INO Friday Opera Sessions
Irish National Opera invites you to join members of its wider operatic family for a short and entertaining performance of some of opera’s best-known arias. Coming to you from their own homes, accompanied by pianist Aoife O’Sullivan, this is a recital series like no other. Friday Opera Sessions attempts to make the most out of […]
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#WeAreWithItaly
A few weeks ago, in the midst of the Covid-19 emergency, we launched #WeAreWithItaly, an open call to collect messages of solidarity to be shared on the IIC social media channels, for Italy and indeed all parts of the world confronting the pandemic. We invited a number of Irish personalities (and, later on, our students […]
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POSTPONED – Irish-Italian stories on paintings and conservation
***We regret to inform you that this event has been cancelled due to the the developing COVID-19 outbreak situation. The event will be postponed to a later date TBA. We apologise for the inconvenience***. A painting tells and hides many stories: how was it conceived and created? But also: how was it neglected and eventually […]
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POSTPONED – Screening religions in Italy: why religion still matters in Italian cinema – with Clodagh Brook
***We regret to inform you that this event has been cancelled due to the the developing COVID-19 outbreak situation. The event will be postponed to a later date TBA. We apologise for the inconvenience***. Religion still appears provides a framework for interpreting the world and a profound sense of belonging in Italy … even where […]
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CANCELLED – Il filo infinito: a journey to the roots of Europe – with Paolo Rumiz
***We regret to inform you that this event has been CANCELLED due to unforeseeable circumstances. The event will be postponed to a later date TBA. We apologise for the inconvenience***. Born in Trieste in 1947, Paolo Rumiz is a journalist, writer and columnist. He covered several major conflicts, like the civil war in former Yugoslavia […]
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POSTPONED – LIFFE – Little Italian Film Festival
***We regret to inform you that all screenings of the LIFFE – Little Italian Festival have been cancelled, in compliance with the latest measures put in place by the Department of Health to contain the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus). Ticket holders will be refunded shortly through Eventbrite*** Five captivating contemporary films by acclaimed Italian directors, […]
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CANCELLED – NCH International Guitar Series // SoloDuo
***The SoloDuo concert has now been cancelled. This is due to the artists being unable to travel due to travel restrictions for those travelling from Northern Italy. Ticket holders will be refunded by the NCH in the coming days.*** As SoloDuo, Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli have performed throughout Europe, Asia, the USA, Canada and […]
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POSTPONED – Yes, we still drink coffee. Stories of women human rights defenders – Book launch and readings
***We regret to inform you that this event has been cancelled due to the the developing COVID-19 outbreak situation. The event will be postponed to a later date TBA. We apologise for the inconvenience***. Join the writers and artists of Yes, We Still Drink Coffee. Stories of Women Human Rights Defenders for the launch of […]
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Il Cinema dei Piccoli // Pipì, Pupù e Rosmarina in Il mistero delle note rapite
Someone has stolen all the notes from the musical score composed by Mapà for the Great Concert of Ferragosto, and the three little adventurers Pipì, Pupù & Rosemary carry the delicate task of discovering the culprit behind this villainous theft and thus recover the music. They have no clues to go on, but they know […]
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International Women’s Day // Italian Renaissance (of) women
According to the poet Ludovico Ariosto, “Le donne sono venute in eccellenza, / di ciascun’arte ov’hanno posto cura” (Orlando Furioso, XX, 2, 1-2; “What art so deepe, what science is so hie, / but worthy women have thereto attayned?” in the English translation of the poem by Sir John Harington, 1591). The topics of women’s […]
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