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contents no. 4 / wednesday / 2 april 2014 editorials

ALTARS OF WATER Martin Bennett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 HATCHED AND DISPATCHED IN ITALY Studio Legale Annino. . . . 5 THE MARQUETRY OF SORRENTO Margaret Stenhouse. . . . . . . . . . 9 GUIDE TO GARDENS AROUND ROME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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EXHIBITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 LIVE MUSIC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 festivals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 DANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 CHURCHES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 THEATRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 OPERA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 OPERA NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

classified columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 MISCELLANY

MUSEUMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 useful numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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Registrazione al Trib. di Roma numero 118 del 30/3/2009 già iscritta con il numero 131 del 6/3/1985.

Finito di stampare il 31/03/2014

Resurrection #2 by Georgina Spengler.

Oil on canvas. 30x24cm 2013.

From a series by Georgina Spengler who will be showing together with Myriam Laplante at the Galleria Monty&Company, Via Madonna dei Monti 69, opening 11 until 29 April. See more details on page 19.

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HISTORY

Martin Bennett

ALTARS OF WATER Exploring Rome’s ancient aqueducts

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outh of Giulio Agricola water once the well runs dry.” ders. Ancient historian and engineer metro stop stretches one In its imperial heyday, Rome’s 11 aq- Frontinus rates them higher, commentof Rome’s best kept secrets ueducts – others being added later by ing that the pyramids never helped – il Parco degli acquedotti various popes – delivered a million litres anyone directly. Diogenes of Halicar– as majestic in its way as the Colos- of the precious substance daily. One nassus remarks that “Rome’s greatness seum but hardly a tourist in sight and expert Romolo Staccioli observes how rested on three wonderful achievenot associated with mass bloodshed. this is double today’s per capita supply, ments: aqueducts, roads, and the sewThere across Rome’s campagna the although Jerome Carcopino’s Daily Life age system.” Pliny the Elder, witness to Aqua Claudia is still striding strong, in Ancient Rome questions to what ex- history par excellence, opines: “...of all in places two arches high. No wonder tent the water arrived in single house- things that have existed in the world, Frontinus, curator aquarum, dubbed holds: in the insulae, ancient equivalent aqueducts are the most marvellous.” it magnificentissimus. All the more so to the apartment block, water was re- “A succession of triumphal arches,” when measured against the Aqua Fe- served for the ground floor. Hence the Goethe would remark. John Ruskin, lice (after the 16th-century Pope Pius existence of aquarii or water carriers to that great aficionado of stone, speaks V, otherwise known as Felice Peretti) supply the tapless tenants above. The of “‘an endless row of weeping willows which runs parallel to it, a chunk of main use was collective rather than stretching out over the corpse of an Aqua Marcia tacked on to the end. private – supplying fishponds, creat- empire.”

This was the aqueduct that the ing artificial lakes for mock sea-fights, A more modern metaphor might be barbarians sought to damage if not watering the public baths and, by 300 that of a train, especially as you race destroy. When they attacked Rome AD, serving 1,300 public fountains. alongside on the line to Naples. Predat– then as now the most fountained Rome’s aqueducts can hold their own ing Stephenson or Brunel, come marsh of cities – one of their first acts of against the ancient world’s Seven Won- or mountain, here in long-standing vandalism was to cut off stone is a locomotive that the water supply. Within was never late – less blot a matter of generations on the landscape than Rome, caput mundi, had ornament, conserving dwindled to little more energy at a perfect tilt. than a village, a waterless To quote an engineering backwater. The barbarians friend, “The Pont du Gard – with subsequent help has a museum; why not from floods and earthRome’s aqueducts?” quakes – knocked Rome Dating to 311 BC back to pre-Republican Rome’s first aqueduct, times when the only waAqua Appia, is named ter source was the Tiber. after Appius Claudius As the proverb says, “You Top: Via del Mandrione, where Aqua Claudia and Aqua Marcia meet.

Caecus who “opened Via only know the worth of Above: Aqua Felice.

Appia and brought water

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HISTORY to the city,” to cite an engraving in the forum of Augustus. The next aqueduct – the wending and likewise almost totally subterranean Anio Vetus – came 40 years later. What’s more, the senate appointed two magistrates to manage it, the so-called duumviri aquae perducundae. Nobody can accuse the Romans of not taking water seriously.

One problem, though, was that the water was on the muddy side, another that, as with today’s oil-pipelines or electricity cables, some citizens would tap into the system illegally. Over the centuries the water supply halved. To compensate for the lack (also exacerbated by a rising population) in 144 BC a third aqueduct – Aqua Marcia – was built at an astronomical cost of 180,000,000 sestertii by praetor Quintus Marcius Rex. Pliny dubbed its water “a gift of the gods” for its purity and freshness, the ideal additive to the rather rough wine of the period.

Fourth comes Aqua Tepula (126 BC), as in tepid, it being warmed by Colli Albani’s volcanic rocks while also sharing arches in places with its immediate predecessor.

To each aqueduct its presiding genius: up there with Appius as an all-time engineering great is Marcus Agrippa (of Pantheon fame). His role of aedile, which included administering Rome’s many bath complexes, impelled him to build not one aqueduct but two: Aqua Julia (33 BC) and Aqua Virgo (19 BC).

Bread and circuses are one sine qua non whereby the empire might rise or fall; water is another. “When the people complained about the high price of wine,” writes Suetonius, “Augustus reproved them, his son-in-law Agrippa having ensured nobody should go thirsty.” According to Carcopino, Agrippa marked his term of office by making entrance to the baths free for the year of his aedilship. Formerly supplying the Terme di Agrippa near the Pantheon, Aqua Virgo, albeit with some Renais-

sance restoration, supplies the Trevi Fountain to this day. Still operative, its tunnels form an ecosystem complete with white water snakes and less ecologically-friendly traces of radon, a result maybe of the water’s tufa origins.

The Aqua Alsietina (built around 2 BC and sometimes called the Aqua Augusta, but not to be confused with the aqueduct of the same name in Naples) – named after the Latin for Lake Martignano, which supplied the basin for spectacular naval battles (naumachiae) in Trastevere. Less well known, it’s also entirely underground. Still functioning

Aqua Claudia.

non-monumental modern homes.

By contrast, Aqua Traiana (to supply Trastevere) has shrunk to an image on a 103 AD coin: A river god reclines under one of its arches, a reed in one arm and under the other water gushing from a pot. It was later rebuilt under Pope Paul V and renamed Aqua Paola, and still feeds the famous Aqua Paola fountain on the Janiculum.

Finally comes Aqua Alexandrina in 226 AD, named after Emperor Alexandrus Severus. Architectural advances meant it could be built mostly above ground. Built and how! History lecturer Romolo Staccoli has its arches counted: 34 at Fosse di Torre Angela, 140 at Centocelle, 52 at Torpignattara where in the summer local Bangladeshis play cricket in their shadow. At Porta Maggiore it meets Anio Vetus and Anio Novo (52 AD), Aqua Appia, Marcia and Claudia, the big daddy of them all. Add flyovers, power-lines, tram-tracks, railways for the ultimate historical palimpsest. All roads lead to Rome; here the same may almost be said of aqueducts, all that stonework echoing another thought best expressed by W.H. Auden: “Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.”

Photos by Fabio Del Piano.

Aqua Alexandrina.

in the third century AD, it then dried up when the water levels in the mother lake dropped.

Next up, in the grandest sense of the preposition, is Aqua Claudia (38 AD), started under Caligula and finished under Claudius about 14 years later. Take Termini’s yellow-and-white trenino to Villini, and across the tracks there it runs to your right, now topped with ivy, now new-fangled electronics. Slip down Via del Mandrione: beyond the snug tunnel, in Via Casilina Vecchia the aqueduct gets close and personal. The arches form an entrance to distinctly

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Aqua Appia 311 BC Anio Vetus 271 BC AQUA Marcia 144 BC Aqua Tepula 126 BC Aqua Julia 33 BC AQUA Virgo 19 BC Aqua Alsietina 2 BC Aqua Claudia 38 AD Anio Novo 52 AD Aqua Traiana 109 AD AQUA ALEXANDRINA 226 AD

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LEGAL AFFAIRS

Studio Legale Annino

HATCHED AND DISPATCHED IN ITALY

A guide to registering births and deaths in Italy

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ife is filled with joys and sorrows, the happiness of a birth and the deep sadness on the death of a loved one. The last thing one needs on these occasions is to be bogged down by bureaucracy. We hope that the following guide to civil registrations in Italy will assist in navigating your way around these circumstances.

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In the event of a birth in Italy, no matter if the parents are citizens or noncitizens, all registrations take place first with the local civil authority. The hospital or clinic where the child is born will issue a certificate of assistance in birthing (certificato d’assistenza al parto) and will inform the city hall of the birth within three days of the event.

