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ALEKO / PAGLIACCI
November 2025
November: 21 (7h00 pm), 22 (8h00 pm), 23 (5h30 pm), 25 (6h30 pm), 26 (6h30 pm), 27 (6h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Sergej Vasil’evič Rachmaninov / Ruggero Leoncavallo
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Francesco Lanzillotta
Direction: Silvia Paoli
Cast: Elchin Azizov (21, 23, 25, 27)-Federico Longhi (22, 26)/Carolina López Moreno (21, 23, 25, 27) -Tetiana Miyus (22, 26)/Pavel Kolgatin/Petar Naydenov/Brian Jagde (21, 23, 25, 27)- TBA (22, 26)/Gustavo Castillo/Matteo Mezzaro
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo
LA BOHEME
December 2025
December: 14 (8h00 pm), 16 (6h30 pm), 17 (6h30 pm), 18 (8h00 pm), 19 (6h30 pm), 20 (6h30 pm), 21 (5h30 pm), 23 (6h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Giacomo Puccini
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Carlo Montanaro
Direction: Mario Pontiggia
Cast: Anastasia Bartoli (14, 17, 19, 21)-Hasmik Torosyan (16, 18)-Jessica Nuccio (20, 23)/Arturo Chacón-Cruz (14, 17, 19, 21) - da definire (16, 18, 20, 23)/Giulio Mastrototaro (14, 17, 19, 21) - Francesco Vultaggio (16, 18, 20, 23)/Hasmik Torosyan (14, 21)-Francesca Benitez (16, 18, 20, 23) -Jessica Nuccio (17, 19)/Diego Savini (14, 17, 19, 21)-Daniele Muratori Caputo (16, 18, 20, 23)/George Andguladze/Giuseppe Esposito
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo
BEETHOVEN – MISSA SOLEMNIS
January 2026
January: 08 (8h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Ludwig van Beethoven
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Umberto Clerici
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo
BEETHOVEN / POULENC
February 2026
February: 08 (8h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Ludwig van Beethoven/Francis Poulenc
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin
Performers: Salvatore Greco/Kristi Curb
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo
SEMIRAMIDE
March 2026
March: 11 (8h00 pm), 12 (6h30 pm), 13 (6h30 pm), 14 (8h00 pm), 15 (5h30 pm), 17 (6h30 pm), 18 (6h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Gioachino Rossini
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Christopher Franklin
Direction: Pierre-Emmanuel Rousseau
Cast: Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (11, 13, 15, 18)-Martina Russomanno (12, 14, 17)/Chiara Amarù (11, 13, 15, 18)-Ginger Costa-Jackson (12, 14, 17)/Mirco Palazzi (11, 13, 15, 18)/Maxim Mironov (11, 13, 15, 18)- Pietro Adaini (12, 14, 17)
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo
DON QUICHOTTE
March - April 2026
March: 29 (8h00 pm), 31 (6h30 pm)
April: 01 (8h00 pm), 02 (6h30 pm), 03 (6h30 pm), 04 (5h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Aloisius Ludwig Minkus
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Mojca Lavrenčič
Choreography: José Martínez
Cast: Corpo di ballo del Teatro Massimo
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo
LE CONVENIENZE E INCONVENIENZE TEATRALI
April - May 2026
April: 26 (8h00 pm), 28 (6h30 pm), 29 (6h30 pm), 30 (6h30 pm)
May: 02 (6h30 pm), 03 (5h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Gaetano Donizetti
ARTISTS:
Conductor: George Petrou
Direction: Moshe Leiser/Patrice Caurier
Cast: Nicola Alaimo/Desirée Rancatore/Giuseppe Toia/Caterina Di Tonno/Maximiliano Danta/Salvatore Salvaggio
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo
BEETHOVEN - NONA SINFONIA
June 2026
June: 08 (8h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Ludwig van Beethoven
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Nir Kabaretti
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
September 2026
September: 12 (8h00 pm), 13 (8h00 pm), 15 (6h30 pm), 16 (6h30 pm), 17 (6h30 pm), 18 (6h30 pm), 19 (8h00 pm), 20 (6h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Pietro Mascagni
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Gaetano D’Espinosa
Direction: Marco Gandini
Cast: Teresa Romano (12, 16, 18, 20)-da definire (13, 15, 17, 19)/SeokJong Baek (12, 16, 18, 20)-da definire (13, 15, 17, 19)
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo
FERRO / PROKOFIEV / STRAVINSKY
October 2026
