Eventos en Taormina y alrededores: detalle
From 01 Enero 2008 to 16 Noviembre 2008
MAY TO JUNE 2008 : LIST OF EVENTS IN TAORMINA AND SICILY
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Last updated by the Villa Schuler Team on May 4, 2008
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EXHIBITONS
until June 30
Galleria Civica Luigi Sturzo - Piazza Municipio, Caltagirone
Caltagirone in Primavera 2008. Biennale della Ceramica 2007/2008. Extra edition. Exhibition of ceramics
Info: www.comune.caltagirone.ct.it
until July 15
Palazzo dei Normanni - Palermo
Max Ernst nella collezione Würth. Works of the famous german Dadaist and Surrealist Max Ernst, collected by the Würth family.
Opening hours: 8.30 to 17.00 h, Sundays 8.30 to 12.30 h
until August 31
Ruffartgalery - ViaVittorio Emanuele, Patti (Messina)
Alfio Mongelli H2O, Scetches, fotos and models of the projecting of the sculture H2O, which will be the only italian sculpture amongst 20 that will be installed in the olympic parc of Beijing.
EVENTS
MAY 2008
May 3 to 14 (20.30 h)
Teatro Sangiorgi - Catania
Catania giorno e notte (Catania by day and by night) theatre play by Roberto Laganà Manoli, directed by Tino Pasqualino, a poetic and musical journey through the years from 1890 to 1920, a reflection of the social and cultural circumstances at these times in Catania.
until May 4
Centro storico - Comiso (Ragusa)
L'Isola dei mestieri 2008. Festival of Sicilian wine and food and handicraft.
Each evening master cooks will be offering their dishes, sommeliers will make the visitors try best Sisilian wines and craftsmen will show their art of sculpting and making mosaics from marble and stone. There will also be works of cabinet makers, potters and others. Opening times: April 30 and May 3 (17.00 - 24.00 h), May 1 to 4 (10.00 to 13.00 and 15.00 to 24.00 h)
Info: www.isoladeimestieri.it
until May 4
Lungomare - Sampieri, Comune di Scicli (Ragusa)
Mare Barocco e Sagra del Pomodoro. Tastino of tipical dishes made with tomatoes, music and other preformances. Sampieri is a very old little seaside village situated at the Sicily's closests point to the Malta islands. The Arabs called the place Marsha Sikla, port of Scicli, later it became a harbour for the ships to Malta. From March 25 until August the crew of the TV movie about Andrea Camilleri's chief inspector Commissario Montalbano will be shooting in the area.
until May 6
Teatro Bellini - Palermo
Il re muore. (Le roi se meurt), Exit the king, theatre play by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Pietro Cartiglio, with Nello Mascia, Alvia Reale, Sergio Basile, Fiorenza Brogi, Eva Drammis, Aldo Ralli
Info: www.teatrobiondo.it
May 4 (18.30 h)
Le Ciminiere - Catania
Taormina. Screening of a scenic documentary by Giovanni Russotti about the history of Taormina as a place of touristic and cultural interest, beginning with J. W. Goethe, who described Taormina in his Italian Journey, continued by other celebrities such as D.H. Lawrence, the photographer Wilhem von Gloeden, who made Taormina famous by his homoerotic photos of young men in antique environments.
May 4 (18.30 h)
Chiesa SS. Sacramento - Catania
Concert with the musicians Paolo Gioia, Vincenzo Tarantino and the mezzo soprano Antonella Guida
May 4 (20.00 h)
Chiesa S. M. della Cosilazioni - Catania
Classica & Dintorni. Concert with Birgitte Staernes (violin) and Martin Haug (guitar) Musics by Mozart, Paganini, Giuliani, De Sarasate, Granados and Pujol
May 4 (20.30 h)
Municipio - Giarre (Catania)
Quartetto del Bellini and the pianist Gianfranco Pappalardo Fiumara playing musics by Mozart and Schubert. Gianfranco Pappalardo Fiumara has studied at the Conservatorio G. Verdi in Milan and now is a teacher at the University Kore of Enna and in Milan.
May 4 (20.45 h)
Museo Diocesano - Catania
Concert with the Camerata Polifonica Siciliana and Enrique Batiz (piano).
