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The Symphony Hall hosts this lyrical work from Latin America on 22, 24, and 26 March 2022

The Auditorio de Tenerife, a cultural venue linked to the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council and managed by the island's Minister of Culture Enrique Arriaga, puts tickets on sale for the opera "Florencia in the Amazon", by Daniel Catán. This Spanish première is a proposal of Opera de Tenerife to host lyrical work from Latin America. On 22, 24, and 26 March, the Symphony Hall will host this love trip.

Created by the Mexican composer Daniel Catán, and a libretto by Marcela Fuentes-Berain, this opera was premièred in 1996. It is a story about different ways of experiencing love during a boat trip in the Amazon. After an extensive tour around opera houses in America and two appearances in Europe (Germany and Switzerland), this opera that contains some elements of magical realism inspired by Gabriel García Márquez is staged in Spain for the first time.

Pedro Halffter, the musical director, will also be at the helm of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife to conduct this production of the Auditorio de Tenerife. With Chía Patiño as a stage director, the team is completed with Izmir Ickbal as set designer, Felype de Lima as a costume designer and Erin Fleming as a lighting designer. Alejandra Prieto is in charge of the design and direction of the puppets.

Regarding the cast, the soprano Sandra López will play Florencia Grimaldi; the soprano Lina Mendes will play Rosalba; the tenor Airam Hernández will play Arcadio; the baritones José Julian Frontal and Àngel Òdena will respectively play Álvaro and Riolbo; the mezzo-soprano Adriana Zabala will play Paula, and the bass Alejandro López will be the boat captain. 

Valentine's Day Promo

For Valentine's Day, we offer a 15% discount on the ticket price of this opera. The promo is valid from the 26^th of January until the 14^th of February. Dial 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., except for public holidays, or get your tickets at the box office from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., except for public holidays. Remember to request your appointment at the box office if Tenerife is on alert level 4. Appointments can be requested by dialling 922 568 625 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. or through our website.

If you rather prefer to get your tickets online, enter the promo code SANVALENTIN22 when making your online purchase. By purchasing tickets, you accept the measures implemented by the cultural centre to combat Coronavirus, such as the correct use of masks and the attendance at the event only with people you live with. Likewise, you may be asked to show your health documentation to enter the premises. All of the measures, as well as the contingency plan certified by AENOR, can be consulted on the Auditorium’s website.

The production is premièred in Spain and transforms the hall into a North American radio station of the 1940s

This weekend the Auditorio de Tenerife bids farewell to the opera "The old maid and the thief". The opera by Gian Carlo Menotti was commissioned by the North American station NBC, which successfully debuted it on the airwaves in April 1939 and later took it to the stage. The two last performances take place on 29 and 30 January at 7:30 p.m., and the tickets are sold out. 

"The old maid and the thief" was first shown in Spain last weekend. This production by Auditorio de Tenerife will transform the Chamber Hall into a radio station from the 1940s to present Menotti's comedy and introduce the public to a live broadcast. 

Alicia Peraza is in charge of the stage direction, with a proposal that enables the audience to participate in Menotti's original idea. It offers a world full of moral dilemmas and lots of fun, thanks to the tools of radio: live music, sound effects and the talent of the singers and actors. 

The members of the cast are the mezzo-soprano Silvia Zorita (Miss Todd), the baritone Fernando Campero (Bob), the soprano Candelaria González (Laetitia), the soprano Estefanía Perdomo (Miss Pinkerton), the actors Alcides Cairós (Robert) and Joel Hernández (Roger). Javier Lanis and Luis López Tejedor round up the cast respectively as a pianist and a stage manager. This piece, inspired by the opera buffa of the 18^th-century, takes place in a city in which very intimate and powerful desires, gossip, and secrets are hidden under an apparently picturesque and calm veil. 

The simple and routine life of a single middle-aged woman (Miss Todd), who shares her days of knitting and gossip with her neighbour (Miss Pinkerton), is turned upside down when a beggar knocked on her door, the handsome Bob. Miss Todd and her maid Laetitia quickly fall in love with the beggar and take him in under the guise of Steve, Miss Todd's cousin, despite learning that he could be a convict who has escaped from prison, accused of stealing. When their suspicions grow, the plot twists begin.

Apart from the stage direction, Alicia Peraza is in charge of the set design and works hand in hand with the pianist Javier Lanis as musical director. Leo Martínez has designed the costumes for this production by Tenerife Opera and Hugo Carugatti is in charge of the lighting design.

