Events

Culture
by Carol King |
The Torre del Lago Opera Festival in Lucca, Tuscany dedicated to Giacomo Puccini starts on 12 July. This year the festival pays tribute to two other famous…
Culture
by Carol King |
The Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi (Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds) of dance, opera, art, theatre and music opens later this month. Set in the Umbrian hill…
Culture
by John Bensalhia |
BACKGROUND Based on both the Biblical story of Nebuchadnezzar and the 1836 play by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornue, Nabucco was the Verdi opera…
Food & Drink
by Carol King |
The Gelato World Tour 2013-2014 has started. The tour aims to find 40 gelato artisans, who will compete in the Grand Finale in Rimini , Italy in September 2014…
Culture
by Carol King |
The Lincoln Center in New York is staging a season of contemporary Italian movies. The Film Society of Lincoln Center is mounting ‘Open Roads: New Italian…
Culture
by Carol King |
The ‘Second Sight’ photography and video exhibition at the Stills Gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland focuses on migration. Developed in partnership with the…
Culture
by Carol King |
The Getty Centre in Los Angeles, California is mounting an exhibition dedicated to Renaissance gardens. Called ‘Gardens of the Renaissance’, the show explores…
Culture
by Carla Passino |
The forbidding bulk of Venice’s Arsenale, the soaring towers of San Gimignano, the azure elegance of Giotto’s frescoes in Padua’s Scrovegni chapel. But also…
Culture
by Natalie Aldern |
Located within the heart of Rome sits the smallest country in the world. The population of Vatican City is a mere 831. Most of these residents are priests and…
Culture
by Carol King |
Your guide to what’s on in Italy this summer from art shows and sports tournaments to festivals and concerts. ART I Grandi Capolavori Del Corallo (The…