VESUVIUS ENSEMBLE – CONCERT #3: Lu Primmo Ammore: Serenades from the Old Country
Vesuvius Ensemble 2019/2020 concert series: Lu Primmo Ammore: Serenades from the Old Country FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2020 | 7.30 PM The third performance of Vesuvius Ensemble will pay homage to LOVE and Valentine’s Day: in a tender tribute to “San Valentino,” Vesuvius offers a select playlist of our favourite Italian love songs from multiple centuries. […]
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Colloquium: Multiculturalism and Interculturalism: a constitutional provision vs. an abstraction
Canada’s official multiculturalism is articulated and defined in and protected under the 1971 Multiculturalism Policy, the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms (section 27), and the 1988 Multiculturalism Act. In contrast, interculturalism is not an official policy and enjoys no statutory protection. Yet, it has been proposed and branded as a better model for integration […]
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SCREENING: Puccini’s La Bohème
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura and Alliance Française present a cinematic screening of Puccini’s La Bohème Thursday, February 13 | 7:30pm Alliance Française Studio Theatre24 Spadina Rd. FREE EVENT In the early 1960s, two artistic giants, conductor Herbert von Karajan and director Franco Zeffirelli, joined forces to create this milestone production of Puccini’s masterpiece at […]
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Facing the Camera: A Conversation with Photographer Luca Nostri
In anticipation of the opening of the photographic exhibition Facing the Camera: 50 years of Italian portraits the Istituto Italiano di Cultura is pleased to host a conversation with photographer Luca Nostri Thursday, February 13 | 6:00pm Istituto Italiano di Cultura496 Huron St. The photographer will join the audience at the reception following the conversation. […]
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Concerti in Galleria Concert Series: Concerto di Carnevale with Soprano Michiko Hayashi
Villa Charities, with the support of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, presents Concerti in Galleria, a new concert series featuring renowned musicians performing a brilliant array of musical genres including opera, chamber music and more, all held in the beautiful Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery. Concerto di CarnevaleWednesday, February 12 | 7:30pm Soprano Michiko Hayashi […]
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CAMPARI & ART: A Love Story
The red nectar which beckons our senses from the brim of an Italian designer glass is NOT JUST AN APERITIF The essence of Campari lies in its brilliant intuitions, in its bold demeanor and in the dynamic and joyful spirit of a company whose passion for culture has always been supreme. Such are the ingredients […]
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PARADISE THEATRE “ODD COUPLES” SERIES: A Special Day
Presented by the Paradise Theatre in partnership with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura. Monday, February 10 | 7:30pm Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni shine in this rarely screened and recently restored knockout of a film, in which sexual and party politics collide. While the residents of a tenement building are busy lining the streets to […]
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Viola da Gamba Soloist and Composer Vittorio Ghielmi and Tafelmusik Music Director Elisa Citterio in Conversation with IIC Director, Alessandro Ruggera
The world-renowned, multi-talented Italian composer and musician Vittorio Ghielmi and Elisa Citterio, music director of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, join Alessandro Ruggera, director of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, for a conversation about their wide-ranging musical passions and the history behind the enigmatic viola da gamba or viol, a cousin of the cello. […]
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Italian Cinema at the Victoria Film Festival
The 26th Edition of the Victoria Film Festival brings two Italian features to its audiences: The Disappearance of My Mother and The Traitor. The Istituto Italiano di Cultura and the Consulate General of Italy in Vancouver renew their support of Italy’s presence at the festival. Presented by the Victoria Film Festival with the support of […]
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TIFF Screening: The Tree of Wooden Clogs by Ermanno Olmi (Angela Schanelec Carte Blanche)
Filmmaker Angela Schanelec introduces Ermanno Olmi’s 1978 pastoral epic about a family of farmers in late 19th-century Italy. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Ermanno Olmi’s neorealist epic became a surprise box-office hit in Europe and was greeted as a miracle by critics who had despaired of seeing a return to […]
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