May 4 to 10
Stadio Comunale - Caltagirone
Caltagirone in Primavera 2008. Tennis Open organized by th Tennis Club of Caltagirone
Info: www.comune.caltagirone.ct.it
May 5
Teatro Comunale - Zafferana Etnea
Concert with the pianist Giorgio Costa. The internationally experienced pianist plays musics by Schubert and Chopin
May 5
Cine Moderno - Mascalucia (Catania)
7 sòis orkestra. Fado concert with Stefano Saletti (bouzouki, oud, guitar), Massimo Cusano (drums and percussions), Margarita Guerriero (voice), Jamal Ouassini (violin), Miguel Angel Ramos (guitar), Mario Rivera (bass) Eyal Seal (flutes).
May 5 (20.30 h)
Teatro Massimo - Palermo
La Serena. A musical journey along the mediterranean and atlantic coastlines, performed by Teresa Salgueiro & the Lusitania Ensemble.
Info: www.teatromassimo.it
May 6 and 7 (21.00 h)
Teatro Bauffremont - Caltanissetta
Indovina chi viene a cena. Musical by William A. Rose, directed by Patrik Rossi Castaldi, with Gianfranco D'Angelo and Ivana Monti
Info: Tel 0934 547599 and 0934 547034
May 7 (21.00 h)
Auditorium dell'Università - Enna
Andrea Bocelli and the Orchestra and Choir of the University Kore of Enna, conducted by Massimo Leonardi
May 8
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. Agamemnon, tragedy by Aeschylus.
In the season 2008 the greek theatre of Siracusa will show all three tragedies of the Oresteia (458 BC). The trilogy consists of Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers (Choephoroi), and The Eumenides. Together, these plays tell the bloody story of the family of Agamemnon, King of Mycenae.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 8 to 18
Teatro al Massimo - Palermo
Indovina chi viene a cena. Musical by William A. Rose, directed by Patrik Rossi Castaldi, with Gianfranco D'Angelo and Ivana Monti
Info: www.teatroalmassimo.it
May 8 (21.00 h)
Teatro Bauffremont - Caltanissetta
Quintorigo, Valentino Bianchi (sax), Andrea Costa (violin), Gionata Costa (violoncello), Luisa Cottifogli (voice) and Stefano Ricci (double bass). A concert dedicated to the jazz musician Charles Mingus, something between classic, rock, jazz, punk, reggae, funky, blues?also on May 10 in Catania
Info: www.quintorigo.com
May 8 (21.30 h)
Teatro Metropolitan - Catania
Elio e Le Storie Tese in concert. Sicilian rock band founded in the early 1980ies. Stefano Elio Bellisari (voice), Davide Cesareo Civaschi (guitar), Sergio Rocco Tanica Conforti (keyboards), Faso Fasani (bass), Christian Meyer (drums) e Feyez (sax).
May 9 (18.00 h)
Località Fondaco Motta (Valle d'Alcantara)
Palio dei Cavalieri. Comitato Equestre "Valle Ancatara". Performance of knights and horses.
May 9
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus. Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 9
Centro Zo - Catania
Etnafest 2008. Ensemble Darshan. Live music to the movie: The Wind (1928) by V. Sjostrom
Valentina Caiolo (violin), Adriano Murania (violin), Roberta Bullace (viola), Elena Sciamarelli (violoncello), Davide Galaverna (double bass), Ketty Teriaca (piano), Riccardo Gerbino (percussions) and Mario Gulisano (percussions and effects), conducted by Gerardo Maida.
Musics by D. Shostakovich, G. Sollima, B. Britten and G. Maida
Info: www.darshan.it
May 9, 10 and 11 (21.00 h)
Centro - Motta Camastra (Valle d'Alcantara)
In Gremio Terrae. Rassegna Medievale. A big medieval feast in the historic center of Mottacamastra, a small romantic town in the mountains of the Alcantara Valley. Three nights with jousting, jugglers, knights, oriental dances, music, falconers and medieval food, grill meat, arabic specialities, local wine and beer. Artists and associations from all over Italy, from Africa and Sicily. There will be a medieval tent camp reconstructed by the Gruppo Storico Arcieri Harcourt, joustings with horses and knights shown by the Equites Maenarum and Flos duellatorum. Street artists such as Iannà Tampè, La piccola compagnia del Cucco, Iocus and Nespolo, lo giullare will animate the visitors. Music performances by La compagnia del Cerco Bianco. Belly dance by Anastasia Francaviglia?The local authorities have organized parking spaces in the municipal stadium at the entrance of Motta Camastra and a free bus shuttle every 15 minutes to the town center.