By purchasing tickets, you accept the measures implemented by the cultural centre to combat Coronavirus, such as the correct use of masks and attendance at the event only with people you live with. 

In addition, spectators over 12 years and 3 months of age will be asked to provide the following at the time they access the venue: a COVID-19 certificate showing fully vaccinated status, a negative COVID-19 active infection diagnostic test performed in the last 48 hours by a legally authorised laboratory (at-home tests from the chemists are not allowed), or an official certificate proving that you have had the infection between 11 and 180 days prior to the event. Along with any of these three options, you will additionally be asked to show a personal ID. All of the measures, as well as the contingency plan certified by AENOR, can be consulted on our website.

The tickets are sold out for this musical journey through East Africa hand in hand with the Cuban pianist and composer

The Auditorio de Tenerife is a cultural venue linked to the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council that is managed by the island's Minister of Culture Enrique Arriaga. On Thursday, the 27^th of January, at 7:30 p.m., it offers the Omar Sosa Trio’s concert. The pianist and Cuban composer presents the new album “An East African Journey”. The tickets are sold out. 

Apart from Oscar Sosa playing the piano and percussion, Steve Argüelles plays the drums and percussion and Christophe Minck plays the bass, harp and effects. Together they will present this new album conceived in collaboration with traditional musicians from that region of the planet, where he discovered new sounds, other ways of making music, and other timbres. The result: thirteen songs that showcase the musical richness of what he considers "Mother Africa".

The folk music base that makes up this project was recorded by Omar Sosa himself during a tour of East Africa and includes sounds from Madagascar, Kenya, Sudan, Ethiopia, Burundi, Zambia, and the Republic of Mauritius. Among traditional instruments we find Valiha, Lokanga, Marovany, Kalumbu, Krar, Umuduri, Nyatiti, and Ravanne.

Omar Sosa was born in Camagüey (Cuba), where he learned from a very young age to play percussion instruments and the piano. Although he was born in Cuba, his exploratory spirit has taken him to the ends of the world and especially to Africa, the root of many of the musical traditions of the Caribbean. He has great musical versatility as a composer, producer, pianist, percussionist, arranger and leader in several ensembles. 

His music blends several musical styles of the world, contemporary electronic elements and his Afro-Cuban roots, thus creating an urban, fresh and original sound that he masterly fusions with Latin jazz. He mixes jazz with Afro-Caribbean rhythms and combines them with electronic elements. His passionate way of playing the piano, always moving away from orthodoxy, feels closer to his creative freedom.

Through his charismatic personality, dynamic execution and improvisations, Omar Sosa brings out the best in his fellow musicians: an approach with plenty of emotional and spiritual strength. And of course, a lot of humour. 

Thanks to his creative force, Omar Sosa always makes his music sound very similar to a premiere. This skill always fascinates experts and amateurs, hence creating a spontaneous connection with his audience.

The audience is requested to arrive at the venue well in advance to enter the auditorium in staggered "waves". All of the measures, as well as the contingency plan certified by AENOR, can be consulted on our website.

The Chamber Hall will be transformed into the North American radio station of the 1940s that saw the debut of this comedy

Auditorio de Tenerife, a cultural space linked to the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council and managed by the island's Minister of Culture Enrique Arriaga, has programmed for the first time in Spain The old maid and the thief. This opera by Gian Carlo Menotti was commissioned by the North American station NBC, which debuted it on the airwaves in April 1939 with a success that later took it to the stage. The performances will take place in the Chamber Hall on the 22, 23, 29 and 30 of January at 7:30 p.m.

This staged chamber opera will transform the Chamber Hall into a radio station from the 1940s to bring back its first broadcast, while at the same time introducing the public to the world that Menotti wrote – a world full of moral dilemmas and lots of fun, thanks to the tools of radio: live music, sound effects, and the talent of the singers. Alicia Peraza is in charge of stage direction and set design, with Javier Lanis on the piano as the musical director. Leo Martínez has designed the costumes for this production by Tenerife Opera and Hugo Carugatti is in charge of lighting design.

The cast is made up of singers from the Canary Islands: the mezzo-soprano Silvia Zorita will be Miss Todd, the baritone Fernando Campero will play Bob, the soprano Candelaria González will play the maid, Laetitia, and the soprano Estefanía Perdomo will play the role of the neighbour, Miss Pinkerton. This piece, inspired by the opera buffa of the eighteenth century, takes place in a city in which very intimate and powerful desires, gossip, and secrets are hidden under an apparently picturesque and calm veil. 

