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no. 2 / wednesday / 5 February 2014 editorials

THE WHEEL DEAL Sarah Barchus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 THE MONUMENTS MEN Theresa Potenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 BUILDING ROME Mike Dilien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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EXHIBITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 LIVE MUSIC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 festivals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 DANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 THEATRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 ACADEMIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 OPERA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 OPERA NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

classified columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 MISCELLANY

SKIING NEAR ROME Gabrielle Bolzoni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 useful numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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TRANSPORT

Sarah Barchus

THE WHEEL DEAL A bicycle-friendly mayor means the future could be brighter for Rome’s cyclists

ome may not be trying to reinvent the wheel, but it is trying to make its streets more welcoming for pedal power. Economic and environmental factors are making bicycles a more attractive form of transport in the heavily motorised metropolis, prompting both local government officials and independent groups to advocate cycling. The Eternal City is behind Europe in the road race: while cycling in Europe accounts for about seven per cent of transport use, in Italy it is only four per cent. Italy has one of the world’s highest ratios of cars to people with around 970 vehicles per 1,000 adults, according to figures reported by Public Radio International (PRI), a non-profit US-based news source that broadcasts internationally. After a slow start some local authorities, especially in the north of Italy, are promoting bike-sharing, according to the European Cyclists Federation (ECF), a lobbyist group which encourages cycling initiatives and improved riding conditions. Citing Italy’s transport ministry, the ECF reported that as of 2013 about five million Italians ride bikes during the week, tripling the number that did in 2001. Furthermore, in 2011 and 2012 more bikes than cars were sold in Italy. The economy is partially responsible for the drop in car sales. After the global

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Ignazio Marino cycles to work on his first day as mayor of Rome.

financial crisis people were less inclined to make large purchases that continue to rack up expenses even after the deal is closed. The young are hesitant to spend money for driving lessons, especially in the face of bleak job prospects. Roberto Vavassori, president of Italian automotive association ANFIA, told PRI that many environmentally conscientious people don’t feel the need for vehicles when there are cheaper, greener options with the abundance of public transport available. “I see this tendency where youngsters, people under 30, don’t necessarily want to have a driving license,” he said. “We have more than

10 per cent of youngsters not getting a license because they feel it is no longer necessary to own a car or even use a car.” Biking as a form of public transportation came to Rome later than other areas of Europe and the capital’s public transport company ATAC had to take over the bike-sharing programme in 2009 when the city failed to come to an agreement with the private company that wanted to invest in the scheme. The bikes were available, the organisation was in full swing, the servicing was excellent, but then the comune failed to back the initiative with advertising and promotion. The company eventually pulled out.

TRANSPORT After the transition ATAC, which is badly in debt, reported that 50 of the 1,000 bikes disappeared in less than a month, and even those who previously used the bikes enthusiastically have now given up. However, lobbyist groups and government officials are still trying to put a positive spin on cycling. The Italian Federation of Friends of the Bike (FIAB) petitions for new cyclistfriendly laws such as extending personal injury insurance to cover bike commutes (see recent protests by mothers in Rome and Milan over the dangers of taking their children to school by bike) and campaigns for cyclists. It also takes an annual cycling census to gauge the biking climate of Rome. In order to achieve this goal, FIAB managed in March 2013 to get a handful of politicians to sign a declaration on cycling recommending that the share of those who use cycling as their main form of transport should be increased to 20 per cent of the total by 2020, safety initiatives to halve cyclist and pedestrian fatalities and injuries, a 30 kph speed limit for vehicles in urban areas, and pushing the present 6,000-km Italian EuroVelo, a cycle route network, to its full 20,000 km. Optimistic and outspoken cycling advocate mayor Ignazio Marino has put some of his plans in motion when he restricted the movement of vehicular traffic around the Colosseum last August. He set an example for the public by biking to the office on his first day of work, though for many their commute to work will be uphill. There are few bike lanes, motorised traffic is undisciplined, bike theft is high (most cyclists know what it is to have had a bike stolen) and, in case one were to forget, Rome is built on seven hills. Last year thousands of protesters gathered to express their frustration at the safety conditions in Rome, which is ranked as the tenth European city for biker fatalities. Marino has acknowledged the danger and the trials of the relatively unprotected type of transport.

“At the present time with the traffic, with the aggressiveness of some of the drivers in Rome, it can be scary,” Marino said. This only served to spur on his efforts to pedestrianise the historic centre—efforts that have garnered mixed responses from the public. Among those happy with the change are cycling advocacy groups such as Legambiente and City Bike who, along with FIAB, celebrate biking with events like the Giretto d’Italia, in which 23 participating cities compete to see which has the most urban cyclists. The event took place in May last year, although Rome did not participate. If you are looking for guided bike tours, the Eternal City has plenty of groups offering day trips or extended excursions. Bici & Baci’s three-hour tours depart daily from its base at Via Cavour 302, weaving a path via the Quirinale to end at the Colosseum, where bikers see hot spots along the way such as the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps and the Pantheon. Bici & Baci also offers tours in English and personalised itineraries for exploring Rome. Top Bike Rental at Via Carlo Botta 11 has several types of bikes available and offers private or group tours in English. You can choose from different themed tours like Panoramic Rome, City Centre, or the Catacombs and the Parco degli Acquedotti. Top: Rome’s bike sharing scheme has fallen on hard times. Below: Villa Borghese is popular with cyclists of all ages.

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are three EuroVelo routes running through Italy, hitting major cities like Rome. The EuroVelo website maps out the routes (completed, planned, and unfinished portions) www.eurovelo.com/en/ cycling-in/italy.

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view the popular bike paths crisscrossing Rome or to map out your own route go to www.bikemap.net/en/regional/Italy/Latium/ Rome/.

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are various shops that sell bikes in the historic centre. Collaltibici in Via del Pellegrino 87, Di Bartolomeo in Piazza S. Caterina della Rota 93 and Gori, Via Panico 78, but the main place to look is along Via Portuense.

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Borghese offers several bike rental services including Bici Pincio at Viale di Villa Medici and Viale della Pineta (tel. 066784374) and Ascol Bike at various locations in the park, www.ascolbike.com.

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HISTORY

Theresa Potenza

THE MONUMENTS MEN

Damage to many of Romeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s artistic treasures during world war two was prevented by a dedicated group of experts and academics attached to the Allied military forces

What remained of the Monte Cassino monastery after Allied bombing in February 1944. Life photographer George Silk.

s you wander the small streets of Trastevere or gaze at the might of the Colosseum, it is hard to imagine these were once the backdrop to a war that was one of the deadliest in history. Now, during the year that marks the 70th anniversary of the Allied landings in Anzio in January 1944 and the liberation of Rome in June the same year, the work that was done to protect and preserve Italyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cultural heritage is getting some belated recognition. The United States commission for the protection and salvage of artistic and historic monuments in war areas (known as the Roberts Commission) was established in June 1943 thanks to Francis Taylor, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and with the blessing of President Franklin Roosevelt. The commission set up the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archive (MFAA) programme, which was the first of its kind and came under the civil and military government sections of the Allied armies. Its sole purpose was to safeguard cul5 February 2014 | Wanted in Rome

HISTORY tural treasures in the European, Mediterranean and Far East theatres of war. Art historians, museum curators, archaeologists and university professors worked with military officers and civilians to patch up and protect the art and architectural wonders in Europe. In the words of Deane Keller, a monuments officer with the US Fifth Army and professor of art at Yale, who is quoted in Robert Edsel’s recent nonfiction book Saving Italy (2013): “In wartime when thoughts of men of fighting nations are concerned primarily with winning battles and the consequent fear, animosity, hatred, blood and death, it seems incongruous and inconsistent that the commanders of opposing armies should give attention to culture and the fine arts. Yet in both the Nazi-Fascist and Allied armies, perhaps for the first time in history, there were men whose sole job it was to preserve the heritage and culture of nations being torn to shreds by the ravages of war. Italy was the first to know the men whose job it was to care for her cultural and artistic heritage in wartime.” Saving Italy encapsulates details of this little-told story to save Italy’s art, architecture and archives from looting and destruction and is a sequel to an earlier book by Edsel, The Monuments Men (2009), focusing on the broader tasks of the operation throughout Europe. Edsel’s research has inspired the production of a Hollywood film starring George Clooney, Cate Blanchett and Matt Damon called The Monuments Men, to be released in Europe in mid-February.

The S. Lorenzo district near Termini station suffered extensive Allied bomb damage in 1943.

Also to mark the 70th anniversary of the Allied liberation of Italy, Context Travel, a group that provides specialised walks for the intellectually curious, has organised a tour focusing on both the destruction and deliverance of the Italian capital in 1944. Tour guide Richard Bowen takes visitors on an itinerary that includes the well-known war sites such

as the Fosse Ardeatine, Via Tasso and the Museum of Liberation, the fascist urban programmes of the EUR district and the railway neighbourhood of S. Lorenzo. In July 1943, as United States, Canadian and British troops landed in Sicily, Allied planes targeted Rome’s railway marshalling yards in S. Lorenzo on a mission to disrupt enemy communica-

In the pretty Tuscan town of Cortona, locals and tourists sit out on the town hall steps until late at night on warm summer evenings. Many years ago, Michele W was enjoying watching strollers out for an after-dinner walk when he overheard two elderly tourists sitting near him, chatting in Texas accents. He got into conversation with them, and invited them to join him for a glass of wine. They told him they had been stationed with the US forces in Sardinia during world war two and had come to do a tour of some of the places they had had to bomb. One of them was an art historian in civvy street, and was horrified when, during a pre-operational briefing, he realised he was about to be sent to bomb Cortona. He, the pilot, went into a huddle before take-off with his friend, the navigator, and they secretly resolved to disobey orders and drop their bombs in the woods outside the village. Now as pensioners they had come to see the town they had saved. Geoffrey Watson

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HISTORY tion and interrupt the supplies of German and Italian forces. The bombing left 1,800 people dead while hitting the neighbouring church of S. Lorenzo Fuori le Lura and adjacent university and hospital buildings. In February 1944, the Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino, about 130 km south of Rome, was bombed to rubble by Allied aircraft to clear the heavy German defence of the road to Rome. Not long after this, the American monuments men began to focus their efforts on protective and not only salvage operations. Monuments officers worked directly with army commanders, surveying and mapping out Italian sites that should be avoided during air raids. Shipments of art from museums and churches all over Italy were sent to the Vatican and other supposedly secure places such as countryside villas and castles, shelters and stone fortresses. Masterpieces from the Borghese Gallery and Caravaggio paint-

ings from the church of S. Luigi dei Francesi were taken to the Vatican for storage, along with more than 3,800 works of art from Venice, Milan and Rome. Many tourists are surprised at what relatively little damage was done in Rome during world war two. This is mainly because Rome was declared an open city on 14 August 1943 – the day after the second raid on S. Lorenzo – thanks to the considerable Vatican pressure on the United States to stop Allied bombings. But the “monuments men” as well as private individuals all over the city also played their part.

Robert Edsel’s recent book Saving Italy.

▶ Between January and June, members of the Italian Star Association have arranged anniversary meetings to remember key events in the Italian campaign. After the meetings on 19 January in Piazza Venezia and 22 January at Anzio, there will be gatherings on 18 February in Aprilia, 19 May in Monte Cassino, 4 June in Rome and 16 June at Allerona Bridge. To find out more details contact Harry Shindler MBE, Italian representative of the Italy Star Association, harryshindler@libero.it, tel. 0735 658446 or 347 5242893.

