Eventi a Taormina e dintorni: dettaglio
Dal 16 novembre 2008 al 20 novembre 2009
2009 LIST OF EVENTS IN TAORMINA AND SICILY
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Last updated by the Villa Schuler Team on December 18, 2008
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JANUARY 2009
January 1
Villagonia - Taormina
36° edizione del Tuffo a Mare e corsa di Capodanno. Winterly swimming and running event.
January 1 (12.00 h)
Piazza IX Aprile - Taormina
Aperitivo in Musica.
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
January 1 (18.00 h)
Palazzo dei Congressi - Taormina
Concerto di Capodanno. Orchestra di Pletto Città di Taormina. New Years concert with the mandolin orchestra of Taormina. Concert under the patronage of the Taormina Hotel Association.
Info: www.taohotels.com and www.taormina-arte.com
January 1, 4, 5 and 6
Parocchia Sacro Cuore di Gesù S. Venera - Trapitello
Presepe Vivente. Living nativity scene.
January 2 (12.00 h)
Piazza IX Aprile - Taormina
Aperitivo in Musica.
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
January 2 (16.00 h)
Piazza Mazzini - Taormina Mazzeo
Tombolata. Christmas tombola
January 2 (19.00 h)
Chiesa Santa Caterina - Taormina
Quartetto D'Archi del Conservatorio di Messina. String Quartet of the Academy of Music Messina
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
January 3 (12.00 h)
Piazza IX Aprile - Taormina
Aperitivo in Musica.
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
January 3 (19.00 h)
Chiesa Santa Caterina - Taormina
Quartetto D'Archi del Conservatorio di Messina. String Quartet of the Academy of Music Messina
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
January 5
Centro - Longi (Messina)
Sagra del suino nero dei Nebrodi. Culinry feast dedicated to the black pork from the Nebrodi mountains.
Info: www.comunelongi.it
January 5 (21.00 h)
Parrocchia Sacro Curoe di Gesù S. Venera - Trapitello
Orchestra Pletto Città di Taormina.
January 6
Bordonaro (Messina)
Epiphania. The Epiphany in Bordonaro, as in other Sicilian villages and towns, marks the end of the Christmas festive season. Locals erect a Pagghiaru, a special Epiphany tree covered with fruit and bread and a two-metre-high cross on top. After the evening mass, crowds of young people in the main public square literally assault the tree to get at the delicacies suspended at the top. This is followed by a theatrical performance of "Cavaddazzu e l'omu sabbagghiu", which translates from the Sicilian dialect as "Man and Ferocious Nature".
January 6
Piana degli Albanesi (Palermo)
Epiphania. During Epiphany visitors can witness the ancient and carefully-preserved religious customs of former Albanian immigrants. Piana degli Albanesi is an ethno-anthropological oasis only 15 miles from Palermo. It was founded in 1488, when a group of inhabitants from central Albania settled as refugees, fleeing from Turkish armies. Epiphany is the day on which followers of the Greek-Orthodox Church celebrate Jesus' baptism. A font brimming with water is placed in Piazza della Fontana, the main public square, in which a holy cross is immersed three times. After that a dove receives similar treatment and is then allowed to fly away. The dove represents the holy trinity, and the act of liberation is symbolic of freedom and religious sanctity.
Info: www.pianalbanesi.it
January 6 (21.00 h)
Parrocchia Sacro Curoe di Gesù S. Venera - Trapitello
Concorso Presepe in Casa. Premiazione.
January 6 to 25
Teatro Verga - Catania
Il Birraio di Preston. Text by Andrea Camilleri, Theatre play directed by Giuseppe Dipasquale
Info: www.teatrostabilecatania.it
January 7 to 10 (21.15 h)
Teatro Libero - Palermo
Faune. Dancing performance by the Canadian choreographer Jocelyne Montpetit
Info: www.teatroliberopalermo.it
January 10, 11 and 18
Teatro San Gabriele - Massannunziata, Mascalucia (Catania)
La Bisbetica Domata, comedy by William Shakespeare, directed by Mario Sorbello
Production of the Company San Gregorio Catania
Info: www.teatrostabilemascalucia.it
January 20 (19.00 h)
Chiesa di S. Sebastiano - Mistretta (Messina)
Patron's Feast of San Sebastiano - A procession takes place in the streets of Mistretta in January (another one in August) every year, with live music and colourful religious paraphernalia. Big candles and the large urn of the patron are carried by the believers. The former martyr San Sebastiano was a soldier under the Roman emperors Diocleziano and Massimiano. He was a christian, for which he was condemned to death, miraculously surviving an attempted execution by archers. Later on he eventually was caught and drowned, with no miracle saving his life a second time.