The simple and routine life of a single middle-aged woman (Miss Todd), who shares her days of knitting and gossip with her friend (Miss Pinkerton), is turned upside down when a beggar knocks on her door, the handsome Bob.  Miss Todd and her maid Laetitia quickly fall in love with the beggar and take him in under the guise of Steve, Miss Todd's cousin, despite learning that he could be a convict who has escaped from prison, accused of stealing.  When their suspicions grow, the plot twists begin.

Tickets can be purchased until fifteen minutes before each performance on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com and by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

By purchasing tickets, you accept the measures implemented by the cultural centre to combat COVID-19, such as the correct use of masks and the attendance at the event only with people you live with.

In addition, spectators over 12 years and 3 months of age will be asked to provide the following at the time they access the venue: a COVID-19 certificate showing fully vaccinated status, a negative COVID-19 active infection diagnostic test performed in the last 48 hours by a legally authorised laboratory (at-home tests from the chemists are not allowed), or an official certificate proving that you have had the infection between 11 and 180 days prior to the event. Along with any of these three options, you will additionally be asked to show a personal ID. All of the measures, as well as the contingency plan certified by AENOR, can be consulted on the Auditorium’s website.

Happy 2022.

Everything in life changes but not without effort. With the example of our workers, who have made the magic on stage possible this past year, we wish you a happy and prosperous 2022.

From Auditorio de Tenerife we would like to wish you a Merry Christmas 2021.

We know that we live in times of many changes, but life is made of twists and turns.

May it snow health and good luck to all.

ˊHistorias caóticas para cinco artistas desesperadosˊ (ˊChaotic Stories for Five Desperate Artistsˊ) takes the stage of the old Santo Domingo Convent, in La Laguna, tomorrow 

The Teatro Aficionado (Amateur Theatre) programme by the Auditorio de Tenerife is organised under the Island Council's Culture Area, directed by Enrique Arriaga. It will début 'Chaotic Stories for Five Desperate Artists' by the Puro Teatro Association tomorrow (the 16^th) at 6:00 p.m. Admission to this show, recommended for adult audiences, is free on a first come, first served basis until full capacity is reached. 

‘Chaotic Stories for Five Desperate Artists’ is made up of five short texts whose common theme is chaos. Each of the five stories is starred by two characters who in some way express their feelings at a specific moment in their lives. The actors that are part of the Association are A. Lidia Dorta, Jesús Patrón, Sonia Lutzardo, Glenda Suárez, and Nuria Neida.

In the first of the stories in this theatrical piece, two brothers find themselves in strange circumstances and realise that their lives have taken very different paths. In the second, a female painter has been hiding a great secret from her husband, but he hides an even greater one. A comedian who gets himself entangled in a mess thanks to an admirer is the theme of the third story. In the fourth story, a husband disappears and forces his wife to turn to a professional to search for him. And, lastly, the fifth story features the appearance of a mother who causes tremendous upheaval in her unstable daughter's life.

Teatro Aficionado (Amateur Theatre) is a programme that is part of the Educational and Social Area of the Auditorio de Tenerife. Teatro Aficionado encourages interest in the hobby of theatre, as well as the production of theatrical plays by the existing associations in Tenerife. This programme aims to stimulate matters such as communication, the exchange of ideas, and creativity amongst members who, in turn, belong to youth collectives, cultural collectives, women's collectives, and neighbourhood groups, among others.

Its main objectives are to promote a liking for theatre among the different social and cultural groups, as well as to promote the general public's attendance to, and love of, theatrical plays; likewise, to contribute to enriching the technical/artistic quality of amateur theatre groups and to create different work groups (directors, actors, costume designers, seamstresses, playwrights, scriptwriters, etc.).

Eiji Oue conducts a programme that includes works by Martinú and Rachmaninoff, with the viola player Maxim Rysanov as the invited soloist

The Sinfónica de Tenerife (Tenerife Symphony Orchestra) is a project of the Island Council’s Department of Culture which is directed by Enrique Arriaga. On Thursday [16] at 7:30 p.m., it offers a musical journey through the late Romanticism. Under the direction of the Japanese Eiji Oue, it will play the ‘’Rhapsody-Concerto for viola and orchestra’by Bohuslav Martinú, and the ‘Symphony No. 2 in E minor’ by Serguei Rachmaninoff. The Ukranian viola player Maxim Rysanov is the invited soloist during the first work.

