Enrico Castiglione, Taormina ART AT THE OPERA HOUSE HANG ZHOU

Enrico Castiglione , artisitico director of the music section of Taormina Arte , Italian director and set designer of international fame in recent years has been the protagonist of the opera season at the Teatro Antico in Taormina has been named in recent days, the artistic director of Opera Hang Zhou, one of the largest theaters in the world built in one of the oldest cities in China.

Director / designer among the most versatile and active of his generation, with over two hundred productions, including operas and concerts currently published on DVD and transmitted by the major television networks worldwide (the last win dates back to last summer , with Rigoletto broadcast live via satellite from Taormina in cinemas all over the world and with record ratings Rai 5 ) , returning on 22 November by a personal triumph just in China, in Shenzhen, under the direction of Bellini’s Norma ( performed for the first time in China on that occasion ) , formally received the appointment in the Council Chamber of the City of Taormina to the presence of the Mayor Eligio Giardina and from the hand of Deng Jingshan , president of the Theatre and Philharmonic Orchestra of Hang Zhou, accompanied by the ‘ occasion by Xiaoyan Fang , director of public relations of the Theatre of Hang Zhou, and Liu Donglai , promoters of major events in China and opera productions signed by the same Castiglione .

Enrico Castiglione in recent years has undoubtedly been the authentic ” deus ex machina ” of the musical programming of Taormina, just as the first artistic director of Taormina Arte , then with the productions of Bellini Festival which he founded in 2009 , and finally with the Festival Euro Mediterranean. The list of artists and the complex of international repute who have performed in Taormina under its volcanic art direction is very long , but just remember people such as Montserrat Caballé, Liza Minnelli, Uto Ughi, Ennio Morricone, and certainly unforgettable are the historical integral Nine Symphonies of Beethoven conducted by Lorin Maazel in 2008 and broadcast around the world, dance with Alessandra Ferri (who said goodbye to their career with Castiglione in Taormina ) , the repeated performances of American Ballet etoiles , of the New York City Ballet , the Royal Ballet of London, Roberto Bollle , Julio Bocca or companies such as Momix . But in the annals of the show, both for the massive production effort for the spectacular productions , came to right above the operatic productions ever made with the highly praised new costumes by Sonia Cammarata , from Medea, with which the couple Castiglione – Cammarata debuted with great success in 2007, the Tosca with Marcello Giordani , Martina Serafin and Renato Bruson 2008 , from Aida virtual 2009 which has been talked about all over the world with the late Salvatore Licitra ( his last international television production before death ) to the fairy-tale Turandot in 2010 , dall’acclamatissimo Nabucco staged in 2011 with Juan Pons and Clare Taigi with direct RAI broadcast worldwide on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy at Bellini ‘s Norma Festival 2012, then treat yourself to an incredible tris success last summer with Rigoletto , Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci last summer . New productions that have achieved often sold out , as well as establishing record ratings on television, either live or deferred in theaters on RAI and the main international television networks , as it had never happened before so repeatedly and especially on an ongoing basis .

In short, Taormina Arte rewards quality and guaranteed to have every year with productions signed by Enrico Castiglione a success not only artistic but also the media , around which the economy of the entire summer town of Taormina , which already in 2008 Lorin Maazel was to define the ” Salzburg of the South” .