Istituto Di Cultura - Dublino

One hundred years ago, in 1921, Enrico Caruso, one of the most famous singers in history, died in Naples. That same year two of the most important tenors of the last century were born: Giuseppe Di Stefano and Franco Corelli. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary, IIC Dublin offers an online journey in ‘Teatro ...

The new volume of Italian Literature in Translation is out now. It features extracts from novels never previously published in English, by Italian writers of the twentieth century. As editor Howard Curtis puts it: "The Fifties and Sixties seem to have been a golden age for Italian literature in English translation." However...

A series of free screenings organized by the EUNIC Ireland network The selection of European short films from the home countries of ten members of EUNIC Ireland (European Union National Institutes for Culture), including the Italian short “Correre”, by Nicholas Bertini, will travel to different cities between...

This year, in the context of its 70th anniversary celebration, Wexford Festival Opera presents the Opera “Edmea” by Alfredo Catalani with the support of the Italian Institute of Culture. Reruns on 19, 22, 28, 31 October 2021. Many Italian artists, directors, stage designers and conductors will join the 70th...

This year the Week of the Italian language in the world celebrates from an innovative perspective the timeless genius represented by Dante Alighieri. Our Institute has organized four unmissable events. 1. “La lingua di Dante e l'italiano di oggi”. Seminar-lecture by Prof. Chiara Coluccia - UN...

The series 'Lunedì al cinema' continues with the movie 'I predatori', which represents the debut as a director of Pietro Castellitto. The movie entered the contest of the prestigious 77ª Venice international film festival in the category Orizzonti (horizons), and it won several awards, including the Nastro d...

Have you ever heard of the “fabumouse” mouse-reporter from New Mouse City called Geronimo Stilton? You might not know though that his life story has strong links with Italy, because he is born from an idea of Italian author Elisabetta Dami. To bring some festive celebration for the younger ones on the occasio...

For the series of literary encounters linked to the Book Club of our Institute, we are pleased to have as our first guest the writer Domenico Starnone, twenty years after he was awarded the Strega Prize (2001) and a few days before the publication in English of his novel Trust (“Confidenza”, 2019) translated b...

Maria Carmela Colaneri boasts an extraordinary experience as a mint artist, responsible for the project. design and realization of many coins and medals for the Zecca dello Stato (Italian mint office), many of which are still in use today. Colaneri is the person behind the famous Dante Alighieri’s profile engrave...

Maria Carmela Colaneri, after obtaining her diploma from Scuola dell’Arte della Medaglia in Rome, started working as a mint artist and medals engraver at Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (IPZS), a role that lasted from 1984 to 2020. Amongst dozens of drawings, projects, out-lines and portraits attributed to...