Variations on the Quartet
- Music
Casa Afternoons
View details about the event: Variations on the Quartet
Year: 2017
- Art
Thomas Jefferson: An Italian President
An excerpt from the presentation of the exhibition Thomas Jefferson: An Italian President. March 23, 2017
Watch the video: Thomas Jefferson: An Italian President
- History & Politics
Stefano Ballini on “Monte Sole”
Director Stefano Ballini discusses his documentary Monte Sole – Landing Memories in conversation with Stefano Albertini (NYU). For details of the Nazi massacres in Italy, visit www.straginazifasciste.it. March 20, 2017
Watch the video: Stefano Ballini on “Monte Sole”
- Cinema & Television
Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Cavani’s “The Night Porter”
Prof. Ruth Ben-Ghiat introduces a screening of Liliana Cavani’s The Night Porter (1974). March 7, 2017
Watch the video: Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Cavani’s “The Night Porter”
- Art
A Thieving Friar’s Unique Masterpiece
In collaboration with Save Venice, a lecture by Prof. Colin Eisler (NYU) on the altarpiece by Fra Negroponte in San Francesco della Vigna. March 2, 2017
Watch the video: A Thieving Friar’s Unique Masterpiece
- Literature
Reading as the Angels Read
Book presentation of Reading as the Angels Read: Speculation and Politics in Dante’s Banquet by NYU Professor Maria Luisa Ardizzone. March 1, 2017
Watch the video: Reading as the Angels Read
- Literature
Thus Spake Orunmila!
Alessandra Di Maio and Maaza Mengiste converse about the poetry anthology Migrazioni/Migrations. February 27, 2017
Watch the video: Thus Spake Orunmila!
- Music
Waiting for Adventures in Italian Opera
Prior to the conversation with Diana Damrau, Fred Plotkin and Stefano Albertini chat about the upcoming 2017-18 Metropolitan Opera season. February 23, 2017
Watch the video: Waiting for Adventures in Italian Opera
- Music
Presenting the 2017 Festival Verdi
General Manager of the Teatro Regio in Parma Anna Maria Meo launches the activities of the 2017 Festival Verdi in Parma. February 13, 2017
Watch the video: Presenting the 2017 Festival Verdi
- Music
A Conversation with Diana Damrau
Fred Plotkin in conversation with soprano Diana Damrau, on the occasion of her presence in New York for performances of Roméo et Juliette and I puritani. February 23, 2017
Watch the video: A Conversation with Diana Damrau
- Art
Seeing Through: Marthe Keller & Antonio Scaccabarozzi
A look at the exhibition Seeing Through curated by Elisabetta Longari, featuring works by Marthe Keller and Antonio Scaccabarozzi. On view February 22 – March 16, 2017
Watch the video: Seeing Through: Marthe Keller & Antonio Scaccabarozzi
- Literature
Sirens of La Serenissima
A roundtable discussion on the remarkable tradition of early modern Venetian women’s writing, part of Carnegie Hall’s La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic. February 10, 2017
Watch the video: Sirens of La Serenissima
- History & Politics
To Be or Not: Considering Primo Levi’s Death
Prof. Uri Cohen (University of Tel Aviv) gauges the implications for the interpretation of Levi’s work in light of the author’s death. February 8, 2017
Watch the video: To Be or Not: Considering Primo Levi’s Death