The parents have 10 days from the time of the birth to complete the dichiarazione di nascita (declaration of birth) and register the name of the child at the ufficio dell’anagrafe (registry office).

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of the parents. The documents required are the certificato d’assistenza al parto issued by the hospital and the identity documents of the parent/s and where applicable permesso di soggiorno residence permits. In Italy children may be given up to a limit of three first names.

Parents wishing to register their child’s birth in their country of origin should request an estratto per riassunto dell’atto di nascita con generalità completa full birth certificate from the comune where the child is registered.

If available, request the modello plurilingue, a certificate in multiple languages which will save you having the certificate translated.

Then contact your country’s consulate in Italy to make an appointment to apply for a consular report of birth abroad, which is equivalent to a birth certificate from your country of origin.

Although consular rulings do differ, most countries will not register a birth in a foreign country after the child reaches his or her 18th birthday.

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On a more sombre note, even death has its bureaucracy. In the event of death in Italy, whether one is on holi-

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day or resident here, the process to be followed is the same.

Under Italian law 24 hours must pass from the time of death before the remains may be transported from the place of death for preparation for burial or shipment. In Italy, ambulances will not transport persons who are already deceased. In the case of road accidents ambulance staff will only load patients if they have vital signs and there is a chance of reanimation otherwise the police will contact the local mortuary services who will remove the body for an autopsy before being passed on to the private funeral services.

In the case of a death at home the process to follow is to phone your allocated family doctor (medico di famiglia) or the guardia medica to certify the death and then to report it to the local ASL (local health authority) who will send a second doctor to confirm it.

If the person has not been under the care of the family doctor for an illness or does not die in hospital, an autopsy may be necessary. You will require the services of a funeral agency for the removal of the body and any further permits of transportation as well as the registration of death with the comune and the issuing of the final death certificate.

If you wish to transport the deceased back to the family’s country of origin it is advisable to look on your consulate’s website for funeral agents in Italy that service your country. After the initial 24 hours have passed local burials can be arranged within 48 hours, however generally it takes four to seven days to arrange shipment outside Italy. If the family wishes to bury the deceased in Italy it is worth knowing that burials take place in cemeteries belonging to the comune.

The payment for a burial site is a concessione cimiteriale (contract of use) for a limited period of time, not for ownership of the plot. The period of the concession varies but it normally lasts 40 to 60 years and is renewable subject to payment. Some comuni offer perpetual contracts valid for 99 years for extra payment.

After the expiry date families often opt to move the remains into a smaller, less costly nicchia (niche) or have them cremated. Exhumation for transfer to another cemetery or country is permitted any time after a burial but only in the winter months – October until April – and under the supervision of the local health officer.

A special authorisation is required for cremation in Italy. Most consulates will issue the necessary statement if there is evidence in a will or testament that the deceased wished to be cremated after death, or in the absence of such evidence a request from the deceased’s next of kin. Joining a cremation association is also deemed evidence of that wish.

This authorisation can be obtained from the local comune by the spouse or other family members of the first degree (under article 74 of the Italian civil code) if the deceased was resident in Italy. The authorisation is submitted to the funeral agency, which makes all the necessary arrangements. It is however not uncommon to have to wait several weeks for the ashes from the crematorium.

LEGAL AFFAIRS THE Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome One of the favourite burial places for foreigners and non-Catholic Italians in Rome is the Non-Catholic Cemetery near the Pyramid of Cestius in Ostiense, last resting place of English Romantic poets Keats and Shelley. This recently published book provides information about the cemetery’s history and its romantic pull for all those who come to Rome.

Campo Verano cemetery.

All consular representatives in Italy can help in processing the consular report of death abroad, which is equivalent to a death certificate issued in your home country. Families returning to their country of origin after the death of a loved one may delegate an Italian law firm to carry out the succession of any assets in Italy on their behalf.

Studio Legale Annino www.annino-lawfirm.com Previous articles in this series last year 3 April. Buying property in Italy 8 May. Italian criminal trials 5 June. Leasing an apartment 3 July. The condominium handbook 7 Aug. Healthcare: Service or sufferance 11 Sept. Medical malpractice laws in Italy 2 Oct. Claiming for road accidents in Italy 6 Nov. Taxation time in Italy 8 Jan 2014. Italian wills and estates We also welcome any suggestions that readers may have. Please send these either to editorial@wantedinrome.com or directly to avv.annino@libero.it.

Since the last guide book to the Non-Catholic Cemetery at Piramide in Rome was published 50 years ago, Nicholas Stanley-Price’s new version is particularly welcome. Subtitled “its history, its people and its survival for 300 years”, this guide covers every aspect of the life of the burial ground reserved for all Rome residents who (in the past) were not allowed to lie in hallowed Roman Catholic ground and (today) choose this last resting place for its beauty and peace. The author, a historian who has worked in the field of heritage management, covers every possible aspect of the cemetery’s life, from its foundation in the 18th century to accommodate Protestant supporters who had followed the Stuart court in exile to Rome, to the present day, explaining the practical elements of general administration, conservation and maintenance.

The true charm of the book, however, is Stanley-Price’s gift of bringing the many dead to life. Through an extensive work of research, he has uncovered a wealth of stories and anecdotes regarding the occupants of the tombs that jostle each other in the various burial zones. We learn that although Joseph Severn was indeed the faithful friend of John Keats and, by public acclaim, was eventually interred alongside the poet, the same could not be said for Edward Trelawny, who nonetheless managed to manoeuvre a place right next to Shelley.

The many artists, sculptors, writers and diplomats buried in the cemetery are all documented, as well as lesser known personages, like 21-year old Robert Brown who tragically died on his Grand Tour. His inscription recounts that he “unhappily lost his life at Tivoli by his foot slipping, in coming out of Neptune’s Grotto….” and warned others to be more careful. The book stresses, however, not only the memorial aspect of the cemetery but also the fact that it continues to be a working burial ground, with a chapter devoted to this aspect. But Stanley-Price reminds us that it is also a tourist attraction and a well-loved park – “a pleasant place for relaxation and contemplation”, increasingly frequented by Roman residents as well as foreign visitors.

Margaret Stenhouse

The Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome – its history, its people and its survival for 300 years is on sale at the cemetery, price €18, and at the city’s Englishlanguage bookshops.

All proceeds go to benefit the cemetery.

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crafts

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any visitors take for granted the traditional inlaid wood musical boxes and trays that abound in Sorrento shops. They may even consider them banal – souvenirs that are no longer a novelty, despite the obvious workmanship, patience and ingenuity that goes into their making. Think again. These remarkably inexpensive little masterpieces may not be available for ever. The 200-year-old tradition of Sorrentine marquetry ware has dwindled to a shadow of what it was half a century ago.

“Once, there were 700 people in Sorrento devoted to creating intarsia work.

Some ateliers employed up to 50 workers while loaded containers transported their work all over the world. But today we only have about 20 craftsmen left,” laments Alessandro Fiorentino, who set up the Museobottega della Tarsialignea some 15 years ago to help preserve and develop this unique craft.

In order to keep prices down, many of the remaining artisans devote themselves to turning out items in series, with simple and identical designs, and Fiorentino is pessimistic about their future: “The Chinese will take over the market.”

Fortunately, a handful of gifted and devoted craftsmen, such as Giuseppe Rocco and the Stinga family, still create original articles of the highest quality, like their fathers and grandfathers before them. You can observe them at work, bent over their tables among scatterings of minute slivers of wooden mosaics in their shop-studios in the narrow alleyways off Sorrento high street.

We watched Nello Calemmo at work in his bottega in Via S. Maria delle

Margaret Stenhouse

THE MARQUETRY of SORRENTO In a new series, Wanted in Rome explores some of Italy’s traditional arts and crafts

Marquetry cigar boxes at the Museobottega della Tarsialignea.

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crafts Grazie as he carefully cut minute jigsaw-like mosaic pieces out of a panel less than seven millimetres thick, before fitting them on to his design.

All types of wood are used, from a range of native trees like olive, walnut, rose and orange wood, poplar, chestnut, elm and so on, to the more exotic mahogany and ebony.

The skilled artist uses the contrasts between the natural colour of the wood and the direction of the grain to bring his design to life. A wood panel may be dyed to create colours that do not appear in nature, but no painting or touching-up is permitted in genuine art creations. A small jewellery box can have up to 150 pieces of inlay. There will be several thousand subtly Alessandro Fiorentino with his Macchina della Festa. shaded fragments in bigger pieces. Nello works with his sales all over the world to acquire his father Michele and is one of the few in- collection of rare pieces. Subsequently, tarsia artists of the young generation. he organised five exhibitions in differMany of their commissions come from ent countries to promote the craft. abroad, like the large wall panel featur- “The first one was in the Internaing a Wild West scene, requested by a tional Design Centre of New York US customer. in 1988.”

