7/10/2020 - Taormina Arte in synergy with the Massimo Bellini Theater
The important Bellini Theater Orchestra founded in 1951 appreciated all over the world will enchant the audience of the Ancient Theater on 25 July with American Movies, 15 famous American soundtracks, music by the late Morricone and by Williams, Barry, Badelt, Horner. A splendid concert completely dedicated to America and the most representative films in a fantastic journey through myths, symbolic places, wars and peace, through a century of history; on July 30 with La Traviata one of the most famous works by Giuseppe Verdi for soloists, choir and orchestra; on August 12 with Carl Orff's masterpiece, Carmina Burana, a scenic cantata composed between 1935 and 1936, based on 24 poems among those found in the medieval collection of the same name; on August 25 with Vivaldi's The Four Seasons and on September 20 instead An American in Paris, Rhapsody in blue, West Side Story by Gershwin and Bernstein. "The spirit of active collaboration and the desire to return to live performances have united two historic and prestigious cultural institutions, Taormina Arte and Massimo Bellini of Catania - affirm Commissioner Daniela Lo Cascio and the Superintendent of the Bellini Theater Giovanni Cultrera -. We are sure that the public will not fail to appreciate the high quality musical proposals that will be exalted as always by the magic and imperishable charm of the Ancient Theater of Taormina ". Then on August 14th it was the turn of the Tarmina Lyric Summer Concert a Grand Gala in honor of Vincenzo Bellini, the most loved Sicilian composer in the world.