Rossini Perduto
- Music
World Premiere at St. Jean’s Theatre (150 East 76th St)
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Year: 2019
- Music
La cantata di Natale
La cantata di Natale from “La cantata dei pastori” [The Shepherd’s Cantata]
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- Art
Rewriting Old Master Narratives in “Titian’s Touch”
Maria H. Loh (CUNY), author of “Titian’s Touch: Art, Magic and Philosophy,” in conversation with Ara H. Merjian (NYU) and Jane Tylus (Yale). December 16, 2019
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- Fashion
Valerie Steele on Capitals of Fashion
Dr. Valerie Steele, Director, The Museum at F.I.T. in conversation with Grazia d’Annunzio, Università Statale di Milano. December 13, 2019
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- Economy & Finance
Federico Rampini presents “Quando inizia la nostra storia”
The author and journalist in conversation with Ruth Ben-Ghiat (NYU). December 10, 2019
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- Literature
Dante and Cosmology
A lecture by William Egginton, Johns Hopkins University. December 9, 2019
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- Music
A Conversation with Eve Queler
Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin. Featuring the following live performances: From Donizetti’s “La Favorita” “Spirto gentil” Fanyong Du, tenor From Donizetti’s “Linda di Chamounix” “O luce di quest’anima” Teresa Castillo, soprano From Donizetti’s “Il duca d’Alba” “Nei miei superbi gaudi” Robert Garner, baritone
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- History & Politics
Medieval Medicine and Literature
A lecture about Galenic presence in Dante’s writing by Paola Ureni (CUNY). December 2, 2019
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- History & Politics
A Conversation with Mimmo Lucano
Presented in collaboration with BACAS – Borghi Antichi Cultura Arti e Scienze
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- Art
Presenting “Roma | New York 1948-1964”
Roma | New York 1948-1964 The Murray and Isabella Rayburn Foundation Before | After (Silvana Editoriale, 2019)
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- Cinema & Television
N.I.C.E. presents “Dance Again With Me Heywood!”
Part of N.I.C.E. New Italian Cinema Events film festival.
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- History & Politics
Ian Thomson: Writing About Levi
Presented in collaboration with Centro Primo Levi and the Italian Cultural Institute of New York.
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- Casa Italiana
Presenting Scarcella Perino’s “Furiosus”
Composer Roberto Scarcella Perino gives a presentation of this latest opera, Furiosus, based on Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso in the company of Professors Eugenio Refini (NYU) and Lina Bolzoni (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa), featuring selections of the opera performed by tenor Michele Angelini, accompanied by Steven Eldredge at the piano.
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- History & Politics
Terra Matta (with Stefano Panzeri)
Presented by In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY Fall Edition
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- Art
The Humanities and the Sciences: Their Epistemologies
A lecture by Richard Foley, NYU
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- History & Politics
Lina Bolzoni presents “Una meravigliosa solitudine”
Una meravigliosa solitudine L’arte di leggere nell’Europa moderna (Einaudi, 2019)
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- Music
A Conversation with Ailyn Pérez
Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin. Ailyn Pérez appears courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera. November 12, 2019
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- Gastronomy
Stefano Albertini on Italian-Americans and Food on “Italics”
Italics, Television for the Italian American Experience is a monthly presentation in the CUNY Presents timeslot that features prominent Italian Americans in the arts, business, government, sports, academia, and more. Each episode explores various aspects of the Italian diaspora, Italian-American history and traditions, contemporary Italian-American life, and takes a projected look at the future of the Italian-American community.
