taormina teatro greco
The most ancient and main monument of Taormina is the theatre. It is also well kept. It was built in a wonderful panoramic place from which you can see the Etna Vulcan and the Ionian Sea. On some steps the name of Filistide is engraved, she was Ierone the second's wife the tyrant of Syracuse, who probably built the theatre in the third century before Christ. The theatre was restored in the Roman age and more exactly in the second century A.D. The cavea, that is to say the space for the tiers of seats, has about hundred nine metres in diameter and it is divided into nine sectors. For its dimensions the theatre of Taormina is the second of Sicily following the one of Syracuse. At the top of the tiers of seats there is a double porch that is covered by a vault. Thirty-six little niches opened on the wall of the porch. Probably they was used for placing the statues. In the Roman age the orchestra of the theatre was changed to arena for the Gladiator games. The scene presents three big overtures flanking with niches and columns which were replaced here in eighteen hundred. The theatre of Taormina is now the place for cultural heppenings prizes of international scale concerts and dance shows that draw visitors from all over the world.
Numerose sono le manifestazioni e gli eventi che, ogni anno soprattutto nella stagione estiva, sono realizzati a Taormina. Scenario d’eccezione di concerti (musica classica e leggera), opere teatrali, opere liriche, grandi serate di spettacolo spesso riprese da emittenti radiotelevisive (la cerimonia per la consegna dei Nastri d'argento, Festivalbar, la Kore, solo per fare qualche esempio) è il Teatro Antico. Dal 1983, gli eventi più significativi, sono realizzati nell’ambito di Taormina Arte, l’istituzione culturale che cura l’organizzazione della rassegna di musica, teatro e danza, considerata tra le più importanti nel panorama nazionale. Nella programmazione di Taormina Arte rientra anche il Taormina Film Fest, il festival del Cinema di Taormina, erede della Rassegna Cinematografica di Messina e Taormina, nata nel 1960, che per un ventennio ospitò i David di Donatello con la partecipazione dei più famosi personaggi dello spettacolo. Nell'ambito del Festival del Cinema sono consegnati, al Teatro antico, i prestigiosi Nastri d'Argento, premi assegnati dai critici cinematografici. Dal 2005, Taormina Arte, organizza, ad ottobre, il Giuseppe Sinopoli Festival, rassegna dedicata al grande direttore d'orchestra, scomparso nel 2001, per anni direttore artistico di Taormina Arte.
alcune fonti sono state tratte dai siti:http://www.sicily4you.it/ita/main/perle/perletaormina.htm
http://www.taormina-sicily.it/
http://www.comune.taormina.me.it/cms/
http://www.taormina.es/28,,Escursioni.html
The most ancient and main monument of Taormina is the theatre. It is also well kept. It was built in a wonderful panoramic place from which you can see the Etna Vulcan and the Ionian Sea. On some steps the name of Filistide is engraved, she was Ierone the second's wife the tyrant of Syracuse, who probably built the theatre in the third century before Christ. The theatre was restored in the Roman age and more exactly in the second century A.D. The cavea, that is to say the space for the tiers of seats, has about hundred nine metres in diameter and it is divided into nine sectors. For its dimensions the theatre of Taormina is the second of Sicily following the one of Syracuse. At the top of the tiers of seats there is a double porch that is covered by a vault. Thirty-six little niches opened on the wall of the porch. Probably they was used for placing the statues. In the Roman age the orchestra of the theatre was changed to arena for the Gladiator games. The scene presents three big overtures flanking with niches and columns which were replaced here in eighteen hundred. The theatre of Taormina is now the place for cultural heppenings prizes of international scale concerts and dance shows that draw visitors from all over the world.
