XVII WEEK OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD – Teatro Emigrato: “The Doctor’s Duty” by Luigi Pirandello
The TEATRO EMIGRATO (Dublin 2012) is a theatre group of “immigrants” in the Irish soil and was created to preserve its members’ cultural roots and language. They mainly organise mises en scène of Italian plays. For the 150th anniversary of Luigi Pirandello‘s birth, they will perform “The Doctor’s Duty”, a tragedy taken from the short […]
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XVII WEEK OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD: Language in contemporary Italian Cinema. A lecture by Ettore Marchetti
Language has always had an important role in cinema, although the interest of both public and critics is usually focused on other aspects. Italian contemporary cinema acquires an added value through its language, which is a fundamental vehicle of knowledge of a lively society, even outside the national borders. A look at the language in […]
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Wexford Festival Opera
Join us at the Wexford Festival Opera to enjoy a series of classic Italian masterpieces. With a unique vision, outstanding production values and spectacular setting in a beautiful small town, Wexford Festival Opera is a remarkable success story that looks set to continue for many years to come. Thu 19th October – Sun 5th NovemberO’Reilly […]
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XVII WEEK OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE : Storia d’Italia in 15 film – Con Alberto Crespi (CONFIRMED)
Alberto Crespi is the author of “Storia d’Italia in 15 film” (A History of Italy in 15 films), published by Laterza in 2016. He is a cinema critic, a journalist and one of the presenters of the very popular national radio3 programme Hollywood Party . In his talk Alberto Crespi will explore the history of […]
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XVII SETTIMANA DELLA LINGUA ITALIANA NEL MONDO: Il cinema nelle espressioni degli italiani: “Riflessioni sulla supercazzola”. A talk with Maurizio Ferraris – CANCELLED
Maurizio Ferraris is full Professor of Philosophy at the University of Turin, where he is the President of the LabOnt – Laboratory for Ontology. He was Fellow of Käte-Hamburger Kolleg “Recht als Kultur” (Bonn) and Honorary Fellow of the Center for Advanced Studies of South East Europe (Rijeka) and of the Internationales Zentrum Für Philosophie […]
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XVII Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo – 17th Week of the Italian Language in the World
L’edizione 2017 della Settimana della Lingua italiana nel mondo sarà dedicata al tema “L’italiano al cinema, l’italiano nel cinema”. Nei prossimi mesi l’Istituto proporrà vari eventi dedicati alla lingua e alla cultura italiana e al cinema. The XVII edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World is dedicated to Italian language […]
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XVII WEEK OF ITALIAN LANGUAG EIN THE WORLD: Annual Society for Pirandello Studies Conference 2017 – Exploring Pirandello’s Islands of the Map and Mind
Annual Society for Pirandello Studies Conference, 2017Exploring Pirandello’s Islands of the Map and the Mind13-14 October 2017VENUE: Italian Cultural Institute, Dublin (11 Fitzwilliam Square East, Dublin 2)In English and Italian The annual conference of the Society for Pirandello Studies aims to embrace a wide variety of methods and approaches to Pirandello’s œuvre, and to bring […]
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Duo Franchini and Arianna Cimolin – “Le Charme de Padue – Belcanto and Hausmusik in pre-war Italy”
The Italian Institute of Culture is delighted to invite you to this concert by the Duo Franchini (Stefania Franchini, violin; Cecilia Franchini, piano) and Arianna Cimolin (voice): Le Charme de Padoue – Belcanto and Hausmusik in pre-war Italy.The musical performance will feature works by Paduan composers such as Riccardo Drigo, Guido Alberto Fano and […]
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Maria Callas: Art & Voice – A musical lecture with George Fleeton
We are delighted to welcome George Fleeton and Lyric Opera Productions back to the Institute for another evening dedicated to Italian opera. In anticipation of Lyric Opera’s production of La Traviata in the National Concert Hall on 4, 5 and 7 November with Claudia Boyle in the role of Violetta, we will explore the art […]
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Daniele Benati reads Raffaello Baldini
Daniele Benati reads Raffaello Baldini – Event in italian Daniele Benati is a writer and translator. He has taught in various Irish and American universities and translated works of Flann O’Brien, Tony Cafferky, Seumas O’Kelly, James Joyce and Ring Lardner. “Baldini’s texts have the wonderful simplicity of fairy tales. It is for this reason that […]
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