Info: Messina Tourist Office, Tel 090 674 236
January 21, 23 and 25
Teatro Vittorio Emanuele - Messina
La Bohème, Opera by Giacomo Puccini. Orchestra del Teatro Vittorio Emanuele, conducted by Carlo Palleschi
Directed by Giovanni Scandella, staging by the Teatro Comunale di Modena, production by the Teatro di Messina
Info: www.teatrodimessina.it
January 24 to 31
Teatro Massimo - Palermo
Lohengrin, Opera by Richard Wagner, performed in the original German version.
Info: www.teatromassimo.it
January 23 (21.30 h)
Cine Teatro ABC - Catania
Gianluca Grignani in concert
Info: www.musicaesuoni.it and www.grignani.it
January 24 (21.30 h)
Cine Impero - Marsala
Gianluca Grignani in concert
Info: www.musicaesuoni.it and www.grignani.it
January 28 to 31 (21.15 h)
Teatro Libero - Palermo
Beyond the Death forever Love - Tanzsolo. Dancing theatre perfomance, choreography by Chikako Kaido.
Info: www.teatroliberopalermo.it
January 28 to February 1
Teatro Vittorio Emanuele - Messina
Pensaci Giacomino, theatre play by Luigi Pirandello. With Enzo Vetrano and Stefano Randisi, directed by Vetrano&Randisi
Info: www.teatrodimessina.it
FEBRUARY 2009
February 3 to 6
Centro - Catania
Festa di Santagata. The feast of St.Agatha is the most important religious feast of the city of Catania. It takes place in February and in August. The February feast is dedicated to martiredom of the Catanese Saint.
Fabruary 4 to 8
Teatro Vittorio Emanuele - Messina
Il Signore va a Caccia, theatre play by Georges Feydeau. With Mario Scaccia, Debora Caprioglio and Rosario Coppolino, directed by
Mario Scaccia
Info: www.teatrodimessina.it
February 5 (22.00 h)
Biergarten - Palermo
Caparaezza in concert
Info: www.musicaesuoni.it and www.caparezza.com
February 5 (21.30 h)
Teatro The Golden - Palermo
Sabina Guzzanti in cocnert
Info: www.musicaesuoni.it and www.sabinaguzzanti.it
February 6 (22.00 h)
Centro Zó - Catania
Caparaezza in concert
Info: www.musicaesuoni.it and www.caparezza.com
February 6 (21.30 h)
Teatro Metropolitan - Catania
Sabina Guzzanti in cocnert
Info: www.musicaesuoni.it and www.sabinaguzzanti.it
February 7 (21.30 h)
Teatro Tenda - Ragusa
Sabina Guzzanti in cocnert
Info: www.musicaesuoni.it and www.sabinaguzzanti.it
February 7, 8 and 15
Teatro San Gabriele - Massannunziata, Mascalucia (Catania)
Il Malato Immaginario, by Molière, directed by Canterina Scuderi
Info: www.teatrostabilemascalucia.it
February 9 (21.30 h)
Teatro Metropolitan - Catania
RAF in concert
Info: www.musicaesuoni.it and www.raf.it
February 10 (21.30 h)
Teatro Metropolitan - Palermo
RAF in concert
Info: www.musicaesuoni.it and www.raf.it
February 11 to 15
Teatro Vittorio Emanuele - Messina
Poveri ma Belli, musical comedy by Massimiliano Bruno and Edoardo Falcone. With Bianca Guaccero, Antonello Angiolillo and Michele Canfora, directed by Massimo Ranieri
Info: www.teatrodimessina.it
February 17 to March 8
Teatro Verga - Catania
Faust, by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, adapted and directed by Glauco Mauri and Roberto Sturno
Info: www.teatrostabilecatania.it
February 18 to 21 (21.15 h)
Teatro Libero - Palermo
Laurel & Hardy vanno in paradiso, theatre play by Paul Auster, directed by Lorenzo Bassotto
Info: www.teatroliberopalermo.it
Fabruary 20, 21 and 22
Teatro Vittorio Emanuele
Giselle, ballet by Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Théophile Gautier, music by Adolphe-Charles Adam, choreography by
Evgheni Polyakov with Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot
Info: www.teatrodimessina.it
February 21 to March 9
Teatro Massimo - Palermo