Alessandro Fiorentino is convinced The following year, he began that the future of Sorrentine inlay lies to look around for a suitable in innovation. The basement floor of venue to house his private colhis museum contains a fully equipped lection and eventually found workshop where marquetry tech- the 17th-century Palazzo Poniques can be taught, as well as a dis- marici, former residence of Barplay area containing ultra-modern, on Achille Pomarici Santomasi. state-of-the-art creations which in- The building had been badly clude items of furniture, mirrors, frames damaged in the 1980 Camand various design objects produced pania earthquake and was by students who come from all over earmarked for demolition.

Italy to learn the techniques.

Fiorentino bought it and reAn architect by profession, Fioren- structured it. During the restino developed a passion for Sorrento toration work, he uncovered marquetry work some 30 years ago traces of the original 18th(“no-one appreciated it or valued it century frescoed ceilings then”). He has published books about the craft and between 1980 and 1990 Museum guide is available from Amazon. he combed antique fairs and auction

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and decorations as well as a 17th-century walled-in spiral stairway that had served as an escape route when Sorrento was attacked by roving bands of pirates.

The museum collection extends over three floors, with a fascinating array of items dating back to the era of the Grand Tour, when Sorrento craftsmen began creating inlaid mementoes for European visitors. The craft flourished for well over a century, producing works by schools of authentic masters, who are documented on the second floor, with the diplomas and medals won at various international expositions and fairs. Another section deals with local culture, history and traditions, displaying typical 19th-century souvenirs like boxes, clocks, trays, mandolins, mirrors and side tables with designs inspired by Pompeii frescoes, landscapes and scenes of everyday

crafts one of Sorrento’s greatest intarsia artists, Michele Grandville (1821-93) and a magnificent bed, richly inlaid with mother-of-pearl, standing under a ceiling romantically decorated with floral swathes and cavorting cupids.

There are also numerous portraits of local people wearing traditional costume. Interestingly, many were commissioned by King Ferdinand IV of Naples, who employed artists to paint peasants, fishermen and street sellers as models for the porcelain figurines produced by his Royal Capodimonte Porcelain factory.

How may Sorrento inlaid art develop? The ground floor is dominated by an arresting construction, personally designed by Fiorentino to commemorate the fourth centenary of the death of Sorrento poet Torquato Tasso in 1995. It is, he explained, a modern version of a “Machine della Festa” – a shoulder-borne construction carried in ceremonial processions. In the past, these were destroyed after use. This one, however, lives on — a pointer towards the future.

Nello Calemmo selects minute slivers of wood for his marquetry design.

life. Tarantella dancers and views of smoking Vesuvius were much in demand, as well as depictions of mythical

heroes like Ulysses withstanding the lure of the sirens. Jewels of the collection include an exquisite secretaire by

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della TARSIALIGNEA, Via S. Nicola, Sorrento (Mon closed), tel. 0818771942, www.museomuta.it.

SIDE NOTES Those interested in seeing more examples of marquetry can visit another museum nearby, the Museo Correale di Terranova.

Among the many Sorrentine antiques on display at this private museum are some fine intarsia works by local 19thcentury masters of marquetry such as Antonino Damora, and Luigi and Giuseppe Gargiulo, whose son Silvio Salvatore – better known as the poet Saltovar – donated the works to the museum in 1937.

The highlights of the collection of boxes and chests is an intricate bureau made in 1910 by Giuseppe Gargiulo, which features a music stand, dressing table, sewing box and even a chessboard.

There are also other works on display by perhaps the most famous of the Sorrentine intarsia masters, Michele Grandville, who at one stage employed 43 apprentices and was commissioned by the Royal House of Bourbon.

Museo Correale di Terranova, Via Correale 50, Sorrento (Mon closed) tel. 0818781846, www.museocorreale.it.

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rome’s major

Museums

For more details see www.museiincomuneroma.it and www.beniculturali.it.

Below is a list of the major museums and archaeological sites in Rome. Book tickets for many Rome museums and archaeological sites on tel. 060608 or online at www.060608.it. Book tickets for the Borghese Museum, Etruscan Museum at Villa Giulia, Palazzo Barberini and Palazzo Corsini online at www.beniculturali.it.

vatican museums

Viale del Vaticano, tel. 0669883860, mv.vatican. va. Not only the Sistine Chapel but also the Egyptian and Etruscan collections and the Pinacoteca. Mon-Sat 09.00-18.00. Sun (and bank holidays) closed except last Sun of month (free

entry, 08.30-12.30). All times refer to last entry.

For group tours of the museums and Vatican gardens tel. 0669884667. For private tours (museum only) tel. 0669884947. Closed 26 December and 6 January, Easter Sunday and Monday.

Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums, tel. 0669881814, www.vatican-patrons.org. For private behindthe-scene tours in the Vatican Museums.

Etruscan Museum at Villa Giulia Piazza Villa Giulia 9, tel. 063226571, villagiulia.beniculturali.it. National museum of Etruscan civilisation. 08.30-19.30. Mon closed.

Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna Viale delle Belle Arti 131, tel. 06322981, www.gnam.beniculturali.it. 08.30-19.30.

Mon closed.

MAXXI Via Guido Reni 6, tel. 063210181, www.fondazionemaxxi.it. National Museum of 21st-century art, designed by Zaha Hadid.

Tues-Sun 11.00-19.00, Thurs and Sat 11.00-22.00.

Mon closed.

Museo delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari Piazza G. Marconi 10, EUR, tel. 060608, www.popolari.arti.beniculturali.it.

Traditional Italian tools, crafts, clothing, furniture, musical instruments, jewellery. Tues-Fri 09.00-18.00, Sat-Sun 09.00-20.00. Mon closed.

Guided tours in Italian on prior booking.

Palazzo Corsini Via della Lungara, 10, tel.

0668802323, www.galleriaborghese.it/corsini/ en. National collection of ancient art, begun by Rome’s Corsini family. Tues-Sun 08.30-19.30.

Mon closed.

Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale Via Merulana 248, tel. 0646974832, www.museorientale.it. Interesting national collection of oriental art with some special exhibitions from its own collection and special loans. Tues, Wed, and Fri. 09.00-14.00. Thurs, Sat, Sun. 09.00-19.30. Mon closed.

Guided tours in Italian on Sun (11.00 and 17.00).

Museo Nazionale del Palazzo Venezia Via del Plebiscito 118, tel. 0669994285,

www.museopalazzovenezia.beniculturali.it.

Residence of Pope Paul II in the 15th century, it was the embassy of the Republic of Venice and then of the Austrian Empire. Paintings, sculpture, bronzes by Pisanello and Bernini.

08.30-19.30, Mon closed.

tel. 060608. Open for temporary exhibitions only 16.00-24.00. Mon closed.

Museo Barracco Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 166, tel. 0668806848, www.mdbr.it. A collection of mainly pre-Roman sculpture. 09.00-19.00.

Mon closed.

Museo Canonica Viale P. Canonica 2 (Villa Borghese), tel. 060608, www.museocanonica.it. The collection, private apartment and studio of the sculptor and musician Pietro Canonica who died in 1959. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. Guided tours in Italian and English (book ten days in advance).

Museo dei Fori Imperiali and Trajan’s Markets Via IV Novembre 94, tel. 060608, en.mercatiditraiano.it. Museum dedicated to the forums of Caesar, Augustus, Nerva and Trajan and the Temple of Peace.

09.00-19.00. Mon closed.

Museo dell’Ara Pacis Lungotevere in Augusta, tel. 060608, www.arapacis.it. Home of the Roman altar to peace commissioned by Emperor Caesar Augustus in the 1st century AD. The museum was designed by American architect Richard Meier. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed.

Museo Napoleonico Piazza di Ponte Umberto 1, tel. 060608, www.museonapoleonico. it. Paintings, sculptures and jewellery related to Napoleon and the Bonaparte family. 09.0019.00. Mon closed. Guided tours in Italian and English.

Museo di Roma – Palazzo Braschi Via S. Pantaleo 10, tel. 060608, en.museodiroma.it.

The city’s collection of paintings, etchings, photographs, furniture and clothes from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed.

Guided tours in English and Italian on prior booking tel. 0682059127.

Palazzo delle Esposizioni Via Nazionale 194, tel. 0639967500, www.palazzoesposizioni. it. Large space which hosts several travelling exhibitions each year. Tues, Wed, Thurs 10.0020.00. Fri and Sat 10.00-22.30. Sun 10.00-20.00.

Mon closed.

Scuderie del Quirinale Via XXIV Maggio 16, tel. 0639967500, www.scuderiequirinale.it.

The museum opposite the residence of Italy’s president stages major exhibitions. Sun-Thurs 10.00-20.00, Fri-Sat 10.00-22.30.

a sculpture by Bernini, plus works by Raphael, Titian, Tintoretto and Caravaggio. 10.00-17.00.

Galleria Colonna Palazzo Colonna, Via della Pilotta 17, tel. 066784350, www.galleriacolonna.it.