This seventh programme invites us to take a melodic journey through the Russian Romanticism of Serguéi Rachmaninoff (Oneg / Semyonovo, 1873 – Beverly Hills, 1943) and of the Czech Bohuslav Martinú (Polička, 1890 – Liestal, 1959). Both composers developed the core of their work during the turbulent first half of the 20^th-century. Lyricism prevails in their work delivered during a time when music rapidly evolved in a very different and varied manner.

‘Rhapsody-Concerto for viola and orchestra’ by Martinú was premièred in 1953 and commissioned by Martinù's friend and violin player Jascha Veissi. During his career, he played for two great American orchestras such as Cleveland and San Francisco. The work is divided into two movements. The initial 'Moderato' alternates rhythmic moments with relaxed, melodic and sometimes singsongy passages. Hence, the work is titled "Rhapsody" (song). The second movement 'Molto Adagio' evolves into an 'Allegro'; it alternates slow and fast sections of orchestra and of soloist, to finally lead us to a nostalgic and solemn atmosphere.

Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 is one of the most emblematic and renowned works among classical music fans. After his deep depression brought on by the failure of his Symphony No. 1, he composed it between 1906 and 1907 while he was the director of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Premièred successfully the following year, it meant a self-esteem booster, a personal and musical turning point for the composer. The symphony is a dramatic sequence in the purest Russian tradition. Divided into four movements, the third one is the most remarkable one.

Eiji Oue was born in Hiroshima, Japan, and is renowned for his ‘extraordinary interpretations’ (‘La Nación’, Argentinian newspaper). Oue began piano lessons at the age of four. He then entered the Toho Gakuen School of Music as a performance major where he began his conducting studies with Seiji Ozawa’s teacher Hideo Saito. He was invited by Ozawa to study at the Tanglewood Music Center, where he met the American composer Leonard Bernstein.

Oue has conducted many of the world’s top orchestras throughout his career, including the New York Philharmonic, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, and the Munich Philharmonic, among others. He is currently Conductor Laureate of both the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, having served as its Music Director from 2003-2011, and the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in Hanover, following an eleven-year tenure as Principal Guest Conductor (1998-2009). He has also held the positions of Music Director of the Minnesota Orchestra (1995-2002) and Barcelona Symphony Orchestra (2006-2010).

The Ukrainian-British viola player Maxim Rysanov has established himself as one of the world’s most charismatic musicians of his generation. He regularly collaborates with renowned musicians such as the violinist Maxim Vengerov, Viktóriya Mulova and Janine Jansen; or with the cellist Sol Gabetta and Mischa Maisky. Rysanov is a recipient of various awards, including Gramophone’s “Young Artist of the Year Award” (2008) and the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Award (2007-2009). Likewise, his recordings have gained numerous awards including Gramophone’s Editor’s Choice, ECHO, ICMA and nominations for the Grammy and Gramophone Awards. In addition, he reached number one in the iTunes charts in the USA.

Tickets can be purchased until one hour before the show on the website www.sinfonicadetenerife.es, at the box office and by dialling 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m The audience is requested to arrive at the venue well in advance to enter the Auditorium in  "waves”. By purchasing tickets, you accept the measures implemented by the cultural centre to combat Coronavirus. All of the measures, as well as the contingency plan certified by AENOR, can be consulted on the Auditorium’s website.

The audience is requested to arrive at the venue well in advance to enter the Auditorium in staggered “waves". By purchasing tickets, you accept the measures implemented by the cultural centre to combat Coronavirus. All of the measures, as well as the contingency plan certified by AENOR, can be consulted on the Auditorium’s website.

The concert "Impresiones barrocas" pays homage to the scores printed in Amsterdam during the 18^th century

Auditorio de Tenerife is a cultural space linked to the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council that is managed by the island's Minister of Culture, Enrique Arriaga. The concert hall has scheduled a concert by the Baroque Orchestra of Tenerife that takes place in the Chamber Hall on Wednesday [15] at 19:30 p.m. The programme is titled "Impresiones barrocas" (Baroque scores). It is a Christmas treasure concert that pays homage to the scores printed in Amsterdam during the late baroque, in the 18^th century.

Amsterdam became the European printing city for music scores for the high quality of the printings, their durability, and the readability of the scores published by that time. The publishers added editions of great baroque composers to the catalogue of the Dutch company. 

As Conrado Álvarez, artistic director of the orchestra stated, "the copies of those baroque printings by Vivaldi, Bernardi, Sammartini, Albinoni and Locatelli, with the seventeen movements that comprise the concert, will evoke the gift that any musician of that time might have received as a precious Christmas present."

