Events in August

Monday to Friday (21:15)
Teatro Nazarena - Via Fontana Vecchia 3, Taormina
Italian Opera Taormina - a e selection of wonderful melodies by Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti, Rossini, and many other great composers, performed by extraordinary voices accompanied by piano.
Ticket Options:Standard Ticket (€30) includes one drink during the intermission, entry at 20:45 - VIP Ticket (€50) early entry, welcome drink, and reserved seating in the VIP area, entry at 20:30
Free admission for children up to 6 years old
more info: italianoperataormina.com

August 1 (21:30)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Claudio Baglioni. Second appointment with one of the most successful pop rock singer-songwriters in the history of Italian music.
Tickets: ticketone.it

August 4 (21:00)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
La Bella Addormentata - The Sleeping Beauty, performed by the Ballet of Sicily, guest stars: Amilcar Moret Gonzales and Carlotta Canzano. The Sleeping Beauty a ballet in a prologue and three acts to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, completed in 1889. It is the second of his three ballets and, at 160 minutes, his second-longest work in any genre. The original scenario was by Ivan Vsevolozhsky after Perrault's La belle au bois dormant, or The Beauty Sleeping in the Forest; The premiere took place at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on January 15, 1890, and from that year forward The Sleeping Beauty has remained one of the most famous ballets of all time.
Ticket info: +393495959101

August 5 (21:30)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Pink Floyd Legend - The Dark Side of the Moon. The cover band in concert with one of the most successful albums of the original band.
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August 8 (21:00)

Teatro Antico - Taormina

Lisa Agnelli the young italian violinist born in Verona, i sknow for her classic-rock aproach to playing her instrument. She performa rock songs by Queen, Coldplay, ACDC and others and modernizes famous pieces by great classical composers such as Beethoven and Vivaldi with new arrangements. The young musician began with the Franciacorta Philharmonic Orchestra, thanks to which she was able to perform at concerts by some great artists such as Renato Zero and Franco Battiato. The concert is organized a charity concert in favour of UNICEF, for every child.

Tickets: ticketmaster.it or at the Palazzo dei Congressi Taormina prior to the concert th esame day.

August 9 (21:30)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Luca Carboni - the Italian singer-songwriter, who debuted in 1981 as a guitarist in the band Teobaldi Rock, publishing his first solo album in 1984. After a long career also with a lot of collaborations with his collegues such as Lucio Dalla, Jovanotti, Tiziano Ferro and Franco Battiato, is back on stage.
Tickets: ticketone.it

August 10 (21:00)

Teatro Antico - Taormina

Oltre le colonne d’Ercole - Beyond the Pillars of Hercules. With Gloria Campana (piano) and Valeria Solarino (actress) Enjoying the shooting stars on the night of San Lorenzo at the Teatro Antico while watching a performance full of magic is recommended by doctors all over the world. This project brings together one of Italy’s most prominent pianists and an extraordinary actress. On this evening, we will follow the paths suggested by poets who turned travel into a literary genre, such as Homer, Baudelaire, Whitman, Stevenson, Dickinson. The words will engage in dialogue with the music of Debussy, John Field, and Chopin.

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August 11 (21:00)

Teatro Antico - Taormina

ILIADE by Mimmo Cuticchio. The ancient Greek epic poem by Homer, the Iliad, in an extraordinary stage adaption for Sicilian marionettes. The Cuticchio family represents the most famous company to perform this old tradition, embodying art and poetry, modernity, movement and sound, wonder and history. Sicilian puppet theatre on its highest level, accompanied by a live orchestra. Marco Badami (violin) Alessandro Lo Giudice (flute) Paolo Pellegrino (violoncello) Michele Gerardi (sax) Giulia Lo Giudice (percussions) Roberta Casella (harp). The Ancient Theater will be the perfect setting for the story of Paris, son of Priam, king of Troy, who abducts Helen, wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta.

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August 12 (21:30)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
 Nino D'Angelo - the Italian singer on his tour called "I miei meravigliosi anni '80...bis!" My marvelous 80s...part two!"
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August 22 (21:30)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Il Volo. The Italian operatic pop trio, consisting of Gianluca Ginoble, Piero Barone, and Ignazio Boschetto describe their music as "popera", started their carrer as young boys, registering their first album in 2010. They won the Sanremo Music Festival 2015 and represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Grande amore". Since then, the three have pursued a continuous career and fill concert halls with their crossover mix of pop and classic opera. A second concert will take place on August 23
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August 23 (21:30)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Il Volo. Second concert of the famous operatic pop trio in Taormina!
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August 24 and 25 (21:30)
Teatro Antico - Taormina

Pooh the Italian pop band formed in Bologna in 1966. The band, celebrating their 60th anniversary in 2026, is known for songs such as "Parsifal", Dove comincia il sole ("Where the Sun Begins"), Pensiero ("Thought"), and Uomini soli ("Lonely Men"). Present band members are Roby Facchinetti, Dodi Battaglia, Red Canzian and Riccardo Fogli. Pooh are very popular in Italy, so they offer two appointments in Taormina.
Info and tickets: pooh.it and ticketone.it

August 26 (21:00)

Teatro Odeon - Taormina

Nuhara Trio The name of this Trio, Nuhara, derives from the Arabic Nuwwar (flower, sprout) and the Sicilian Nuara (vegetable garden), is the name of a project by three Sicilian musicians: Michele Piccione, an ethnic multi-instrumentalist and ethnomusicologist; Federico Pipia, an electronic musician and sound artist; and Gabriele Bazza, a guitarist and singer specializing in traditional vocal techniques. They aim to rework and breathe new life into ancient songs and music from the Sicilian tradition, presenting them in a fresh light. The trio reimagines these works with electronic and electroacoustic arrangements, drawing on sounds from both the IDM and contemporary dance music scenes.

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