A night at the Opera Theatre

The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house in Palermo, Sicily. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe - 7,730 square metres and the third largest opera house in Europe. We did a tour today and the company was rehearsing the Barber of Seville. Tonight we attended a concert of the Sicilian Brass Orchestra at the opera theatre . The Sicilian Brass Orchestra performed a range of Italian Jazz songs with a quest appearance by Darla Biancardi (vocals) and Francesco Cafiso (clarinet). It was a fabulous night. Although we did feel we were living in the pages of a history book. We sat in one of the boxes and as we looked around everyone was busy fanning themselves with their programs. No aircon!Read more