11 Jan

Catania, Turandot will open the season of the Teatro Massimo Bellini

It will be a very special Turandot edition that will open the season of the Massimo Bellini theater in Catania. This is an authentic event that celebrates the first centenary of the death of Giacomo Puccini, proposing his posthumous masterpiece. The German master Eckehard Stier returns to the podium, authoritative principal guest conductor; la prestigiosa messinscena è firmata da...
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8 Dec

Linguaglossa, from 10 December an exhibition on Piero Guccione

From 10 December and until 31 March 2024 the Regional Museum Francesco Messina – Salvatore Incorpora of Linguaglossa will host the exhibition “Piero Guccione. Dolore e meraviglia”. Saturday 9 December, The exhibition will be open to the public from 11.30, si terrà l’inaugurazione. Un progetto della Soprintendenza dei Beni Culturali e Ambientali di Catania, guidata dall’architetto Donatella Aprile, designed to promote and enhance....
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23 Nov

Catania, the Teatro Massimo Bellini stages La traviata

The Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania stages Verdi's "La traviata" in the staging created by the brilliant set designer Josef Svoboda for the Sferisterio in Macerata. “La traviata of mirrors”, how it is defined, arrives in Catania from 1 to 9 December, at the end of the season of operas and ballets 2023. In the foreground the Orchestra and Choir of the institution...
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11 Oct

The 12 The Hierophanies Festival opens in Giardini Naxos in October

It will be held from 12 al 24 October the “Hierofanie – The soul of Sicily” Festival, the places of the Sacred", now in its second edition, scheduled in the Archaeological Parks of Naxos-Taormina and Segesta. The artistic direction is by Claudio Collovà and the coordination of the cultural meetings is by Fulvia Toscano. The Festival, promoted by the regional department of cultural heritage..
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1 Oct

Le Vie dei Tesori returns to Catania and Acireale

Le Vie dei Tesori is promoting its sixth edition this year in Catania, exceptionally opening two ancient spa complexes, but also forgotten churches, noble palaces, private collections, and a series of nature experiences, in contact with animals, on lava and in gardens. Con la vicina Acireale che partecipa con una serie di luoghi e laboratori inediti. Here comes the...
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4 Sep

Messina, at MuMe an exhibition in the name of Caravaggio

It will remain open to the public until 14 October at MuMe, Regional museum, of Messina shows it in the sign of Caravaggio: “Following Caravaggio with a vigorous and colorful manner”. The exhibition brings together numerous works from the rich heritage of museums and churches in Sicily. Worth noting is a room entirely dedicated to the Messina outsider Giovan Simone Comandé. They introduce themselves,...
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22 Aug

Giardini Naxos, the appointment with NaxosLegge is back

‘Fare’ is the theme of the 13th edition of “NaxosLegge, Storytelling Festival, of reading and the book” which, with the artistic direction of Fulvia Toscano, returns again this year from 1 September to 1 October with dozens of events. Naxos reads from Giardini Naxos, where most of the meetings are concentrated, it will also touch the cities of Messina, Catania, Palermo and Augusta again, Letojanni, Paternal, Francavilla di Sicilia....
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2 Aug

Taormina, Isola Bella reopened to the public

The periodic ordinary and extraordinary maintenance works have been completed, has reopened Isola Bella to the public, site of historical interest, cultural and naturalistic managed by the Naxos Taormina Archaeological Park. Surrounded by the sea and connected to the mainland by a thin isthmus of land, Isola Bella is a very delicate site that requires complex renovation works every year...
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