Italian Cultural Institute News

The New York City-based Kairos Italy Theater along with the Italy-based KIT Italia and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU announce the recipients of the first edition of the In Scena! Award as part of the 2022 coming back edition of the In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY.

NYC downtown ensemble IDR (Italian Doc Remix) has announced May 2022 North American tour dates in support of their new album, Pandemonium; set for release on May 10th on 41st Parallel Records.

Lucia di Lammermoor is undoubtedly, together with L’elisir d’amore, the most famous opera by Gaetano Donizetti and the most performed throughout the world. Thanks to a 1985 donation by the Perolari family, the city of Bergamo was able to acquire the autograph score of this opera, which was first performed at the San Carlo Theatre in Naples in 1835. The score is preserved in the Mai Library. In a few weeks this precious manuscript will travel across the ocean for the first time to be exhibited at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York directed by Fabio Finotti on the occasion of the new, highly anticipated production of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Metropolitan Opera. The production will be conducted by Riccardo Frizza, who is also the music director of the Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo .

The Tank will present two Mario Fratti Award-winning plays, The Land of the Swollen Faces by Paolo Bignami, translated by Carlotta Brentan, and directed by Laura Caparrotti and Jay Stern and Hide and Seek by Tobia Rossi, translated and directed by Carlotta Brentan.

In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY has announced Andrea Cioffi's play Apartment 2B (Appartamento 2B) as the 2022 Mario Fratti Award winner. The award ceremony will take place May 4th 2022 at 6PM at the Italian Cultural Institute in NY (686 Park Avenue, NY).

Dal 18 al 20 febbraio al Teatro San Babila di Milano va in scena NASCONDINO, lo spettacolo teatrale inedito di Tobia Rossi, che si lega al mondo della riflessione pedagogica sull'adolescenza, diventando un potente strumento di comunicazione, formazione e denuncia sociale, attraverso un progetto pedagogico e formativo, pensato e sviluppato per gli studenti, ma anche (e soprattutto) per il pubblico adulto.

New York City Opera (under the direction of Michael Capasso, General Director) will present a preview of its latest world premiere of a new American opera, Ricky Ian Gordon's THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS, a co-production with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director, Dominick Balletta, Executive Director) on Friday, January 14, 2022 at 6pm at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York.

ITTV, The Italian TV Festival, returns to Los Angeles October 30 through November 2, 2021, preceded by a series of events that took place during the 2021 Venice International Film Festival. Festival events will kick off with a family friendly, free opening night premiere at Little Italy in San Pedro. 

Grammy-nominated international vocalist Letizia Gambi will perform at the Cutting Room in New York City this October 15, 2021 at 9:30 and 11pm. Gambi will be joined by her longtime collaborator, the legendary American jazz drummer Lenny White to perform several of their co-written originals. Gambi's show will also preview new compositions from her upcoming album and a selection of uniquely-arranged covers.

Grammy-nominated international vocalist Letizia Gambi will perform at the Cutting Room in New York City this October 15, 2021 at 9:30 and 11pm. Gambi will be joined by her longtime collaborator, the legendary American jazz drummer Lenny White to perform several of their co-written originals.

On Monday June 28th at 7:00 PM, Opera Italiana is in the Air returns to Central Park to present a special, one-night only, open-air performance of beloved Italian opera classics under the baton of Maestro Alvise Casellati at the newly reopened Naumburg Bandshell.

Gianrico Carofiglio from Italy and Sheldon Zenner from Chicago will appear in conversation as they discuss Carofiglio's new novel, his career path from anti-Mafia prosecutor to full-time writer, his inspiration and writing life, and an inside look at the intricacies of the Italian justice system from two brilliant legal minds

In the fourth iteration of its prestigious Gilder/Coigney International Theatre Award Program (GCITA), The League of Professional Theatre Women, one of the foremost United States organizations promoting women in the arts, invites a global audience to attend transformative conversations with women theatre artists at the forefront of social reform as the world confronts an array of crises unparalleled in the modern era.

Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) with the sponsorship of Koç Holding Energy Group Companies Aygaz, Opet and Tüpraş between 14 November and 1 December with an online programme extending until 28 December, the 24th Istanbul Theatre Festival came to an end.

The Third Edition of the Italian & American Playwrights Project (IAPP) takes place on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 4:30pm on Howlround.

New York theatre curators Valeria Orani and Frank Hentschker will host the Third Edition of the Italian & American Playwrights Project (IAPP) on Monday, December 14, 2020, 4:30 pm. All Italian playwrights will join the conversation in English or in translation.

Today (November 20) in live streaming: Adam Pascal visits Backstage Live, Beetlejuice reunites on Stars in the House, and so much more!

Italian & American Playwrights Project announces fifteen video podcasts of new plays to be considered for NEW PLAYS FROM ITALY vol.4 will be online through December 1, 2020 at 11:59pm. Audiences are encouraged to watch and vote for their favorites.

Italian & American Playwrights Project announces fifteen video podcasts of new plays to be considered for NEW PLAYS FROM ITALY vol.4 will be online through December 1, 2020 at 11:59pm.

Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, in conjunction with the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, presents the 'Teicholz Holocaust Remembrance Film Series: The Holocaust & Italy,' a series of curated films and discussions, beginning Thursday, Aug. 6, at 5 p.m.