MONUMENTS WOMAN Vera Cacciatore was the 30-year-old curator of the Keats Shelley House in Piazza di Spagna at the outbreak of world war two. By December 1941 she realised that a museum dedicated to the British Romantic poets was a potential target, not only for its documents and manuscripts but also for its landmark position at the foot of the Spanish Steps. She closed the premises and removed the plaques from the outside of the house, and the museum was placed under neutral Swedish and Swiss administration. She then entrusted two small boxes containing the museum’s most prized possessions (Severn’s last drawing of the dying Keats, Keats’s own drawing of a Grecian urn, two first editions of his poems, locks of his and Shelley’s hair and many of their letters) and sent them for safe keeping to the Benedictine monastery at Monte Cassino, then considered one of the safest places in Italy. However, in October 1943, after the landing of Allied troops on mainland Italy and the Italian government’s surrender in September, the Germans decided to evacuate the Monte Cassino archives and take them north. The librarian managed to place the anonymous boxes from the Keats Shelley House among his personal possessions on a German lorry to be delivered to the Benedictine motherhouse of S. Anselmo on the Aventine in Rome. On 30 November, over six months before the liberation of the city, Cacciatore collected the two boxes from S. Anselmo and took them back to the museum in Piazza di Spagna. The danger was still intense. People were on the run, deserters and Jews were being rounded up, and in reprisal for the partisan bombing in Via Rasella of German troops, who had marched through Piazza di Spagna only minutes previously, 335 people were murdered in the Fosse Ardeatine on 24 March 1944. In her own account of the story*, Cacciatore tells how only days after the liberation of Rome on 4 June 1944 the boxes were finally unsealed by the United States and British ambassadors and that even before the conflict was over the museum once again became a haven for Britons and Americans and all lovers of the Romantic poets. Mary Wilsey * A Room in Rome by Vera Cacciatore, part of which is reproduced in Keats and Italy by Sally Brown, is on sale at the Keats Shelley House, Piazza di Spagna 26.

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IMMIGRATION

Mike Dilien

Building Rome

Unscrupulous gang bosses pay foreign workers a pittance for dangerous and unregulated work on Rome’s building sites

iale Palmiro Togliatti. At dawn, a dozen men get off bus 591 and join a crowd behind the bus stop. A grey pile of rock is looming in the background. All the men carry a backpack, wear a baseball hat or hoodie, and keep their hands in their pockets. It is -2 degrees Celsius. Several vans – large and small, delivery vans and pick-ups, all without a logo – are cruising the avenue. When one of the vans slows down in front of the crowd, the men become nervous. Welcome to Rome’s oldest and largest illegal labour exchange. According to the ispettorato del lavoro, more than half of the local building companies turn to some 40 of these places in the capital. Originally, the smorzo (from smorzare: to dim, to cool off ) was a place where quicklime was “cooled off” to slaked lime. It is now, in Roman dialect, a yard selling builder’s material. And sometimes a place where cheap labour can be hired. The van stops. Instantly all the men gather around it. The driver negotiates with what seems to be a spokesman. Both men gesticulate heavily. Then the spokesman turns to the crowd, points

Labourers wait for work in Tor di Quinto. Photos by Mike Dilien. 5 February 2014 | Wanted in Rome

IMMIGRATION at a couple of men and orders them to get in the vehicle. Gang bosses take €12-€13 an hour for each worker, but pay him only €4€5. They pay when the job is finished. Sometimes, when a job lasts several days, the gang master does not show up at the end, leaving the workers with only a mobile phone number that no longer takes calls. To avoid taxes and contributions, building firms subcontract endlessly. The result is a pyramid structure of ever-smaller companies. “Companies,” explains Marco Di Girolamo of the Fillea Cgil union federation, “who have ridiculously small equity and whose legal owner turns out to be a drug addict.” Apparently homogenous, the crowd on Viale Togliatti, which runs through

Workers’ shacks near building sites in Centocelle.

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the suburbs of Centocelle and Prenestina in the east of the city, consists of two separate groups: Romanians to the left, Moldavians to the right. On this avenue named after a famous Italian Marxist, these former Communist allies do not unite: Moldavians are extracomunitari and need a work permit and a visa; Romanians are comunitari and only need a work permit. Outside another large smorzo, in Tor di Quinto to the east of Corso Francia, North African war refugees mingle with Arabs who fled the Arab Spring. Exploitation is not after a specific nationality, only a certain level of despair. These day labourers work on skyscraping scaffolds, clean storage tanks and remove asbestos without insurance, training or protective clothing. In 2007, the province of Rome recorded

19 fatal accidents – the tip of the iceberg, since there are only 20 labour inspectors and the statistics rarely include accidents involving illegal immigrants. When an illegal immigrant dies on a building site, he vanishes without trace. By 08.00 the vans disappear. Now the first cars show up. A driver pulls over. He rolls down the window. Ordinary citizens come here to pick up someone to paint a wall, put up a satellite dish or break down a stable. The principle is simple: you agree a price, take the worker to the work place and bring him back afterwards. Daniele, Silvio or Valerio–they all Italianise their names – claim to “work fast”, promise “una cosa ben fatta” and, above all, do not charge VAT. Neighbourhood residents close

IMMIGRATION

Construction site in Casale Rosso.

their eyes to this open-air discounter of despair. Does the bus stop in front of the crowd placate their conscience, let them pretend to believe that the men are waiting for the 591 bus? All day patrol cars pass at regular intervals – the police station is just down the road. On the crossing with Via Prenestina, a patrol car stops an immigrant who is about to cross the avenue. The policemen check whether he is being looked for. They take his fingerprints. Though one in five construction workers is in Italy illegally, the law surprisingly never checks the smorzi. Building companies face on average one inspection every seven years. Gang masters, from the snooper working on the building site to the recruiter operating in public places, only risk a €50 fine, and then only if they are

caught red-handed. For years the Fillea Cgil has been pushing unsuccessfully to make illegal labour contracting a criminal offence. Immigrants may work cheaply, pay rent and contribute taxes, but not have a life. The workers, some of whom are beyond retirement age, join the crowd outside the smorzo six days a week. The least fortunate spend Sunday asleep on the benches in front of it. Around noon, most of the workers who have not managed to get a job leave. They take tram 14 to Termini station where they will try to get lunch from the Caritas canteen. Today is another day they will have to queue for food. Tonight the family men among them will go home empty-handed. Those who stay are hoping for a small job, typically gardening. Some sit on the pavement chain-smoking;

others cross the road to the Romanian supermarket to buy alcohol. Suddenly, a couple of men start to quarrel. A fight breaks out. There is ever more competition for jobs. Fillea Cgil estimates that 15,000 immigrants gather outside Rome’s smorzi, more than three times the number the industry needs. A couple of years ago, workers easily made €50 a day; now they barely make €30. When the cranes on the construction sites stop moving and traffic on the avenue slows, the men head to Ponte Mammolo. They sleep in cars, in barracks along the Aniene river or below bridges where they wake to the sound of the early train – ready to build another splendid villa or luxury flat; ready to refurbish that ideal holiday home.

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SKIING NEAR ROME There are many skiing resorts within an easy drive of Rome along the Apennines in Lazio and Abruzzo. Each resort offers promotional ski passes, ski schools for adults and children, ski clubs, ski hire and reasonable accommodation. Most stations offer an efficient rescue system on the runs. A season ticket costs about €470 per adult and €350 per child. There is also the possibility of buying a “Skipass dei park”, which allows you to ski with the same pass around Ovindoli, Grotte Di Stiffe, Campo Felice and Gran Sasso. Ovindoli Ovindoli is located in the province of L’Aquila in Abruzzo, about 130 km from Rome, and is part of the Sirente-Velino regional natural park. The Altopiano delle Rocche, which connects Ovindoli with Rocca di Mezzo, is home to the longest cross-country skiing slopes in central Italy. The Magnola mountain, which goes from 1,400 m to 2,220 m, offers 30 km of alpine skiing, served by modern and efficient lifts. The slopes, which belong to the ski area of Tre Nevi, suit all skiing abilities, and professional skiers can also find some prestigious black runs. There is a snow park in the Magnola upper park at 1,980 m as well as the recently-opened lower park, located along the Dolce Vita slope at 1,650 m. It also has a very efficient snowmaking system, which guarantees perfect snow even when natural snow is lacking. Tel. 0863 705058 or 840 000900, www.ovindolimagnola.it. Terminillo Since the 1930s, when it was made fashionable by Mussolini, Terminillo has been a tourist destination for passionate skiers, and it is still one of the favourite winter resorts for Rome’s skiers. It has six lifts, including a cable car, two ski lifts, two chairlifts and a treadmill, as well as over 40 km of steep slopes for alpine skiing, and 20 km of perfectly beaten nordic skiing

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slopes. Its variegated flora and fauna make it an ideal place for excursions, nature trails and other sporting activities such as hiking and downhill racing. It has recently inaugurated a high altitude riding school with horses, which pull the sledges. Tel. 800 019881, www. monteterminillo.net. Campo Felice Campo Felice in Abruzzo is a karst plateau in the central Apennines, located within the Sirente-Velino natural park about 113 km from Rome. This ski resort is part of the Tre Nevi area, along with Ovindoli and Campo Imperatore, and is a favourite destination for Romans. It offers 30 km of alpine skiing slopes of various difficulties, served by very efficient cableways, including nine chairlifts, two ski lifts, three tapis roulant. A modern snowmaking system, made of 250 artificial snow cannons, provides over 16 km of slopes. A must for snowboarders is the Swup Snowpark, with its new facilities, jumps and breathtaking passages, which saw it win the prize for best snowboarding system of central Italy in 2012. Tel. 800 019129, www.campofelice.it. Pescasseroli This resort, located in the heart of the Abruzzo national park, is about 160 km from Rome and offers 20 km of skiing, divided in 14 slopes for all abilities, including two difficult black runs, six red or intermediate slopes, six blue or easy slopes for beginners. There is also some unofficial off-piste skiing for the most adventurous experts. The resort has three chair lifts and two ski lifts. Tel. 0863 911118, www.sciareapescasseroli.it. Monte Livata The alpine skiing areas of Monte Livata are famous for cross-country skiing and are particularly suitable for families. Three new treadmills take skiers to the top of the mountain, from where they can choose an alpine skiing descent or a snowboarding and tubing track. 13 km of new runs have been added recently to the traditional crossskiing circuit, which goes

By Gabrielle Bolzoni from Campo dell’Osso to Campaegli. Tel. 0774 8161, www.livata.it. Campo Imperatore Campo Imperatore is 120 km from Rome and was the first to be developed in the Apennines. It is among the highest in Italy at 2,200 m on the famous Gran Sasso in Abruzzo. A cablecar takes skiers from Fonte Cerreto to Campo Imperatore and two chair lifts take them to five panoramic slopes. It offers 15 km of alpine skiing and 60 km of nordic skiing. There is also a snow park with half-pipe facilities and boarder cross slopes for snowboarders. Tel. 0862 606143, www. ilgransasso.it. Roccaraso Roccaraso is one of the major skiing resorts in the Abruzzo about 194 km from Rome. It is the heart of the largest ski area in central Italy, the Alto Sangro, which includes 160 km of slopes and 36 lifts. Founded in 1910, Roccaraso’s skiing resort still hosts prestigious international skiing competitions. Its numerous slopes include some that are suitable for children. Tel. 0864 577775, www.roccaraso.net. Campo di Giove Campo di Giove is located on the western slope of the Majella natural park in Abruzzo about 170 km from Rome. A chairlift and a ski lift take skiers to a slope at about 1,800 m. Two bars/restaurants are located along the way. The numerous slopes are of varying levels of difficulty: the Serra Campanile is easy and suitable for kids, the Le Capre, Pareti Rosse and Delle Signore are of medium difficulty, while the Porrara is one of the most fascinating and challenging black runs in the Apennines. New this year are a snow park, a snow playground for young skiers, called Kinder Park Giovilandia, and a synthetic ice skating rink open throughout the year. Tel. 0864 408164, www.campodigioveimpianti.it.

exhibitions Le mille e una notte by Vittorio Zecchin at Museo Boncompagni.

