“Tosca” at The Theatre Comunale di Bologna
If you perform Puccini, and Tosca even more, you’re sure of success. The Theatre Comunale di...
Read MorePosted by Massimo Malavasi | 7th Jan 2018 | Italy, Review, Theatre and Opera
If you perform Puccini, and Tosca even more, you’re sure of success. The Theatre Comunale di...
Read MorePosted by Lorena Meeser | 30th Dec 2017 | Adaptation, Italy, Mexico, Review, Theatre and Politics
A Special Day is based on the 1977 film Una Giornata Particolare by Ettore Scola, starring Sophia...
Read MorePosted by Lauren Dubowski | 27th Dec 2017 | Design, Italy, Poland, Review, Theatre and Art
Three gramophones affixed to angular wooden boxes stood tall, almost animal-like, on wiry metal...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 23rd Dec 2017 | Festivals, Italy, Review, Romania, Theatre and Opera
Year after year, the Galati Theatre Festival commands a prestigious position for opera theatre in...
Read MorePosted by Yana Meerzon | 21st Dec 2017 | Italy, News
The XIV Europe Prize Theatrical Realities went to Susanne Kennedy, Jernej Lorenci, Yael Ronen,...
Read MorePosted by Davide Cioffrese | 1st Dec 2017 | Italy, Review, Theatre and Politics
Sam Mendes–Oscar-winning Sam Mendes (American Beauty [1999])–has confirmed it: in 2018, he will be...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 15th Sep 2017 | Italy, Theatre and Politics
Francesco De Sanctis (1817–83) is one of the most important Italian literary critics and scholars,...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 15th Jul 2017 | Italy
Each theatre has its own history, made by performances and audiences. It reveals the work of the...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 15th Jun 2017 | Adaptation, Italy
Twenty years ago, on 13 December 1996, Euripides’ Medea debuted in Bergamo (Teatro Donizetti): for...
Read MorePosted by Finlay Greig | 11th Jun 2017 | Devised Theatre, Documentary Theatre, Italy
In the Italian region of Siena, perched on top of a hill, sits the sleepy village of...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 3rd Jun 2017 | Italy, Playwriting
Can a staging improve the knowledge of the life of a celebrity, revealing the most intimate...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 17th May 2017 | Italy, Theatre and Dance
Today, can the myth of a prima donna live in a prima ballerina? The choreographer and director...
Read MorePosted by Armando Rotondi | 13th May 2017 | Adaptation, Italy, Poland, Polish Theatre Abroad, Review
Teorema occupies a position of special importance in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s production, both as a...
Read MorePosted by Matteo Quinto | 28th Apr 2017 | Italy, Theatre and Politics
Credoinunsolodio is a play by Stefano Massini, the Italian playwright and director and winner of...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 6th Apr 2017 | Italy
Carlo Goldoni (1707–93), the greatest Italian playwright of the eighteenth century, discovered his...
Read MorePosted by Layla Colamartino | 6th Apr 2017 | Italy
The Venice of Goldoni’s The Jealous Women (Le donne gelose) is a city in full decline: the...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 18th Mar 2017 | Italy
Each year the town of Ivrea, in Piedmont, hosts a traditional celebration of Carnival with many...
Read MorePosted by Armando Rotondi | 10th Mar 2017 | Books, Directing, Interview, Italy
Antonio Latella is one of the leading figures of Italian theater, having worked, as an actor, with...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 5th Mar 2017 | Italy
The Tuscan town of Viareggio, one of the most renowned tourist destinations in Italy, has a lively...
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