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The third in a series of cutting-edge, interdisciplinary events, Heirs of Tantalusrefracts Greek myth and Roman history through the prism of the baroque, incorporating material from the Greek tragedies of Aeschylus and Euripides, biting commentary of the Roman historian Suetonius, and excerpts from operas and cantatas of Monteverdi, Scarlatti and Handel.

The sixth and final Adventure in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin of this season will feature the Metropolitan Opera's Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi, one of the most prominent Italians in the opera world. This season at the Met he is conducting Un Ballo in Maschera, Aïda, Les Troyens and Wagner's Ring Cycle.

A concert and reading by Patrizia Cavalli, poet and Diana Tejera, musician, from their book/CD "Al cuore fa bene far le scale" (Voland/SunnyBit, 2012).

Poetry and the City is a new series dedicated to contemporary Italian poetry conceived in collaboration with Professor Paolo Valesio and Patrizio Ceccagnoli.

Under the auspices of the Italian Poetry Review.
This event is part of the 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the United States.

Theme of Farewell and After-Poems (University of Chicago Press, 2013) by Milo De Angelis.

Poetry Reading and Discussion with author Milo De Angelis and translators: Susan Stewart (Princeton University)  and Patrizio Ceccagnoli (University of Massachusetts Amherst).
 
Poetry and the City is a new series dedicated to contemporary Italian poetry conceived in collaboration with Professor Paolo Valesio and Patrizio Ceccagnoli

A photo essay by Stefano Pasqualetti

The fifth Adventure in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin will feature Argentine tenor Josè Cura, returning to the Met for one of the summits of the opera repertory, Verdi’s Otello. José Cura is an operatic tenor known for intense and original interpretations of characters, notably Verdi’s Otello and Saint-Saëns’ Samson et Dalila.

An exhibition of works by Apulian artist Keziat.

The first in a series of workshops funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council UK as part of the Research Networking Grants project Interdisciplinary Italy 1900-2015: Art, Music, Text: http://interdisciplinaryitaly.com/home/ .

Neither documentary, nor fictional drama, CAESAR MUST DIE is a brilliant mélange of the two by the renowned Taviani Brothers, best known to American audiences for PADRE PADRONE and THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS. The film was shot entirely in the maximum security block of Rome’s Rebibbia prison, home to men serving long sentences for murder, drug-trafficking, and Mafia-related activities. Theater director Fabio Cavalli holds auditions for Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, a play steeped in murder, conspiracy, and revenge, all of which resonate with this cast.

Founded in 1987 by Argentinean medieval music specialist and recorder virtuoso Pedro Memelsdorff, Mala Punica is celebrated for its rigorous and creative interpretation of the great musical patrimony of the late Middle Ages, starting from antique manuscripts. Mala Punica, based in Italy, has released several CDs that have received critical praise. In their Music of the Americas debut, Mala Punica will perform vocal-instrumental music by Paolo da Firenze, Matteo da Perugia, and Johannes Ciconia.