16-27 April 2004. Conducted by Jesus Lopez Cobos, directed by Lluis Pasqual, with Juan Diego Florez, Stefania Bonfadelli, Bruno De Simone. This work, first performed in Paris in 1828, is Rossinis last and most sophistica...
15 April 2004: presentation on international relations in Ghana, featuring Ghanaian food and music (17.00). 16 April 2004: conference entitled The new transatlantic relationship explores the divisions between parts of Eu...
Concert by Camerata Italica conducted by Matthieu Mantanus, with Patrizio Serino soloist, and Gaia De Laurentiis actress. Music by Tchaikovsky, readings from Chechov (20.45).
15 April 2004: live literature with Gaja Cenciarelli, Annamaria Mosca, and the work of Luigi Anderlini (22.00) at Lettere Caff, Via S. Francesco a Ripa 101. 29 April 2004: live literature with British novelist Andrew OHa...
In an attempt to shake up the sluggish economy and increase government popularity prior to the forthcoming European parlimentary elections, the Italian government, led by Silvio Berlusconi, is proposing to reduce income...
After the Lutheran revolution, which set out to bring the Church back to its basic values, the backlash of the baroque period began. The aim of the art of the Counter-Reformation was to project itself, to stun, to exhort...
There will be no more burials, at least for some time, in the commonly known Protestant cemetery in Rome, last resting place of the English poets Keats and Shelley. There is no more space in this popular and beautiful bu...
Corallobeach, a bathing establishment on the beach at Ostia near Rome, hosts this weekend 2-4 April "Beach for fun", an event which will include the first leg of the Italian championships of the "Wind Kitesurf Cup". The...
Accademia Filarmonica Romana. Ovadia is undoubtedly the best-known cantor of Yiddish culture in Italy. In this beautiful reinterpretation of the famous musical, a company of retired Ukranian dancers, Eastern European mus...
Representatives of European diversity
This year, Genoa is a European capital of culture. The European Union established the programme in 1985 in order to highlight European diversity. It started with cities symbolic of...
14 April 2004: Archaeology lecture by Maureen Carroll entitled To the spirits of the dead: funerary commemoration in Roman Europe (18.00). 30 April 2004: Archaeology lecture by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill entitled Saving Herc...
Accademia Filarmonica Romana. The Fiddler on the Roof, by and with Moni Ovadia from the original musical (20.30).
For those who like to plan ahead: Jeffrey Tate conducts the Orchestra of S. Cecilia on 17, 19, 20 April...
Ancient Roman history is full of contradictions. The apparent inconsistency is between accounts of the glorious splendour and wealth of the empire on the one hand, showcased in the capital, and the tales of squalor and f...
Marymount International School is seeking a full time Athletic Director to provide for leadership and coordination among the various sports activities and to facilitate programs th...