Intensive Acting Workshop
The Italian Cultural Institute and “Les Ateliers Gemmayzeh” organize an Acting Workshop held by the director Marcello Cotugno, entitled” Anatomy of a Family Breakdown “. The Workshop will address the dramaturgical analysis and the construction of the characters through the study of two plays on the generation gap by Cotugno, Anatomy of the death of […]
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Theater play “Don’t call them bandits”
Carlo and Cosimo Capitoni are two brothers who become brigands out of need and face a series of tragicomic misadventures in Apulia between 1859 and 1863. While they are living their own stories, the country is experiencing the Unification of Italy and the born of the new Kingdom. It is a brilliant tale, directed by […]
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Guaretelle’s puppets show “Pulcinella”
Pulcinella is the man of the street who manages to escape death, to make fun of power and arrogance while showing his own fear, distress and all of those feelings that are not part of the fairy-tale hero but that of everyday man. Stories of Pulcinella is a way of presenting ancient story canvases in […]
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Guaretelle’s puppets show “Pulcinella”
Pulcinella is the man of the street who manages to escape death, to make fun of power and arrogance while showing his own fear, distress and all of those feelings that are not part of the fairy-tale hero but that of everyday man. Stories of Pulcinella is a way of presenting ancient story canvases in […]
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2nd International Sculpture Symposium at the Lebanese University
The Italian Institute participates to the Symposium with three Italian sculptors, Pierluigi Portale, Michele Sassi and Luca Prandini. The Sculpture Symposium is held from October 1st till October 15th, 2019 at the Main Hadath Campus of the Lebanese University. The created artworks will be displayed in different zones of Beirut. The Symposium opens on October […]
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10th BEIRUT ART FAIR – Lebanon Modern! “Unexpected Trove – The Unseen Works Of Hussein Madi”
Placed under the patronage of the Italian Embassy in Lebanon, the exhibition presents never-before-exhibited paintings, especially rare landscapes, by celebrated Italian-Lebanese artist Hussein Madi (b. 1938). The exceptional ensemble of 47 paintings, produced between 1965 and 1970 during his early years in Rome, was assumed lost for almost forty years, and only recently resurfaced serendipitously. […]
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2nd BIENNALE of Contemporary Art – “Universal Data”
An Exploration of Our Digital Presence. The Italian Cultural Institute participates to the event launched by MACAM with the Italian artistic collective Antonello Ghezzi (comprised of Nadia Antonello and Paolo Ghezzi) and with the Italian artist Daniele Zerbi.Behind the massive rustic gate of the industrial museum, over 60 Lebanese and international artists (over twenty nationalities) will […]
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Installation “Shooting Stars”
The installation is exhibited within the Biennial of Contemporary Art – Universal Data of the MACAM-Modern and Contemporary Art Museum of Alita (Byblos) “Shooting Star” is a sound project, created by the artist’s collective Antonello Ghezzi in collaboration with the National Institute for Astrophysics and specifically the Radio Telescope in Medicina (Bo). Thanks to the […]
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Installation “Follow Ergo Sum”
The installation is exhibited within the Biennial of Contemporary Art – Universal Data of the MACAM-Modern and Contemporary Art Museum of Alita (Byblos). Follow ergo sum, a multimedia installation by the Italian artist and architect Daniele Zerbi,invites the viewer to reflect on the relationship between universal data and contemporary art, focusing on the aspect of the […]
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“REQUIEM” by Giuseppe Verdi
Maria Agresta (soprano) – Daniela Barcellona (mezzo)Giorgio Berrugi (tenor) – John Relyea (bass)Romanian Radio Chamber OrchestraAntonine University ChoirToufic Maatouk (conductor) This extraordinary performance of Verdi’s Requiem features four internationally renowned vocalists: soprano Maria Agresta, acclaimed for her soaring phrasing, joined by distinguished mezzo-soprano Daniela Barcellona, magnificent tenor Giorgio Berrugi and one of today’s finest basses […]
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