Info: www.mottacamastra.net
May 9
Y?s Jazz Club
Appaloosa Victor (guitar and voice), Frederic Papie (drums), Silvio Chiodo and Paulo Rossi (bass) Mimmo Russo (piano) Oscar Consoli (pedal steel). Rock?n Roll Band.
May 9 (21.00 h)
Unione Italiana Ciechi - Catania
Raquel Boldorini (piano) plays musics by Chopin and Beethoven
May 9 and 10
Teatro Libero - Palermo
Il Gabbiano, (The seagull) theatre play by Anton Chechov, adapted by Martin Crimp, directed by Sandro Mabellini
Info: www.teatroliberopalermo.it
May 9 and 10
Teatro del Baglio - Villafrati (Palermo)
Theatre Play by the Teatro del Baglio, its title is still to be defined, directed by Ratko Radivojevic and Enzo Toto. Part of the series of experimental contemporary theatre Alle parole nostre.
Info: www.comune.villafrati.pa.it
May 9 to June 4
Teatro Biondo - Palermo
L?ultimo giorno di un condannato a morte. Theatre play after Victor Hugo, directed by Vincenzo Pirrotta, with Vincenzo Pirrotta, G. Calcagno and N. Lombardo
Inf: www.teatrobiondo.it
May 10
Mercati Generali - Catania
Teatro Bauffremont - Caltanissetta
Quintorigo, Valentino Bianchi (sax), Andrea Costa (violin), Gionata Costa (violoncello), Luisa Cottifogli (voice) and Stefano Ricci (double bass). A concert dedicated to the jazz musician Charles Mingus, something between classic, rock, jazz, punk, reggae, funky, blues.
Info: www.quintorigo.com
May 10 (18.00 h)
Museo Civico al Carcere Borbonico - Caltagirone
Caltagirone in Primavera 2008. Opening of an exhibtion on the restoration of the 17th century fountain of Camillo Camilliani in the public gardens. (until June 8, 2008)
Info: www.comune.caltagirone.ct.it
May 10
Centro - Palermo
91ª Edizione del Giro d'Italia. Start of the most famous Italian bycicle race.
Info: www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2008/
May 10
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. Agamemnon, tragedy by Aeschylus.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 10 (19.00 h)
Castello Ursino - Piazza Federico di Svevia, Catania
Bella Terra. Arianna Savall (soprano, harps), Petter Udland Johansen (tenor, lira, haringfele) and Dimitri Psonis (percussions and strings). Musics by Monteverdi, Kapsberger, Ruiz de Ribayaz, Krantz, Jinde, Moe, Udland Johansen, Escamilla, Savall, tradizionali. Admission free
Info: www.darshan.it
May 10 (21.15 h)
Centro Zò - Catania
Etnafest 2008. Avi Lebovich & the Israeli Jazz Orchestra. The trumpettist Avi Lebovich conducts a small orchestra including the best musicians of the israelian jazz and improvisation scene.
Info: www.etnafest.it
May 10 to 11
Centro - Messina
European Solar Days Festa Solare. Feast dedicated to the Solar Energy on the occasion of the European Solar Days (May 16 to 17, 2008).
Info: www.eusd.it/blog/eventi
May 10 to 18
Beachside - Mondello (Palermo)
World Festival on the Beach. This big sports event features all kinds of water sports on the beach of Palermo. Windsurfing, kitesurfing, sailing, beach volleyball plus music shows, movies etc. Please check for exact times.
Info: www.wwfestival.com
May 11
Centro - Cefalù (Palermo)
91 Edizione del Giro d'Italia. The most famous Italian bycicle race this year is starting on the island of Sicily. May 11 will be the stage from Cefalù to Agrigento, next day from Catania to Milazzo.
Info: www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2008/
May 11 (21.00 h)
Teatro del Baglio - Villafrati (Palermo)
Carbonica iz Ulice Bonzun (La Maga della via Bonzun) Theatre play, directed by Emilija Mrdakovic'. Part of the series of experimental contemporary theatre Alle parole nostre.
Info: www.comune.villafrati.pa.it
May 11
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus. Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 12
Centro - Catania
91 Edizione del Giro d'Italia. The most famous Italian bycicle race this year is starting on the island of Sicily. May 12 will be the stage from Catania to Milazzo.
