MM Contemporary Dance Company – North American Premiere
The Italian MM Contemporary Dance Company comes to the Chutzpah! stage in Vancouver with the inventive and provocative choreographies of two twentieth century universally known musical scores – Maurice Ravel’s Bolero (with integrated contemporary composition from Stefano Corrias) choreographed by Michele Merola and Igor Stravinski’s The Rite of Spring choreographed by Enrico Morelli. Click here […]
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Screening of Verdi’s RIGOLETTO, directed by STEFANO VIZIOLI
Opera production by Teatro Regio di Parma on the occasion of Festival Verdi. For the series of operas from ‘Festival Verdi’, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura presents Rigoletto by director Stefano Vizioli, and music director Massimo Zanetti. Il duca di Mantova – Francesco DemuroRigoletto – Leo NucciGilda – Nino MachaidzeSparafucile – Marco SpottiMaddalenna – Stefanie […]
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Super Design Italian Radical Design: 1965-1975
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaboration with R & Company and Design Exchange present Super Design, an exhibition of Italian Radical Design presented by R & Company curated by Maria Cristina Didero. The show has been over a decade in the making and has come together through extensive research, passionate collecting and interview protagonists […]
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Thinking Objects: a Radical Approach to Contemporary Design
Italian architect Franco Raggi will discuss with Francesca Molteni about the influences of the Italian Radical Design movement on modern design, with a focus on the Design of the 70s and 80s. The Italian Radical Design movement began in the 1960s in response to the tumultuous political and social climate: Young designers rejected aesthetic norms […]
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Premiere screening of SuperDesign: Italian Radical Design 1965-1975
On the occasion of the Italian Design Day, Maria Cristina Didero, design curator, and Evan Snyderman, gallery R&Company, NYC, will introduce a multiple event to celebrate the Italian Radical Design Movement. Toronto premiere screening of SuperDesign: Italian Radical Design 1965-1975, a film by Maria Cristina Didero and Francesca Molteni, directed by Francesca Molteni and produced […]
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Opera For All — Italian for Opera Singers!
Opera For All is an accessible and inclusive community opera program in Toronto. No note-reading or previous experience necessary! Just a desire to sing your heart out. Over five lessons, you will learn a selection of five popular opera choruses under the guidance of award-winning Spanish opera singer and conductor Álvaro Lozano Gutiérrez. The program […]
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MUSICA NUDA in CONCERT
Get a 20% discount | Promo code ITALY20 Vocalist Petra Magoni and double-bassist Ferruccio Spinetti fuse elements of jazz, rock, punk, and classical to create their own boundary-breaking sound. Harnessing the art of silence and the dramatic power of the lyric, the virtuosic Italian duo deconstructs the meaning of every song with infectious humour and […]
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Sotto una buona stella (Under a lucky star): Chef Caterina Ceraudo
Come and enjoy Sotto una buona stella (Under a lucky star), the outstanding dinner events featuring some of the best chefs from Italy. On Wednesday, February21, experience the exceptional cuisine of Michelin-starred Chef Caterina Ceraudo of Dattilo Restaurant, located in Crotone, Calabria, in the centre of the Ceraudo family vineyards and 1,200-year-old olive grove, as […]
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“MAMMA: In the Meantime” a photographic tale by Tony Luciani
MAMMA: In the Meantime a powerful photographic tale on an extraordinary and unconventional relationship between the artist and his muse. Tony and his ninety-four-year-old mother Elia embark on a journey of discovery where art becomes the perfect medium to express the grief and wonders of living with Dementia. Elia’s powerful features, wearing with pride the […]
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Punch And I: Festa di Carnevale – Mardis Gras Party Commedia dell’Arte
Experience Pulcinella’s irreverent antics, as he ponders about life, death, food, love and his childhood in the “old country.” Dora Award-winning performer, Adam Paolozza, explores his roots embodying the mischievous Pulcinella (ancestor of Mr. Punch), a mask which comes from the Campania region in Italy, from where Paolozza’s own family hails. The evening will include […]
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