In Memory of Great Actress and Singer Pina Cipriani
The death of Pina Cipriani, on the 19th of June, is a great loss for Italian and specifically...
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Napoli Teatro Festival 2019: “Reneixer” (To Be Reborn), a Ritual of Transformation
We walk through a dark corridor into a room where a woman is drying wine glasses. She lifts them...
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Site-Specific, Immersive, and Interactive Theatre at the Napoli Teatro Festival 2019
Most writing on site-specific, immersive, and interactive theatre focuses on productions in...
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Napoli’s World-Class Theatre Festival
What do Napoli, Avignon, and Edinburgh have in common? They host world-class international theatre...
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“The Last Day of the Sun” at In Scena
The In Scena Festival is an ambitious undertaking. Presenting work each year by Italian artists,...
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Goldoni and the “Cheerful Strength” of Francesco De Sanctis
Ghislieri College in Pavia is one of the oldest and most prestigious university colleges in Italy,...
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“Smile” Clown Festival In Naples Directed By Jango Edwards: Between Street Theatre And Clowntherapy
“Smile” Clown Festival is a small and interesting event with a strong potential for...
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On Ibsen and Strindberg: A Conversation with Franco Perrelli
The recent publication of the volume On Ibsen and Strindberg: The Reversed Telescope (Newcastle...
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Puccini’s “Turandot” In Galati: From The Fairy Tale To The Inner Life
In 2018, the Nae Leonard Teatrul Muzical in Galati, Romania, was declared the National Opera...
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Neapolitan Actor And Director Carlo Giuffré Dies At 89
Naples is a Theatrum Mundi, a place where theatre and theatricality are an integral part of the...
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The Modern Woman In “Artemisia’s Intent”
Is Artemisia only a tough diva not to be silenced? Her strong arms and balanced stance find a place in her studio. While there isn’t any room for escape, there is the possibility of reaching beyond the gossip of the day and the anguish of the past.
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Léon Bakst, The Eclectic Genius Of The Ballets Russes: A Documentary Exhibition In Venice
The documentary exhibition Léon Bakst: Symbol Of The Ballets Russes is a unique occasion to admire...
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Too Close To Home: Stefano Massini’s “Intractable Woman”
A week after Donald Trump was inaugurated, the atomic scientists who keep the famous Doomsday...
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Verdi’s “Rigoletto”: The Italian Closing Of The Season At The Teatr Wielki In Lodz
The great success of Professor Paolo Bosisio as an opera director in Eastern Europe is confirmed...
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“The Magic Flute” on Sferisterio from Macerata
Sferisterio of Macerata. July 20th 2018 Mozart’s Magic Flute is one of the most famous and...
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Stratford Triumphs With “Napoli Milionaria,” A 20th Century Classic From Italy
The Stratford Festival’s 2018 playbill is now complete—and the final entry is an absolute winner....
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The Relationship Between Body And Screen In Studio Azzurro’s Performances Since The 1980s Until Today
Studio Azzurro is an Italian group that has been working with different performative languages...
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“Remembering Stanislavsky”: A Tribute To The Great Russian Master At The University Of Macerata
August 7 marks the 80th anniversary of the death of Konstantin Stanislavsky (1938–2018). As a...
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Stefano Massini’s “The Lehman Trilogy” At The National Theatre
Images are what make abstract crises concrete. And who can forget the image of the bankrupt Lehman...
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Arlecchino Servitore Di Due Padroni: Seventy Years Of Strehler (And Counting)
It is not easy to approach a work such as Giorgio Strehler’s Arlecchino Servitore Di Due...
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