Info: www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2008/
May 12 (16.30 h)
Palazzo Vermexio (town hall of Siracusa) - Siracusa
Il sole: energia, economia, ambiente. Congress on solar energy. Admission free.
Info: www.eusd.it/blog/eventi
May 12 (21.00 h)
Teatro Margherita - Caltanissetta
Mariella Lo Giudice and the Velke Trio. Valentina Caiolo (violin), Elena Sciamarelli (violoncello) and Ketty Teriaca (piano). Musics by N. Piovani and G. Collima. The actrice Mariella Lo Giudice reads texts by Fëdor Sologub. Admission free
Info: www.darshan.it
May 12 (21.00 h)
Teatro Massimo Bellini - Catania
Concert with the violonist Chloe Hanslip and the pianist Roderick Chadwick, playing works by Ludwig van Beethoven (Sonata No. 1 in D major, op. 12), Sergeij Prokoviev (Sonata No. 1 in F minor, op. 80), César Franck (Sonata in A major, M. 8) and Ysaye/Saint-Saens (Valse Caprice)
Info: www.teatromassimobellini.it
May 13
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus. In the season 2008 the greek theatre of Siracusa will show all three tragedies of the Oresteia (458 BC). The trilogy consists of Agamemnon,. Together, these plays tell the bloody story of the family of Agamemnon, King of Mycenae.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 14
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. Agamemnon, tragedy by Aeschylus.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 14 and 15
Auditorium dei Benedettini - Catania
Daniele Ciprì & Franco Maresco. Two days of performance, music, film screening. The two sicilian artists work together since 1986, producing experimental films and videos, which they combine with live music.
May 15 (17.00 to 20.00 h)
Courtyard of the school building - Marineo (Palermo)
Giornata Europea del Sole European Solar Day. Exhibition and informations on solar energy, which can produce up to 55% of warm water in a building.
Info: www.eusd.it/blog/eventi
May 15
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus. Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 15 to 18
Via Nicolaci - Noto (Siracusa)
Infiorata 2008. Most important local feast. The steps of the Via Nicolaci will be coverd with a most beautiful composition of flowers. Coloured petals are used to create a variety of ornaments and figures with religious, mythological or social themes. An unforgettable sight. The event is accompanied by free concerts and theatre and is an excellent opportunity to see some of the most wonderful architecture for which Noto is renowned.
Info: www.comune.noto.sr.it
May 16 (19.00 h)
Castello Ursino - Piazza Federico di Svevia, Catania
Ensemble les Eléments. Piero Cartosio (flutes), Salvatore Guiscardo (violin), Marco Alderuccio (violin), Viviana Caiolo (violoncello), Basilio Timpanaro (harpischord), Silvio Natoli (lute, spanish guitar), performing muscs by Vivaldi, Bach and Naudot. Admission free.
Info: www.darshan.it
May 16
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. Agamemnon, tragedy by Aeschylus.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 16 and 17
Teatro Ambasciatori - Catania
Catania Jazz Marathon
Info: www.cataniajazz.com
May 17 (9.00 to 13.00 and 16.00 to 19.00 h)
Piazza Emanuela Loi - Santa Margherita di Belice (Agrigento, Sicilia).
Giornata Europea del Sole. European Solar Day. Information about solar energy, games and a lottery.
Info: www.eusd.it/blog/eventi
May 17 (from 16.00 h)
Ex caserma Carabinieri - Caltagirone
Caltagirone in Primavera 2008. La Nuit des Musèes. Event in collaboration with the Museums of France. Guided visit of the Museo della Fotografia Storica e Contemporanea and the exhibition Verifiche. Passaggio di Frontiera. I fotografi del manifesto, conference and video projection of the collection of historic fotographies of the MUSEF MACC.
Info: www.comune.caltagirone.ct.it
May 17
Teatro Excelsior - Paternò (Catania)
Paternò in scena. U Curtigghiu de Raunisi, theatre play, directed by Carmelo Gargano'
Info: www.clubdarteibla.com
May 17
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus. Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 17 (20.30 h), 18 (17.30 h), 10, 21, 22 (18.30 h), 24 (20.30 h) and 25 (17.30 h)
Teatro Massimo - Palermo
Trittico. The Teatro Massimo enacts the three one-act operas by Giacomo Puccini in occasion of his 150th aniversary. Il tabarro (The Cloak), Suor Angelica (Sister Angelica) and Gianni Schicchi.
