Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo di Palermo
ORCHESTRA DEL TEATRO MASSIMO DI PALERMO
Active, as the Orchestra, since the opening of the Teatro Massimo in 1897, the Choir received legal identity in 1966.
Active since the inauguration of the Teatro Massimo in 1897, it began as a stable organism in 1960, dedicating itself mainly to opera, while also performing the symphonic repertoire during the concert seasons.
It was directed by all of the most important Italian conductors, including Franco Capuana, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Tullio Serafin, Vittorio Gui, Antonino Votto, Ottavio Ziino, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, and Carlo Maria Giulini, and by illustrious names such as Paul Hindemith, Pierre Monteux, Otto Klemperer, Lovro von Matacic, Zubin Mehta, Myung-Whun Chung.
Since 2014 the musical director is Gabriele Ferro.
CORO DEL TEATRO MASSIMO DI PALERMO
Active since the inauguration of the Teatro Massimo in 1897, it began as a stable organism in 1960, dedicating itself mainly to opera, while also performing the symphonic repertoire during the concert seasons.
It was directed by all of the most important Italian conductors, including Franco Capuana, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Tullio Serafin, Vittorio Gui, Antonino Votto, Ottavio Ziino, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, and Carlo Maria Giulini, and by illustrious names such as Paul Hindemith, Pierre Monteux, Otto Klemperer, Lovro von Matacic, Zubin Mehta, Myung-Whun Chung.
Since 2014 the musical director is Gabriele Ferro.