ARTE | FRA’ INNOCENZO DA PETRALIA SOTTANA E I SUOI CROCIFISSI MALTESI
EVENT POSTPONED. DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED. “La Scatola Magica” with Dott. Anna Porcheddu In celebration of its 7th birthday presents “Fra’ Innocenzo da Petralia Sottana e i suoi crocifissi maltesi” with Christian Attard. This month La Scatola Magica will help us discover a 17th-century sculptor from Sicily; Fra’ Innocenzo da Petralia Sottana. He is the creator of three […]
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ARTE | MASTERPIECES OF SCULPTURE, DECORATIVE ARTS AND POLYCHROME MARBLES: THE BARGELLO MUSEUMS
A public talk in English by Paola D’Agostino | Director of the Bargello Museums in Florence. Paola D’Agostino, Director of the Musei del Bargello, presents this museums’ consortium, constituted in 2014, following the Reform of autonomous Museums, through the celebrated masterpieces of Renaissance sculpture – from Ghiberti to Donatello, from Michelangelo to Giambologna – the […]
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ART | CARAVAGGIO AND SAN MATTEO: FROM SHADOW TO LIGHT The story and meaning of the masterpieces at San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome
According to the gospels, Matthew is a despicable publican. Jesus calls him. Matthew follows him and become an apostle, an evangelist and a martyr. Sixteen centuries after, Caravaggio immortalized and interpreted in a timeless manner the story of Matthew in a painting in the Church of S. Luigi dei Francesi. The painting depicts Christ breaking […]
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LA SCATOLA MAGICA | LA SETA DI MARE, IL BISSO
The Italian Cultural Institute, Valletta presents “La Scatola Magica” with Dott. Anna Porcheddu Chiara Vigo “La seta di mare, il bisso.” There is a very unusual museum in Sant’Antioco, a small island just off the south-west coast of Sardinia; the Museum of Byssus. It was opened by Chiara Vigo in 2005. Chiara is a […]
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MUSIC | DI SOSPIRI E DI TEMPESTE
Concert organized by the Valletta Baroque Festival | Teatru Manoel in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, within this year’s edition of the Valletta Baroque Festival. Ensemble Barocco di Napoli with Tommaso Rossi (flute) & Maria Grazia Schiavo (soprano) In Baroque aesthetics, music not only describes the world of nature, but also the intricate inner […]
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MUSIC | IL SOFFIO DI PARTENOPE
Concert organized by the Valletta Baroque Festival | Teatru Manoel in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, within this year’s edition of the Valletta Baroque Festival. With Ensemble Barocco di Napoli & Abchordis Ensemble During the 1670s a powerful school of wind instrument players began to establish itself in Naples. Il Soffio di Partenope presents […]
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MUSICA | PERGOLESI’S STABAT MATER & MORE
Concert organized by the Valletta Baroque Festival | Teatru Manoel in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, within this year’s edition of the Valletta Baroque Festival. With the participation of Abchordis Ensemble Along with the iconic Stabat Mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, the concert will highlight masterpieces of Neapolitan Baroque such as the Dies Irae […]
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LA SCATOLA MAGICA | DISCOVERING LECCE AND PUGLIA
Most probably many of you have heard of “Italy’s heel”. Well that is the very southern part of a region called Puglia that our guest, Chiara Garrisi will illustrate in her presentation. Puglia is a very long region, including two peninsulas: Gargano and Salento. One of the most beautiful cities in Puglia is Lecce which, […]
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MUSIC | CONCERTO DI NATALE
The Italian Embassy & the Italian Cultural Institutecordially invite you to theCHRISTMAS CONCERT THE SOLOISTS OF THE CANOVA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA&INDRO BORREANI | violinENRICO SAVERIO PAGANO | continuo and conductor Church of Saint Catherine of Italy, VallettaWednesday, 18 December 2019 | At 5:00 pmFree entrance | RSVP: segreteria.iiclavalletta@esteri.it The Soloists of the Canova Chamber Orchestra, in […]
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SPECIAL EVENT | IL PANETTONE, SIMBOLO DEL NATALE
The Italian Cultural Institute, Valletta presents “La Scatola Magica” with Dott. Anna Porcheddu. Salvo Terranova – “Il Panettone, simbolo del Natale” A very special Magic Box event this month, dedicated to Panettone: a traditional symbol of Christmas. Whatever the menu, on A very special Magic Box event this month, dedicated to Panettone: a traditional symbol of […]
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