Info: www.teatromassimo.it
May 17 to 25
Teatro Zappalà - Palermo
Acqua Cheta. Operetta by Augusto Novelli, with the musics by Giuseppe Pietri, performance of the company Palermo Operette Parsifal, directed by Franco Zappalà, conducted by Domenico Sanfilippo, choreography by Giuseppe Minnella
Info: Tel 091 543380 and 091 362764
May 18
Centro - Messina
Maratona della città di Messina. First Messina marathon. The famous 42,195 km. The run will pass by the most berautiful places in town, such as: Piazza Duomo (start and arrival), Zona Falcata to sotto la Madonnina, litoranea to al Pilone and back to Piazza Duomo.
Info: www.messinamarathon.com
May 18 (17.30 h)
Scalinata Santa Rita, Piazza Amendola - Castelvetrano (Trapani)
Corteo storico di Santa Rita e della Nobilità Castelvetranese. Historic parade dedicated to the patron saint Rita, with flag-wavers, drummers and musicians with medieval instruments, participants wearing historic costumes of the former nobility of the town.
May 18
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. Agamemnon, tragedy by Aeschylus.
Part of the Oresteia (458 BC).
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 18 to June 8
Scala Santa Maria del Monte - Caltagirone
Caltagirone in Primavera 2008. La Scala Inforata. Famous event dedicated to the Madonna di Conadomini, showing the staircase of Caltagirone decorated with flowers.
Info: www.comune.caltagirone.ct.it
May 20
Palasport - Acireale (Catania)
Safari. Concert with Jovanotti
May 20
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. Agamemnon, tragedy by Aeschylus.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 21
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus. Parts of the Oresteia (458 BC). The trilogy tells the bloody story of the family of Agamemnon, King of Mycenae.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 22
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. Agamemnon, tragedy by Aeschylus.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 22 (21.00 h)
Teatro Politeama - Caltagirone
Caltagirone in Primavera 2008. Mi faresti und piacere? Commedy by D. Nutini
Compagnia Percorsi Teatro di Caltagirone, directed by Mario Favara
Info: www.comune.caltagirone.ct.it
May 22 (21.15 h)
Location nnb
Etnafest 2008. Money Opera hip hop of Gene Pritsker. With Melanie Mitrano (soprano)
Charles Coleman (bariton) Chanda Rule (rock and r&b voice), Anya Migdal (recitation),
Gene Pritsker (guitar) Dave Gotay (violoncello), Greg Baker (guitar), Mat Fieldes (double bass),
David Rozenblatt (drums), Franz Hackl (trumpet), John Clark (horn), Dave Taylor (trumpet), Astrid Steiner (life video).
Info: www.etnafest.it
May 22 (21.30 h)
Teatro Metropolitan - Catania
Michael Nyman and Band. 50,000 feet can't be wrong Michael Nyman, together with Philip Glass, Steve Reich, John Adams and Wim Mertens, is one of the most reknown masters of minimal music. Amongst others he gained fame by composing the tracks for the movies by Peter Greenaway. At the Catania concert he plays the piano and leads his band including 11 musicians. (Next evening in Palermo)
Info: www.cataniajazz.com
May 22 and 23 (21.15 h)
Teatro Greco - Tindari (Messina)
Edipo (Oedipus) tregedy by Seneca, performed by teh company Argot, directed by Maurizio Panici
Info: www.teatrodeiduemari.net
May 23
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 23 (21.15 h)
Centro Zò - Catania
Etnafest 2008. Mad Fusion with Matt Herskowitz. A band of young american artists supported by two veterans, the saxofonists Charlie Papasov and Napoleon Murphy Brock, who played with Frank Zappa for many years. The band reinterpretes the american pop music traditions.
Info: www.etnafest.it
May 23 (21.30 h)
Teatro Metropolitan - Palermo
Michael Nyman and Band. (see also May 22)
Info: www.teatrometropolitan.it
May 23, 24 (21.00 h) 25 (19.30 h)
Scenario Pubblico - Catania
Modem Studio Atelier. Performance of the section Modem of the Zappalà Dance Company.
Info: www.scenariopubblico.com
May 24 (17.00 h)
Corte Capitaniale - Piazza Municipio, Caltagirone
Caltagirone in Primavera 2008. Opening of an exhibition wiht works by Sicilian art students
(until June 15, 2008)
Info: www.comune.caltagirone.ct.it
May 24
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. Agamemnon, tragedy by Aeschylus.
