Francesco De Sanctis: From the Electoral Travel to the Stage
Francesco De Sanctis (1817–83) is one of the most important Italian literary critics and scholars,...
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...
Read MorePosted by Raffaele Furno | 3rd Mar 2017 | Directing, Italy
In the last twenty years, Antonio Latella has made a name of relevance for himself in Italy as an...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 26th Feb 2017 | Italy
The town of Venice hosts one of the oldest traditions for the celebration of Carnival in Italy....
Read MorePosted by Raffaele Furno | 18th Feb 2017 | Directing, Italy
Teatro Argentina in Rome is currently sold out for the run of Odissea a/r, the new show by Palermo...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 24th Jan 2017 | Design, Essay, Italy
Ten years ago, on 26 January 2007, Emanuele Luzzati died, in Genua. He was one of Italian...
Read MorePosted by Armando Rotondi | 20th Jan 2017 | Adaptation, Essay, Italy
The origin of the figure of Don Juan and, at the same time, of the related Statue of the Commander...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 18th Jan 2017 | Essay, Italy, Puppetry, Theatre and Dance
Virgilio Sieni is one of the most important Italian dancers and choreographers, and Mimmo...
Read MorePosted by Edélcio Mostaço | 4th Jan 2017 | Brazil, Directing, Essay, Italy
The Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio is well known by its iconoclastic profile that renovates the...
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