Private collection of works by Veronese, Guido Reni, Pietro di Cortona and Annibale Caracci. Sat 09.0013.00 only. Private group tours are available seven days a week on request. For wheelchair access con-

tact the gallery to arrange alternative entrance.

Keats-Shelley Memorial House Piazza di Spagna 26, tel. 066784235, www.keats-shelley-house.it. Museum dedicated to the lives of three English Romantic poets – John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron.

Mon-Fri 10.00-13.00, 14.00-18.00; Sat 11.00-14.00, 15.00-18.00. Guided tours on prior booking.

state museums Baths of Diocletian Viale Enrico de Nicola 78, tel. 0639967700, www.archeoroma. beniculturali.it. Part of the protohistorical section of the Museo Nazionale Romano in the Baths of Diocletian plus the restored cloister by Michelangelo. 09.00-19.45. Mon closed.

Borghese Museum Piazzale Scipione Borghese (Villa Borghese), tel. 06328101, www.galleria.borghese.it. Sculptures by Bernini and Canova, paint­ings by Titian, Caravaggio, Raphael, Correggio. 09.00-19.30. Mon closed.

Entry times at 09.00, 11.00, 13.00 15.00, 17.00.

Guided tours in English and Italian.

Castel S. Angelo Museum Lungotevere Castello 50, tel. 066819111, www.castelsantangelo.com. Emperor Hadrian’s mausoleum used by the popes as a fortress, prison and palace. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed.

Colosseum, Palatine and Roman Forum Colosseum: Piazza del Colosseo.

Palatine: entrances at Piazza di S. Maria Nova 53 and Via di S. Gregorio 30. Roman Forum: entrances at Largo Romolo e Remo 5-6 and Piazza di S. Maria Nova 53, tel. 0639967700, www.colosseo-roma.it. 08.30-19.15. Single ticket gives entry to the Colosseum and the Palatine (including the Museo Palatino; last entry one hour before closing). Guided tours in English and Italian.

Crypta Balbi Via delle Botteghe Oscure 31, tel. 0639967700, www.archeologia.beniculturali.it. Museum dedicated to the Middle Ages on the site of the ancient ruins of the Roman Theatre of Balbus.

09.00-19.00. Mon closed. Guided tours in Italian.

Museo Preistorico ed Etnografico L. Pigorini Piazza G. Marconi 14, EUR, tel.

06549521, www.pigorini.beniculturali.it. Prehistoric Italian artefacts and ethnological material from various cultures. 10.00-18.00.

Palazzo Altemps Piazza S. Apollinare 46, tel.

0639967700, www.archeoroma.beniculturali. it. Ancient sculpture from the Museo Nazionale Romano, including the Ludovisi collection.

09.00-19.45. Mon closed.

Palazzo Barberini Via delle Quattro Fontane 13, tel. 064824184, www.galleriabarberini.beniculturali.it. National collection of 13th- to 16th-century paintings.

08.30-19.30. Mon closed.

Palazzo Massimo alle Terme Largo di Villa Peretti 1, tel. 0639967700, www.archeoroma.beniculturali.it. Important Roman paintings, mosaics, sculpture, coins and an­tiquities from the Museo Nazionale Romano, including the Kircherian collection. 09.00-19.45.

Mon closed.

Vittoriano Piazza Aracoeli, tel. 066991718, www.museiincomuneroma.it. Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II and Italian unity. Also Museo Centrale del Risorgimento. 10.00-16.00. Mon closed. Entry free.

city museums Centrale Montemartini Art Centre Via Ostiense 106, tel. 060608, en.centralemontemartini.org. Over 400 pieces of ancient sculpture from the Capitoline Museums are on show in a former power plant.

09.00-19.00. Mon closed. Guided tours in English for groups if reserved in advance.

Capitoline Museums Piazza del Campidoglio, tel. 060608, en.museicapitolini.org. The city’s collection of ancient sculpture in Palazzo Nuovo and Palazzo dei Conservatori, plus the Tabularium and the Pinacoteca. 09.00-20.00. Mon closed.

Guided tours for groups in English and Italian on Sat and Sun. Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna Via Francesco Crispi 24, tel. 060608, www.museiincomuneroma.it. The municipal modern art collection. 10.00-18.00.

Mon closed.

MACRO Via Reggio Emilia 54, tel. 060608, www.macro.roma.museum. The city’s collection of contemporary art, plus temporary exhibition space. Via Reggio Emilia 09.00-19.00. Mon closed.

Also MACRO Future, Piazza Orazio Giustiniani 4,

private museums Casa di Goethe Via del Corso 18, tel. 0632650412, www.casadigoethe.it. Museum dedicated to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 10.00-18.00. Mon closed.

Doria Pamphilj Gallery Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, Via del Corso 305, tel. 066797323, www.doriapamphilj.it. Residence of the Doria Pamphilj family, it contains the family’s private art collection, which includes a portrait by Velasquez,

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GUIDE TO GARDENS AROUND ROME CASTEL GIULIANO One of the best rose gardens in Lazio lies about 7 km from Bracciano, north of Rome. The estate gardens surround the large, square three-storey farm castle, which stands on a high island of volcanic tufa rock facing Cerveteri and the sea, and they encompass the church of S. Filippo Neri in the grounds. The planting of the garden is the work of Marchesa Umbertina Patrizi, and shows a garden style that is rarely found in Italy. There are more than 1,000 rose bushes, including fine climbers on the castle walls. Only open for group bookings.

This year’s Festa delle Rose takes place on 10 and 11 May from 10.00-19.00.

Palazzo Patrizi, Castel Giuliano, tel.

0699802530, www.castel-giuliano.it.

LA MORTELLA On the island of Ischia off the coast of Naples is an oasis of tropical and Mediterranean plants. The gardens were created in 1958 by Susana Walton, the wife of English composer Sir William Walton.

La Mortella is divided into two areas: the valley garden and the hill garden.

The valley, designed by celebrated English landscape architect Russell Page, is shady, luxuriant and tropical while the hill, designed by Lady Walton, is sunny and Mediterranean.

The garden design takes advantage of the sea views and is enriched by fountains.

Open from April to October. The Walton Foundation organises concerts of classical music each autumn in the Greek theatre overlooking the sea. Via Francesco Calise 39, Forio d’Ischia (NA), tel. 081986220, www.lamortella.org.

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LA LANDRIANA The Primavera della Landriana, the annual garden fair and horticultural sale, takes place at La Landriana gardens south of Rome from 25-27 April. The ten-hectare gardens were created in the 1950s by owner Marchesa Lavinia Taverna Gallarati Scotti with the help of Russell Page. Now considered the most important post-war garden in Italy, La Landriana contains 32 secret rooms and walks including one planted entirely with Mutabilis roses.

Open from 10.00-19.00 during the fair.

Driving from Rome, take Via Pontina or the coastal road to Ardea, or by train on the Rome-Nettuno line to Campo di Carne. Via Campo di Carne 51, Tor S. Lorenzo, Ardea, tel. 0691014140, www.giardinidellalandriana.it.

NINFA This romantic English-style garden spread over eight hectares was built by the Caetani family at the start of the 20th century on the ruins of the mediaeval town of Ninfa. The garden is open to all, without obligatory booking, from April to October on the first Saturday and Sunday of the month, on the third Sunday of April, May and June and the first Sunday in November. Also this year it is open every Sunday in May. However groups (minimum of 30 people) that book a guided tour can visit the gardens all year round. Ninfa is part of the natural monument of the same name estab-

lished by Lazio in 2000. Fondazione Roffredo Caetani Onlus, Via della Fortezza 04010, Sermoneta (Ninfa), www.fondazionecaetani.org.

ORTO BOTANICO This botanic garden is located in the heart of Trastevere, behind Palazzo Corsini and across from Villa Farnesina, on a 12-hectare sloping site filled with palms, yucca and terraces with gravel paths. Established in 1883 after the Corsini family donated it to the Italian government, it is now run by the University of Rome La Sapienza. The gardens host over 3,500 species of plants, including specially-cultivated plants in danger of extinction in the wild, and feature a scent-and-touch garden for the visually impaired. Open every day except Sunday. April-Oct 09.00-18.30, Nov-March 09.00-17.30. Largo Cristina di Svezia 24, Trastevere, tel. 0649917106, sweb01.dbv.uniroma1.it/orto.

PONTIFICAL VILLAS OF CASTEL GANDOLFO The Barberini gardens at Castel Gandolfo are located in the Alban hills about 25 km south-east of the capital, and have spectacular views over Lake Albano. The 30-hectare papal gardens feature ancient Roman ruins dating back to Emperor Domitian as well as a square of holly oaks, paths of roses and aromatic herbs, and a magnolia garden. The 55-hectare papal retreat, which includes a 25-hectare Vatican farm, has been a holiday residence for the popes since the 17th century and has now been opened to the public

by Pope Francis for the first time. The guided tours of the Barberini garden are from Monday to Saturday at 08.30, 10.30 and 11.30. Tours can be booked on the Vatican Museums website. visiteguidategruppi.musei@scv.va, www. mv.vatican.va.