Typhon and other mythological monsters at Palazzo Massimi.

GIACOMETTI. LA SCULTURA 4 Feb-15 June Billed as the largest Alberto Giacometti exhibition ever held in Italy, works by the Swiss artist are on display at Galleria Borghese. Around 40 drawings and sculptures, some monumental, take the gallery’s celebrated collection of ancient, renaissance, baroque and neoclassical sculpture into the 20th century. Among the works exhibited are Femme qui marche II (Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice), Buste de Diego (Centre Pompidou, Paris) and Femme de Venise V (private collection). Galleria Borghese, Piazzale del Museo Borghese 5, tel. 068413979, www.galleriaborghese.it. LIBERO DE LIBERO E GLI ARTISTI DELLA COMETA 29 Jan-27 April Rome’s municipal modern art gallery pays tribute to the poet, writer and art promoter Libero de Libero (19031981). He launched the careers of numerous Rome artists whose works are now in the city’s permanent art collection. The exhibition contains some 40 works by artists supported by de Libero when he was at the helm of a small art gallery in Rome called La Cometa. The show features paintings, drawings and sculpture by artists associated with the Cometa years of the 1930s, including Afro, Capogrossi, Levi, Manzù, Melli, Pirandello and Severini. Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Via Francesco Crispi 24, tel. 060608.

Ivory diptych. Apoteosi. Da Uomini a Dei, Castel S. Angelo.

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KATHRYN ANDREWS – ALEX ISRAEL 16 Jan-15 March The Gagosian Gallery presents an exhibition of new works by Los Angeles-

Bronze and stone Nuragic artefacts at Villa Giuila.

based installation artists Kathryn Andrews and Alex Israel. Originally from Alabama, Andrews creates prints and sculptures that address issues relating to performance and presentation. Californian artist Israel has work in the permanent collections of a number of major art museums, and is the host of avant-garde independent internet talk show As It Lays. Gagosian Gallery, Via Francesco Crispi 16, tel. 0642746429, www.gagosian.com. APOTEOSI. DA UOMINI A DEI. IL MAUSOLEO ADRIANO 21 Dec-27 April Castel S. Angelo, otherwise known as the Mausoleum of Hadrian, hosts an exhibition dedicated to the historical significance of the building which was originally designed as a mausoleum for the Roman emperor Hadrian and his family. The exhibition highlights the building’s architecture from its foundations to the ritual spaces of imperial tombs, as well as illustrating the origins of the deification of Roman emperors by displaying a number of ancient artefacts. Museo Nazionale di Castel S. Angelo, Lungotevere Castello 50, tel. 066819111, www. castelsantangelo.beniculturali.it. MOSTRI. CREATURE FANTASTICHE DELLA PAURA E DEL MITO 20 Dec-1 June This exhibition at Palazzo Massimo is dedicated to monsters, with over 100 archaeological objects such as statues, pottery, weapons, frescoes and mosaics on show. The mythological beasts depicted include griffins, chimeras, centaurs, sirens, satyrs, harpies, minotaurs, as well as representations of Typhon, Triton, Gorgon, Pegasus, the

Sphinx, and the Hydra of Lerna. The exhibition explores the myths of the classical tradition that influenced modern and contemporary art, and cinema in particular. The show comprises loans from international museums in Athens, Berlin, Basel, Vienna, Los Angeles and New York, in addition to artefacts on loan from Italian institutions. Museo Nazionale Romano Palazzo Massimo, Largo di Villa Peretti 1, tel. 063996770, www.archeoroma.beniculturali.it. DISEGNI DI ARCHITETTURA DEL SETTECENTO 20 Dec-31 March Palazzo Braschi displays a series of 18th-century drawings, sketches and designs from its own collection. The drawings attest to the spate of construction of monumental buildings by well known architects such as Ferdinando Fuga and Nicola Salvi, including celebrated works such as the Trevi Fountain, the façade of St John Lateran, St Paul’s Outside the Walls, and numerous chapels, fountains and private homes. Due to their fragility, the paper works can only be exposed to light for short periods and are rotated by the museum which has a vast amount of drawings, watercolours and engravings in its care. Museo di Roma Palazzo Braschi, Piazza di S. Pantaleo 10, tel. 060608, www.museodiroma.it. VITTORIO ZECCHIN, DUILIO CAMBELLOTTI E LE MILLE E UNA NOTTE 14 Dec-3 March The Museo Boncompagni presents the highly decorative work of Venetian modernist artist Vittorio Zecchin (18781947) and the Roman illustrator Duilio Cambellotti (1876-1960). The exhibition is dedicated to the artists’ interpretations of One Thousand and One Nights, the great collection of Arabian and Oriental tales popular in Italy in the early 20th century. On show are six of the original 12 panels from the series Zecchin created for the Hotel Terminus in Venice in 1914, as well as Cambellotti’s tempora illustrations for a two-volume set of books that was published around the same time. Although it is not known whether either artist was aware of the other’s work while completing their commissions, between them they helped to spread awareness of the stories whose popularity in Italy continues a century later. Museo Boncompagni, Via Boncompagni 18, tel. 0642824074, www.museoboncompagni.beniculturali.it. LA SARDEGNA DEI 10,000 NURAGHI 14 Dec-16 March The Etruscan Museum at Villa Giulia presents the first exhibition in the capital to examine Sardinia’s ancient Nuragic

Self Portraits by Alex Israel at the Gagosian.

civilisation which developed from the Bronze Age until the beginning of the Iron Age. The Nuragic people’s name is derived from the stone tower-fortresses, known as nuraghe, the remains of which still dot the Sardinian landscape today. The exhibition comprises some 40 Nuragic objects in bronze or stone from Sardinian museums and the show is divided into four sections: Images of a people; Places and symbols; Identity and horizons; Symbols and signs of memory. Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, Piazzale di Villa Giulia 9, tel. 06322657, www.villagiulia.beniculturali.it.

STILL SHOWING THE 1970s. ART IN ROME 17 Dec-2 March The work of some 80 Italian and in-

ternational artists is united in an exhibition celebrating art that was either produced or shown in Rome during the 1970s, a decade that was synonymous in Italy with artistic experimentation and political conflict. The show explores the work of artists that best represent the Rome art scene of that decade, incorporating a variety of schools and styles by artists who were active in movements from Arte Povera to conceptual, minimalist, analytical and narrative art. Among the best known Rome artists in the show are Burri, De Chirico, Twombly, Ontani, Cucchi and Ceccobelli, some of whose work appeared as Wanted in Rome covers in the past. The exhibition also showcases international artists who spent time in Rome during the 1970s, such as Beuys, LeWitt, Gil-

Still Life by Roberto Melli at Galleria d’Arte Moderna in the Libero de Libero exhibition. 5 February 2014 | Wanted in Rome

his work. La Pelanda – Centro di Produzione Culturale, Piazza Orazio Giustiniani 4, tel. 060608.

A young deacon reading the bible in Ethiopia by Kazuyoshi Nomachi.

Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands by Herb Ritts.

bert & George and Woodman. Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Via Nazionale 194, tel. 0639967500, www.palazzoesposizioni.it. NOMACHI LE VIE DEL SACRO 14 Dec-4 May The exhibition Le Vie del Sacro is described as the largest retrospective devoted to Kazuyoshi Nomachi as well as the first time that the work of the Japanese photographer has been exhibited in the west. There are about 200 images in the exhibition which is divided into seven sections spanning the photographer’s 40-year career. Nomachi has documented various peoples and ancient traditions in some of the world’s remotest places, always obtaining a level of discretion, even sacredness in

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HERB RITTS - IN PIENA LUCE 11 Dec-30 March The work of American fashion photographer Herb Ritts (1952-2002) is on show at the AuditoriumExpo, the Auditorium’s photography exhibition space that opened last April. The Los Angeles photographer specialised in black and white portraits and became famous for his glossy portrayals of Hollywood celebrites such as Johnny Depp, Madonna, Michael Jackson and Richard Gere. This retrospective features over 100 images including some of his best known portraits and fashion photographs, on loan from the Herb Ritts Foundation in California. AuditoriumExpo, Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Viale Pietro De Coubertin 30, info tel. 06802411, www.auditorium.com. UNA STORIA AMERICANA PHOTOGRAPHS BY GORDON PARKS 5 Dec-16 Feb Palazzo Incontro displays an exhibition of photographs by the US photographer, musician, writer and movie director Gordon Parks (1912-2006) who is best remembered for his photographic articles for Life magazine and as the director of the 1971 film Shaft. Entitled Una storia americana, the exhibition comprises photographs by Parks that deal with poverty, social exclusion, abuse of power and, in particular, racial segregation and prejudice. Through his photographs Parks gave a voice to the people in society who were often the most ignored, as well as documenting leading black cultural icons such as Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali and Martin Luther King. There are over 160 photographs in the exhibition, which was shown in Milan in early 2013 and is the first major European retrospective dedicated to Parks’ photography. Palazzo Incontro, Via dei Prefetti 22, tel. 0697276614, www.fandangoincontro.it. SANTIAGO CALATRAVA 5 Dec-20 Feb The Vatican honours the celebrated Spanish architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter Santiago Calatrava with a major exhibition at the Braccio di Carlo Magno, to the left of St Peter’s Square. The exhibition features models of Calatrava’s signature projects as well as his geometric portrait paintings, watercolours and sketch books. Among the highlights of the 140 works on show are Calatrava’s models for the St Nicholas (continued page 18)

The Girasole building by Luigi Moretti on Viale Bruno Buozzi.

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Fotografie dalle collezioni del MAXXI 28 Nov-30 March 2014 marks the 70th birthday of Gabriele Basilico, one of the greatest contemporary Italian photographers. This exhibition – curated by Giovanna Calvenzi and Francesca Fabiani – commemorates him less than a year after his death, and follows the exhibition that MAXXI dedicated to another great master of his generation, Luigi Ghirri, several of whose projects Basilico took part in during the 1980s. Basilico studied architecture at Milan Polytechnic and graduated in 1973. He never practiced as an architect, but his photography is a masterful reading of the built environment, due to his ability to make out the structure of a landscape. This was achieved through long explorations on foot, carrying a field camera and tripod, looking for vantage points to provide a thorough understanding. Basilico was a cultured and sensitive man who had among his points of reference photographers like Bernd & Hilla Becher or Atget, but also painters like Sironi, Vermeer or Bernardo Bellotto; one day I asked him to sign one of his books and he kindly agreed, adding below, ‘Viva Antonioni.’ The works on display span three decades, including images of the construction of MAXXI, a selection from his work on Beirut after the civil war, the architecture of Luigi Moretti, views of Rome that weave a dialogue with Piranesi, and metaphysical glimpses of Milan at night. The exhibition includes a documentary film by Amos Gitai on Basilico, where he talks about his work in his soft-spoken and witty way. MAXXI, Via Guido Reni 4a, tel. 0639967350, www.fondazionemaxxi.it. Jacopo Benci

of the magazine’s Italian version, charts the fascinating story of the society’s cultural, natural and archaeological exploits in some of the most remote corners of the world. Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Via Nazionale 194, tel. 0639967500, www. palazzoesposizioni.it.