Adriana Lecouvreur. Opera by Francesco Cilea
Info: www.teatromassimo.it
February 25 to March 1
Teatro Vittorio Emanuele - Messina
La Strada, comedy with musics by Tullio Pinelli and Bernardino Zapponi, with Massimo Venturiello and Tosca, directed by Massimo Venturiello
Info: www.teatrodimessina.it
MARCH 2009
March 4 to 7 (21.15 h)
Teatro Libero - Palermo
Volo via, theatre play by Tiziana Arnaboldi, directed by Tiziana Arnaboldi
Info: www.teatroliberopalermo.it
March 5
Teatro Metropolitan - Catania
Noa & Band. in concert on their Genes & Jeans World Tour. Concert with Noa (Vocals and percussions), Gil Dor (guitar), Gil Zohar (keyboard), Anat Firestone (bass) Jean Paul Zimbris (drums) and Gadi Seri (percussions)
Info: www.cataniajazz.com and www.metropolitan.catania.it
March 6 (21.30 h)
Teatro Metropolitan - Catania
Fiorella Mannoia in concert
Info: www.musicaesuoni.it and www.fiorellamannoia.it
March 7 (21.30 h)
Teatro Impero - Marsala
Fiorella Mannoia in concert
Info: www.musicaesuoni.it and www.fiorellamannoia.it
March 8 (21.30 h)
Teatro Politeama - Palermo
Fiorella Mannoia in concert
Info: www.musicaesuoni.it and www.fiorellamannoia.it
March 21, 22 and 29
Teatro San Gabriele - Massannunziata, Mascalucia (Catania)
Aln Cavallino Bianco, Operetta by Benatzky - Stolz, directed by Mario Re
Info: www.teatrostabilemascalucia.it
March 23
Teatro Massimo Bellini - Catania
Franco Battiato and Band in concert. Together with the most interesting and famous singer songwriter from Sicliy: Manlio Sgalambro (vocals), Calro Guaitoli (piano), Angelo Privitera (keyboards) Davide Ferrario ( guitar and vocals) and the Nuovo Quartetto Italiano with Alessandro Simoncini (violin), Luidi Mazza (violin), Demetrio Comuzzi (viola) and Luca Simoncini (violoncello)
Info: www.battiato.it
March 24
Teatro Vittorio Emanuele - Messina
Franco Battiato and Band in concert. Together with the most interesting and famous singer songwriter from Sicliy: Manlio Sgalambro (vocals), Calro Guaitoli (piano), Angelo Privitera (keyboards) Davide Ferrario (guitar and vocals) and the Nuovo Quartetto Italiano with Alessandro Simoncini (violin), Luidi Mazza (violin), Demetrio Comuzzi (viola) and Luca Simoncini (violoncello)
Info: www.battiato.it
March 24
Teatro Metropolitan - Catania
Larry Carlton Trio in concert. Larry Carlton (guitar) Travis Carlton (bass), Gene Coye (drums)
Info: www.cataniajazz.com and www.metropolitan.catania.it
March 25
Teatro Massimo - Palermo
Franco Battiato and Band in concert. Together with the most interesting and famous singer songwriter from Sicliy: Manlio Sgalambro (vocals), Calro Guaitoli (piano), Angelo Privitera (keyboards) Davide Ferrario ( guitar and vocals) and the Nuovo Quartetto Italiano with Alessandro Simoncini (violin), Luidi Mazza (violin), Demetrio Comuzzi (viola) and Luca Simoncini (violoncello)
Info: www.battiato.it
March 25, 26 and 27
Teatro Vittorio Emanuele - Messina
Nicola Piovani and the Orchestra del Teatro Vittorio Emanuele in concert, film musics under others out of Caos by andrea Nobili, La Vita è Bella by Roberto Benigni and films by Nanni Moretti and Federico Fellini
Info: www.teatrodimessina.it
APRIL 2009
April 1 to 4 (21.15 h)
Teatro Libero - Palermo
La Gattoparda, by Miriam Palma and Lina Prosa
Info: www.teatroliberopalermo.it
April 2
Teatro Metropolitan - Catania
Us & Them - Noi e Loro - Omage to Pink Floyd. A project by Rita Marcotulli, Raiz (voice), Rita Marcotulli (piano and keyboards), Mattew Garrason (bass), Giovanni Tommaso (double bass), Fausto Mesolella (guitar), Andy Shepard (sax), Alfredo Golino (drums), Michele Rabbia (percussions).
