Uomini ponte - Alain Elkann In front of the Fireplace of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York, Fabio Finotti in conversation with journalist and writer Alain Elkann presenting two of his books. The first, “Italian Masterpieces”, is dedicated to iconic Italian works of art that FIAC - Foundation for Italian Art and Culture, has helped to exhibit in one or more major
Constancia – Les vêpres siciliennes | Teatro Massimo in Palermo The exhibition “Constancia. Women and Power in the Mediterranean Empire of Frederick II” virtually comes alive with the music of Giuseppe Verdi and his opera “Les Vêpres siciliennes”, inspired by the famous historical clash between Angevin oppressors and oppressed Sicilians. The opera, conducted by Omer Meir Wellber, inaugurated the 2022 Season of the
The "Angelo Mai" Civic Library of Bergamo In Bergamo, in a gorgeous Renaissance square, Piazza Vecchia, you can see a large Palladian building. It houses the holdings of the “Angelo Mai” Civic Library, the oldest municipal institution in the city, founded at the end of the eighteenth century by Cardinal Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti. A rich and extremely diversified patrimony, as the library director
The Musical Collections of the "Angelo Mai" Civic Library in Bergamo The thematic itinerary dedicated to Gaetano Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” begins at the Angelo Mai Civic Library where the precious manuscript is preserved. Marcello Eynard, head of the Antique and Music Department, talk about the musical collections of the library in Bergamo and the precious autograph manuscript of the famous opera for
The autographed score of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor arrives to New York from Bergamo for the new production at the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Riccardo Frizza The precious manuscript will be on display from 21 April at the Italian Cultural Institute on Park Avenue New York, 686 Park Avenue, 21 April – 21 May 2022 Lucia di Lammermoor is undoubtedly, together with L’elisir
New York Stories: Nadia Urbinati Nadia Urbinati, in conversation with Vicenzo Pascale for “Stanze italiane”, talks about today’s democracies starting from the concept of people, a collective subject that, even though it does not exist in empirical reality, is depicted as a “unit” by those who aim to gain consensus or feel legitimated to act. Professor of Political Theory at Columbia University, Urbinati
New York Stories: Aurélie Paradiso In front of the Fireplace of the “Stanze italiane”, a new episode of the “Stories of New York” series, curated by Vincenzo Pascale (Long Island University in Brooklyn), this time in conversation with Aurélie Paradiso, architect and interior designer. Aurélie Paradiso was born in Switzerland to a French-Swiss mother and an Italian father, has three passports (Swiss, Italian
Constancia - Video Lectures on Frederick II The project “Constancia. Women and Power in the Mediterranean Empire of Frederick II” also includes a long series of video lectures (available in the Library of the “Stanze italiane”) curated by Francesco Somaini, coordinator of the new Center for Medieval Studies of the University of Salento, dedicated to Frederick’s age. “This New York exhibition – says
Constancia. Women and Power in the Mediterranean Empire of Frederick II Four women with the same name linked to the Swabian emperor at the center of an exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York New York, 686 Park Avenue, 7 March - 8 April 2022 [inauguration on Monday, 7 March, 5 p.m.] Constance of Hauteville, queen and empress (1154-1198), mother of
Constance - The "Steri" Palace in Palermo It has changed its intended role different times: as the residence of the Spanish viceroys, it housed the offices of the Customs, it was also the Tribunal of the Holy Inquisition, and today it is the seat of the Rectorate of the University of Palermo. Built at the beginning of the fourteenth century by Manfredi I