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Japanese artist Toshiko Horiuchi Macadam combines art with fun at MACRO. Photo Roberto Boccaccino.

Greek Orthodox Church at New York’s Ground Zero site, and the Cathedral of St John the Divine, also in New York. Significantly, it is first time that the Vatican honours a living architect with an exhibition. Braccio di Carlo Magno, Piazza S. Pietro. CARLO SARACENI 1579-1620 UN VENEZIANO TRA ROMA E L’EUROPA 29 Nov-2 March Palazzo di Venezia presents the first major exhibition dedicated to the Venetian painter Carlo Saraceni, who was active in Rome from 1598 until 1619, before returning to Venice where he died in 1620. During Saraceni’s time in Rome his work was much in demand by the era’s most important religious and artistocratic patrons of the arts, and his commissions included the Sala Regia frescoes at the Quirinal Palace. The result of years of work, this retrospective highlights the evolution of the artist’s style as well as his path to international fame and success. The exhibition includes both large and small pieces, works never exhibited and recently restored paintings. Palazzo Venezia, Via del Plebiscito 118, tel. 0669994388. MODIGLIANI, SOUTINE AND THE DAMNED ARTISTS 14 Nov-6 April The Netter collection of more than 120 works by artists such as Modigliani, Soutine, Utrillo, Valadon and Kisling is on display at Palazzo Cipolla after successful shows in Paris and Milan. All of these artists lived and worked in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris at the beginning of the 20th century, a revolutionary period in the history of art. Businessman Jonas Netter (1867 – 1946) was both a patron of the arts and an astute buyer who assembled a stellar collection of works by

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then-unknown, and often impoverished, artists. The works have not been shown publicly for over 70 years, and curator Marc Restellini says “today they appear almost as if by magic, from another world.” Palazzo Cipolla, Fondazione Roma Museo, Via del Corso 320, tel. 066786209, www.fondazioneromamuseo.it. ANTONIAZZO ROMANO 1 Nov-4 March Palazzo Barberini stages an exhibition of works by Antoniazzo Romano (c.1430–c.1510), an Early Renaissance painter and leading figure of the Roman school during the 15th century. The exhibition illustrates the development and key moments in the artistic career of the important Rome artist who was a contemporary of Piero della Francesca, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Melozzo da Forlì and Perugino. Romano’s sacred work was much in demand from the Vatican, religious communities and noble families, particularly his depictions of the Madonna which were characterised by a similarity to modern females of that period. The 50 works on display on the ground floor of Palazza Barberini include large religious paintings, altarpieces, panels and decorative frescoes, and reveal how the painter combined Renaissance innovations with the splendour of Mediaeval art. Palazzo Barberini, Via delle Quattro Fontane 13, tel. 064814591, www.galleriabarberini.beniculturali.it. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: THE GREAT ADVENTURE 28 Sept-2 March This photographic exhibition celebrates the National Geographic Society on the 125th anniversary of its founding in Washington in 1888. The exhibition, staged to celebrate the 15th anniversary

UNStudio NATURE 6 Dec-13 April The site specific installation by the Dutch architectural practice UNStudio presents a number of the firm’s completed projects and questions the traditional understanding of an architectural exhibition. The interactive installation examines how a space is informed by movement, space and perspective as well as guaging visitors’ physical reaction to these three key architectural elements. The installation is the fourth and final chapter in the MAXXI series highlighting advances within contemporary architecture. ERASMUS EFFECT: ITALIAN ARCHITECTS ABROAD 6 Dec-6 April This exhibition follows the migratory paths of some of Italy’s architects who gained success and recognition abroad in recent decades. Among the architects it examines are Giacomo Quarenghi in St Petersburg, Lina Bo Bardi in Brazil, Pietro Belluschi in the US and Romaldo Giugola in Australia, as well as Renzo Piano who has designed major buildings all over the world. MAXXI, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Via Guido Reni 4, tel. 0639967350, www.fondazionemaxxi.it.

Showing at MACRO TOSHIKO HORIUCHI MACADAM 8 Dec-31Dec Japanese artist Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam has created a giant site-specific work entitled Harmonic Motion / Rete dei draghi for MACRO as part of the seventh edition of Enel Contemporanea. The hugely colourful woollen installation was woven entirely by hand and is designed as an interactive playground where both adults and children can jump, roll, climb, crawl, hang and move through the piece’s various stages. Enel Contemporanea highlights international contemporary art in Rome and was behind the Big Bambú installation at MACRO Testaccio over the last year. GIULIO PAOLINI 29 Nov-9 March The exhibition presents 12 large installations by noted Italian artist Giulio Paolini from the early 1990s until

today, as well as a piece designed specifically for the occasion. Paolini’s exhibition is developed around the theme Essere o non essere (To be or not to be) which he uses to examine the role, or non-role, of the artist in conceiving and creating a work of art. RENATO MAMBOR 19 Dec-9 March Atto Unico by Renato Mambor is part of a “contemporary masters” programme developed by MACRO over the past two years. The exhibition focuses on the cross-over between art and life, and includes about 30 works. Mambor’s work comprises large cardboard pieces behind which lie a puzzle for the viewer to decipher. JORINDE VOIGT 29 Nov-9 March An exhibition by Jorinde Voigt, a German artist belonging to an emerging international contemporary art scene, is entitled Liebe als Passion. Voigt’s installation consists of a new series of 16 large-scale works on paper, inspired by Niklas Luhman’s book Love as Passion. MACRO, Via Nizza 138, tel. 068548274, www.museomacro.org.

music This is just a short list of the classical concerts in Rome. For full details of all that is available visit the musical associations’ websites. Accademia di S. Cecilia www.santacecilia.it, Accademia Filarmonica di Roma www.filarmonicaromana.org, Auditorium Conciliazione www.auditoriumconciliazione.it, Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti www.concertiiuc.it, Auditorium Parco della Musica, www.auditorium.com.

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Via della Conciliazione 4, tel. 06684391, www.auditoriumconciliazione.it GIOVANNI ALLEVI SOLO PIANO 13 March Fans of this very popular Italian pianist and composer should book their seats quickly. He is often criticised for being a mass media phenomena and not a serious classical pianist however he has a large and enthusiastic following and his music for advertising spots – Secret Love for the Fiat advertisements in particular – is known worldwide.

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Via Flaminia 118, tel. 063201752, www. filarmonicaromana.org

Note that the venues for the performances are at Sala Casella, Via Flaminia 118, Teatro Argentina or Teatro Olimpico. FESTIVAL CONTROTEMPO QUATOUR DIOTIMA 6-9 Feb One of France’s best quartets compares four Beethoven and Schoenberg quartets and performs the rarely executed Livre pour Quator by Boulez. Produced in conjunction with the French Academy. Sala Casella, Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Via Flaminia 118. ALEXEI VOLODIN 13 Feb Russian pianist Alexei Volodin plays Bach, Ravel and Chopin at Teatro Argentina.

Popular Italian pianist Giovanni Allevi at the Auditorium Conciliazione.

MUSIC FOR A WHILE HENRY PURCELL 20 Feb These specialists in Elizabethan music led by Christina Pluhar, who plays the theorbo, perform works by English baroque composer Henry Purcell. Teatro Argentina. PAOLO ROSSI/LA REVERDIE 27 Feb One of the best ensembles of mediaeval music La Reverdie is directed by actor and director Paolo Rossi in this modern-day premier of Le Roman du Fauvel a 14th-century poem by Gervais de Bus put to music by Philipppe de Vitryan. This ancient mediaeval opera, a story of the corruption of political and religious power, has been transformed into a modern satire. Teatro Olimpico.

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S. Cecilia, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P. De Coubertin 30, tel. 06802411, www.santacecilia.it ANDRÁS SCHIFF 7 and 28 Feb András Schiff returns to S. Cecilia, this time with a part of his Bach series, which he performed in six recitals at the Wigmore Hall in London at the end of last year. On 7 Feb he plays Bach’s English Suites and on 28 Feb the Goldberg Variations. SOL GABETTA THE NEW WORLD 10-11 Feb The Argentinian cellist, who has now settled in Switzerland, first received international recognition when conducted by Valerie Gerghiev in 2004 at the age of 23. Here she plays music by Antonioni, Elgar and Dvořák’s New World Symphony. Conducted by Antonio Pappano.

Argentinian cellist Sol Gabeta for Accademia S. Cecilia.

Israeli-American violinist Gil Shaham for Accademia S. Cecilia. 5 February 2014 | Wanted in Rome

GIL SHAHAM 14 Feb Violinist Gil Shaham debuted at the age of 10 with the Jerusalem Symphony orchestra and the following year with the Israeli Philharmonic conducted then by Zubin Metha. Since then he has performed with the world’s leading orchestras and is now one of the world’s most sought-after concert violinists. In Rome he performs music by Bach ahead of his new recording project of all Bach’s violin solos. He will also be playing a solo suite written for him by US composer and pianist William Bolcom. ANTONIO PAPPANO 22-25 Feb Antonio Pappano, S. Cecilia’s musical director, conducts Bach’s B minor Mass. LANG LANG 1-4 March Sell-out pianist Lang Lang plays music by Meyerbeer, Prokofiev and Saint Saens conducted by Antonio Pappano.

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Lungotevere Flaminio 50, tel 063610051, www.concertiiuc.it (Concerts are in the Aula Magna of La Sapienza University) ENSEMBLE ZEFIRO 22 Feb The Italian Ensemble Sefiro specialises in 18th-century baroque music for wind instruments. They have played at many European festivals and also in Argentina, Canada, Chile, Japan, South Korea, Uruguay and the United States. Music by Albinone, Vivaldi, Galuppi, Bigaglia, Platti. BRODSKY QUARTET INTORNO A SCHOSTAKOVICH 25 Feb This British quartet plays music by Bach, Borodin and Shostakovich. GABRIELA MONTERO DEBUT A ROMA 11 March Montero is an American Venezuelan pianist known for her improvisations of complex musical compositions. She was first encouraged to improvise by pianist Martha Argerich and now often asks the audience for their spontaneous suggestions, which builds up enormous sympathy and admiration among her followers. She appears at the Argerich festival in Lugano every year and has also performed with Loren Maazel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with the Philharmonia at London’s Festival Hall as well as in Berlin, Vienna and other European cities. In her debut in Rome she plays music by Brahms and Schumann.