ROSETO COMUNALE Rome’s municipal rose garden on the Aventine hill opens this year from 21 April until 15 June. There are two separate sections overlooking the Palatine hill and Circus Maximus: the upper garden with its collection of classic “old roses”, and the lower garden featuring the entries of the prestigious annual international rose competition known as the Premio Roma, which takes place on 17 May, and a collection of winning roses from previous years. The gardens are home to over 1,000 varieties including a green-blossomed rose from China. Daily 08.30-19.30. The garden is on the site of the Jewish cemetery, which was moved to the Verano cemetery in 1934; the paths are laid out in the form of a menorah. Via di Valle Murcia 6, tel.

065746810, rosetoromacapitale@ comune.roma.it.

S. LIBERATO The garden was designed in the 1960s by landscape architect Russell Page, around the romanesque church of S. Liberato near Lake Bracciano north of Rome. It contains huge lawns and beds of plants, shrubs and flowers, a mediaeval herb garden, a formal rose garden with more than 1,000 rose bushes, and rare specimen trees: maples, Japanese cherry trees, liquidambar and liriodendra. The garden is open to the public on selected days from May until November. Guided visits are possible at other times for groups by prior arrangement, reduced prices for groups. Via Settevene Palo 33, S. Liberato, Bracciano, tel. 99805460, www.sanliberato.it.

VILLA D’ESTE Built for the Cardinal Ippolito D’Este around 1555, these complex renaissance water gardens in Tivoli are among the most famous in the world. Water from the

nearby river Aniene is channelled under the city of Tivoli to feed the gardens’ vast range of spectacular fountains, including the celebrated organ fountain. Cascades, pools, water staircases, grottoes and nymphs are revealed at every turn.

The villa has a bar and restaurant on the terrace overlooking the gardens and there is a bookshop. Piazza Trento 5, Tivoli, tel.

199766166, villadestetivoli@teleart.org.

CULTURAL ACADEMY GARDENS AMERICAN ACADEMY The American Academy’s organically-cultivated gardens are located on its 5-hectare site on the Janiculum hill. The Aurelia Gardens were originally laid down by the Farnese family in the 17th century, and follow a classical layout. They are characterised by giant dome-shaped topiaries and fountains, and the entry drive is lined with mixed borders of white and blue flowering plants. The Bass Garden at the McKim, Mead & White Building and around the Casa Rustica features cherry trees, olives, cypresses and Roman pines. It also has an orchard with persimmons, apricot, plum and crab apple trees. The gardens are home to the Rome Sustainable Food Project whose organic produce is enjoyed by the academy’s community.

American Academy in Rome, Via Angelo Masina 5, tel. 0658461, www.aarome.org.

JAPANESE GARDENS With their cherry trees, wisteria, irises and dwarf pines, the gardens of Rome’s Japanese Cultural Institute feature all the essential elements associated with the Sen-en style, including a waterfall, ponds, an ornamental bridge and a traditional tōrō stone lamp. The gardens are the work of garden designer Ken Nakajima, who was also responsible for the Japanese section of the botanic gardens in Trastevere.

Groups of 15-20 people are taken on guided tours, free of charge, but booking is necessary. The gardens are open to the public on Fridays from 15.00-17.00, and on Saturdays from 10.00-12.00, until 30 May. Istituto Giapponese di Cultura, Via A. Gramsci 74, tel. 063224754, www. jfroma.it.

THE FRENCH ACADEMY VILLA MEDICI Located between Trinità dei Monti and Villa Borghese, Villa Medici has been home to the French Academy in Rome since 1803. Its magnificent 16th-century gardens are laid out in a series of squares, lawns and fountains. Distinctive features of the gardens are the umbrella pines and sculptures, the most admired being the group of Niobe’s dying children. The celebrated French artist Balthus, who was academy director from 1961-1977, had copies made of the fourth-century Niobe originals. The gardens are open every day except Monday for guided tours in English, French and Italian. However groups (up to 25 people) can book a visit at any time. Académie de France à Rome - Villa Medici, Viale Trinità dei Monti 1, tel. 0667611, www. villamedici.it.

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PALAZZO DELLE ESPOSIZIONI Sisters by Nan Goldin at the Gagosian Gallery.

exhibitions ANDY WARHOL 18 April-28 Sept The works of Andy Warhol come to Rome following a recent showing at Milan’s Palazzo Reale. The exhibition features his Last Supper series, first presented in Milan in 1987 in what was to be his last exhibition before his death that same year. Other works include self-portraits, Electric Chairs, his portrait of Mao and the famous Blue Shot Marilyn, portrait of the tragic movie star bearing a visible restoration where a friend of the artist fired a pistol at the canvas in 1964.

Fondazione Roma Museo Palazzo Cipolla, Via del Corso 320, tel. 066786209, www.fondazioneromamuseo.it.

Wall Monster by Peter Rockwell at St Stephen’s Cultural Center Foundation.

Ragazza con lira by Paolo Antonio Paschetto at Villa Torlonia.

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HOGARTH, REYNOLDS, TURNER. PITTURA INGLESE VERSO LA MODERNITà 15 April-20 July This exhibition examines the development of 18th-century British painting, which spawned trend-setting themes, styles and techniques. The show reappraises the genres of portraiture and landscape painting and offers an insight into the era’s artistic, social, political and economic situation. The works by Reynolds, Gainsborough, Stubbs, Constable and Turner are on loan from major art institutions in London. Palazzo Sciarra, Via Marco Minghetti 22, (corner Via del Corso), tel. 06697645599, www.fondazioneromamuseo.it.

PETER ROCKWELL: SCULPTURE AND PRINTS 3-14 April The St Stephen’s Cultural Center Foundation presents a retrospective of the work of Rome-based American sculptor Peter Rockwell. The show includes bronze, stone, terracotta and resin sculptures as well as woodcuts by the artist who has lived in Rome for the last 45 years. Also on display is a large fantasy chair comissioned by the Norman Rockwell Museum. St Stephen’s Cultural Center Foundation, Viale Aventino, corner of Via Aventina, www.culturalcenter. ststephens-rome.com.

PASOLINI ROMA 15 April-20 July Cultural venues in Barcelona, Paris and Berlin join Rome in celebrating the Italian film director, poet, writer and intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975). A controversial figure, Pasolini’s political views earned him many enemies but since his tragic death he has become regarded as a visionary thinker and a major figure in the Italian arts. Pasolini had an intense relationship with his adopted Rome which he loved and hated, and which played such a central role in many of his movies. The exhibition is organised chronologically into six sections, from the writer’s arrival in Rome in 1950 until the night of his murder at Ostia in 1975.

GLI ETRUSCHI E IL MEDITERRANEO. LA CITTA’ DI CERVETERI 15 April-20 July Exhibition dedicated to Cerveteri, an Etruscan stronghold in northern Lazio, about 50 km from Rome.

The exhibition spans almost ten centuries of history during the first millenium BC and examines how Cerverteri became one of the major powers of the Mediterranean, before being absorbed by the nascent Roman empire in the first century AD. Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Via Nazionale 194, tel. 0639967500, www.palazzoesposizioni.it.

Top: Pasolini on the set of Teorema at Palazzo delle Esposizioni.

Above: Sixth century BC Etruscan Campana at Palazzo delle Esposizioni.

NAN GOLDIN: SCOPOPHILIA 21 March-24 May Exhibition by Washington photographer Nan Goldin including a selection of work commissioned by the Louvre in 2010. The show features a range of autobiographical themes as well as photographs of sculptures and paintings from the Louvre. Goldin’s work is often disturbing, sometimes controversial, but always compelling and she is credited with influencing a younger generation of photographers and artists. Gagosian Gallery, Via Francesco Crispi 16, tel.

0642746429, www.gagosian.com.

SIDE BY SIDE 19 March-30 May The Galleria Monty&Company presents a series of four exhibitions by four pairs of artists from different backgrounds, of different nationalities and diverse artistic disciplines. Entitled Side by Side, the cycle began with Ali Assaf and Serafino Amato (19 March-4 April), followed by Myriam Laplante and Georgina Spengler (11-29 April), Peter Flaccus and Giuseppe Amalfi (6-16 May), and William Pettit and Jochem Schoneveld (20-30

SHOWING AT MAXXI UTOPIA FOR SALE? 15 Feb-4 May A homage to the recently-deceased American artist Allan Sekula. The exhibtion asks whether the utopia of monetary power is gradually replacing the utopia of social good and if, in fact, utopia is up for sale.

It addresses issues of globalistaion and features works by artists and architects including Bernd and Hilla Becher, Noel Burch, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Libero De Cunzo, Fei Cao, Adelita Husni-Bey, Li Liao, Pier Luigi Nervi, Sekula and Amie Siegel.

