Notre Dame de Paris

18/07/02@ 21,30

Over eight million spectators all over the world since its first night. Notre-Dame de Paris is the real special event of this Summer. The moving story of Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, and of his tragic and hopeless love for Esmeralda, a beautiful Gypsy.

Pilato Sempre

29/06/02@ 21,30

It is a fairly surreal piece, where two different worlds are set one against the other: the rational and pragmatic world of Pilato and the Romans on one side, and the irrational, exotic and ambiguous world of Erode and his court on the other one

Ennio Morricone

06/07/02@ 21,00

Salvatore Accardo

16/07/02@ 21,30

The violinist Salvatore Accardo conducts the Orchestra da Camera Italiana as a tribute to Astor Piazzolla.

Nacho Duato

19/07/02@ 21,30

The performance of the Compania Nacional de Danza Nacho Duato is an Italian exclusive event. The extraordinary dancer from Valencia has been experiencing a great success since his debut, thanks to his wondrous choreography. Today, his ballets are performed by the most prestigious repertory companies in the world. Nacho Duato has been often inspired by Walter Nobbe?s paintings and in fact, his choreography succeeds in expressing the same emotional intensity.

Andrew Davis e la London Symphony Orchestra

21/07/02@ 21,30

Sir Andrew Davis conducts the London Symphony Orchestra and Sarah Chang on the violin. The programme include Igor Stravinskij (4 Studies ö 1952 version); Johannes Brahms (Orchestral and violin concert) and Sergej Prokofiev (Symphony n. 5).

Simple Minds

26/07/02@ 21,30

The Simple Minds, historic Scottish band led by Jim Kerr, celebrate with the audience of the Ancient Theatre in Taormina the 25th anniversary of their career, which has been characterised by great successes and a growing popularity.

Damiano Giuranna

30/07/02@ 21,30

Damiano Giuranna conducts the World Youth Orchestra and Daniel Strabawa on the violin,Alexander Rudin on the cello, Riccardo Guranna on the piano, perform music by L. van Beethoven and E. Elgar. The World Youth Orchestra gathers 70 young musicians aged 16 to 25 years old, the best scholars from the most prestigious Conservatories and Academies of Music in the world. The concert in Taormina is part of the Unicef project "Yes for children".

Giulio Cesare

01/08/02@ 21.30

Giulio Cesare di Shakespeare per Giorgio Albertazzi is just a way of representing some Shakespearean characters, according to Giorgio Albertazzi, by Nicola Fano and Antonio Calenda.

La bottega del caffé

17/07/02 @ 21.30

Venditori d'anime

27/07/02 @ 21,30

Mi sento dire di continuo
che sono un attore, che recito,
che la mia è una commedia,
che persino la foggia del vestire
si adegua al personaggio
che vorrei tentare di essere
o di apparire. Ebbene, sì.

Giorgio Almirante

Tariqa

31/07/02 @ 21.30

The Tariqa are a versatile band turning readily from music to painting

Caruso

03/08/02 @ 21.30

CARUSO
The man, his voice, his love·this is the subtitle of ãCaruso il Musicalä, directed by Filippo Crivelli with Katia Ricciarelli and Gian Luca Terranova, with a cast of 8 actors-singers and 12 dancers

Senso

04/08/02 @ 21,30

A tribute to Luchino Visconti by Giampiero Cicciò, an adaptation by Luca De Bei of a Camillo Boito original story.

RICCARDO MUTI IN CONCERTO

21/09/02 @

On 21st September, Riccardo Muti conducted the Scala Philharmonic Orchestra at the Conference Hall. The concert has been organised to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Taormina Arte and the takings will be donated to charity. The programme included the Symphony from "Viaggio a Reims" by Rossini, "London" by Haydn, and the Fifth by Ciaikovskij.

Sole

29/07/02 @ 21.30

Based on the novel of D.H. Lawrence, The Sun, it's the new drama of Melo Freni. Music by Franco Battiato