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American blues rock musician Joe Bonamassa at the Atlantico.

live music JOE BONAMASSA 10 March American blues rock guitarist and singer Joe Bonamassa plays at the Atlantico. Influenced by English and Irish blues players such as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Rory Gallagher, Bonamassa is in Rome as part of his European tour. BOYCE AVENUE 19 March Brothers Alejandro, Daniel and Fabian Manzano make up this Puerto RicanAmerican rock group. Formed in Florida in 2004, the band is best known for the 2010 album All We Have Left. Atlantico, Viale dell’Oceano Atlantico 271 D, tel. 065915727, www.atlanticoroma.it.

festivals LE STORIE DELLA DANZA CONTEMPORANEA 11 Jan-12 April For Romaeuropa. This ongoing initiative dedicated to contemporary dance asks what links international contemporary dance has forged over the last 60 years with art, music, new media, performance and the landscape. Experts in the sector discuss how contemporary dance can move within all these categories, depending on the dancers and the performance. On 8 Feb the talk is Forms of the contemporary: choreography and technological devices by Enrico Pitozzi. Dance, landscapes, ecosystems (1900-2013) with Fabio Acca (8 March), and Dance between memory, documentation and video dance with Enrico Coffetti and Francesca Pedroni (12 April). Free entry. MAXXI, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Via

Guido Reni 4, tel. 0639967350, www. fondazionemaxxi.it. BIG BLU 12-16 Feb The eighth edition of Big Blu, the festival dedicated to the world of recreational boating, water sports and sea, takes place at the Fiera di Roma. The popular five-day event attracts fans from across the nautical sector, from those who enjoy an occasional sail to more seasoned deck-hands and sea captains. Some of the highlights this year include a focus on diving, sports activities and interaction with the marine environment, as well as more than 500 exhibitors, workshops and conferences, and not forgetting the 530 boats on show. Fiera di Roma, Via Portuense 1645, tel. 0665074200, www.big-blu.it.

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JEWELS 9-4 April Emeralds (music by Faure), Rubies (Stravinsky) and Diamonds (Tchaikovsky). Balachine was inspired to create these three separate choreographies by the jewellery designer Claude Arpels. Each choreography is to music by a different composer and with a different style so they can be performed separately. Teatro alla Scala, Via Filodrammatico 2, www.teatroallascala.org.

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EQULIBRIO FESTIVAL DELLA NUOVA DANCE 1-23 Feb The festival, which is now in its tenth edition is directed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and is designed to discover new and talented contemporary dancers and choreographers. Following on the

performances of the seven finalists on 1-2 Feb (the works of the two winners of the 2014 Equilibrio prize will be given world premieres in next year’s festival) the programme gets into full swing with five Italian premieres and the world premieres on 23 Feb of the two 2013 Equilibrio prize winners for best dancer and best choreography. 8-9 Feb. Italian premiere of Rian by the Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre. Eight dancers from around the world together with five Irish musicians perform what has been described as an expressive cultural hybrid. 10 Feb. Italian premiere of Autarcie (…) by the Compagnie par Terre with choreography by Anne Nguyen combines two specialisations of hip hop, break dance and popping. 12 Feb. Italian premiere of Asobi choreography by Kaori Ito. An exploration of sexuality with three women and two men dancers. 15 Feb. Italian premiere of Mind a Gap by the Anton Lachky Company, where dancers explore an imaginary world and its imperfections. 18-19 Feb. iTMOi (in the mind of Igor) choreography by Akram Khan is an examination of the work of Stravinsky. 21 Feb. AP 15 winner of the Premio Bessie Awards 2013 asks if a fusion of mind and body is possible and explores the space between the loved and lover to the rhythm of hip hop. Italian premiere of TRUE Blue Market with Sebastien Ramirez and Honji Wang who examine the place of individuals in a globalised world. 22 Feb. Italian premiere of Protocol relating to status of bucket and rope, by the Japanese choregrapher Shintaro Oue. 23 Feb. World premiere of Gut Gift with Francesca Foscarini, winner of last year’s Premio Equilibrio 2013 for best dancer, with choreography by Yasmeen Godder. 23 Feb. World premiere of Hospice winner of the Premio Equilibrio, 2013 choreography by Gleni Caci. Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale Pietro De Coubertin 30, www.auditorium.com. CENERENTOLA (CINDERELLA) 8-16 Feb Performed by the Argentinian company, La Fiesta Escenica, which has been defined by one critic as a cross between La Cirque du Soleil and Walt Disney. This performance in Italy opens a world tour that will also take in 20 other countries. The show, with its 30 performers is impressive; the prince’s castle is 18 m long and 8 m high and Cinderella’s ball gown weighs 20 kg. Auditorium Conciliazione, Via della Conciliazione, www.auditoriumconciliazione.it.

Rian by the Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre for Equilibrio.

Rubies by Stravinsky at La Scala in Milan.

Lavish production of Cinderella by La Fiesta Escenica. 5 February 2014 | Wanted in Rome

Istituto Giapponese di Cultura, Via Antonio Gramsci 74, tel. 063224754, www. jfroma.it.

Rome’s English language theatre companies stage two plays by Brian Friel to mark his 85th year.

Theatre ROME SAVOYARDS AND PLAYS IN ROME 4-9 Feb The Rome Savoyards and Plays in Rome present Dancing at Lughnasa, a 1990 play by award-winning Irish playwright Brian Friel. Set in 1936 in Ireland’s Co. Donegal, around the Celtic harvest festival of Lughnasadh, the play is loosely based on the lives of Friel’s mother and aunts. When the five unmarried Mundy sisters welcome home their elder brother from a life as a missionary in Uganda, his arrival spells trouble on the horizon. Considered one of the greatest living English-language dramatists, Friel recently celebrated his 85th birthday. Directed by Sandra Provost. In English. 4-7 Feb 20.30, 8-9 Feb 17.30. Bookings playsinrome@yahoo. com, tel. 347/8248661. Teatro S. Genesio, Via Podgora 1 (near Viale Mazzini; Metro Lepanto). ENGLISH THEATRE OF ROME 16-23 Feb The English Theatre of Rome presents Henrik Ibsen’s masterpiece Hedda Gabler in a new version by Brian Friel. Alashiya Gordes stars as Hedda – the so-called “female Hamlet” – in this production directed by Daniel Roy Connelly, with cast Samantha Abear, James Butterfield, Anna Butterworth, Douglas Dean, Rishad Noorani and Rosie Hillesley. In English. 16 Feb 17.00, 20.00; 19 Feb 20.00; 22 Feb 17.00, 20.00; 23 Feb 17.00. 8-16 March Women Who Write, two one-act plays written by contemporary female playwrights, staged in celebration of the English Theatre of Rome’s recent 50/50 Applause Award from the International Centre for Women Playwrights for producing plays by female writers at least 50 per cent of the time. Will O’Neil directs Patricia Gaborik’s Down The Aisle, starring Gabrielle Chiararo, Joanna Kohorst, Andrew Park

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and Jim Schiebler. Join Katie on her wedding day as she remembers her relationships with her family, especially her father. In English. The Kitchen Table Plays by Erin Breznitsky co-directed by Eve Atkinson and Don Carroll. Fresh from the New York International Fringe Festival, this series of vignettes centres around the vital role played by the kitchen table in life’s ups and downs. Starring Natalie Accornero, Lee Archer, Angelo Carotenuto, Bill Guion, Anna Madden and Aman Sidhu. In English. 8 March 17.00, 20.00. 15-16 March 17.00, 20.00. Bookings tel. 066879419 or email rometheatre@yahoo.com. Teatro l’Arciliuto, Piazza Montevecchio 5. EMMA DANTE LE SORELLE MACALUSO 29 Jan-9 Feb The Teatro Palladium is the venue for Le Sorelle Macaluso, Emma Dante’s new play staged by the Romaeuropa Foundation in collaboration with Uniroma3. The play follows the story of seven sisters Gina, Cetty, Maria, Katia, Lia, Pinuccia and the deceased Antonella whose funeral prompts her siblings to reflect on their own lives. The play by the celebrated Sicilian director comes to Rome a few days after it debuts at the Teatro Mercadante in Naples. In Italian. Teatro Palladium, Piazza Bartolomeo Romano 8, tel. 0645553050, www.romaeuropa. net/palladium.

SPANISH ROYAL ACADEMY 15 Jan-14 Feb Entitled The art of construction in Spain, A journey through Spanish architecture in images this photographic exhibition by Ricardo Santonja is dedicated to contemporary architecture in Spain by Spanish and foreign architects. The show is the result of more than a decade of research by the Madrid-based Santonja, and Rome is the exhibition’s first port of call before it travels to other countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Spanish Royal Academy, Piazza S. Pietro in Montorio 3, tel. 065812806, www.raer.it. AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME 30 Jan-2 March The American Academy in Rome presents the 2014 edition of Cinque Mostre, five separate exhibitions grouped under the overall title Time and Again. The exhibitions feature multi-disciplinary works by American and Italian artists who examine the ways in which “contemporary art reimagines the past, celebrates new beginnings, evokes a lived experience of history.” Conceived and organised by current Academy fellows and Italian art critic Christian Caliandro, the project’s individual exhibitions are titled Concrete Ghost, Dance Macabre, Found Realities, History Recast, and Lumen. American Academy in Rome, Via Angelo Masina 5, tel. 065852151, www. aarome.org. BELGIAN ACADEMY 13-15 Feb The Belgian Academy stages a threeday conference entitled Communities of Interpretation: Contexts, Strategies and Processes of Religious Transformation in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe. The event will coordinate

Academies JAPANESE CULTURAL INSTITUTE 8 Feb-15 March Entitled Struggling Cities: from Japanese Urban Projects in the 1960s this exhibition is built around three key words: architecture, Japan, city. Using scale models, photographs and animation the exhibition examines Japanese urban development in the 1960s, a time when architecture flourished in Japan, particularly in the capital Tokyo.

Acuario Fluvial Zaragoza by Alvaro Planchuelo at the Spanish Royal Academy.

research activities being developed at several European universities and research institutes, creating a virtual centre of expertise for the study of religious culture in late mediaeval and early modern Europe. Founded in 1939, the Belgian Academy in Rome celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. Academia Belgica, Via Omero 8, tel. 0620398631, www.academiabelgica.it.

tion with popular Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo, Russian coloratura soprano Albina Shagimuratova and Australian soprano Jessica Pratt. Directed by Mary Zimmerman and conducted by Pier Giorgio Morandi. The story Lucia di Lammermoor (a 19th-century version of the timeless tale of Romeo and Juliet) is taken from the novel The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott.

BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME 4 March In 2012 Israeli film director Amos Gitai established Israel’s first museum of architecture in memory of his father, noted Bauhaus architect Munio Weinraub. In his lecture Politics, Esthetics, Cinema Gitai examines the relationship between architecture and cinema in his work. Over the following evenings, at the French Academy in Rome Villa Medici, he will present a selection of his works including Lullaby to my Father and News from Home-News from House. See BSR website for details. 18.00-19.30. British School at Rome, Via Gramsci 61, tel. 063264939, www.bsr. ac.uk.

IL TROVATORE By Giuseppe Verdi 15 Feb-7 March This production, which is directed by Hugo De Ana, was last seen at La Scala in 2001. The stars are the Italian soprano Maria Agresti, the Argentinian tenor Marcelo Alvarez and the Italian baritone Leo Nucci. The conductor is 30-year old young Daniele Rustioni whose CV places him among the top conductors of his generation. He has already worked with Italian conductors Gianluigi Gelmetti, Gianandrea Noseda and is now Antonio Pappano’s assistant at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Since 2008 he has also been the principal guest conductor at the Mikailovsky in St Petersburg.

