Monday at the Cinema – Corpo Celeste
Lunedì al cinema – Corpo Celeste Director: Alice Rohrwacher. With Yle Vianello, Salvatore Cantalupo, Pasqualina Scuncia, Drama, 100’, 2012. In Italian with English subtitles In a dismal urban landscape a congregation of the faithful has gathered to honour the Madonna. The scene is contemporary Italy, apparent in the cheap clothes worn by the crowd, […]
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The Neurobiology of Depression. How to beat the disease of the 21st century? With Max Bianchi
The Neurobiology of depression: How to beat the disease of the 21st century? Depression has chased human history and evolution: the Greek physician Hippocrates used to call it “melancholia” and one thousand years later the English writer Samuel Johnson nicknamed it the “black dog”. The musician Nick Drake described his depression in the song “Black […]
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BANDABARDÓ
BANDABARDÓ is a Florentine folk/rock group whose name is a tribute to Brigitte Bardot. The Bardó’s way of performing fits both the street set and the roaring set of sport arenas with about 150 concerts a year. Rock’n roll on the road anytime and anywhere between Italy, Germany, France, Canada, Spain, Switzerland and Slovenia alternated […]
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The taking of Christ. Advanced research into Caravaggio’s Practice and Process. With Simone Mancini
The Taking of ChristAdvanced Research into Caravaggio’s Practiceand Process. With Simone Mancini A comprehensive, multidisciplinary and analytical (non-invasive) research project carried out by the National Gallery of Ireland conservation department.A contribution, based on scientific elements, towards the understanding of the change of the professional profile of great artists, from pure craftsmanship to creative power […]
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Short shorts from Europe – Due piedi sinistri
During a shared celebration of “European Short Films”, each member of the EUNIC Ireland cluster (European Union National Institutes for Culture) presents a short film from their country. The Italian Institute of Culture is pleased to present the short film Due piedi sinistri by Isabella Salvetti. The Short shorts from Europe will also be present […]
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Thursday at the Opera – L’Italiana in Algeri
The Institute is delighted to start an exciting and prestigious collaboration with the celebrated Rossini Opera Festival of Pesaro. The screenings of Gioachino Rossini’s wonderful works will be introduced by Deirdre O’Grady, UCD Emeritus Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies and will start on November 3rd with L’Italiana in Algeri. Giovedì all’Opera – L’Italiana […]
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Italian presence in Ireland
“Italian Presence in Ireland has its history which dates back centuries. In the XIX century, before the first real emigrants from Italy arrived in Ireland, a number of architects, designers, stucco workers, as well as singers and musicians came to this country. They were not emigrants, as they were called for their services by a […]
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WEXFORD OPERA FESTIVAL – Maria De Rudenz, Gaetano Donizetti
WEXFORD OPERA FESTIVAL Maria de Rudenz Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848) Opera in 3 acts | Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano Sung in Italian Maria de Rudenz has been described as ‘perhaps the darkest of Donizetti’s tragedies’, which is saying something and may account in part for the opera’s long-standing neglect. This Autumn’s Irish première is […]
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Objects in Italian Life and Culture. Fiction, Migration, and Artificiality by Paolo Bartoloni – Book launch
with Paolo Bartoloni (National University of Ireland – Galway) Introduction by Michael Cronin Italian life and culture are filled with objects that cross, accompany, facilitate or disrupt experience, desires, and dreams. Yet in spite of their ubiquity, theoretical engagement in the Italian context is still underdeveloped. Paolo Bartoloni investigates four typologies—the fictional, migrant, multicultural/transnational, […]
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A conversation with Roddy Doyle:Translating Don Giovanni
Event organised in partnership with the UCD Foundation for Italian Studies. Opera Theatre Company, as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations in 2016, has commissioned Roddy Doyle to create a brand new translation of Mozart and Da Ponte’s opera Don Giovanni. Set in Dublin, the opera will be performed at the Gaiety Theatre as part […]
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