ETTORE SPALLETTI 13 March-14 Sept Exhibition of 17 works and a large sitespecific installation by leading Italian contemporary artist Ettore Spalletti. Entitled Un giorno così bianco, così bianco, the exhibition runs in parallel with two other shows at the Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna (GAM) in Turin and Museo MADRE in Napoli. The 70 works on show at the three art institutions are united under the same exhibition title as well as the shared desire to highlight the range and complexity of Spalletti’s work.

MAXXI, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Via Guido Reni 4, tel.

0639967350, www.fondazionemaxxi.it.

Instrumentals by Shannon Ebner at Fondazione Memmo.

May). Spengler’s work has featured on Wanted in Rome covers in the past, including the current edition. Galleria Monty&Company, Via della Madonna dei Monti 69, tel. 328/7623389, www. montyecompany.com. See Georgina Spengler cover this edition and page 17 (top right).

SHANNON EBNER: AUTO BODY COLLISION 13 March-27 June The Fondazione Memmo presents a solo exhibition by American artist Shannon Ebner, curated by Cloé Perrone. The assembled works are the result of the artist’s recent stay at Rome’s Palazzo Ruspoli and revolve around the concept of collision, recovery, reassembly and loss. Ebner’s research explores the boundaries between photography and sculpture, image and word, merging text with photographs to create a dialogue that plays on the jargon used in automotive repair shops. Fondazione Memmo, Palazzo Ruspoli, Via del Corso 418, 066832179, www.fondazionememmo.it.

Ripetizione Blu by Isabella Ducrot at GNAM.

ISABELLA DUCROT. BENDE SACRE 4 March-18 May Isabella Ducrot recalls her journey through pilgrimage sites in Tibet and Ladakh some 20 years ago. It was there that the Neapolitan artist collected the traditional fabrics and silks, some used in ancient religious practices, which form the basis of her exhibition. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna (GNAM), Viale delle Belle Arti 131, tel. 0632298221, www.gnam.beniculturali.it.

PAOLO ANTONIO PASCHETTO. ARTISTA DECORATORE FRA LIBERTY E DÉCO 26 Feb-28 Sept The Casino dei Principi Villa Torlonia honours the painter, designer and illustrator Paolo Paschetto (1885-1963)

The history of AS Roma football club on show at La Pelanda.

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on the 50th anniversary of his death.

The artist’s various styles incorporated both the Liberty and Art Déco movements as evidenced by the selection of exhibited works, many of which have never been displayed publically before.

The exhibition spans his career from his religious paintings to his advertising works and even his design for the official emblem of the Italian Republic, adopted in 1948. Musei di Villa Torlonia, Casino dei Principi Nomentana 70, tel.

060608, www.museivillatorlonia.it.

ROMA TI AMO 17 Feb-20 July This exhibition traces the history of one of the city’s two football clubs, AS Roma, from its origins in 1927 to the present day. In addition to trophies, jerseys and football memoribilia is a “hall of fame” featuring photographs of the club’s biggest stars over the decades. The exhibition is divided into four main sections, from its foundation to the beginning of the post-war period, from 1948 to the end of the 1960s, from 1970 to 1991, and finishing with the more recent past. La Pelanda ex-Mattatoio, Piazza Orazio Giustiniani, tel. 060608.

STILL SHOWING

Detail of Frida Kahlo’s Self Portrait as Tehuana at the Scuderie del Quirinale.

FRIDA KAHLO 20 March-13 July This exhibition is dedicated to Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), arguably

one of the world’s most famous female artist of the first half of the 20th century, and the greatest exponent of Latin American art. Kahlo’s life was marked by colour but marred by tragedy, both of which she incorporated into her work. Regarded as a forerunner of the feminist movement, Kahlo was linked to influential men such as Leon Trotsky and André Breton, later marrying revolutionary artist Diego Rivera. This major exhibition explores her paintings as well as her relationship with the artistic movements of the time, from Mexican Modernism to international Surrealism.

The exhibition comprises some of her most celebrated works, on loan from Mexico, Europe and the US, and also includes a selection of photographic portraits of the artist. Scuderie del Quirinale, Via XXIV Maggio 16, tel. 639967500, www.scuderiequirinale.it.

LO SPINARIO 4 Feb-25 May The exhibition comprises 45 works inspired by the Spinario, the GrecoRoman bronze which is one of the most admired pieces in the Capitoline Museums collection. The Hellenistic sculpture of a boy pulling a thorn from the sole of his foot was part of a donation to the people of Rome by Pope Sixtus IV in 1471. Bronzes, paintings and numerous replicas are on loan from European museums. Palazzo dei Conservatori, Capitoline Museums, Piazza del Campidoglio, tel. 060608, www.museicapitolini.org.

IL PAESAGGIO ITALIANO. FOTOGRAFIE 1950-2010 22 Jan-20 April This exhibition offers, in 134 images, a fairly comprehensive overview of the ways in which Italian photographers looked at the landscape from the post-war period until the 2010s.

It starts from the pictorialism of Peretti Griva, and the “calligraphism” of Giuseppe Cavalli who in 1947 founded the photographic group La Bussola, essential for the development of “artistic” photography in Italy.

Alongside the aestheticising Bussola, the group La Gondola, with Monti and Berengo Gardin, had a more lyrical-realist approach; while Luigi Crocenzi – author of numerous photo-stories for Elio Vittorini’s journal Il Politecnico – may be regarded as a neo-realist photographer.

A common element was the observation of what in Italy – not only in the south – remained tethered to the past, a condition seen in the images of the aforementioned photographers and others; while two photographs by Carlo Cisventi epitomise coexisting aspects of the country in the 1950s: traditional fire rituals dating back to pre-Christian cults, industrial flames in the oil fields of the Po Valley.

In the 1960s and 1970s approaches to landscape became more experimental, the socio-geographical survey of territory was complemented by a burgeoning environmental awareness; at the same time, photographers such as Nino Migliori, Mario Giacomelli, Roberto Salbitani, steered photography towards linguistic, literary, conceptual directions.

A pivotal role in the development of landscape photography was played from the beginning of the 1980s by Guido Guidi, Luigi Ghirri, and Gabriele Basilico; it was especially Ghirri who – while engaging in a thoughtful investigation of the meanings of photography – organised a number of explorations focusing especially on the least apparent facets of the country.

His projects of the 1980s, involving photographers and writers, changed the way of looking at the landscape, but also the status of the photographer, who would finally be regarded in all respects as a visual artist.

The last 20 years have seen the advent of digital imaging and post-production, and the entry of photography into the world of commercial galleries and of contemporary art museums. Landscape photography has further diversified; while, in the wake of Ghirri, it has remained an instrument for investigating the territory (Camisasca, Simonazzi, Raffaelli, Zanta, Citron, Botto), in another sense it got closer to painting, creating manipulated images often quite removed from the physical world.

Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Piazza S. Egidio 1b, tel. 060608, www.museodiromaintrastevere.it.

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SHOWING AT MACRO VITTORIO MESSINA 27 Feb-4 May MACRO Testaccio presents an exhibition entitled Postbabel e dintorni by Sicilian artist Vittorio Messina. Curated

by Bruno Cora, the exhibition comprises a dozen large works and installations recently created by the Rome-based artist. MACRO Testaccio, Piazza Orazio Giustiniani, tel. 065742647.

TOSHIKO HORIUCHI MACADAM 8 Dec-31 Jan 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. Enel Contemporanea highlights international contemporary art in Rome and was behind the Big Bambú installation at MACRO Testaccio over the last year. MACRO, Via Nizza 138, tel.

068548274, www.museomacro.org.

For more exhibition listings see www. wantedinrome.com.

RODIN IL MARMO, LA VITA 18 Feb-25 May A major exhibition of 60 marble works by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. The Rome show follows its successful presentation at Palazzo Reale in Milan. The exhibition was created with the Musée Rodin in Paris and takes place in parallel with the Rodin exhibition at GNAM. Terme di Diocleziano, Viale Enrico de Nicola 79, tel. 0639967700.

ATTRAVERSO RODIN SCULTURA ITALIANA DEL PRIMO NOVECENTO 11 Feb-30 May The influence of Auguste Rodin on early 20th-century Italian sculpture began with the acclaim he achieved at the Venice Biennale in 1901 and continued over subsequent decades. The exhibition includes works by Italian sculptors in the collection of GNAM, including Medardo Rosso, who both admired and clashed with Rodin, as well as a selection of works from public and private collections. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna (GNAM), Viale delle Belle Arti 131, tel. 06322981, www.gnam.beniculturali.it.

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music This is a short list of the classical concerts in Rome. For a more detailed list 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. During Holy Week (1320 April) many of the churches have special musical programmes usually advertised in the churches themselves or sometimes on the city website www. comune.roma.it.

