Italian and American Sounds
Concert The World Youth Chamber Orchestra presents Damiano Giuranna, conductor Marco Nirta, viola The concert will feature fourteen young musicians, seven Italians and seven Americans, who have been selected through auditions to be part of the WYCO performing Giuseppe Verdi (Ave Maria, Quartet in E Minor) and Samuel Barber (Canzonetta for viola and strings, Quartet […]
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L’Industriale (The Entrepreneur)
with Italians in DC Cineforum 2013 Nicola, a small industrialist in his 40s, owns a factory in Turin, which he inherited from his father. This factory is on the brink of closing down due to the hard economic crisis hitting the country. However, he is stubborn and determined to do all he can to keep […]
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Opera and Naples
Lecture and Concert In his book Opera, Theatrical Culture, and Society in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples, Ashgate Interdisciplinary Studies in Opera, 2012, Anthony R. DelDonna provides a rich study of operatic culture in the Kingdom of Naples in the period of 1775-1800. The book demonstrates how contemporary stage traditions, stimulated by the Enlightenment, engaged with and […]
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LECTURE: Niccolò Machiavelli: The Prince and its Era. 1513-2013
Lecture by Giuliano Amato, Judge of the Costitutional Court of Italy At Georgetown University On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the composition of The Prince, Giuliano Amato, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy, will discuss the essential role Niccolò Machiavelli has played in the history of modern political thought. Organized by the […]
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EXHIBITION: Niccolò Machiavelli: The Prince and its Era. 1513-2013
EXHIBITION OPENING ON VIEW NOV 12-27 (by appointment): ( click here ) To celebrate the 500th anniversary of the composition of The Prince, this exhibit explores the essential role Niccolò Machiavelli has played in the history of modern political thought, his influence on generations of politicians and intellectuals as well as on popular culture. Organized […]
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DRUMARTICA
at the Embassy of Austria EUNIC Concert Series proudly presents DRUMARTICA, the Slovenian percussion – Duo. In cooperation with the Embassy of Slovenia. Drumartica is one of the most active percussion ensembles in Europe today. After great successes at prestigious competitions in Luxembourg (IPCL) and Bulgaria (PENDIM) the duo has played in the USA, Russia […]
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VERDI’S REQUIEM TODAY
WITH THE CHORAL ARTS SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON Choral Arts Artistic Director Scott Tucker and Founder and Artistic Director Emeritus Norman Scribner, together with video producer Bonnie Nelson Schwartz, will preview and discuss their upcoming November 10th performance of the Verdi Requiem, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Musical excerpts from the […]
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Dante, Divina Commedia
Recitazione di Riccardo Pratesi Georgetown University Riccardo Pratesi del Museo Galileo di Firenze declama i canti Inferno V, Purgatorio V e Paradiso XXXIII della Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri. Riccardo Pratesi è nato a Firenze nel 1965. È Laureato in Fisica presso l’Università di Firenze, ed insegna matematica presso l’ Istituto “Antonio Meucci” di Firenze. […]
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Pier Paolo Pasolini
at National Gallery of Art and AFI Silver Theatre A retrospective of the films of Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975) following the 90th anniversary of his birth last year. Many are shown in newly struck or restored prints. Restoration work was performed by Cineteca di Bologna in conjunction with the filmmaker’s artistic collaborators. Poet, painter, intellectual, […]
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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and the Poetry of Walt Whitman
The Composer’s Unpublished Leaves of Grass Settings and Other American Songs Lecture-Recital Aloma Bardi, lecturer Salvatore Champagne, tenor Howard Lubin, pianoA special lecture-recital featuring compositions from Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Italian and American years, with a focus on his unpublished 10-song cycle Leaves of Grass (1936) and other settings of Walt Whitman (1819-1892). Drawing on the Library’s […]
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