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 2015Nabucco, Giuseppe VerdiHebrew Slaves: ‘Oh mia patria sì bella e perduta/Oh membranza sì cara e fatal’‘Oh my country so beautiful and lost/ Oh remembrance so dear and full of anguish’26 November 2015Attila, Giuseppe VerdiOdabella: ‘Ma noi donne italiche/Cinte di ferro il seno….sempre vedrai pugnar’But we, Italian women, you shall always see fight, wearing battle dress.’10 December 2015Macbeth, Giuseppe VerdiLady Macbeth: ‘Pien di misfatti è il calle della potenza’‘Full of misdeeds is the Path of Power’ 14 January 2016Don Carlo, Giuseppe VerdiFilippo II: ‘Ah sia maledetto, sospetto fatale/opera di un demon infernal’‘Ah may you be cursed, fatal suspicion, the work of an infernal demon’28 January 2016Aïda, Giuseppe VerdiAmonasro: ‘Non sei mia figlia! /Dei Faraoni tu sei la schiava’‘You are no longer my daughter. You are the slave of the Pharoahs’11 February 2016Il barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino RossiniBerta: ‘Il vecchiotto cerca moglie/ Vuol marito la ragazza’‘The old man is seeking a wife/ The young girl wants a husband’25 February 2016Tosca, Giacomo PucciniScarpia: ‘Tosca mi fai dimenticar Iddio!‘Tosca you make me forget God’Introduction by Deirdre O’GradyEmeritus Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies, University College Dublin