Incontri con la Scienza – A mathematical bloomsday walk with Piergiorgio Odifreddi
Event in Italian Join us for a mathematical journey (in Italian) through the Dublin pathways of Ulysses. Italian mathematician and writer Piergiorgio Odifreddi returns to Dublin for an evening dedicated to the pursuit of numbers in Joyce’s work. With particular reference to the Ithaca chapter in Ulysses, Odifreddi will discuss Mr Bloom’s fascination for […]
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The Invention of Italy – 1960: The economic miracle and “La dolce vita”
With Simona Colarizi The Invention of Italy – Lifestyle In just over a decade Italy had emerged from the material and moral ashes of the Second World War and a searing civil war that spelled the end of Fascism. A new democratic and republican State had been born, but the changes with respect to the […]
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The Invention of Italy – Garibaldi and the Expedition of the Thousand
With Lucy Riall The Invention of Italy – Unification The story of Garibaldi and the Thousand is emblematic of the Risorgimento and Italian unification. It is a story of passion and courage, of heroic deeds, of idealism and of sacrifice. Above all, it is a story of great communicative strength: even before assuming form as […]
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The Invention of Italy – 1982: Pertini and the world champions
With John Foot The Invention of Italy – Football In 1982 Italy won the World Cup in a 3-1 victory over West Germany. The Italian President, the diminutive anti-fascist ex-partisan Sandro Pertini, celebrated in the stands. On the way back from the match an intrepid photographer captured an impromptu game of cards involving Pertini, Dino […]
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Dublin Dance Festival – Jessica and Me
Choreographed and performed by Cristiana Morganti €22 full price / €18 conc. 70 mins (no interval) Post–Show Talk: Sat 21 May “Do you want me to dance, or do you want me to talk?” In Jessica and Me, the long-standing soloist of the iconic Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal does both with irresistible charm, talent and […]
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Music of the Italian Renassaince – Recital by Simone Vallerotonda, Lute
On the occasion of the Leonardo Da Vinci exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland we present Simone Vallerotonda in Secundum Naturam, lute music from the 16th century.In the Reinassance architecture, music, poetry, theatre, and society all look to the Greek model of perfection and beauty. Nature is seen as harmony, proportion, symmetry. Man is […]
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The Invention of Italy – Pellegrino Artusi and Unification at the table
With Massimo Montanari The Invention of Italy – Food In 1891 Pellegrino Artusi published a recipe book called Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well which he would continue to work on for twenty years, with subsequent additions and amendments made with the help of his male and female readership. In part […]
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Music of the Italian Renassaince – Anemos, Wind Quintet
On the occasion of the Leonardo Da Vinci exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland we present:Anna Govetto, flute Andrea Martinella, oboe Carlo Pinardi, clarinet Paolo Armato, horn Paolo Dreosto, bassoonThe Quintetto Anemos was established in 2008 by five young musicians from the Friuli region of Italy. They set themselves the task of exploring and […]
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Max Gazzè live in Dublin
Max Gazzè is an italian bassist-songwriter and ingenious performer. He is known for his high-pitched voice. Max Gazzè is ready for the first time to get up on an Irish stage after the successful tour across Europe with Niccolò Fabi and Daniele Silvestri in 2014. Gazzè will keep on bringing his music abroad by presenting […]
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CANCELLED – Bel Canto By Candlelight
Great Operatic Queens of History It is with regret and disappointment that Lyric Opera’s Bel Canto by Candlelight has to be withdrawn due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.This same concert will be presented on Sunday 8 May at the Grand Opera House Belfast at 8.00pm.
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