Maestro James Conlon Presents Don Carlo
A special event featuring James Conlon, Music Director of LA Opera and newly named Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana. In advance of the opening of LA Opera’s production of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Don Carlo, the Italian Cultural Institute will host Mr. Conlon’s presentation. In the spirit of his immensely popular pre-performance talks at LA Opera, […]
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Federico Rampini – The Red Lines
Audivisual “performance” by journalist and a writer Federico Rampini who will present his latest book Red lines: Men, borders, empires: geographical maps that recount our world published by MONDADORI in 2017 with lights, sounds and projections of special maps that will help us understand the (crazy) world we live in. We travel more. We understand less. As we speed […]
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MEET Italy: Meet the Rocket Scientists
A conversation with Italian scientists working at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory introduced and moderated by Cinzia Zuffada, Associate Chief Scientist at JPL. Speakers include Sara Susca, Michele Vallisneri and Marco Velli. Event organized in collaboration with ISSNAF (The Italian Scientists and Scholars of North American Foundation). The IIC warmly welcomes warmly, Jeff Capaccio, representing SVIEC […]
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TWO for NEW in Concert: Saxophone and Piano
This special concert by the duo TWO For NEW featuring saxophonist Giovanni De Luca and pianist Francesco Silvestri, will take us on a musical journey through cinematic scores, folk, jazz, descriptive music, minimalism and neo-Romanticism. Started in 2011, the TWO for NEW project explores and develops a new relationship between the saxophone and the piano. […]
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Rossini Under the Stars | La Cambiale di Matrimonio
In conjunction with the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF), a yearly international music festival held in August in Pesaro, the birthplace of Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), and on the occasion of 150th anniversary of the composer’s death, the IIC will host an outdoor screening of La Cambiale di Matrimonio (83 mins). This one-act operatic farsa comica, which Rossini composed […]
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Rossini Under the Stars | Il Signor Bruschino
In conjunction with the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF), a yearly international music festival held in August in Pesaro, the birthplace of Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), and on the occasion of 150th anniversary of the composer’s death, the IIC will host an outdoor screening of Il Signor Bruschino (96 mins). From the 2012 ROF, the innovative theatre company […]
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Rossini Under the Star | La scala di seta
In conjunction with the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF), a yearly international music festival held in August in Pesaro, the birthplace of Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), and on the occasion of 150th anniversary of the composer’s death, the IIC will host an outdoor screening of La scala di Seta (105 mins). This sparkling 1812 farsa comica in one […]
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My Italian Secret – The Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust (2014)
Screening in Albuquerque, New Mexico, of My Italian Secret – The Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust, a documentary film by Oren Jacoby narrated by Isabella Rossellini.The film tells how WWII bicycling idol Gino Bartali, physician Giovanni Borromeo and other Italians worked with Jewish leaders and high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church, risking their lives by defying […]
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Laura Pausini @Greek Theatre
After 2016 sold-out world tour, Laura Pausini announces her return live starting from July 2018, with two concerts on July 21st and 22nd in her beloved country, Italy, in the so called “eternal city”, Rome, at Circo Massimo. After being the first woman to perform in San Siro Stadium in 2007, Laura will be the […]
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Bàcari e Cicchetti: Aperitivo Venetian Style
An evening of Venetian treats with amazing cocktails and Venetian plates. Bàcari (singular: bàcaro) are small establishments that serve up drinks and little nibbles called cicchetti, that are just little bite sized offerings of fresh, seasonal deliciousness that you snack. MENU:Gran fritto di verdurePolpette di carne alla venezianaPolpette di granchioCrostini di baccala mantecato To register please […]
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