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- Italian Society
Joanna Clapps Herman’s “When I Am Italian”
Author Joanna Clapps Herman presents When I Am Italian (2019, SUNY Press) with writers Mary Ann Carolan, Maria Laurino, Edvige Giunta, and Nancy Carnevale. With the participation of Michela Musolino. November 7, 2019
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- Theater & Dance
Eleonora Micali in “Una Donna Fantasiusa – Un Nonologo”
Excerpts from the one-woman show by American Italian actress Eleonora Micali. November 6, 2019
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- Art
Medardo Rosso and Modern Sculpture
A lecture by art historian Sharon Hecker on Medardo Rosso and the contemporary origins of modern sculpture. November 5, 2019
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- History & Politics
Where Evil Leans Hard on Good
Author of Empire’s Mobius Strip Stephanie Malia Hom discusses Italy’s migrant detention centers and colonial concentration camps, with Ruth Ben-Ghiat (NYU). November 4, 2019
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- Music
Omaggio a Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Samuele Amidei (piano) and Raffaello Ravasio (guitar) perform a program of works by and inspired by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Introduced by Diana Castelnuovo-Tedesco. October 29, 2019
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- Gastronomy
Italy in the Global Food System
Fabio Parasecoli presents his latest book, Food, in conversation with Meryl Rosofsky (NYU). October 28, 2019
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- History & Politics
Affection and Survival: Primo Levi at 100
A lecture by Uri Cohen (Tel Aviv University) presented in collaboration with Centro Primo Levi. October 24, 2019
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- Art
Exquisite Elegies: Genoa’s Staglieno Cemetery
In partnership with the Bogliasco Foundation. Poet Grace Schulman (BF ‘18), visual artist Susan Unterberg (BF ‘01), and sculptor/preservationist Walter Arnold recount their personal trajectories with Staglieno and share the creative endeavors it has inspired. October 23, 2019
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- Art
Melissa McGill presents Red Regatta
Organized and presented by Save Venice. A lecture by artist Melissa McGill. October 22, 2019
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- Art
The Story Behind “Blind Visions”
A mini-documentary by NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò
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- History & Politics
Dante and Italian Unification
Part of the series Dante and…, a lecture by Prof. Mahnaz Yousefzadeh (NYU). October 16, 2019
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- History & Politics
Vita Nuova: Archeologie di un testo
A book presentation featuring editors Maria Luisa Ardizzone (NYU) and Teodolinda Barolini (Columbia University). October 9, 2019
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- Art
Introducing “Christ Stopped at Eboli”
On the occasion of the exhibit “Blind Visions: Carlo Levi’s Disegni della Cecità”, on view at Casa Italiana through December 13.
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- Art
Botticelli (and Dante) Reborn
Part of the series Dante and…
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- Art
Benedetta, Aeropoetry, Futurism and Fascism: Naples, 1936
A lecture by Lucia Re (UCLA) about the work of Benedetta Cappa Marinetti. October 2, 2019
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- Art
Dante and Joyce
A lecture by Prof. Patrizia Grimaldi-Pizzorno (Università di Siena) titled Leopold Bloom in Purgatory, part of the series Dante and… September 25, 2019
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- History & Politics
Arbëreshë (Peppa Marriti Band)
The Italo-Albanian Communities of Southern Italy
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- History & Politics
Dante and Opera
Casa Italiana’s series Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin and Dante and… intersect for a conversation with conductor Michael Hurshell and NYU professors Stefano Albertini and Alison Cornish about Dante Alighieri’s influence on opera and classical music. September 18, 2019
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- Art
WeAreLeonardo
Presentation of a project by mixed-media artist Vittoria Chierici, introduced by Filippo Fossati (Esso Gallery), with a talk by Prof. Dennis Geronimus (Chair, NYU Department of Art History). September 17, 2019
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- History & Politics
Presentation of “The Heart of a Stranger”
Presented in collaboration with Centro Primo Levi
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- Art
2018-2019 Season Highlights
A collection of highlights from the 2018-19 season of NYU’s Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò.
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- Casa Italiana
Dr. Stefano Albertini and the Casa Italiana on “Italics” (CUNY TV)
Prof. Anthony Tamburri (Dean, Calandra Institute, CUNY) interviews Casa Italiana Director Stefano Albertini for the series Italics, broadcast on CUNY TV on July 10, 2019 (filmed on May 15, 2019).
Watch the video: Dr. Stefano Albertini and the Casa Italiana on “Italics” (CUNY TV)
- Cinema & Television
Open Roads: New Italian Cinema on Stage 2019
A round table with representatives of the artidstic delegation of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2019. With:
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- Art
Veneto: The Land of Venice
Music, Food, Wine, and Story Telling
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- Music
Aldo Finzi – Sonata for violin and piano (Allegro vivace)
Sabatini-Rugani Duo
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- Music
Felix Mendelssohn – Sonata in F Major for violin and piano (Adagio)
Sabatini-Rugani Duo
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- Music
New York Italians All-Stars feat. Benny Benack III (Peperoncino Jazz Festival)
Peperoncino Jazz Festival presents:
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- Economy & Finance
Landscape Design and Gardens Through the Evolution of Homo Sapiens
A lecture by Jonathan Fargion. On the occasion of a party for i-Italy.org with the participation of the Italian Chef Association of New York (AICNY). May 17, 2019
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- Art
The Etruscans: Who Were They?
A lecture by Francesco Bonavita, Ph.D. Presented by the American Italian Cultural Roundtable. May 16, 2019
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- Economy & Finance
A Conversation with Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala
Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala in conversation with Stefano Albertini (NYU). May 16, 2019
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- History & Politics
Healing Journeys with the Black Madonna
Book presentation of Alessandra Belloni’s Healing Journeys with the Black Madonna, featuring a performance by Belloni and a talk by Rev. Dr. Matthew Fox. May 15, 2019
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