AUDITORIUM CONCILIAZIONE

Via della Conciliazione 4, tel. 06684391, www.auditoriumconciliazione.it

From the musical Non Abbiate Paura about the life of Pope John Paul II.

ACCADEMIA FILARMONICA ROMANA

Via Flaminia 118, tel. 063201752, www. filarmonicaromana.org (see different venues for performances) OPERA EDUCATION AIDA AMORE E CORAGGIO 15-16 April An introduction to opera for a young audience as part of the Opera Domani programme. The audience takes part in the Egyptian crowd scenes and joins with the professional singers for some of the arias. Verdi’s music is adapted by Alberto Cara, the conductor Pietro Billi, director Stefano Simone Pinto, scenery Gregorio Zurla and costumes Stefania Barreca. This is an As.Li.Co production,

NON ABBIATE PAURA 21-24 April As a curtain raiser to the canonisation of Blessed Pope John Paul II on 27 April this musical by Don Giuseppe Spedicato is dedicated to the person and teaching of JPII. It is a combination of music and drama with universal messages of peace, hope and courage. See also www.giuseppespedicato.com.

UOMO TRA GLI UOMINI 1-2 May For those who miss Non Abbiate Paura there is an opportunity to see another musical on the subject of JPII but with a different theme. This is a work about normal people whose ordinary lives suddenly become extraordinary when touched by sanctity, and when the seemingly impossible becomes the possible. By Sabrina Moranti. For more information see uomotragliuomini.it.

Aida, Amore e Coraggio by the Opera Deomani programme gives children their first taste of opera.

Members of the Mnozil Brass septet at the Istituto Universitario dei Concerti.

which is touring the country and it has been awarded a medal for its high cultural quality by President Giorgio Napolitano. Teatro Olimpico. For more about Opera Domani see www.operadomani.org.

ACCADEMIA S. CECILIA

S. Cecilia, Auditorium Parco della Music, Viale P De Coubertin 30, tel. 6802411, www.santacecilia.it SHEHERAZADE 5-8 April Yuri Temirkanov conducts S. Cecilia orchestra and choir with music by Rimsky-Korsakov and Mussorgsky. RimskyKorsakov’s symphonic poem Sheherazade is based on a series of episodes from the Arabian Nights. It is considered his most popular work and was premiered at St Petersburg in 1888, with Rimsky-Korsakov conducting.

HOMAGE TO BRAHMS 12-15 April Yuri Temirkanov conducting, Rodolf Buchbinder piano. Brahms piano concerto no 1 and symphony no 4, which was the last symphony Brahms wrote.

DALLAPICCOLA IL PRIGIONERO 27-29 April Dallapiccola’s opera in one act, with libretto also by Dallapiccola. Much of it is based on his earlier work, Canti di Prigionia. It was first performed on the radio in 1949. Also in the programme is music by Beethoven – Fidelo and the third and fourth movements of the ever-popular symphony no 9, conducted

by Antonio Pappano.

BEETHOVEN’S EROICA SYMPHONY 4-6 May Conducted by Semyon Bychkov and Kirill Gerstein piano. Semyon Bychkov

holds the Otto Klemperer chair of conducting studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

ISTITUZIONE UNIVERSITARIA DEI CONCERTI

Lungotevere Flaminio 50, tel 063610051, www.concertiiuc.it.

(Concerts are in the Aula Magna of La Sapienza University) JANINE JANSEN ITAMAR GOLAN 5 April Dutch violinist Janine Jansen and Israeli pianist Itamar Golan play music by Janacek, Schubert, Chausson, Brahms.

DOMENICA IN MUSICA Jan-June A series of concerts every Sunday organised by S. Cecilia at the Tor Bella Monaca theatre. The series will cover solo concerts to symphony orchestras, classical music to jazz, opera to film music. The project is designed to bring music to an often-neglected suburb of Rome as well as to make S. Cecilia better known throughout the city. The lively Tor Bella Monaca theatre is part of a group of six local theatres in Rome (Teatro Villa Pamphili, Teatro Lido di Ostia, Teatro Biblioteca Quarticciolo, Teatro Elsa Morante and Teatro Villa Torlonia), which offer the public a choice of new productions almost every night. Called Casa Dei Teatri e della Drammaturgia Contemporanea the theatres are rooted in their local communities, providing not only theatre, music and dance productions but also opportunities for local performers and playwrights as well as workshops and educational projects. The latest to join the group is the recently restored Teatro Villa Torlonia, which was officially inaugurated in December last year. Teatro Tor Bella Monaca, Via Bruno Cirini, off Via Casilina, www.casadeiteatri.roma.it.

MNOZIL BRASS 8 April This Austrian brass septet plays classical and jazz and combines humour with musical virtuosity. The founding members met while playing at the Mnozil Club in Vienna in the 1990s. This is their first concert in Rome.

PIANO TRIO 12 April Giorgia Tomassi, Carlo Maria Griguoli and Alessandro Stella play music by Shostakovich, Debussy, Boccadoro and Stravinsky. All three performed in 2013 in the Martha Argerich project at the Lugano festival.

ROMA SINFONIETTA PER L’UNIVERSITÀ DI TOR VERGATA

18 Feb-21 May The University of Tor Vergata season of ten concerts includes music from the 18th century to the present, opera, jazz and contemporary, as well as meetings with composers and musicians. The programme, which has been organised by the music director Luigi Lanzillotta, is divided into four symphony concerts, two chamber concerts, one lyric

Janine Jansen plays at the Istituto Universitario dei Concerti.

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Tori Amos performs at the Auditorium Parco della Musica.

concert, three jazz concerts as well as a concert for peace with Ana Oxa on 11 April. The concert series underlines not only the importance of music in the formation of students but also to the identity of the whole university community.

Most of the concerts are on Wednesdays at the Auditorium Ennio Morricone at 18.00, www.romasinfonietta.com.

live music TORI AMOS 2 June The American singer-songwriter, pianist and composer is a classicallytrained musician who reached international fame in the early 1990s with hits such as Conflake Girl and a decade later with A Sorta Fairytale. She has been nominated for no less than eight Grammy Awards, never winning, and has sold more than 12 million albums.

Auditorium Parco della Musica, Via Pietro de Coubertin, www.auditorium.com.

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE 3 June The Calfornian rock band performs at Rock in Roma. Formed in 1996, the band started off with a riff-oriented, alternative heavy rock sound which has since evolved to incorporate a variety of styles and influences. The group is known for hits such as No One Knows and Go with the flow. Rock in Roma, Ippodromo delle Capannelle, Via Appia Nuova 1245, www.rockinroma.com.

scheduled mark a decrease from the 130 last year. Supported by the French embassy in Rome and the Institut français in Italy, the programme features music by modern composers and promotes French culture in Italy. The plurality of musical languages is highlighted in the pop, rock, jazz and electronic music programme which this year focuses on the theme Spécial musique romantique francaise. While the festival is national in scope many events take place in Rome at venues around the city. Highlights include performances

by Parisian singer-songwriter Cleo T at Rome’s Centre Saint Louis (17 April), French musician Pierre-Yves Macé at Teatro S. Leonardo in Bologna (16 May), French band La Femme at Planet Roma (5 June), and Amadou & Mariam, the blind musical duo from Mali at Fiesole (26 June). For information www. institutfrancais-italia.com.

LE STORIE DELLA DANZA CONTEMPORANEA 12 April The Storie della Danza Contemporanea is dedicated to contemporary

dance, asking 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.

The four-month initiative ends on 12 April with Dance between memory, documentation and video dance with Enrico Coffetti and Francesca Pedroni.

Free entry.

MAXXI, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Via Guido Reni 4, tel.

0639967350, www.fondazionemaxxi.it.

FESTIVALS OUT OF TOWN BERGAMO AND BRESCIA

FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE PIANISTICO 25 April-12 June One of the world’s most important piano festivals for soloists, conductors and orchestras. This year’s theme is Rachmaninov and Russia, and will also include music by Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Scriabin, Prokofiev and Shostakovich. In recent years it has also included contemporary music – in 2007 with Beethoven and Arvo Prat and in 2008 with Chopin and Bernstein. This year old faces return such as Grigory Sokolov (2 May), Mikhail Pletnev (11 May), Lilya Zilberstein (18 May), Boris Berezovsky (1 June). The young Russian generation includes Yulianna Avdeeva (13 May), Daniiel Trifonov (25 May), Alexander Romanovsky (4 June), Michail Lifits (10 June) and the Italians are Beatrice Rana (6 May) Federico Colli (13 May), Giuseppe Andaloro (29 May). Venezuelan Gustavo Dudamel, one of the world’s best young conductors, opens the festival with the Gote-

festivals FESTIVAL SUONA FRANCESE 20 March-30 June The initiative showcasing French and Italian contemporary music returns for its seventh consecutive year. Events take place in about 40 cities throughout Italy, although the 80 concerts

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Parisian singer-songwriter Cleo T for Suona Francese Festival.

