James Joyce and the end of the novel
by Enrico Terrinoni Book launch Enrico Terrinoni in conversation with Derek HandMusical performance by Antóni O’Breskey“The novel is like the phoenix: it is reborn out of its own ashes, out of its own end(s). This is what happens with Finnegans Wake.”Dr. Enrico Terrinoni is Associate Professor of English Literature at the University for Foreigners, Perugia. […]
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Ad Astra per Aspera – Inferno
a reading of Dante’s Commedia To mark the 750th anniversary of the birth of Dante Alighieri and to give us all a chance to revisit his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Friends of the National Gallery of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork, and University College Dublin have joined […]
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Thursdays at the Opera – Attila
a series of screenings dedicated to Italian Opera Introduction by Deirdre O’ Grady, Emeritus Professor of Italian at University College DublinScreening of Attila, Giuseppe Verdi. Conductor Andrea Battistoni with Giovanni Battista Parodi, Sebastian Catana, Susanna Branchini, Roberto De Biasio, Cristiano Cremonini, 118’Odabella: ‘Ma noi donne italiche/Cinte di ferro il seno….sempre vedrai pugnar’But we, Italian women, […]
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Gabriele Mirabassi and Francesco Turrisi
concert part of STRUT at the Peacock It has been said that the clarinet has a ‘muse-like charm’.Throughout its heyday of the Swing Era it was the perfect foil for vocalists and pianists. Indeed the clarinet is one of the defining instruments of this period, peppered with illustrious exponents such as the ‘King of Swing’ […]
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Thursdays at the Opera -Nabucco
a series of screenings dedicated to Italian Opera Introduction by Deirdre O’ Grady, Emeritus Professor ofItalian and Comparative Studies at University CollegeDublinIntroduction followed by the screening of Nabucco,Giuseppe Verdi, conductor Michele Mariotti. With LeoNucci, Bruno Ribeiro, Riccardo Zanellato, DimitraTheodossiou, 137’Hebrew Slaves: ‘Oh mia patria sì bella e perdutaOh membranza sì cara e fatal’‘Oh my country […]
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Marta Marinelli
a harp recital Marta Marinelli studied harp with Patrizia Tassini at the Jacopo Tomadini Academy of Music in Udine. In 2015 she has completed a Master with Fabrice Pierre at the Conservatoire National Superior de Musique et Danse in Lyon. She has attended master classes with numerous preeminent harpists, among them Judith Liber, Park Stickney, […]
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SYMPOSIUM: Design Now
Exploring diverging contemporary design practices across architecture, exhibition and retail design, product design and conceptual installations. Presented by Irish Design 2015 as part of EUNIC lectures and masterclasses, in partnership with British Council, Goethe Institute and Italian Institute of Culture. Speakers include: Philipp Mainzer, Germany / Turner Prize nominees Assemble Studio, UK / Alex Terzariol […]
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ID2015 – ADI, Associazione per il Disegno Industriale
masterclass with Francesco Zurlo and Alex Terzaiol Masterclass on the Italian Design Network with the students of the Institute of Technology in CarlowAlex Terzariol graduated at the European Institute of Design in Milan with a degree on automotive in collaboration with Fiat Auto Design Centre.In 1987 he started his professional activity with designer Rodolfo Bonetto. […]
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Thursdays at the Opera
a series of screenings dedicated to Italian Opera by Deirdre O’Grady Thursdays at the Operaa series of screenings dedicated to Italian Operafrom October 2015 to February 201618:30Italian Institute of CultureFree AdmissionRSVP iicdublino@esteri.itCalendar:29 October 2015La traviata, Giuseppe VerdiVioletta: ‘Donna son io, signore, ed in mia casa’‘I am a woman, Sir, and in my house.’ 12 November […]
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Sessismo e razzismo nelle canzoni di propaganda coloniale
i casi di Africanina, L’abissino vincerai, O morettina e Topolino va in Abissinia di Alessandro Luchetti Sessismo e razzismo nelle canzoni di propaganda coloniale: i casi di Africanina, L’abissino vincerai, O morettina e Topolino va in Abissinia di Alessandro LuchettiE proiezione di“Me ne frego”un film documentario di Vanni Gandolfo sulla politica linguistica del fascismo (film […]
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