This repertoire resembles a luxurious chest of baroque music during which Jacques Ogg will play the harpsichord and be the invited director. It consists of two concertos for oboe and orchestra, two sonata trios and the "Grosso Mogul" by Vivaldi. Adrian Linares plays again as first violin the baroque violin with the orchestra that is rounded up with Laura García and Sergio Suárez (baroque violins); Miriam Jorde (baroque oboe); Melchor García (baroque viola); Diego Pérez (baroque cello), and Tomás López (violone).

Tickets can be purchased until fifteen minutes before the show on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com and by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The audience is requested to arrive at the venue well in advance to enter the Auditorium in “waves".

By purchasing tickets, you accept the measures implemented by the cultural centre to combat Coronavirus, such as the correct use of masks and attendance at the event only with people you live with. All of the measures, as well as the contingency plan certified by AENOR, can be consulted on our website.

The concerts take place at the Chamber Hall on Saturday [11] and Sunday [12] at 11:30 a.m.

The Auditorio de Tenerife hosts the 13^th Youth Brass Band Meeting of Tenerife. Eight bands meet at the Auditorium's Chamber Hall to give two concerts on Saturday [11] and Sunday [12] at 11:30 a.m. This meeting is an initiative organized by the federation 'Federación Tinerfeña de Bandas de Música' with the collaboration of the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council that is managed by the island's Minister of Culture, Enrique Arriaga. 

This Saturday's programme starts with the band linked to the ‘Asociación Musical San Marcos Evangelista’ of Tegueste. Under the direction of Édgar Matías López, they will play ‘Activity’, by H. Bennett; ‘Grandfather's Clock’, by J. Edmondson and A. McGinty; Clark County Celebration, by J. Swearingen, and ‘Abandoned Treasure Hunt’, by R. Grice.

Next the youth band ‘San José’ linked to the ‘Asociación Musical XIX de Marzo’ of San Juan de la Rambla will play. Directed by Damián González García, they will play ‘Tropical Scene’, by Gershwin, to continue with ‘Las aventuras de un Héroe’, by Iván Romero; ‘The Magnific Seven’, by Sammy Néstico, and ‘Señorita’, by Camila Cabello.

Taida Mª Gil Conde will direct the youth band linked to the academy ‘Princesa Yaiza’ of El Rosario. They will play ‘Little Dance’, by J. M. Suykerbuyk; ‘The Pyramids’, by Mike Story, and ‘Nube de Hielo’, by Benito Cabrera, arranged by José Luis Peiró.

Saturday's programme closes with the youth band linked to the ‘Asociación Ernesto Beteta’ of Santa Ursula. Under the baton of Carlos Efrén Herrera Gorrín, they will play ‘Mi primer pasodoble’, by Antonio Campillo; ‘Yellow mountains’, by Jacob de Haan, and ‘Mozart Mix’, arranged by John O'Reilly; to close with ‘One direction in concert’, arranged by Michael Brown.

The first band to play on Sunday is ‘Las Candelitas de Candelaria’ directed by Mauro Fariña Alonso. Their programme starts with ‘La torre mora’, by José Luis Peiró to continue with the five parts of ‘A Little Suite of Horror,’ by Thomas Doss, (Friday the 13th, Midnight Scene, Wurdalak, Voodoo, and Halloween Party March)

The youth band linked to the ‘Asociación Musical Educando José León Medrano’ of Puerto de la Cruz will then take the stage. Irene Borges Perera directs these musicians who will play ‘Remember me’, the soundtrack of the movie ‘Coco’, arranged by Johnnie Vinson; to continue with ‘The Greatest Showman’ adapted by Michael Brown, and close with ‘Party Dance Mix’ arranged by Paul Murtha.

Moisés Domínguez Llanos will conduct the youth band linked to the ‘Patronato Musical Nuestra Señora de Lourdes’ of Valle de Guerra. The programme consists of ‘Beauty and the Beast’, by Alan Menken; ‘Spiderman’, by Harris and Webster; and ‘Oye cómo va’, by Tito Puente.

This thirteenth edition closes with the band linked to the ‘Espacio de Formación Artística’ of Garachico and José Eduardo Morales Meneses as a conductor. The band will play ‘Beauty and the Beast’, by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (arranged by Michael Sweeney). Next, they will play ‘Thriller’, by Michael Jackson, written by Rod Temperton and arranged by Paul Murtha. They will close the programme with the score of ‘Smoke on the Water’, by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, and arranged by Michael Sweeney. 

