Teatro Massimo Palermo 2010

"The Barber of Seville Teatro Massimo in Palermo" Almaviva,ossia L’inutile precauzione di Musiche di : Gioachino Rossini 18,19,21,22,23,24,25 e 26 Settembre 2010 Info: www.teatromassimo.it "The Barber of Seville is an opera by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Cesare Sterbini taken from the homonymous play by Beaumarchais. Almaviva original title is , or is unnecessary precaution. The book was already set to music from the year beforeFrancis Morlacchi . Before him, Giovanni Paisiello had staged his Barber of Seville in 1782. The premiere took place February 20, 1816 at the Teatro Argentina in Rome and ended between the whistleTo provoke them, according to the gossip of the time, were the managers of a theater competitor Teatro  Valle , according to others , the fault was of some followers of Paisiello and his version of the opera. The mere announcement that Ross was preparing a new version of The Barber of Seville had aroused many controversies, also considering the fact that when Paisiello was still alive. The failure of the first but was immediately rescued by the success of the replica and the work of  ended early to obscure the previous version of Paisiello. "The contract Geltrude Giorgi Righetti was the first story while the role of Rosina Almavivawas entrusted to the great Spanish tenor Manuel Garcia .

Don Quichotte al Teatro Massimo di Palermo Direttore: Alan Guigal 15,16,17,19,20,21 Ottobre 2010  info: www.teatromassimo.it The book is divided into two parts ( 1605-1615 ) . The protagonist of the story - about fifty years of strong build, "a Spanish hidalgo named Alonso Quijano , morbidly passionate romanceswhich is devoted to reading in leisure time . Readings condition him to the point of drag in a fantasy worldwhich is convinced of being called to become a knight errant . Therefore you are traveling, like the heroes of the novels , to defend the weak and repair torti.Alonso becomes the knight Don Quixoteof La Mancha and starts to walk for Spain.In his madness, Don Quixote brings along a local farmer , Sancho Panza,which promises the government of an island as long as the face of a squire. Like all knights -errant , Don Quixote feels the need to give a lady his business I will choose Aldonza Lorenzo a beautiful country to its neighbor , which he transformed into a noble lady and renamed Dulcinea .

Alice nel Paese delle Meraviglie al Teatro Massimo di Palermo Musica di: Giovanni D’Acquila dal 16 al 19 Novembre 2010 info: www.teatromassimo.it Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (often contract in Alice in Wonderland , original title Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland ) is a literary work published for the first time in 1865"written by English mathematician and author Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , better known under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll

La fanciulla del West al Teatro Massimo di Palermo Diretto da: Giacomo Puccini 10,11,12,14,15,16,18 Dicembre 2010 info: www.teatromassimo.it La fanciulla del West is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Guelph Civinini and Carlo Zangarini. It was first performed at the Teatro Metropolitan in New York December 10, 1910 .In early 1907, during a stay in the U.S. metropolis , Puccini happened to attend a play by David Belasco , entitled The Girl of the Golden West By staying very impressed , the author obtained the necessary consent , commissioned the poet Charles Zangariniwhich later took over the Tuscan writer Guelph Civinini , to finalize the text libretto ."