Teatro Massimo Bellini

Opera house · Catania

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"Teatro Massimo Bellini is Catania’s extraordinary 19th-century opera house, known for its fabled acoustics, which many say are better than La Scala’s. The opera’s artistic director, Francesco Nicolosi, discusses the challenges of keeping the opera and 78-person orchestra afloat."

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