Between millennial rocks wrapped in a broken silence only by the sounds of the armants and by the Uso of the wind, along a plateau where the earth joins with the sky becoming a sacred path, there is an unprecedented natural theater suspended between the Peloritani and Nebrodi mountains: we are talking about the Argimusco plateau, pearl of the territory of Montalbano Elicona. This will be the headquarters of the lyrical-chain gala which will mark the start of the seventh edition of the Lyric festival of stone theatersToday Friday 4th July at 19.30.
The Argimusco, “mirror of the stars” and mystical crossroads of science, astrology and religion, will thus turn into a mystical gulf from which an authentic and suggestive “ode al creation” will resonate, in line with the high ideality that distinguishes the program released by the artistic director Francesco Costa. A celebration – through music – of the 19th century anniversary of the “Canticle of creatures” of San Francesco d’Assisi, with an unpublished suite signed by Corrado Neri, inspired by the amazing soundtrack made up of Ritz Ortolani for the famous film “Brother Sole, sister Luna”, directed in 1972 by Franco Zeffirelli.
The concert will be a dialogue between myth and history, between Eternal and Sacred thanks also to the heartfelt homage to Franco Battiato and Ennio Morricone, whose elegiac melodies will caress the megalite millennials creating a portal towards an hidden size. In the foreground, the Sicilian lyrical choir and the orchestra in residences directed by Maestro Costa, which underlines: “The festival celebrates a collective rite, a return to the origins. A bridge between past and present, where music is memory and the myth – finally – breathes with us.”
The event is the result of an important synergy. “A heartfelt thanks to the Sicilian opera chorus – he declares Gaetano Santoroprivate manager of the Argimusco area Landowners – who with great sensitivity wanted to undertake this virtuous dialogue between art, territory and environmental protection, and to the Municipality of Montalbano Elicona for having made this precious synergy possible, an example of how collaboration between public bodies, private subjects and cultural realities can generate experiences of high artistic value and profound respect for the territory. “
After the stop at Argimusco, the 2025 edition will be divided into over forty stages that from July to September will host the unprecedented and articulated offer of an international prestigious summer event, now affirmed between the reference seasons of the island and the Mediterranean. A high level programming is therefore confirmed for an event that continues to collect significant and growing success of the public and criticism. And he promises, once again, to give unique emotions in suggestive places where, through the wise work of the artists, legend runs towards eternity.
A festival lasting over three months, which arrives in the main archaeological parks, in the most famous ancient and Greek theaters but also in less known areas, characterized by the presence of invaluable treasures that await to be known and valued.