In the season 2008 the greek theatre of Siracusa will show all three tragedies of the Oresteia (458 BC). The trilogy consists of Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers (Choephoroi), and The Eumenides. Together, these plays tell the bloody story of the family of Agamemnon, King of Mycenae.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 24 (21.00 h)
Teatro del Baglio - Villafrati (Palermo)
Autobiografie di ignoti. Theatre play by and with Elena Bucci. Part of teh series Alle parole nostre of experimental contemporary theatre.
Info: www.comune.villafrati.pa.it
May 24 (21.15 h)
Teatro Greco - Tindari (Messina)
Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar), tragedy by William Shakespeare. Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It portrays the conspiracy against the Roman dictator Julius Caesar, his assassination and its aftermath. Production of the company Argot, directed by Maurizio Panici
Info: www.teatrodeiduemari.net
May 25
Centro Storico - Caltagirone
Corpus Domini. Procession with the participation of the authorities of the citiy and the Corteo Storico del Senato Civico
Info: www.comune.caltagirone.ct.it
May 25 (10.00 to 18.00 h)
C/o Antica tenuta del Nanfro - Caltagirone - 4° km S.P. per Niscemi
Caltagirone in Primavera 2008. Cantine Aperte - Movimento turismo del vino
May 25 (17.00 h)
Town of Noto and Noto Antica
Festa dell'Alveria. Town's feast with guided tours to the ruins of the town, disturbed by the earthquake of 1693, concerts of medieval music, parade of flag-wavers, foto exhibition, degustation of typical dishes.
May 25 (21.15 h)
Teatro Greco - Tindari (Messina)
Edipo (Oedipus) tregedy by Seneca, performed by teh company Argot, directed by Maurizio Panici
Info: www.teatrodeiduemari.net
May 25
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus. Part two and three of of the trilogy Oresteia (458 BC). The bloody story of the family of Agamemnon, King of Mycenae.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 26 (21.15 h)
Teatro Greco - Tindari (Messina)
Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar), tragedy by William Shakespear. Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It portrays the conspiracy against the Roman dictator Julius Caesar, his assassination and its aftermath. Production of the company Argot, directed by Maurizio Panici
Info: www.teatrodeiduemari.net
May 27
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus. Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 27 (21.15 h)
Teatro Greco - Tindari (Messina)
Edipo (Oedipus) tregedy by Seneca, performed by teh company Argot, directed by Maurizio Panici
Info: www.teatrodeiduemari.net
May 28
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. Agamemnon, tragedy by Aeschylus.
Info:
www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 28 (21.15 h)
Teatro Greco - Tindari (Messina)
Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar), tragedy by William Shakespear. Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It portrays the conspiracy against the Roman dictator Julius Caesar, his assassination and its aftermath. Production of the company Argot, directed by Maurizio Panici
Info: www.teatrodeiduemari.net
May 29
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus. Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 29 (21.15 h)
Teatro Greco - Tindari (Messina)
Edipo (Oedipus) tregedy by Seneca, performed by teh company Argot, directed by Maurizio Panici
Info: www.teatrodeiduemari.net
May 30
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. Agamemnon, tragedy by Aeschylus.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 30 (21.15 h)
Teatro Greco - Tindari (Messina)
Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar), tragedy by William Shakespear. Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It portrays the conspiracy against the Roman dictator Julius Caesar, his assassination and its aftermath. Production of the company Argot, directed by Maurizio Panici
Info: www.teatrodeiduemari.net
May 30 and 31 (21.00 h)
Teatro del Baglio - Villafrati (Palermo)
Horcynus Orca. Parte seconda: purgatorio. Production of the Teatro del Baglio, directed by Enzo Toto, part of the series Alla parole nostre of experimental contemporary theatre.
Seconda produzione del Teatro del Baglio.
Info: www.comune.villafrati.pa.it
May 30 to June 1
Teatro Tezzano - Catania
Morir di fama (dying of hunger). Theatre play, one girl show with Evelyn Famà.
Info: www.evelynfama.com
May 31
Location tbc - Taormina
Primo concorso internazionale della Associazione Dionysos. First International Art Competition. Award ceremony at May 31, exhibition until June 6, 2008.