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LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR By Gaetano Donizetti 11-28 Feb This is a Metropolitan Opera produc-

LA SPOSA DELLA ZAR By Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov 2 March-14 March This is Rimsky-Korsakov’s tenth opera and although it is standard repertoire in Russia it is seldom performed in Europe. This coproduction with Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden is the first

performance at La Scala. It is conducted by Daniel Barenboim and directed by Dmitri Tchemiakov whose controversial modern staging of La Traviata opened the season in December. With German bass Anatoly Kotscherga, Russian soprano Olga Peretyatko, German baritone Johannes Martin Kränzle and Czech tenor Pavel Černoch. Already well known in Germany and at Gynbourne this first appearance at La Scala is a big step up for Černoch. Teatro alla Scala, Via Filorammatici 2, www.teatroallascala.org.

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MANON LESCAUT By Puccini 27 Feb-8 March This new production of Puccini’s opera is arousing interest partly because Riccardo Muti is conducting and his daughter Chiara is directing. Muti needs no introduction and Chiara is no stranger to cinema and theatre audiences in Italy. She also directed Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at the Caracalla Festival in Rome last summer. But this is her biggest test in one of the top Italian opera houses and with a major operatic work. The occasion is made even more exciting for opera lovers because it marks the Rome debut of Russian-Austrian soprano Anna Netrebko in the lead role. It’s a triple first for her; first time in the role of Manon, first time with Muti as conductor and first time in Rome. Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Piazza Beniamino Gigli 7, www.operaroma.it

Opera Notes Puccini’s Manon Lascaut opens at the Teatro di Roma on 27 Feb with only four other stagings on 2-8 March. This is the first time Riccardo Muti conducts a Puccini opera in the capital. The production is directed by his daughter Chiara Muti and the soprano is Anna Netrebko, who makes her debut in Rome but on 4 and 8 March she will alternate with Serena Farnocchia. La Scala is re-staging the Hugo De Ana production of Verdi’s Il Trovatore. The opera is considered the most energetic of Verdi’s operas. ROME Al Teatro dell’Opera di Roma il 27 febbraio va in scena la prima recita di Manon Lescaut di Giacomo Puccini; seguiranno dal 2 all’8 marzo quattro repliche intervallate da un giorno di riposo. Sul podio Riccardo Muti, che per la prima volta nel teatro della capitale propone un’opera del compositore lucchese. La regia sarà della figlia del celebre direttore d’orchestra: Chiara Muti. Protagonista sarà Anna Netrebko, una delle più acclamate dive della lirica internazionale di oggi, che vanta di aver cantato nei più grandi teatri (Scala, Metropolitan, Staatsoper) e con le bacchette più prestigiose (Abbado, Barenboim, Gergiev). Accanto a lei il tenore Yusif Eyvazov e il promettente giovane baritono Simone Piazzola. Nelle recite del 4 e 8 marzo ad Anna Netrebko si alternerà Serena Farnocchia. Manon Lescaut è la prima opera che rivelò Puccini grande operista, il degno erede di Verdi. MILAN Il Teatro alla Scala di Milano ripropone in un collaudato allestimento di Hugo De Ana Il trovatore di Giuseppe Verdi (15 febbraio-7 marzo). Sono previste nove recite, dirette tutte dal giovane e promettente Daniele Rustioni, già assistente di Antonio Pappano al Covent Garden e debuttante nell’opera lirica a soli 23 anni con Cavalleria rusticana di Mascagni a San Pietroburgo nel 2006. Di nomi importanti è costituito il cast: il tenore Marcelo Álvarez (che si alternerà con Carlo Ventre), il soprano Maria Agresta (Lucrecia Garcia), il baritono Leo Nucci (Massimo Cavalletti) e il mezzosoprano Ekaterina Semenchuk (Luciana D’Intino). Di tutta la produzione verdiana Il trovatore è considerata l’opera più energica, che ha la maggior profusione di melodie sognanti e patetiche e che gode molto del consenso popolare: come tacere l’entusiasmo che il tenore accende quando emette di petto il do della “pira” (per altro non scritto da Verdi ma imposto da una certa tradizione amante degli acuti “sparati” e degli accenti esasperati)? Il primo protagonista de Il trovatore fu Carlo Baucardé, che cantava con slancio e vigore, ma anche con abbandono e morbidezza, tant’è che aveva in repertorio La favorita di Donizetti e I puritani di Bellini. Paolo Di Nicola 5 February 2014 | Wanted in Rome

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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO. Via Mendola (5/6 minutes’ drive to Marymount School) 160 sqm apartment, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room, fireplace, dining room or possibly 3rd bedroom, terrace, furnished kitchen, car-port, storage room. Rent €1.800. Tel. 068610871. imm. edwards@gmail.com. ESQUILINO NEAR METRO A / B. Esquilino near metro A/B. Mini apartment and single room (share bath, kitchen and washing machine). Tel. 338 / 7911289; 334 2804284. EUR - ALTAMIRA. 4th floor, 90 sqm, modern furniture, lounge, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, terrace, supervision H24. €1.000. Tel. 065919125, info@ penthouseimmobiliare.it. EUR - ARDIGO. 3rd floor elegant building with doorman, living kitchen, bedroom, bathoroom, terrace. €950. Tel 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. EUR - CAMPI SPORTIVI. 3rd floor, 170 sqm, double living room, kitchen, studio, 3 double bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, balconies. €1.400. Tel. 065919125. info@ penthouseimmobiliare.it. EUR - COLOMBO AREA. Luxury apartment, 160 sqm, living room, kitchen, 2 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, 2 balconies, €2.500. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. EUR - COLOMBO. Prestigious penthouse of 240 sqm, terrace of over 100 sqm with a beautiful view of Rome, excellent condition. € 2.000. Tel. 065919125, info@ penthouseimmobiliare.it. EUR - EGEO. 3rd floor, empty apartment, elegant building, hall, living kitchen, 2 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms, terraces. €1.400. Tel. 065919125, info@ penthouseimmobiliare.it. EUR - LAURENTINA. 1st floor, 115 sqm, empty hall, living kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, terraces. €1.700. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. EUR - VIA NEPAL. Enchanting apartment in villa, recently remodeled, two levels with beautiful garden and pool. €6.500. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. EUR FONTE MERAVIGLIOSA. Fonte Meravigliosa, 120 sqm, elegantly furnished, living room, kitchen, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, terrace. €1.400. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. EUR VIGNA MURATA Quiet, into the park ,near metro laurentina, renovated ground floor apartment, semi furnished, 110

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MONTI PARIOLI. Prestigious, redecorated, 300 sqm apartment, overlooking Villa Borghese, 3 bedrooms, (2 with private bathrooms), 3rd bathroom, ample livingdining room, study or 4th bedroom, furnished kitchen, maid’s quarters. Rent: €3.500. Tel. 068610871. imm.edwards@ gmail.com. MOVING TO ROME? Moving to Rome? Check our listings, we offer assistance during your stay in English and German. www.casaitaly.it, find us on Facebook, tel. 068419827. NEAR METRO MANZONI - S. GIOVANNI. A comfortable top floor apartment of 100 sqm, fully furnished (including linens, if needed), double exposure, lot of light, in an elegant building with a porter, situated near Metro Manzoni, recently renovated, with A/C in all rooms. The apartment has 2 terraces and a panoramic view of S. Giovanni and comprises a spacious open space living area with a fold out sofa (2 persons), 2 large bedrooms, the first with a double bed and the second with 2 single beds that can be made into a double bed, 2 full baths and a well equipped kitchen. Minimum 3 months stay, better more and different price fi linger contract. No agency please, For more information, photos and eventually to arrange a viewing please call tel. 3474011221 or send an email to primanna@alice.it.

area, unique, cottage-like, with garden, on 2 floors, 1 bedroom, quiet, lovely street. €1.800. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it. PRATI. Near metro, bright semi-furnished 140 sqm, 5th floor, lift, nicely renovated, living room, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, fully equipped kitchen, narrow balcony. Monthly rent €2.200. Other excellent properties on www.propertyint.net. Property International tel. 065743170. ROME SWEET HOME - HISTORIC CENTRE. Lets to companies and private individuals. Exclusive locations. Apartments, 1 - 2 - 3 bedrooms, completely furnished, maid service, utilities included, special rates for monthly lets. www.travelbusinessapartments.it, info@romesweethome.it. Tel. 0669924091, 335 / 7713580. ROOM FOR LET NEAR S. GIOVANNI. Single room and mini apartment, near S. Maria Maggiore, metro A/B. Share the bathroom. Kitchen and washing machine. Tel. 334 / 2804284, 335 / 6803908 S. GIOVANNI. Newly restored, semi-furnished 220 sqm, 2nd floor, high ceilings, living room, dining room, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, eat-in furnished kitchen, balconies. Doorman in building. Monthly rent €3.000. Other excellent properties on www.propertyint.net. English, French, German mother tongue assistance. Property International tel. 065743170.

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S. SABA. Annia Faustina. Entrance hall kitchen two bedrooms and two bathrooms. Furnished. €1.800. Classe G. Tel. 0652205391, immobiliare@ eurocenterweb.it.

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PARIOLI. Elegant 140-sqm apartment, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living- dining room, terrace, furnished kitchen, carport. Rent €2.300. Tel. 068610871, imm. edwards@gmail.com. PARIOLI. Beautiful, 200 sqm. apartment, air-conditioned, living room, dining room, terrace, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, built-in closets, maid’s quarters, fullyequipped kitchen, garage-box, storageroom. €3.800. Tel. 068610871. imm. edwards@gmail.com. PIAZZA DI SPAGNA - PENTHOUSE IMMOBILIARE. 5th floor, completely remodeled, living room, eat-in kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a balcony. €4.000. Tel. 065919125. info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. PIAZZA DI SPAGNA. Piazza di Spagna

