About the Taormina Festival

The Italian Opera Live Cultural Association was born in 2014 from the desire and passion to transmit the regional and national musical and artistic cultural heritage, envied us all over the world.

Since 2014 every year about 150 shows are performed to an international audience, which gets larger year after year.

Italian Opera Taormina is a unique experience among the melodies of Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti, Rossini and many other authors performed by great professionals of the Italian and International Opera, with different arias and duets accompanied by the piano. The guests become part of the show, thanks to the interaction with the artists and during the break they will be delighted with an aperitif on the panoramic terrace of the gorgeous Nazarena Theatre, a small thetre with 120 seats set in the heart of Taormina.

The following shows have been organized in the various editions:

Show “Nessun Dorma” with the extraordinary participation of the famous soprano Katia Ricciarelli
Show “Percussive Colors Duo” with Ruya Taner (Northern Cyprus) and Dince Ozer (Turkey)
Show “Musiche da Film” with il M° Palmiro Simonini and il M° Stefano Maffizzoni (artistic director of the Bibiena Theater in Mantova)

Show “Amanecer En Granada” with Jose e Francisco Cuenca (Spain)

Show “Trio Mediterraneo” with Carlos Emilio Lopez (Spain), Salvatore Cicero (Vittoria – RG) and Beatriz Balboa Ruiz (Spain)
Show “Viaggio da Vivaldi a Mascagni” with Laura Brioli (mezzosoprano), David Boldrini (piano)
Show “Viva l’Operetta” with Carmen Salamone (soprano), Antonio Costa (tenor), Antonio Gennaro (piano)
Show “Napoli – Venezia” with Sabrina Gasparini (voice), Gen  Llukaci (violin), Dragan Babic (piano)
Show “Le donne di Puccini” with Silvia Di Falco (soprano), Elisabetta Zizzo (soprano), Diana Nocchiero (piano)

Show “Canzoni, Opera e Zarzuela” Eugenia Boix (soprano), Anna Ferrer ( piano) – Spain
Show “Da Broadway al Tango” with Ester Ventura (soprano), Raffaele Bertolini (clarinet), Luca A.M. Colombo (piano)
Show “Duo barocco” with the duo on the piano Marco Schiavo and Sergio Marchegiani
Show “Guitar & Voice” with Pablo Lentini Riva (guitar) – France, Carla Basile (soprano)
Show “Gran Gala dell’Opera” with Elisabetta Zizzo (soprano), Angelo Villari (tenor, Graziano D’Urso (Baritone), Antonio Gennaro (piano)
Show “Viva l’Operetta” with Carmen Salamone (soprano), Antonio Costa (tenor), Antonio Gennaro (piano)

Show “Les Bouffes Napolitains” with ILARIA IAQUINTA Soprano – GIACOMO SERRA Piano
Show “Bravi, Bene…Bis!” with ROBERTO METRO Piano – ELVIRA FOTI Piano
Show “Sogno D’Or” with ELENA BAKANOVA Soprano – RAFFAELE MASCOLO Piano
Show “Romanticismo in Musica” with VERONICA CARDULLO Soprano – PIERRE-LAURENT BOUCHARLAT Piano
Show “Love Duets” with CARMEN SALAMONE Soprano – DAVIDE BENIGNO Tenor – ANTONIO GENNARO Piano

Show “Donne All’Opera” with MARIAGRAZIA TRINGALI Soprano – GIOVANNA SAVINO Flute – CINZIA BARTOLI Piano
Show “Una Notte all’Opera” with ELISABETTA ZIZZO Soprano – MARCO CIAMPI Piano