreography Mauro Bigonzetti
A Production of the Slovene National Theatre in Maribor
Igor Stravinsky
LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS
Choreography Edward Clug
A production of the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome
Director Mikhail Sinkevich
Teatro Massimo Ballet and Orchestra
March 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 25 2025
Charles Gounod
FAUST
Conductor Daniel Oren
Director Fabio Ceresa
Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
A Teatro Massimo New Production
April 11 / 12 / 13 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 2025
Gaetano Donizetti
L’ELISIR D’AMORE
Conductor Gabriele Ferro
Director Ruggero Cappuccio
Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
A Production of the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome
May 6 / 7 / 8 2025
Paolo Buonvino
ANNA
Choreography Vincenzo Veneruso
Conductor Paolo Buonvino
Teatro Massimo Ballet and Orchestra
A Teatro Massimo New Production
May 20 / 22 / 24 / 25 / 27 2025
Richard Strauss
SALOME
Conductor Omer Meir Wellber
Director Bruno Ravella
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
A Production of the Irish National Opera
June 14 / 15 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 2025
Adolphe-Charles Adam
GISELLE
Choreography Jean Coralli e Jules Perrot
Conductor Nir Kabaretti
Teatro Massimo Ballet and Orchestra
A Teatro Massimo New Production
17/18/19/20/21/23/24/25 september 2025
Gioachino Rossini
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
Conductor Giacomo Sagripanti
Director Stefania Bonfadelli
Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
A Teatro Massimo New Production
5 / 7 / 9 / 12 october 2025
Alessandro Scarlatti
MITRIDATE EUPATORE
Conductor Giulio Prandi
Director Cecilia Ligorio
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
A Teatro Massimo New Production
17 / 18 / 19 / 21 / 22 / 23 october 2025
Vincenzo Bellini
LA SONNAMBULA
Conductor Giuseppe Mengoli
Director Bárbara Lluch
Teatro Massimo Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet
A Teatro Massimo New Production
in co-production with Teatro Real in Madrid, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcellona
and the New National Theatre in Tokyo
2024-25 CONCERT CALENDAR
December 5 2024
Conductor Gabriele Ferro
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
December 31 2024
Saint Sylvester Concert
single-tickets-only event
Conductor Omer Meir Wellber
Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
January 1 2025
NEW YEAR’S CONCERT
single-tickets-only event
Conductor Michele De Luca
Massimo Youth Orchestra
January 10 2025
Conductor Salvatore Punturo
Teatro Massimo Chorus
January 12 2025
Conductor Umberto Clerici
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
February 7 2025
Conductor Gianna Fratta
Piano Paul Lewis
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
March 1 2025
Conductor Gabriele Ferro
Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
March 27 2025
Conductor Enrico Pagano
Orchestra Nazionale dei Conservatori
April 19 2025
Conductor Ignazio Maria Schifani
Orchestra Nazionale Barocca dei Conservatori
April 24 2025
Conductor Gaetano D’Espinosa
Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
April 27 2025
Conductor Michele De Luca
Massimo Youth Orchestra
April 29 2025
Conductor Omer Meir Wellber
Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
June 5 2025
Conductor Ben Glassberg
Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
September 7 2025
Conductor Domenico Riina
Orchestra Jazz Siciliana The Brass Group
October 31 2025
Conductor Ingo Metzmacher
Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
November 2 2025
Conductor to be confirmed
Massimo Youth Orchestra