VERDI: UNCENSORED
Ribald, revolutionary, and unconventional, Verdi’s operas were censored by church, court, and police. General Editor Philip Gossett and other scholars have unearthed Verdi’s original scores in 30 years of editing the Verdi papers with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. A “lost” aria, mangled lyrics, and excisions will be illustrated during a […]
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Giuseppe Verdi’s La Forza del Destino (The Force of Destiny)
Francesca Zambello on WNO’s New Production of Verdi’s Forza Hear from Washington National Opera’s new Artistic Director Francesca Zambello about how she is approaching WNO’s new production of Verdi’s classic La forza del destino (The Force of Destiny). Zambello will speak about why she chose this particular opera to celebrate the Verdi bicentenary and what […]
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Pills, Poison, and Power
The Role of Medicine at the Court of the Medici Grand Dukes A lecture by Sheila Barker COVER IMAGE: Pharmacy vase, XVI century, Villa la Pietra – New York Universty, Florence Medici, the name of the family that ruled Tuscany for two hundred years, means ‘doctors.’ This curious fact, however, is only the beginning of […]
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Magnifica Presenza (Magnificent Presence)
MOVIE SCREENING This event is part of the 2013 Turkish Cultural Heritage Month and is presented in collaboration with ATA-DC. Pietro (Elio Germano), a young Sicilian gay man, moves to Rome to pursue his life-long dream of being an actor. He is shy, introverted, and a bit confused about his sexual orientation. As he must […]
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VERDI’S I MASNADIERI
by Washington Concert Opera Antony Walker, WCO Artistic director and conductor, presents a WCO production of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera I masnadieri. Musical excerpts will be performed by soprano Colleen Daly and tenor Rolando Sanz, accompanied on the piano by Patrick O’Donnell. Washington Concert Opera presents this masterpiece as part of its 2013-14 Season “Celebration of […]
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Mine Vaganti (Loose Cannons)
Movie screening Tommaso Cantone has lived in Rome for some time, and there he has been able to set up his own independent life as a homosexual man. At some point he goes back to his native Salento, in the South of Italy, soon to realize how difficult it is for him to adapt to […]
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C’era una volta il West
Movie screening An intricated story of loyalty and betrayal, love and hate, mercy and revenge, unfolds in a forlorn small village in the wildest West. Many critics consider Once Upon a Time in the West Leone’s greatest cinematic achievement. It sealed his worldwide success in the American Western genre, making him a link to the […]
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QUALITY OF CARE AND QUALITY OF CURE IN DIABETES
Italy and USA: Diabetes Panel Experts Meeting SCIENTIFIC, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLICY APPROACH Featured speakers are world class experts who will discuss the state of the art in the field of diabetes research: its complications, prevention, treatment and management. MORE INFO AND SCHEDULE: CLICK HERE Participants: Renato Lauro (President, Rome Tor Vergata University), Giuseppina Imperatore […]
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Le notti di Cabiria
The nights of Cabiria was Fellini’s seventh movie and his second Academy Award (1958), securing his international movie stardom. It also marked the beginning of his love affair with the city of Rome. The story unfolds in the city’s most depressed and seedy circles. Cabiria is a prostitute unlucky in love. The movie starts out […]
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SHUN LI AND THE POET (IO SONO LI)
at AFI Silver An indentured servant indebted to the snakehead who brought her from China to Italy, Shun Li is sent from her factory job outside of Rome to work in a pub in a small town along the Venetian Lagoon. There she strikes up an unlikely friendship with a Slavic refugee and fisherman named […]
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