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A Canadian Indie-rock musician Feist performs May 28th at the Piper Club as part of her Italian tour.

Before she released her first album "Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down)" in 1999, she took part in several musical projects, including the famous Peaches. Following the first release there were "Let It Die" and "The Reminder", the last released in 2007. She has no less than 4 nominations for Grammy Awards (including nominations for the Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal) and a nomination for the Brit Awards (International Female Solo Artist). More than one million copies of her last album were sold. Visit her concert at the Piper Club to hear her new songs.
2008.05.28

April 22 - 27 Teatro dell'Opera, also known as the Teatro Costanzi, meets you with an opera "Tosca" by a famous Italian composer Giacomo Puccini. Tosca is both acclaimed inside and outside Rome. This year the performance coincides with the composer's 150th anniversary.

Based on Victorien Sardou's drama, La Tosca, this is a dramatic story which is also often staged in North America, but is worth seeing in the first place at Teatro dell'Opera since it was here that in 1900 the opera was staged for the first time.

Tosca is an opera in three acts, the main parts are performed by Myrtò Papatanasiu/ Susanna Branchini (Floria Tosca), Giuseppe Gipali/ Maurizio Graziani (Mario Cavaradossi) and Mauro Buda alternating with Silvio Zanon in the role of Baron Scarpia. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli.
2008.04.21

Theatre Duse is hosting a sarcastic play titled "Mister Hoffman e Miss Smith". The work is a free adaptation of the famous Alvin Rakoff's movie "Hoffman", starring Peter Sellers. The theatre version is written and directed by Francesca Romana Cerri and Adrian Thomas, who also play the key roles. The staging preserves film's caustic irony and suspense, undiminished all way long.
You're welcome to come to the Theatre Duse on 4 March.


2008.02.28

December and January are the months for giving and receiving presents. One can find lots of useful (as well as useless) things at Piazza Navona, which hosts the traditional Christmas market. The visitors have a chance to buy goodies as well as to watch the Nativity scenes. The culmination of the holiday will take place on 6 January when Befana will appear to give presents to the kids who behaved themselves well during the year and coal to those who were not obedient.
Adults can taste different niceties like biscotti or torrone and enjoy the festive atmosphere of the place. A visit to the Piazza Navona is a wonderful family outing!


2007.12.26

   Since 9 November Rome hosts the largest exhibition of pop art ever run in Italy. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm and the Hayward Gallery in London are among the institutions that have loaned works for the show at the Scuderie del Quirinale, which features around 100 paintings, sculptures and assemblages.
   The movement of pop art began in mid 50s in the UK and very quickly spread all over the world. The specialists say it gained such a popularity due to the fact that it erased the borders between high and low cultures, making music, images from films, magazines and advertising objects of art.
   The exhibition counts four sections. The first one is devoted to the invasion of the consumer society into the world of art. The pictures depict images of household utensils of a larger-than-life size.
   The second section is devoted to famous politicians, starlets, actresses and sportsmen (the well-known portrait of Marilyn Monroe is also on display!).
   The third part deals with characters from comic strips and historical personalities.
   The last section focuses on the erotically depicted parts of human body.
   Don't miss the captivating event that is run at the Scuderie del Quirinale until January 27 2008.


2007.11.12