CANCELLED – The Bard Abroad: Shakespeare between Ireland and Italy
by Cesare Catà EVENT CANCELLED We regret to inform you that Dr. Cesare Catà will not be able to come to Dublin. Therefore, the event The Bard abroad, scheduled for Wednesday 23th, is cancelled. Please accept our sincere apologies.In Shakespeare’s theater, it is possible recognize several references to Italian and Irish culture. As a matter […]
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L’onesta brigata del Decameron
conferenza di Paolo Cherchi L’onesta brigata del Decameron Evento in italianoL’aggettivo “onesto” oggi significa “ligio alla legge”, “corretto negli affari”, “di costumi morigerati” e simili. Ai giorni di Boccaccio il termine aveva il significato di “disinteressato”. Questo significato implica una rilettura del Decameron e una nuova valutazione della sua posizione nella storia della letteratura. Ciascuno […]
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Le regole del gioco: conversazione con Stefano Bartezzaghi
Evento in italianoStefano Bartezzaghi (Milano, 1962) viene da una famiglia di enigmisti – il padre, Piero, era un famoso cruciverbista – e come autore ha esordito con un rebus nel 1971. Collabora con «la Repubblica» con rubriche di giochi (Lessico e nuvole) e di linguistica (Lapsus). Per Einaudi ha pubblicato Sfiga all’ok Corral (1998), Lezioni […]
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A conversation with Antonia Arslan
Introduction by Siobhan Nash-MarshallModerated by Enrica Maria FerraraAntonia Arslan is an Italian writer and academic of Armenian origins. Her first novel, La masseria delle allodole, was published in 2004 by Rizzoli, and it appeared in English as Skylark Farm, translated by Geoffrey Brock. Drawing on the history of her own recent ancestors it tells of […]
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Monday at the Cinema – The lark farm
Film in Italian with English SubtitlesAs adapted from the book by Antonia Arslan and co-directed by Italian brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, The Lark Farm marks one of the few international features to tackle the Armenian genocide head-on. The story (with its thematic parallels, in the early scenes, to De Sica’s 1970 Garden of the […]
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Thursdays at the Opera – Macbeth
Introduction by Deirdre O’ Grady, Emeritus Professor of Italian at University College DublinScreening of Macbeth, Giuseppe Verdi. Conductor Riccardo Chailly with Leo Nucci, Shirley Verrett, Anna Antonacci, Veriano Luchetti, Antonio Barasorda, Nicolas Sansier, Sergio Fontana, 132’Lady Macbeth: ‘Pien di misfatti è il calle della potenza’‘Full of misdeeds is the Path of Power’ Shakespeare’s Macbeth has […]
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Monday at the Cinema – Italian Movies
a series of screenings dedicated to contemporary Italian cinema Film in Italian with English subtitlesCleaners, emigrants from all over the world, work in night shift at studio sound stages where Italian soap operas are filmed. Once they find unlocked one of the doors to rooms where cameras and shooting equipment is stored. And Hindu Dilip […]
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ADIFF – Sworn Virgin
Sun 28th FebruaryLight House 1 / 16:30 / 90 minsSworn Virgin Director: Laura Bispuri / 2015 / ItalyWinner: Jury Award for Best Feature Film, Ortigia Film Festival, New Director’s Prize, San Francisco International Film FestivalAs a young woman living within the confines of a Northern Albanian village, Hana longs to escape the shackles of womanhood, […]
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Thursdays at the Opera – Tosca
A series of screenings dedicated to Italian Opera Introduced by Deirdre O’ Grady, Emeritus Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies University College Dublin. Tosca, Giacomo PucciniConductor Daniel Oren with Fiorenza Cedolins, Marcelo Alvarez, Ruggero Raimondi, Marco Spotti, Fabio Previati, Enrico Facini, Giuliano Pelizon, 119’Puccini’s fifth opera, Tosca, was an immediate success with the public at […]
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ADIFF – Ultima Fermata, Volta & public interview
public interview with Caludia Cardinale Tue 23rd FebruaryLight House 1 / 18:10 / 77 minsUltima Fermata Volta & Public InterviewDirector: Giambattista AssantiCast: Claudia Cardinale, Sergio AssisiWith Special Guest Claudia CardinaleThe latest production starring the Muse of Italian Film, Claudia Cardinale, Ultima Fermata is the exceptional story of several generations of men and women whose lives […]
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