Tickets can be purchased until fifteen minutes before the show on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com and by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. During the purchase process, the user will have to choose between one or two pre-set seats distributed throughout the hall. The audience is requested to arrive at the venue well in advance to enter the Auditorium in staggered "waves".

By purchasing tickets, you accept the measures implemented by the cultural centre to combat Coronavirus, such as the correct use of masks and attendance at the event only with people you live with.  All of the measures, as well as the contingency plan certified by AENOR, can be consulted on our website.

Alessandro Palumbo dirige este sábado a la Sinfónica en esta historia de la noble italiana que inspiró a Dante para su ˋDivina comediaˊ

Auditorio de Tenerife presenta el último título lírico del año: Francesca da Rimini, de Saverio Mercadante, en versión concierto. El espectáculo, que contará con la Sinfónica de Tenerife, un coro y cuatro solistas, tendrá lugar este sábado [día 11] a las 19:30 horas en la Sala Sinfónica. Ópera de Tenerife, proyecto del Área de Cultura del Cabildo, que gestiona el consejero Enrique Arriaga, despide el año con esta historia de la noble italiana en la que se inspiró Dante Alighieri para su Divina comedia.

Alessandro Palumbo llevará la batuta de la Sinfónica en este concierto, que contará con las voces de la soprano Beatriz de Sousa como Francesca, la mezzosoprano Nozomi Kato como Paolo, el tenor David Astorga como Lanciotto y el bajo Francesco Leone como Guido. El coro de Ópera de Tenerife estará dirigido por Carmen Cruz.

El estreno de Francesca da Rimini en Madrid, en 1830, fue suspendido días antes de su presentación en la capital española, donde estaba incluida en el programa del Teatro Príncipe con motivo del Carnaval. Tampoco fructificó el segundo intento de estreno, en 1832, en el Teatro alla Scala de Milán. Posteriormente, la partitura se perdió y hubo que esperar 185 años para su estreno absoluto, dentro del programa del 42º Festival della Valle d’Itria, en el Palazzo Ducale de Martina Franca, con una edición crítica a cargo de la musicóloga Elisabetta Pasquini y la casa Ut Orpheus. 

El libreto de Felice Romani está basado en la obra de teatro de su contemporáneo Silvio Pellico con el mismo título, escrita en 1818. Sin embargo, el origen de Francesca da Rimini como personaje está en la Divina comedia, de Dante Alighieri. El poeta florentino inmortalizó su trágica historia de amor clandestino por su cuñado, Paolo Malatesta. Había sido desposada con el hijo del señor de Rimini y hermano mayor de Paolo, Giovanni Malatesta, conocido como Gianciotto (o Lanciotto), expresión que hacía referencia a su cojera, malformación con la que había nacido (Gianne lo sciancato o Gianne el lisiado).

El matrimonio se había gestado para satisfacer intereses políticos del padre de la joven, señor de Ravenna, con el fin de conseguir la paz entre los Malatesta y su propia familia, los Polenta. Sorprendida por Lanciotto después de años de relación, la pareja de amantes fue asesinada por el marido ofendido. Dante situó a Francesca y Paolo en el segundo círculo del Infierno, el de los pecadores por lujuria, aunque trató a los amantes con indulgencia y compasión, al mostrarlos como símbolos de amor.

La belleza del Canto V del Infierno de Dante ha inspirado muchas obras: literarias, pictóricas, incluso, la escultura El beso, de Rodin, y también composiciones musicales de autores tan destacados como Chaikovski, que le dedicó un poema sinfónico, y Rachmaninoff, Leoni y Zandonai, que también versionaron esta historia en diferentes óperas.

Las entradas se pueden adquirir hasta quince minutos antes del comienzo de la función en la página web www.auditoriodetenerife.com y de forma telefónica en el 902 317 327 y en la taquilla de lunes a viernes de 10:00 a 17:00 horas y sábados de 10:00 a 14:00 horas. El usuario tendrá que elegir entre una o dos butacas prefijadas y distribuidas por la sala previamente. Se ruega al público llegar al recinto con antelación suficiente para realizar una entrada escalonada a la sala.

La compra de las entradas supone la aceptación de las medidas implementadas por el centro cultural del Cabildo para hacer frente a la COVID-19, como el uso correcto de la mascarilla o la asistencia solo con convivientes. Las medidas al completo, así como el plan de contingencia certificado por AENOR, se pueden consultar en la web del Auditorio.