Info: www.associazionedionysos.com
May 31
Chiesa Ex Matrice - Caltagirone
Caltagirone in Primavera 2008. Festa di Condomini. Feast in honour of the Madonna di Condomini
Info: www.comune.caltagirone.ct.it
May 31
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus. Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
May 31 (21.15 h)
Teatro Greco - Tindari (Messina)
Edipo (Oedipus) tregedy by Seneca, performed by teh company Argot, directed by Maurizio Panici
Info: www.teatrodeiduemari.net
May 31 and June 1
Theatro Biondo - Palermo
Ecercizi di stile. The new generation of actors, directed by Zunberto Cantone, with exercises and smaples of what they have learned.
Info: www.teatrobiondo.it
JUNE 2008
June 1 (18.30 h)
Teatro Massimo - Palermo
Petite messe solennelle. Mass for choir and solist singers by Gioacchino Rossini, with Andrea Rost (soprano), Stefanie Iranyi (mezzosoprano), John Osborn (Tenor) and Alex Esposito (bass), conducted by Miguel Fabián Martínez.
Info: www.teatromassimo.it
June 1
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. Agamemnon, tragedy by Aeschylus.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
June 1 (21.15 h)
Teatro Greco - Tindari (Messina)
Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar), tragedy by William Shakespear. Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It portrays the conspiracy against the Roman dictator Julius Caesar, his assassination and its aftermath. Production of the company Argot, directed by Maurizio Panici
Info: www.teatrodeiduemari.net
June 2
Teatro Greco Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus. Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
June 2 (21.15 h)
Teatro Greco - Tindari (Messina)
Edipo (Oedipus) tregedy by Seneca, performed by teh company Argot, directed by Maurizio Panici
Info: www.teatrodeiduemari.net
June 3
Centro - Malfa (Messina)
Festa del Cappero. Feast and degustation of local dishes and products made from goats
June 3 (21.15 h)
Teatro Greco - Tindari (Messina)
Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar), tragedy by William Shakespear. Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It portrays the conspiracy against the Roman dictator Julius Caesar, his assassination and its aftermath. Production of the company Argot, directed by Maurizio Panici
Info: www.teatrodeiduemari.net
June 4
Teatro Greco Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus. Part two and three of the Oresteia (458 BC). The bloody story of the family of Agamemnon, King of Mycenae.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
June 4 (21.15 h)
Teatro Greco - Tindari (Messina)
Edipo (Oedipus) tregedy by Seneca, performed by teh company Argot, directed by Maurizio Panici
Info: www.teatrodeiduemari.net
June 5
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. Agamemnon, tragedy by Aeschylus.
Part one of the Oresteia (458 BC).
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
June 5 (21.15 h)
Teatro Greco - Tindari (Messina)
Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar), tragedy by William Shakespear. Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It portrays the conspiracy against the Roman dictator Julius Caesar, his assassination and its aftermath. Production of the company Argot, directed by Maurizio Panici
Info: www.teatrodeiduemari.net
June 6
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus. Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
June 6 (21.15 h)
Teatro Greco - Tindari (Messina)
Edipo (Oedipus) tregedy by Seneca, performed by teh company Argot, directed by Maurizio Panici
Info: www.teatrodeiduemari.net
June 6 to 15
Teatro Massimo Bellini - Catania
Caucasus Passion. Dance performance with "The Nalmes State Academic Dance Company", choreography by Mukhamed Kulov
Info: www.teatromassimobellini.it
June 7 (20.00 h)
Villa Patti - Serra, Caltagirone
Caltagirone in Primavera 2008. Opening of a project of culture, art and theatre in the mansions of the Gattopardi familiy.
Info: www.comune.caltagirone.ct.it
June 7
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. Agamemnon, tragedy by Aeschylus.
In the season 2008 the greek theatre of Siracusa will show all three tragedies of the Oresteia (458 BC). Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
June 7 (21.15 h)
Teatro Greco - Tindari (Messina)
Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar), tragedy by William Shakespear. Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It portrays the conspiracy against the Roman dictator Julius Caesar, his assassination and its aftermath. Production of the company Argot, directed by Maurizio Panici
Info: www.teatrodeiduemari.net
June 8 (10.00 to 18.00 h)
Palazzetto dello Sport - Viale Autonomia, Caltagirone
Caltagirone in Primavera 2008. Festa della Scherma Siciliana. Feast ot the art of fencing. Accademia d?Armi A. Greco di Caltagirone
Info: www.comune.caltagirone.ct.it
June 8
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
June 8 (21.15 h)
Teatro Greco - Tindari (Messina)
Edipo (Oedipus) tregedy by Seneca, performed by teh company Argot, directed by Maurizio Panici
Info: www.teatrodeiduemari.net
June 10
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
June 11
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. Agamemnon, tragedy by Aeschylus.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
June 12
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
June 12
Centro - Pollara (Messina)
Festa di Dan Onofrio. Feast of the patron saint of the village
June 13
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. Agamemnon, tragedy by Aeschylus.