TESTACCIO. Testaccio, renovated, furnished, bright apartment. Living room with large sofa bed, equipped kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, doorman. €1.200 monthly. Tel. 333 / 4553398, t.santangelo@tiscali.it. TESTACCIO. 180 sqm, 3rd floor, lift, semifurnished, completely restored, very bright, spacious living room with dining area, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, maid’s room, furnished kitchen. Parquet floors, doorman in building. €3.000-neg. Other excellent properties on www.propertyint.net. Property International, tel. 065743170 TORRINO NORD. Viale Città d’Europa, top floor, bright living room, kitchen, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, balcony

terrace and garage. €1.500 Classe E 0652205391, immobiliare@eurocenterweb.it. TORRINO SUD. Torrino Sud in a residential complex, renovated apartments, furnished, various sizes. Immobiliare@ eurocenterweb.it. Classe G. TRASTEVERE. Near Orto Botanico, on a quiet street, over looking Gianicolo, 2 bedrooms, living room, live-in kitchen, bathroom, 80 sqm, furnished with antique furniture in good condition. Tel. Luisa 339 / 4827294. luisantonucci@ libero.it. TRASTEVERE. Nicely furnished, 3rd floor, sunny, entrance, living room, 1 bedroom, live-in kitchen, bathroom with shower, independent heating, air conditioning, internet with all appliances, available monthly. €1.350 plus expenses. Tel. 333 / 2843762, delpinto@hotmail.it. TRASTEVERE. Trastevere, lovely townhouse, country atmosphere, 3 floors, 2 bedrooms, quiet. €2.000. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it. TRASTEVERE. Bright, nicely renovated 80-sqm apartment on 7th floor, semi-furnished, living room, spacious furnished kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 2 small balconies. Doorman in building. Monthly rent €1.400. Other excellent properties on www.propertyint.net. English, French, German mother tongue assistance. Property International, tel. 065743170. TRASTEVERE. Trastevere, spacious, lovely building, characteristic, living room, 2 bedrooms, eat-in kitchen, balcony. €1.550. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it. TRASTEVERE. Top floor furnished apartment with terrace, lovely views, sunny, lift, living room, 2 bedrooms, bathroom with tub, eat-in kitchen. Monthly rent €2.000. Other excellent properties on www.propertyint.net. Property International, tel. 06 / 5743170. VALLERANO. Apartment detached villa in large size. Garden of 1,600 sqm. Basement and garage. Starting from €2.000. Classe C 06/52205391 immobiliare@ eurocenterweb.it. VATICAN - CASTEL S. ANGELO. Interesting cottage, open space, 3 levels, fireplace, kitchen, 2 bathrooms. Excellent neighbourhood. Quiet. €1.300. jbalsano@virgilio.it. VATICAN AREA - GIULIANA. Fullyfurnished, 3 bedrooms, open living room, kitchen, bathroom, balcony. €1.700 all included. Vatican area, Metro Line A. Ottaviano. Mary3.jp@gmail.com. 5 February 2014 | Wanted in Rome

VATICAN AREA. Vatican area. Bright and spacious apartment furnished with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room, kitchen, 2 balconies, very close to Metro A line – Cipro Station. Tel. +393463066626. padmadima@gmail.com. VIA DELLE CARROZZE. Old Town Via delle Carrozze in a residential complex, apartment renovated, furnished, prestigious, entrance hall, living room, kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms. Classe G. Tel. 0652205391, immobiliare@eurocenterweb.it. VIA POLIZIANO (COLLE OPPIO). Elegantly furnished, bright and quiet, sqm 60, second floor, sitting room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom. €1100. info@internationalpointgroup.com. VIGNA CLARA - NEAR MARYMOUNT SCHOOL. Bright 3rd floor flat w/living room, 3.5 bedrooms, eat-in kitchen, 2 baths, garage € 1.600 - Immobiliare Zanni - 347 / 4009753 - immobiliare. zanni@gmail.com VILLA INFERNETTO. 4 Bedrooms, 2 kitchens, 2 living rooms, 3 bathrooms, garden, parking. A fully furnished terraced villa over 190 square meters near international schools shops, restaurant. Mobile: +393456545374 VILLA PAMPHILI. Villa Pamphili park, Via Foa, elegant 3 bedrooms, furnished kitchen, large balcony, garage, quiet. €1.600. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it. VILLA TORLONIA - METRO B. Libertystyle building, remodeled, bright, high decorative ceilings, living room, new kitchen, 2-bedroom, bath. €1.700. Immobiliare Zanni. Tel. 3474009753, immobiliare.zanni@gmail.com.

Accommodation vacant out of town BALDUINA. Single room, with private bathroom, in apartment to share with landlady. Use of kitchen, washing machine, dining corner with TV. Near bus stop, train station, metro A. Monthly, including internet connection, room clearing and weekly change of linen and towels. Rosetta tel. 0635346098, 338 / 3666356. BRACCIANO LAKE NEAR ROME. Rent for short periods, min. 1 week (€250), max 6 months (€500 monthly). Nice apartment in the mediaeval village, a stone’s throw from the sixteenth century near Odescalchi with beautiful lake views, living room with fireplace, double bedroom, fully equipped kitchen, bathroom with bath-

tub and shower, small entrance and walkway in front of the door with plants, ideal for a relaxing stay. Tel 339 / 3406573.

weekly wage, professional environment, immediate start. Tel. 063611508, newbritishcentres@gmail.com.

ROOFTOP APARTMENT IN COUNTRY, 30 MINS FROM ROME. Beautiful converted attic near Palombara Sabina. Selfcontained with large terrace, wonderful views. Train service to Tiburtina every 15 mins, station 4 km. jocampb@gmail.com.

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY. Executive Secretary needed for General Council of religious congregation. This is a busy international office, located in Rome (Trastevere area). Significant qualifications and experience in all aspects of office administration and managing a team are essential. You will also need some demonstrable prior experience of analysis, data collection and archiving of important documents. We will not consider candidates without both the above criteria. The ability to communicate at a high oral and written level in English is essential. A good level of either French or Spanish is desirable. Salary commensurate with experience. Italian nationality or permesso di soggiorno. Send CV (in English) and a comprehensive letter describing your experience (in English) to romaeconomato@gmail.com.

TIVOLI - MANDELA. 50 km from Rome, apartment in old castle: living room, bathroom, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, unfurnished, €450 + €40 condominium, tel. 066786400.

Bed & Breakfast CASA VIVANTI B&B. Silent, comfortable, non-smoking rooms with a view, private bathrooms and all the amenities, steps away from St. Peters! Languages spoken! 388 / 2475226.

JOB VACANT ART TEACHING ASSISTANT JULY 2014. New York-based Rome Art Program seeks art student/ fine art graduate for internship as Teaching Assistant to Painting Professor in Rome. 500 USD for July 2014. 12 hrs. a week. Applicants must be resident in Rome & speak some English. Contact inforomeartprogram@ gmail.com. BABYSITTER / TUTOR. Mothertongue, min 30-old, drive licence. Mon-Fr 16.0020.00 for 7 and 11 old from Sept for min 1 year. associazione.castellinaria@yahoo.it. BRITISH SCHOOL FLEMING. British School Fleming urgently requires qualified and experienced EFL teachers, native speakers only. fleming@britishschoolroma.it, tel. 0633220960, www.britishschoolroma.it. BRITISH SCHOOL GROUP is looking for CELTA qualified mother-tongue teachers available for courses in FIUMICINO area. Please send your CV to dosfiumicino@ britishschool.it or phone to 06.6581642. ENGLISH TEACHERS NEEDED. Established English School currently seeking full / part-time English mothertongue teachers for adult and children courses. Full training provided. Contact us on 0647823253 or send your CV to teachers@angloamerican.it. ESTABLISHED PRESTIGIOUS LANGUAGE school Rome seeks mothertongue English teachers. Offering good

FULL TIME ADMINISTRATOR. Anglican Centre in Rome – promoting Christian Unity in a divided world Centre administrator. Applications are invited for a full time administrator (35 hours a week) at the Anglican Centre in Rome situated on the second floor of the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj in the Piazza del Collegio Romano 2, Rome. A good command of English and Italian is essential, as well as professional IT skills, accounts experience and administrative track record. A sensitivity to the ethos and purpose of the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches is essential as well as good people skills, an even temperament and a conscientious attitude to the work. Job description, Person Specification and Application Form on our website www.anglicancentreinrome.org Closing date 28th January 2014 Interview date 5th February 2014 Applications should be sent to: director@ anglicancentre.it and CC to barrynichols@btinternet.com. LOOKING FOR ENGLISH MOTHERTONGUE TEACHERS Italian Language school is looking for English mothertongue teachers , preferably experienced with kids , for sporadic jobs, please send a CV to info@ciao-italia.it LOOKING FOR OFFICE SECRETARY. Mother-Tongue English perfectly fluent in Italian language, to be employed as Secretary for Law Office with “Contratto di Formazione”, for a full time position starting February 2014. Organisational skills, strong sense of responsibility, writing abilities, required. CV to cfmp@cfmplegal.com. PARTNERSHIP IN AN IMPORTANT LANGUAGE SCHOOL OFFERED. A well 5 February 2014 | Wanted in Rome

established private language shool (running since 1976) aiming to expand its activity seeks partners with experience. Good opportunity. fulvioscalercio@gmail.com. PERSON OR COUPLE NEEDED TO HOUSE SIT IN TUSCANY. Responsible person or couple needed to house sit stone farmhouse in Tuscany nearby Monte Amiata, Grosseto province. Horse and pets to feed and light housework including upkeep of the garden. No smoker. Must love country and animals. Offer free room and full boards plus a small salary to be agreed. Contact Paolo tel. 3387816022, info@ terranera.it. www.terranera.it. PERSONAL CONCIERGE IN ROME. Luxury-Tour-Operator is recruiting personal concierge in Rome. The role is prestazione occasionale. Meeting and assisting traveling-clients. Availability by telephone for queries/emergencies (24/7). Please note that the airport licence is required. Interested? Please send CV, Photo and cover-letter to itrecruit@europe.abercrombiekent.com.

lessons ENGLISH LADY, OXFORD GRADUATE. English lady, Oxford University graduate, long experience, offers English lessons/ conversation (adults only).Tel 068105213/3405161007. ENGLISH MOTHER-TONGUE TEACHER offers lessons at €15 an hour, call: 327 / 5988790, email: thomasbevan62@yahoo.com. FRENCH QUALIFIED TEACHER. English speaking. Loves teaching, your house or mine. Fbessoles.roma@teletu.it. Tel. 065898326 (Segreteria telefonica). GUITAR LESSONS IN ROME. If you want to learn how to play your favourite songs on guitar or if you want to improve your skills , just contact me, I will help you. all levels are welcome: beginners, intermediate or advanced lessons are hosted in two reharsals room fully equipped, trastevere and ponte lungo areas, or even domiciliary. Contacts: 333-7389259 tomcuneo@hotmail.com www.facebook.com/tommasocuneo Tommaso Cuneo. ITALIAN CLASSES. Italian teacher gives Italian lessons as well as cooking ones at very cheap prices. Colosseo area. Tel. 3807148447, nicoletta.capita@gmail.com.

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office to rent OFFICE TO RENT. Highly representational office, very prestigious location. Sqm 550, 3 entrance, 4 internal parking, liberty building. Tel. 3398197482, studio-genesi@ tiscali.it. www.immobiliaregenesi.it

poetry NELSON MANDELA. Nelson Mandela Good Bye.Your life, an example of immensity.Your death, an example of infinite grace.We will die together black and white race.By Marco Sernicoli THE PRESIDENT. The PresidentAnd the change of address: François Hollande, Love in Cottage...

Property for sale in town GARAGE FOR SALE. Large garage for sale in quet cul de sac (24 sq. mt.) in residential area. Perfect for keeping 2 or more cars/motorcycles, easy access to Corso Francia, recent renovation has never been used as a garage. philipwmirabelli@gmail.com. NEW SEMI-DETACHED HOMES. Five semi-detached villas in the mediaeval style “borghetto” on the picturesque and scenic “Colle Lydia” in Nepi (VT) 20 minutes from Rome’s GRA and 2 km from the center of the beautiful town of Nepi. Each house has independent heating, a garden and is between 57 and 68 sqm. f.barbara@hotmail.it.