Info: www.cataniajazz.com and www.metropolitan.catania.it
April 3 (21.30 h)
Teatro Metropolitan - Catania
Ornella Vanoni in concert
Info: www.musicaesuoni.it and www.ornellavanoni.it
April 4 (21.30 h)
Teatro Impero - Marsala
Ornella Vanoni in concert
Info: www.musicaesuoni.it and www.ornellavanoni.it
April 7 to 8
Teatro Vittorio Emanuele - Messina
Botanica. Dancing performance with the spectecular company Momix Choreography by Moses Pendleton
Info: www.teatrodimessina.it
April 16
Teatro Massimo - Palermo
Die Tote Stadt. Opera by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Info: www.teatromassimo.it
April 18 to 19
Teatro Orione Spicuzza - Palermo
TangoX2 by Astor Piazzola, concert with Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi
April 18, 19 and 26
Teatro San Gabriele - Massannunziata, Mascalucia (Catania)
La fortuna con la F maiuscola, comedy by A. Curcio, directed by Turi Badalà
Production of the Company CAF from Acicatena
Info: www.teatrostabilemascalucia.it
April 22, 24 and 26
Teatro Vittorio Emanuele - Messina
La Traviata, opera by Giuseppe Verdi, performed by the Orchestra del Teatro Vittorio Emanuele, conducted by Marcello Panni, directed by
Paolo Baiocco.
Info: www.teatrodimessina.it
April 22 to 25 (21.15 h)
Teatro Libero - Palermo
Aspettando Kakà. l'Italia nel pallone, theatre play directed by Andrea Cirillo and Marco Musso
Info: www.teatroliberopalermo.it
April 21 to May 10
Teatro Verga - Catania
La Famiglia Dell'Antiquario, theatre play by Carlo Goldoni, with Eros Pagni, directed by Lluis Pascal
Info: www.teatrostabilecatania.it
MAY 2009
May 9, 10 and 17
Teatro San Gabriele - Massannunziata, Mascalucia (Catania)
Gatta ci cova, comedy by A. Russo Giusti, directed by Mario Re
Info: www.teatrostabilemascalucia.it
May 13 to 16 (21.15 h)
Teatro Libero - Palermo
Pene d'amore perdute, Love's Labour's Lost is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s, and first published in 1598. Directed by Lia Chiappara
Info: www.teatroliberopalermo.it
May 19 to 31
Teatro Verga - Catania
We like Shakespeare, theatre play directed by Pietro Cartiglio, with Giulio Brogi and Galatea Ranzi
Info: www.teatrostabilecatania.it
May 27, 29 and 31
Teatro Vittorio Emanuele - Messina
Carmen, opera by Georges Bizet, Orchestra del Teatro Vittorio Emanuele conducted by Ivo Lipanovic, directed by Francesco Esposito
Info: www.teatrodimessina.it
May 27 to 31
Teatro Vittorio Emanuele - Messina
Carmen, Opera by Georges Bizet, conducted by Ivo Lipanovic, directed by Francesco Esposito
Info: www.teatrodimessina.it
JUNE 2009
June 3 to 4
Teatro Vittorio Emanuele - Messina
Giovanni Allevi and the Orchestra del Vittorio Emanuele.
Info: www.teatrodimessina.it
June 13 to 20
Teatro Antico and Palazzo dei Congressi - Taormina
55th Taormina Film Fest. 55th edition of the reknown international contest. Screenings of grand cinema, international, mediterranean and italian productions. There will be an internationally composed jury to choose the works winning the Nastri D'Argento in the different categories. During the festival high level master classes will be held.
Info: www.taorminafilmfest.it
June 10 to 17
Teatro Massimo - Palermo
Così fan Tutte, Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Info: www.teatromassimo.it
June 14 to July 12
Palazzo dei Congressi (or other location) - Taormina
Shot in Sicily. Exhibition with works of the fotographer Michael Roberts.
