#iorestoacasa // Resources for kids
Schools are closed, access to outdoor activities is limited and our Cinema dei Piccoli is currently on a break: entertaining the little ones while self isolating can be hard! Here’s a list of online resources for children – some are fun, some are instructional, the majority of them are both! Piccolaradio – Radio3 Raiwww.raiplayradio.it/programmi/piccolaradio/ Radio […]
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#iorestoacasa // Theatre at home
Longing for the theatre? Bring the stage straight into your home through these online resources: CSS Teatro stabile di innovazione del Friuli Venezia Giulia – #iosonoMecenatewww.cssudine.it/stagione-iosonomecenate Teatro di Roma – #TdRonlinewww.teatrodiroma.net Piccolo Teatro Milanowww.piccoloteatro.org Teatro Stabile del Veneto – Una stagione sul sofàwww.teatrostabileveneto.it/una-stagione-sul-sofa-3/ Racconti in tempo di peste (a project by Compagnia Corrado d’Elia and […]
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#iorestoacasa // Online cinema
Now is the right moment to lose ourselves in a good movie or an engaging documentary: check out some of the online resources on cinema available out there. RaiPlaywww.raiplay.it Cineteca Milano – Biblioteca di Morandowww.cinetecamilano.it La Casa del Cinemawww.casadelcinema.it Visioni Verticali – Corti a casawww.visioniverticali.it/cortiacasa/contenuti/ Cineteca del Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torinowww.vimeo.com/user23575894/videos Historical archive […]
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#iorestoacasa // Opera on the Internet
Missing your favourite arias during the lockdown? Here’s a list of online resources for opera enthusiasts that will allow you to enjoy amazing productions by famous Italian theatres from the comfort of your own home: Teatro dell’Opera di Romawww.operaroma.it Teatro San Carlo di Napoliwww.facebook.com/teatrodisancarlo Teatro Carlo Felice di Genovawww.streamingcarlofelice.com Teatro Massimo Palermowww.teatromassimo.it/teatro-massimo-tv-567 Rossini Opera Festivalwww.rossinioperafestival.com […]
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#iorestoacasa // Online museums and art galleries
Many Italian museums and art galleries have made their collection available for virtual visitors around the world, with online tours, digital catalogues and video lessons. Discover the best of Italy without leaving your couch! Pinacoteca di Brerawww.pinacotecabrera.org IperVisioni (online catalogue of Galleria degli Uffizi)www.uffizi.it/mostre-virtuali Raffaello: exhibition at Scuderie del Quirinalewww.scuderiequirinale.it/mostra/raffaello-000 Vatican Museumswww.museivaticani.va MAMBo (Museum of […]
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DIFF – Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival
The Dublin International Film Festival, sponsored by Virgin Media and currently ongoing, is Ireland’s premier event, taking place in February each year. DIFF curates and presents the best in emerging international and Irish film and moving image culture for a wide audience through its flagship annual festival, which aims to offer memorable experiences through audience […]
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Do Re Quack Gulp: How Cathy Berberian turned comic strips into music scores
In 1966 Cathy Berberian — called ‘Callas of the avant-garde’ by numerous contemporary composers — was in search of new vocal stimuli. With the support of Umberto Eco, her friend and admirer, she composed and performed a “Comics Opera” made of a series of comic-strip onomatopoeias. The painter Eugenio Carmi then joined in and illustrated […]
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Il Cinema dei Piccoli // Pinocchio
Geppetto the carpenter carves the object of his hidden desires out of a log: a puppet that will keep him company and will be like a son to him. He calls him Pinocchio. Imagine his surprise when he discovers that the puppet moves and is gifted with a life of its own. But the lively […]
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Il Cinema dei Piccoli // La freccia azzurra
Every year at Christmas time the good witch Befana flies on her broom delivering toys to all the well-behaved children of Italy. But this year Befana falls ill and is forced to hand her delivery duties over to the sneaky and conniving Scarafoni, her evil assistant, who only wants to please the children of the […]
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Lunedì al Cinema // Puccini e la fanciulla
In 1909, while famous opera composer Giacomo Puccini is totally engrossed with the writing of La fanciulla del West, a complex intrigue swirls around him, his step-daughter Fosca, the young maid Doria, Fosca’s mother Elvira, and Giulia, who works as a waitress in the “Chalet da Emilio” in front of Puccini’s villa in Torre del […]
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