Tosca - Piccola Lirica: top ten must do must see in Italy

After the first season, in spring 2007 the request was so big that this three acts opera by Giacomo Puccini is now returning at Theatre Flaiano in Rome for its second season.
Piccola Lirica is a company attempting to popularize the art form of the opera. For no less then 8th months a shortened version of Tosca will be performed at this small theatre in the historical centre of Rome. The Piccola Lirica will be doing 200 Tosca evenings until the 25th of May, when the season closes, and instead of the usual three hours show, the opera last for only ninety minutes. The idea is that in this way a younger audience will be reached. Other details that have been thought of in the same attempt to attract a new and younger audience, is for example playing in a 200 seat theatre, which makes it easier for the people to see the expressions of the actors.
Also the choice of a younger cast have been made on purpose, because the usual image of the stereotyped middle-aged divas. The compressed version aswell gives it a more affordable choice compared to the big opera houses.

By the "Independent" Piccola Lirica was classed among the top ten "must do/must see in Italy", while the New York Times reviewed it as a "charming, touching and a little genuine pathos".





Teatro Flaiano Via Santo Stefano del Cacco, 15 00186 Roma tel. 06.6796496
Ticket price ranges from 44,00 to 77,00 Euros
and can be purchased online on this site.

Opening time is:
from 26 September 2007 to 25 May 2008 Every night at 8 p.m.
Sunday at 5, 30 p.m. Monday closed.

Music: Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
Reduction and dramaturgical adaptation: Gianna Volpi
Musical adaptation and Orchestra Director: Elisabetta Del Buono
Conductor: Rossana Siclari
Management: Gabriella Callea

Landscapes of Memory The Roman Watercolors of Ettore Roesler Franz

Landscapes of Memory is a tribute to the painter Ettore Roesler Franz, taking place at the "Museo di Roma in Trastevere" to celebrate the centenary of his death, showing 79 watercolour paintings that stretch from 1876 to 1895.
These paintings are Witnesses of the vanished Rome at the end of the nineteenth century. Ettore Roesler had mixed feelings about the mentality of the city life, but at the same time he was very much attached to his home town.



With his paintings he wanted to testify the deep changes that took place in Rome after the proclamation; capital city of Italy and the disastrous flood that afflicted Rome later the same year. The artist was an absolute master of the difficult technique of watercolours, and his impressive paintings describe very well the rapid process of modernization of the city.
He gave a lot of attention to the areas along the river Tiber, where many buildings where destroyed to give space to the containment walls to the river, but also the areas of Piazza Venezia, the Ghetto and Monti Trastevere, where very important urban, architectural and artistic areas of old Rome was lost forever. An impressive exhibition by a roman artist, in the heart of one of Rome's most characteristic areas.

Museo di Roma in Trastevere
15 December 2007 - 24 March 2008

The museum is found in Piazza Sant'Egidio, Trastevere
Open from Tuesday to Sunday, 10.00 to 20.00.
The tickets cost Euro 5,50 (full price) and Euro 4,00 ( reduced )

Enjoy!

EUR under the spotlight again

The EUR neighborhood in Rome has been forgotten for far too many years by both turists and the capital’s cultural audience. But today things may change since a new, great architectural project has just been unveiled and which will put EUR on the map for design lovers.



From the genius mind of the worldknown architect Massimilano Fuksas, in three years time a new complex will be born on the same spot, where the known Palazzo dei Congressi is now located. “A collective dream, for a positive change in Rome’s architecture”. With these words, the roman architect explains the vision for his multifunctional complex already know as “The Fuksas’ Clowd” due to the huge glowing and flying sculpture located at its entrance which resembles to a clowd. Over an area of 27 thousands square meters, the new complex will be able to host 11 thousand people, with its 1.800 places Auditorium, and 600 rooms hotel. Also, there will be a parking space for 2.500 cars, coffee shops and restaurants, while under the building there will be more 15 thousands square meters available for several different activities.

For further informations, please visit: www.fuksas.it

Committenze Contemporaneee

Committenze Contemporanee is a new exhibition project linked to a cultural program titled Dieci Grandi Mostre (Ten Big Exhibitions), started in 2006 with the exhibition of Raffaello's works. The project aims to connect to each exhibition of important past artists, such as Tiziano, Correggio, Bernini, Caravaggio, Raffaello, the original works of contemporary artists, to increase the values of their contents and improve elaborations and critiques. The first Committenza Contemporanea, committed to vedovamazzei (Maristella Scala and Simeone Crispino) titled Raphael the Western, is conceptually connected to the innovation brang by Raffaello in the artistic filed, and is revisited in a contemporary point of view, with a revolutionary combination between wild nature and painting's seduction.

Rome, Borghese Gallery Check out our video
Piazzale Scipione Borghese (Parco di Villa Borghese)
Ticket price: Euro 10,50