37 of Rome's bus routes will be diverted on the morning of 17 March, due to state celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy.
At 09.00 the president of the republic, Giorgio Napolitano, pays his...
Clean is one of those movies thats admittedly very well made, but ultimately fails to engage the audience throughout. This is partly the fault of an overlong running time thats packed with needless subplots, but what it...
This guide gives information on how to tour Rome cheaply (updated September 2004). Backpackers are not Romes typical tourists so the city may seem inhospitable at times, especially accommodation-wise. The best zone to st...
Villa Borghese. I Principi, le Arti, la Citt tra 700 e 800. Until 16 May 2004. This exhibition in the newly-restored Villa Poniatowski tells the history of Villa Borghese through paintings, drawings, objects and costumes...
Three years shy of its 50th birthday, Alitalia is in a bad way coughing, spluttering, shivering with fever and getting worse by the day. The national airline has been in poor health for some time, ending ten out of the...
Fishermen in Italy are protesting about new European regulations banning shellfish fishing within 600 m of the coast. The provision, contained in the so-called Mediterranean Regulation, risks cutting catches of razor cla...
Until 20 March 2005. By and with the Compagnia della Rancia. The musical is based on the famous film interpreted by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen in 1952. The Compagnia della Rancia first produced it successfully in 1966...
One might expect the life of a music composer to be as vibrant and jubilant as the songs he writes. But the film De-Lovely reveals the personal history of Broadway legend Cole Porter to be sorely lacking the cheer of his...
Following on the heels of such mostly unmemorable super-monster matchups as "Freddy vs. Jason" and "Godzilla vs. Mothra," "Alien vs. Predator" proves once again that it doesnt pay to double your trouble. 20th Century Fox...
25 Nov 2010. For You: in collaboration with IUC and with the British Council, the Italian premiere of the opera by Michael Berkeley, on a libretto by Ian McEwan. Directed by Pamela Hunter, set and costume designs by Andr...
Until 9 March 2005. Conducted by Yuri Temirkanov, directed by Steven Medcalf, with Robert Brubaker, Vladimir Vaneev, Dimitri Hvorostovky, Elena Obratzova. Known in English as The Queen of Spades, this opera was first per...
I Principi, le Arti, la Citt tra 700 e 800. Until 16 May 2004. This exhibition in the newly-restored Villa Poniatowski tells the history of Villa Borghese through paintings, drawings, objects and costumes on loan from pr...
Until 10 Nov 2004. Conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti, directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi, with Daniela Barcellona, Mariella Devia, Raul Gimenez, Giacinta Nicotra.
Opera Notes
Venices great theatre, La Fenice, has finally com...