Part one of the Oresteia (458 BC), the bloody story of the family of Agamemnon, King of Mycenae.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
June 13 and 14 (20.30 h)
Cortile Palazzo Minoriti - Catania
Scupa! La Sicilia raccontata dalle carte da gioco. Sicily by playing cards. Recitation of texts by Anonimo, Giuseppe Bonaviri, Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, Andrea Camilleri, Ottavio Cappellani, Carmen Consoli, Emilio Isgrò, Angelo Scandurra, Gabriella Vergari and Stefano Vilardo. An evening with Gugliemo Ferro and Angelo Scandurra.
Info: www.etnafest.it
June 13 to 15
Nicolosi (Catania)
Etna Outdoor Events 2008. Three days dedicated to Mt. Etna and all outdoor activities to be done, such as horse trekking, mountain bike tours, climbing. A weekend programm for 130,00 Euros per Person including accommodation in a B&B double room, a 6 hours excursion with cable car and guide to the summit of Mt. Etna, a trekking tour inside the Parco dell'Etna, The Etna card which grants reductions in restaurants and shops in Nicolosi. Other activities can be booked at reduced prices.
Info: www.comune.nicolosi.ct-egov.it/Eventi
June 13 to 19
Teatro Massimo - Palermo
Manon Lescaut. Opera by Giacomo Puccini, in occasion to the composer's 250th birthday. Conducted by Giampaolo Bisanti, directed by Pierfrancesco Maestrini, scene design by Fiorella Mariani, costume design by David Walker.
Info: www.teatromassimo.it
June 14 (18.30 h)
Palazzo Municipale - Caltagirone
Caltagirone in Primavera 2008. Lecture on the exhibition: Invincibile Speranza. Benedetto XVI e i Giovani, fotographies by Walter Ricardo Franconi on pope Benedict XVI. Opening of the exhibition in the Galery Corte Capitaniale at 19.30 h.
Info: www.comune.caltagirone.ct.it
June 14
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus. Part two and three of the Oresteia (458 BC).
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
June 15 to 21
Teatro Antico and Palazzo dei Congressi - Taormina
Taormina FilmFest 2008
The FilmFest will take place from 15 to 21 June and will be directed for the second year by Deborah Young.
Info: www.taorminafilmfest.it
June 15
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. Agamemnon, tragedy by Aeschylus.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
June 17
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. Agamemnon, tragedy by Aeschylus.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
June 18
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
June 19
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. Agamemnon, tragedy by Aeschylus.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
June 20
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
June 21
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. Agamemnon, tragedy by Aeschylus.
Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
June 21 and 22 (21.00 h)
Palazzetto dello Sport - Viale Autonomia, Caltagirone
Caltagirone in Primavera 2008. Saggio di danza. Dance performance in latin-american and standard dances. Associazione Sportiva Symphony Dancing
Info: www.comune.caltagirone.ct.it
June 22
Teatro Greco - Siracusa
XLIV Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, tragedies by Aeschylus. Info: www.indafondazione.org/stagione/2008/
June 23 to 25
Centro - Aci Trezza (Catania)
Festa di San Giovanni. Patron Saint's Feast with processions and masses, accompanied by a culinary feast dedicated to fish.
June 26 (until July 26)
Centro - Acireale (Catania)
Feste Patronali di S. Venera. Beginning of the religious feast dedicated to the patron Saint of the town with fireworks, processions, brass bands. July 21, there will be the first of two big processions ith the precious silver stature of the Saint. The final procession on Saturday, July 26 (21.00 h) will be the most important one, starting from the cathedral, passing through the historical center and before returning to the cathedral there will be a polifonical choir concert and a firework at the Piazza Duomo.
June 29
Campo sportivo - Santa Lucia del Mela (Messina)
Sagra del Vino Memertino DOC. The Mamertino Doc is a wine known already from the roman times. This local culinari feast will be done with the participation of the restaurants and bakeries of the village.
Info: www.sagradelmamertinodoc.it
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LAST UPDATE MAY 4, 2008
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