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
JULY 2009
July 25 to November 1
Chiesa del Carmine - Taormina
Exhibition with the works of the artist Giuseppe Migneco from Messina.
July 24 and 25 (21.30 h)
Centro - Caltagirone
The Illuminated Scala. The Scala offers a unique show on the nights of July 24 and 25 and August 14 and 15, when it is illuminated in celebration of Saint James, the town?s Patron Saint. Following a secular tradition that originated in 1600, thousands of cups rigorously prepared and hand colored are arranged throughout the steps to form a wonderful design. The bottom of the cups is filled with sand and an oil lamp. At a certain hour hundreds of people holding little wooden sticks crowd the Scala each lighting one lamp, so that in a matter of a few minutes a blazing light illuminates the cups offeringan exciting show. In the same night between the24th andthe 25th , skilled workmen reposition the cups to create a new design for the coming evening. The Scala will be illuminated again on August 14th and15th for the solemnity of Maria SS. del Ponte.
Info: www.comune.caltagirone.ct.it
AUGUST 2009
August 7, 9 and 11
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Taormina Arte Music and Dance Festival, directed by Enrico Castiglione, will be opened at the Ancient Theatre by a new production of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi. The opera will be performed with Maria Guleghina, Salvatore Licita, Joan Pons and Sergio Fontana, conducted by Fabio Mastrangelo, directed by Enrico Castiglione, costumes by Sonia Cammarata. Starting from December 15, 2008, tickets are sold by www.ticketone.it and www.boxoffice.it (Tel. 0039 095 7225340). The sooner you buy your tickets the lower the price: If you buy the tickets by January 31, they cost 20 Euro (grades, unnumbered seat), 27 Euro (grades, numbered seat) or 39 Euros (pit, numbered seat), from February 1 by May 31: 25 Euro, 33 Euro or 49 Euro; from June 1 up to and including the evenings of the performances they cost 60 Euro, 39 Euro and 28 Euro.
Info: www.taormina-arte.com and www.boxoffice.it or www.ticketone.it
August 19 and 21
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Cavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Chivalry), Opera by Pietro Mascagni, Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from a play written by Giovanni Verga based on his short story. The artists performing the opera will be Chiara Taigi and Adrio Balzanelli, directed by Bernrad Uzan, conducted by James Meena. Also for this event tickets are sold starting from December 15, 2008, by www.ticketone.it and www.boxoffice.it (Tel. 0039 095 7225340). The sooner you buy your tickets the less you pay: If you buy the tickets by January 31, they cost 20 Euro (grades, unnumbered seat), 27 Euro (grades, numbered seat) or 39 Euros (pit, numbered seat), from February 1 by May 31: 25 Euro, 33 Euro or 49 Euro; from June 1 up to and including the evenings of the performances 60 Euro, 39 Euro and 28 Euro.
Info: www.taormina-arte.com and www.boxoffice.it or www.ticketone.it
August 24
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Gala dedicated to the Sicilian composer Vincenzo Bellini. Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835) was born in Catania and is the most famous Sicilian opera composer. Known for his flowing melodic lines, Bellini was the quintessential composer of Bel Canto Opera. He comnposed operas such as I Puritani (The Puritanes), La Somnambula (The Sleepwalker) and Norma
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
OCTOBER 2009
October 7 to 10
Palazzo dei Congressi - Taormina
Sinopoli Festival. The 5th edition of this festival dedicated to the conductor and composer Giuseppe Sinopoli, who died from a heart attack in the year of 2001 while conducting Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. The Giuseppe Sinopoli Festival does not only celebrate Sinopoli as a musician and as a conductor but also as a composer, a doctor, an archaeologist and intellectual. There will be a variety of events from music and literature, theatre and art to conferences, exhibitions, publications and, of course, concerts. Every year the Festival welcomes the most important orchestras of the country. On the occasion of the first edition of the Giuseppe Sinopoli Festival the Sinopoli Chamber Orchestra was formed, in collaboration with the Conservatorio "Arcangelo Corelli" of Messina. The Orchestra, young talented musicians, both pupils and teachers of the Conservatorio, mostly performs works by Giuseppe Sinopoli.
Info: www.sinopolifestival.it
LAST UPDATE December 18, 2008
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