Property for sale out of town ELEGANT VILLA NEAR MARINO. Elegant Villa in residential complex, double entrance, 2 living rooms, 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, kitchen, garage, terraces, large garden. € 690.000, tel. 065757301. VILLA DEL SALTO FOR SALE. FOR SALE 300 year old country home in the region of Lazio, bordering Abruzzo, one hour from Rome; half an hour from Rieti. Amidst stunning hills dotted with villages, with an enchanting lake, Lago del Salto, stands a spectacular stone house used back in the day as a local bakery and winery! This extraordinary property has been featured in an Italian architectural magazine. Total floor space of 260 sq. metres comprises two levels. The exquisitely restored first floor features unique original terracotta tiles, a stone fireplace, wooden beams and doors; three fully furnished bedrooms; kitchen/dining area

with modern amenities and appliances; two bathrooms, one of which is with a Finnish sauna. A restored antique clay oven is located indoors on the ground floor; a large covered BBQ structure faces the contemplation deck in the garden, shaded with wisteria and vine. A pergola stands on an upper level of the garden adjacent to a fountain covered in ivy. Total land area is approximately one hectare which is ‘edificabile’. The premises have telephone, gas and electricity supplies. The nearby lake attracts swimmers and sun bathers and hosts various water sport events, including sailing and water skiing. A children’s recreation park is adjacent to a country style coffee shop; a large terrace shaded with vine, faces the lake. There are several excellent restaurants and other necessary daily amenities available in the area. Rome, the eternal city, being in the proximity of 75KM is a unique advantage. Fiumicino and Ciampino airports are both approximately an hour to an hour and a half away. Pescara on the Adriatic coast is also about an hour away, and has an airport. The property will be sold furnished. For more information visit: www. villadelsalto.com, allenrahman@tiscali.it. Tel. 065022654 between 09.30 and 19.00.

Short lets CAMPO DE’ FIORI - SPAGNA NAVONA. Pantheon, Trastevere, Prati. Fully-furnished apartments, 1 week minimum. Many other possibilities. Tel. / fax 0648905897, info@shortletsassistance. com, www.shortletsassistance.com. MATILDE’S HOUSE. A wonderful accommodation for medium/short lets in the heart of Rome. Cozy studio just in front of the Vatican Museums. Tel. +393273855362, gaiacrognale1988@ live.it, www.matildeshouse.it. PANTHEON. Nice studios, period building, new and well decorated, fully equipped kitchen corner, double / triple bedroom, bathroom, A/C or fan, internet, TV. Long-term too. Tel. 348 / 9792106, inroma@libero.it. ROME SWEET HOME - HISTORIC CENTRE. Lets to companies and private individuals. Exclusive locations. Apartments, 1 2 - 3 bedrooms, completely furnished, maid service, utilities included, special rates for monthly lets. www.romesweethome.com, info@romesweethome.it. Tel. 0669924091 335 / 7713580. ST PETER’S. Small furnished studio apartment: bathroom, kitchen corner, TV, A/C, wifi, garden. Renting daily, weekly, monthly, €700, tel. 340 / 3106079, 329 / 8041115, email: clotilde.salustri@libero.it

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numbers ASSOCIATIONS American International Club of Rome tel. 0645447625 – www.aicrome.org American Women’s Association of Rome tel. 064825268 – www.awar.org Association of British Expats in Italy britishexpatsinitaly@gmail.com Association of Malaysians in Italy tel. 389 / 1162161 – malaysiansinitaly@gmail.com Caledonian Society info@caledoniansocietyofrome.org Canadian Club of Rome canadarome@gmail.com Circolo di Cultura Mario Mieli Gay and lesbian international contact group tel. 065413985 – fax 065413971 Commonwealth Club of Rome ccrome08@gmail.com International Women’s Club of Rome tel. 0633267490 – www.pwarome.org Irish Club of Rome

irishclubofrome@gmail.com – www.irishclubofrome.com

Luncheon Club of Rome tel. 3385094448 Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums tel. 0669881814, www.vatican-patrons.org. Professional Women’s Association www.pwarome.org United Nations Women’s Guild tel. 0657053628 – unwg@fao.org www.unwgrome.multiply.com Welcome Neighbor tel. 347 / 9313040 – dearprome@tele2.it www.wnrome-homepage.blogspot.com

books The following bookshops and libraries have books in English and other languages as specified. Bibliothèque Centre Culturel Saint-Louis de France (French) Largo Toniolo 20-22, tel. 066802637 www.saintlouisdefrance.it Herder International Book Center (German) Piazza di Montecitorio 117-120, tel. 066794628 bookcentre@herder.it – www.herder.it La Librairie Française de Rome La Procure (French) Piazza S. Luigi dei Francesi 23, tel. 0668307598 www.librairiefrancaiserome.com Libreria Feltrinelli International Via V. E. Orlando 84, tel. 064827878 www.lafeltrinelli.it Libreria Quattro Fontane (international) Via delle Quattro Fontane 20/a, tel. 064814484 Libreria Spagnola Sorgente (Spanish) Piazza Navona 90, tel. 0668806950 www.libreriaspagnola.it S. Susanna Lending Library Via XX Settembre 15, tel. 064827510 Opening times: Sat & Sun 10.00-12.30 Tues 10.00-13.00, Wed 15.00-18.00, Fri 13.00-16.00 The Almost Corner Bookshop Via del Moro 45, tel. 065836942 The Anglo American Bookshop Via della Vite 102, tel. 066795222 The Open Door Bookshop (second hand books – English, French, German, Italian) Via della Lungaretta 23, tel. 065896478 www.books-in-italy.com

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Atac (Rome bus, metro and tram) tel. 800431784, www.atac.roma.it Ciampino airport tel. 06794941, www.adr.it Fiumicino airport tel. 0665951, www.adr.it Taxi tel. 060609 – 065551 – 063570 – 068822 064157 – 066645 – 064994 Traffic info tel. 1518 Trenitalia (national railways) tel. 892021 www.trenitalia.it

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cinemas The following cinemas show films in English or original language when available – see daily press for programme details. Alcazar Via Merry del Val 14, tel. 065880099 in original language on Mon Fiamma Multisala Via Bissolati 47, tel. 06485526 Filmstudio Via degli Orti d’Alibert 1/c, tel. 334/1780632 www.filmstudioroma.com Greenwich Via G. Bodoni 59, tel. 065745825 Cinema Lux Via Massaciuccoli 31, tel. 0686391361 Multisala Barberini Piazza Barberini 24-26, tel. 0686391361 Nuovo Olimpia Via in Lucina 16/g, tel. 066861068 Nuovo Sacher Largo Ascianghi 1, tel. 065818116 in original language on Mon when available

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Ambulance tel. 118 Carabinieri tel. 112 Electricity and water faults (Acea) tel. 800130336 Fire brigade tel. 115 Gas leaks (Italgas-Eni) tel. 800900999 Police tel. 113 Rubbish (Ama) tel. 8008670355

religious All Saints’ Anglican Church Via del Babuino 153/b, tel. 0636001881 Sunday service 08.30 and 10.30 Kids Rock children’s service every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month at midday Anglican Centre Piazza del Collegio Romano 2, tel. 066780302 www.anglicancentreinrome.com Bible Baptist Church Via di Castel di Leva 326, tel. 3342934593 www.bbcroma.org. Sunday 11.00 Christian Science Services Via Stresa 41, tel. 063014425 Church of All Nations Lungotevere Michelangelo 7, tel. 069870464 Church of Sweden Via A. Beroloni 1/e, tel. 068080474 Sunday service 11.15 (Swedish) Footsteps Inter-Denominational Christian South Rome, tel. 0650917621 – 333 / 2284093 North Rome, tel. 0630894371 akfsmes.styles@tiscali.it International Central Gospel Church Via XX Settembre 88, tel. 0655282695 International Christian Fellowship Via Guido Castelnuovo 28, tel. 065594266 Sunday service 11.00 Jewish Community

Tempio Maggiore, Lungotevere Cenci, tel. 066840061

Jewish Reform Group in Rome Congregation Lev Chadash, Piazza della Libertà 10 tel. 339 / 3824815, Shabbat services at 10.00, Friday night service once a month Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas Largo della Sanità Militare 60, tel. 067726761 Lutheran Church Via Toscana 7, corner Via Sicilia 70 tel. 064817519, Sunday service 10.00 (German) Ponte S. Angelo Methodist Church Piazza Ponte S. Angelo, tel. 066868314 Sunday service 10.30 Pontifical Irish College (Roman Catholic) Via dei Santi Quattro 1, tel. 06772631. Sunday service 10.00 Rome Baptist Church Piazza S. Lorenzo in Lucina 35, tel. 066876652 – 066876211, Sunday service

10.30, 13.00 (Filipino), 16.00 (Chinese) Rome Buddhist Centre Vihara Via Mandas 2, tel. 0622460091 Rome Mosque (Centro Islamico) Via della Moschea, tel. 068082167 – 068082258 St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Via XX Settembre 7, tel. 064827627 Sunday service 11.00 St Francis Xavier del Caravita (Roman Catholic) Via del Caravita 7 – www.caravita.org St Isidore’s College (Roman Catholic) Via degli Artisti 41, tel. 064885359 Sunday service 10.00 St Patrick’s Church (Roman Catholic) Via Boncompagni 31, tel. 0642903787 Sunday service 10.00 St Paul’s within-the-Walls (Anglican Episcopal)

Via Nazionale, corner Via Napoli, tel. 064883339 Sunday service 08.30,10.30 (English), 13.00 (Spanish)

St Silvestro Church (Roman Catholic) Piazza S. Silvestro 1, tel. 066977121 Sunday service 10.00 and 17.30 St Susanna Church (Roman Catholic) Via XX Settembre 15, tel. 0642014554, Saturday service 18.00. Sunday service 09.00 and 10.30 Venerable English College (Roman Catholic) Via di Monserrato 45, tel. 066868546 Sunday service 10.00

support groups Alcoholics Anonymous tel. 064742913 – www.aarome.info Archè (HIV+ children and their families) tel. 0677250350 – www.arche.it Associazione Centro Astalli (Jesuit refugee centre) Via degli Astalli 14/a tel. 0669700306 Associazione Ryder Italia (Support for cancer patients and their families) tel. 065349622/0658204580 www.ryderitalia.it Astra (Anti-stalking risk assessment) tel. 066535499 – www.differenzadonna.it Caritas soup kitchen (Mensa Giovanni Paolo II) Via delle Sette Sale 30 tel. 0647821098. 11.00-13.30 daily Caritas foreigners’ support centre Via Zoccolette 19, tel. 066875228 – 066861554 Caritas hostel Via Marsala 109, tel. 064457235 Caritas legal assistance Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano 6/a, tel. 0669886369 Celebrate Recovery Christian group tel. 338 / 1675680 Comunità di S. Egidio Piazza di S. Egidio 3/a, tel. 068992234 Comunità di S. Egidio soup kitchen Via Dandolo 10, tel 065894327 17.00-19.30 Wed, Fri, Sat Information line for the disabled tel. 800271027 Joel Nafuma Refugee Centre St Paul’s within-the-Walls Via Nazionale, corner Via Napoli, tel. 064883339 Mason Perkins Deafness Fund (Support for deaf and deaf-blind children) tel. 0644234511 – masonperkins@gmail.com www.mpds.it Overeaters Anonymous tel. 064743772 Salvation Army (Esercito della Salvezza) Centro Sociale di Roma “Virgilio Paglieri” Via degli Apuli 41, tel. 064451351 Support for elderly victims of crime (Italian only) Largo E. Fioritto 2, tel. 0657305104 The Samaritans Onlus (Confidential telephone helpline for the distressed) tel. 800860022

chiamaroma 24-hour, multilingual information line for services in Rome, run by the city council, tel. 060606