An introduction to 20th Century Italian Design with Anna Caione
Part of the XVI Settimana della Lingua Italiana: L’italiano e la creatività: marchi e costumi, moda e design Artist Anna Caione presents a modern history of Italian design and how it defined a generation. Financial aid from the United States of America in the 1950s enabled a new democratic, post-war Italy to rapidly reconstruct its industrial […]
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Here’s to the Winner of the 2016 IIC Prize for Italian Literary Translation
2016 IIC Prize for Italian Literary Translation. And the winner is…THEA LENDICH, from Western Australia! Winner Thea Lendich will be honoured in Perth at an official award ceremony at the UWA (University of Western Australia) in the presence of Consul of Italy, Mr David Balloni. For more information, please send an email to info.perth@esteri.it Thea […]
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‘Let’s meet on stage!’ Migrants in contemporary Italian theatre
How do Italian playwrights represent migrants on the stage? How can theatre promote a better understanding of cultural differences and similarities? Is there room for foreigners on the stage in Italy?In this presentation, Dr Maria Cristina Mauceri will answer these questions, by talking about migrants in contemporary Italian theatre. She will discuss some interesting works […]
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Gian Marco Ciampa – International Award Winning Young Italian Classical Guitarist
Gian Marco Ciampa graduated with top marks in classical guitar at the Conservatory “Santa Cecilia” in Rome. He is recognised internationally as one of the world’s most exciting young talents in classical guitar playing. In 2012 Gian Marco won the prestigious “Chitarra d’oro/Golden Guitar” Prize; in 2014 he played for the New York Classical Guitar […]
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Adriano Del Sal – guitar virtuoso
Adriano Del Sal is one of the most significant young performers of the latest years. The extraordinary musical talent and the profound artistic sensibility, as his total technical control of the instrument, make his performances really unforgettable… a real music virtuoso. Born in 1977, he began studying the guitar with Stefano Viola at the “J.Tomadini” […]
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Gioielli d’arie e d’amore
Featuring Melba Opera Trust tenor Michael Petruccelli, mezzo soprano Bronwyn Douglas and bass Timothy Newton, accompanied by associate artist Simon Bruckard. The young performers will interpret classical arias like “Una furtiva lagrima” from L’elisir d’ amore by Donizetti and “Il lacerato spirito” from Simon Boccanegra by Verdi along with timeless classics like Modugno’s ‘Volare’, made […]
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‘Norma’ by Vincenzo Bellini
A full staging of ‘Norma’, the opera by Vincenzo Bellini. Sung in the original Italian with surtitles. Set in occupied Ancient Gaul, the priestess Norma is urged by her people to inspire a rebellion against the Romans. But she has fallen in love with the Roman Pollione and borne him two boys. Pollione, for his […]
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MAMMISSIMA with Elisabetta Minervini: book signing at Readings
Bordering iridescent seas, Puglia sits at the heel of Italy’s ‘boot’. It is a region where the food is light, nutritious and rustic, and firmly centred around family life. Born in this captivating place, Elisabetta Minervini has brought the vitality of Puglian cooking to her home in London, where she has tried and tested the […]
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The Future of Publishing in the Second Millennium
In conversation with Alessandro Gallenzi (Alma Classics, London) and Michael Heyward (Text Publishing, Melbourne). Alessandro Gallenzi is the founder of Hesperus Press, Alma Books and Alma Classics, and the successor of John Calder at the helm of Calder Publications. As well as being a literary publisher with fifteen years of experience, he is a translator, […]
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MAMMISSIMA with Elisabetta Minervini: A live taste of authentic Puglian cuisine
Bordering iridescent seas, Puglia sits at the heel of Italy’s ‘boot’. It is a region where the food is light, nutritious and rustic, and firmly centred around family life. Born in this captivating place, Elisabetta Minervini has brought the vitality of Puglian cooking to her home in London, where she has tried and tested the […]
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