Thursdays at the Opera – Don Carlo
A series of screenings dedicated to Italian Opera Introduced by Deirdre O GradyEmeritus Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies University College Dublin. Don Carlo, Giuseppe VerdiConductor Antonio Pappano with Matti Salminen, Jonas Kaufmann, Thomas Hampson, Anja Arteros, 237’“Jealousy, treachery, forbidden love, revenge and self-sacrifice set against a dark backdrop of suffocationg religious repression and political […]
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Ad Astra per Aspera – Paradiso
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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ASPECTS OF SCIENCE FICTION SINCE THE 1980S
CHINA, ITALY, JAPAN, KOREA PRESENTATION OF A RESEARCH PROJECT, AND BOOK LAUNCH SPEAKERS:CHIAKI ASAI (SENRI KINRAN UNIVERSITY, OSAKA);ROBERTO BERTONI (SLLCS, TCD);LORNA CARSON (TRINITY CENTRE FOR ASIAN STUDIES);DECLAN COOGAN (GLOBAL RELATIONS OFFICE, TCD);ENRICA MARIA FERRARA (SLLCS, TCD);GIULIA IANNUZZI (TRIESTE UNIVERSITY);RENATA SPERANDIO (ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE, DUBLIN)GENERAL DESCRIPTIONAspects of science fiction since the 1980s: China, Italy, Japan, Korea […]
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Ad Astra per Aspera – Purgatorio
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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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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