October: 11 (8h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music ergej Prokofiev/Gabriele Ferro/Igor Stravinsky
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Gabriele Ferro
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo
IL GATTOPARDO
December 2025
December: 04 (8h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Nino Rota - Screening with live orchestra of Luchino Visconti‘s film Il Gattopardo
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Timothy Brock
Orchestra & Choir:Orchestra del Teatro Massimo
NEW YEAR'S CONCERT
January 2026
January: 01 (6h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music TBA
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Lorenzo Passerini
Performers: Juliana Grigoryan/Galeano Salas
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro Massimo
SWAN LAKE
January - February 2026
January: 22 (8h00 pm), 23 (8h00 pm), 24 (6h30 pm), 25 (5h30 pm), 27 (6h30 pm), 28 (6h30 pm), 29 (6h30 pm), 30 (8h00 pm), 31 (8h00 pm)
February: 01 (6h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Nicola Giuliani
Choreography: Jean-Sébastien Colau/ Vincenzo Veneruso
Cast: Maia Makhateli étoile of the Dutch National Ballet Amsterdam (22, 24, 25, 27)-TBA (23, 28, 29, 30, 31)/ Andrea Sarri étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet (22, 24, 25, 27)-TBA (23, 28, 29, 30, 31)Corpo di ballo del Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Orchestra & Choir: Orchestra del Teatro Massimo
DIDO AND AENEAS
February 2026
February: 20 (8h00 pm), 21 (6h30 pm), 22 (5h30 pm), 24 (6h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Henry Purcell
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Gabriele Ferro
Direction: Lorenzo Amato
Cast: Roberta Mantegna/Zachary Altman
Orchestra & Choir: Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Massimo
PETITE MESSE SOLENNELLE
March 2026
March: 19 (8h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Gioachino Rossini
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Salvatore Punturo
Orchestra & Choir:Coro del Teatro Massimo
MAHLER – IL TITANO
April 2026
April: 12 (8h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Gustav Mahler
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza
Orchestra & Choir:Orchestra del Teatro Massimo
AIDA
May 2026
May: 22 (8h00 pm), 23 (6h30 pm), 24 (5h30 pm), 26 (6h30 pm), 27 (6h30 pm), 28 (8h00 pm), 29 (6h30 pm), 30 (8h00 pm), 31 (6h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Giuseppe Verdi
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin
Direction: Mario Pontiggia
Cast: Maria José Siri (22, 24, 27, 29, 31)-Alessandra Di Giorgio (23, 26, 28, 30)/Angelo Villari (22, 24, 27, 29, 31)/Daniela Barcellona (22, 24, 27, 29, 31)-Valentina Pernozzoli (23, 26, 28, 30)/Claudio Sgura (22, 24, 27, 29, 31)-Devid Cecconi (23, 26, 28, 30)
Orchestra & Choir: Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Massimo
CARAVAGGIO
June 2026
June: 20 (8h00 pm), 21 (6h30 pm), 23 (6h30 pm), 24 (6h30 pm), 25 (8h00 pm), 26 (6h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Claudio Monteverdi orchestrated by Bruno Moretti
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Gianna Fratta
Choreography: Mauro Bigonzetti/Roberto Zamorano
Cast: Corpo di Ballo del Teatro Massimo
Orchestra & Choir: Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Massimo
LA BELLA ADDORMENTATA
October 2026
October: 03 (8h00 pm), 04 (5h30 pm), 06 (6h30 pm), 07 (6h30 pm), 08 (8h00 pm), 09 (6h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Carlo Benedetto Cimento
Choreography: Reginaldo Oliveira
Cast: Corpo di Ballo del Teatro Massimo
Orchestra & Choir: Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Massimo
RIGOLETTO
October 2026
October: 23 (8h00 pm), 24 (8h00 pm), 25 (5h30 pm), 27 (6h30 pm), 28 (6h30 pm), 29 (6h30 pm), 30 (6h30 pm), 31 (6h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Giuseppe Verdi
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Gianna Fratta
Direction: John Turturro
Cast: Ludovic Tézier (23, 25, 28, 30)-da definire (24, 27, 29, 31)/Francesco Demuro (23, 25, 28, 30)-Amitai Pati (24, 27, 29, 31)/Adela Zaharia (23, 25, 28, 30)
Orchestra & Choir: Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Massimo