Beatrice Rana plays at the Festival Internazionale Pianistico.

berg symphony orchestra on 26 April, Daniel Gatti conducts on 16 May and Yuri Temirkanov on 8 June. Claudio Abbado, who should have been conducting in May, will be sadly missed. For details and location see www.festivalmichelangeli.it.

dance MILAN

RUDOLF NUREYEV’S SWAN LAKE 15 APRIL-11 MAY Rudolf Nureyev’s romantic version, with sets by Ezio Frigerio and costumes

by Franca Squarciapino. This production, in which the focus is on the male roles, was created by Nureyev in 1984 for the Paris Opera Ballet, replacing the traditional version by the Soviet choreographer Vladimir Bourmeister, against considerable initial opposition from the Paris ballet corp. Etoile Svetlana Zakharova dances on 15, 17, 19 April with David Hallberg, a principal dancer of the American Ballet Theatre and the first American to become a principal

Amacord at Teatro Olimpico for the Festival Internazionale della Danza.

dancer for the Bolshoi Ballet. Guest star Polina Semionova dances on 24, 27, 29 April. Teatro alla Scala, Piazza della Scala, www.teatroallascala.org.

EVOLUTION DANCE THEATER ELECTRICITY 22-27 APRIL In the new choreography by Anthony Heinl for the eVolution Dance Theater imaginary electrical impulses generate various movements and sensations in the human body. American choreographer Heinl has a background with Momix, which he joined in 2001, before moving to Italy in 2006 where he started to work with Emiliano Pelissari and later with Daniel Ezralow. He formed the AH Dance Theater Illusion in 2008, which then became eVolution Dance Theater. In 2009 he was commissioned to create Firefly, a new production for Maggio Danza. eVolution Dance Theater uses dance in conjunction with video art, illusionism, surprising lighting and special effects. The Rome performance of ElectriCity was cancelled in March so the staging in Milan is eagerly awaited. Teatro Nuovo, Piazza S. Babila 3, www.teatronuovo.it.

AMARCORD 17-20 APRIL Loosely inspired by Fellini’s film of the same name to mark the 40th anniversary of the film and the 20th anniversary of the director’s death. The choreography is by Luciano Cannito, music by Nino Rota, with Rossella Brescia in the role of Gradisca. It was first performed at the Teatro S. Carlo in 1995.

COMICS 29 APRIL-11 MAY In this Emiliano Pellisari creation for the NoGravity company cartoons come to the world of dance, all to the sound of jazz. Pellisari, one of Italy’s most inventive choreographers, is inspired by a mix of ancient Greek theatre, Renaissance fantasy and the science of the Enlightenment. Comics is influenced by the work of Keith Haring and Chagall, balanced between the world of comic strips and early cinema. See also www.nogravitydance.com.

ROME

VERDI DANSE 15-19 April A new choreography by Micha van Hoecke, director of the Rome Opera ballet, based on music from Verdi’s operas.

Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma, Piazza Beniamino Gigli 7, www.operaroma.it.

American Ballet Theatre and Bolshoi Ballet star David Hallberg and Polina Semionova.

Photo by Rosalie O’Connor.

DANCE AT TEATRO OLIMPICO The fourth Festival Internazionale della Danza organised by Accademia Filarmonica Romana, at Teatro Olimpico, teatroolimpico.it.

Emiliano Pellisari’s Comics at Teatro Olimpico.

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CHURCHES English-language services in Rome during Easter Week VATICAN CEREMONIES 17 April. Holy Thursday. Chrismal Mass, Vatican Basilica, 09.30 18 April. Good Friday. Papal Mass, St Peter’s Basilica 17.00, Way of the Cross, Colosseum 21.15 19 April. Holy Saturday. Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica 20.30 20 April. Easter Sunday. Mass, St Peter’s Square 10.15. “Urbi et Orbi” blessing 12.00 Please note that tickets (free of charge) are required for all ceremonies listed above, except the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum. For further information contact the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household, tel. 0669884857.

EASTER CHURCH SERVICES IN ENGLISH All Saints’ Anglican Church, Via del Babuino 153/b, tel. 0636001881 18 April. Good Friday 15.00-18.00 20 April. Easter Sunday Said Eucharist 08.30. Easter Sunday Sung Eucharist with blessing of Easter Garden 10.30 Ponte S. Angelo Methodist Church, Piazza Ponte S. Angelo 68, tel. 0668768314 20 April. Easter Sunday 10.30 Pontifical Irish College (Roman Catholic), Via dei SS. Quattro 1, tel. 06772631 17 April. Holy Thursday 18.00 18 April. Good Friday 15.00 19 April. Holy Saturday Vigil 21.00 20 April. Easter Sunday 10.00 Rome Baptist Church, S. Lorenzo in Lucina 35, tel. 066876652 17 April. Maundy Thursday 19.00 18 April. Church open 07.00-19.00 for personal prayer 20 April. Sunrise Service at Pincio 07.00, followed by Resurrection Sunday Breakfast 08.45. Easter Resurrection Service 10.30

18 April. Good Friday 15.00 19 April. Easter Vigil 21.00 20 April. Easter Sunday 11.00 St Patrick’s (Roman Catholic), Via Buoncompagni 31, tel. 0642903787 17 April. Holy Thursday 19.00 18 April. Good Friday 17.00 19 April. Holy Saturday 19.00 20 April. Easter Sunday 10.00 St Paul’s Within-the-Walls (Episcopal), Via Nazionale, corner Via Napoli 58, tel. 064883339 17 April. Maundy Thursday. Holy Eucharist with washing of feet 19.00 18 April. Good Friday. Stations of the Cross 12.00 19 April. Easter Vigil with Holy Baptism 20.00 20 April. Festival Sung Eucharist 10.30 S. Silvestro in Capite (Roman Catholic), Piazza S. Silvestro 1, tel. 066797775 17 April. Holy Thursday 17.00 18 April. Stations of the Cross (in Italian) 15.00, Passion Liturgy in English 17.00 19 April. Easter Vigil 20.00 20 April. Easter Sunday 10.00, 17.30 S. Susanna American Church (Roman Catholic), Via XX Settembre 15, tel.

0642014554 Due to temporary closure, Masses are taking place at nearby churches. See website for details www.santasusanna.org.

Venerable English College (Roman Catholic), Via di Monserrato 45, tel.

066868546 17 April. Mass of the Lord’s Supper.

19.30 18 April. Solemn Celebration of the Passion 15.00 19 April. Easter Vigil 21.30 20 April. Easter Sunday 10.00

Theatre JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR 18 April-1 June The Teatro Sistina celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Italian version of the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. This special production even involves Ted Neeley who starred in the 1973 film version by Norman Jewison, with live music performed by Italian rock band Negrita. The hugely-successful musical

by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, which has been entertaining audiences around the world ever since it opened in Broadway in 1971. Teatro Sistina, Via Sistina 129, tel. 064200711, www.ilsistina.it.

THE OPERA MUSICAL, LA VERA STORIA 22-27 April One of a number of stage productions taking place in Rome in the days around the canonisation of JPII on 27 April.

Titled The Opera Musical, la vera storia, this musical begin’s in Karol Wojtyla’s hometown of Wadowice, following his life at school, in the theatre and in the seminary, culminating in the moment he was introduced the world as Pope John Paul II in St Peter’s Square. Teatro Brancaccio, Via Merulana 244, tel. 06 80687231, www.teatrobrancaccio.it.

HAROLD PINTER DOUBLE BILL 29 April-4 May Wonderwall Entertainment presents two one act plays by Harold Pinter. Celebration is directed by Shelagh Stuchberry and The Room is directed by Michael Fitzpatrick. Both productions will be in English. 29 April-2 May at 20.30 and 3-4 May at 17.30. Teatro S. Genesio, Via Podgora 1, off Viale Mazzini, tel: 347-8248661, www.teatrosangenesio.it.

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church of Scotland, Via XX Settembre 7, tel.

064827627 17 April. Maundy Thursday service 06.30 20 April. Easter Sunday worship. 11.00 St Isidore’s College (Roman Catholic), Via degli Artisti 41, tel. 064885359 20 April. Easter Sunday 10.00 St Francis Xavier del Caravita (Roman Catholic), Via della Caravita 7 17 April. Maundy Thursday 19.00

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The opera musical, La vera storia dedicated to Karol Wojtyla at Teatro Brancaccio.

L’Elisir d’Amore at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

with Rosa Feola, Francesco Meli, Antonio Poli, Alessandro Luongo and Adrian Sampetrean. Both Feola and Poli have given successfully performances recently in London. Donizetti wrote

L’Elisir d’Amore, which is still one of the world’s most frequently performed operas, in six weeks in 1832. Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma, Piazza Beniamo Gigli, www.operaroma.it.

OPERA NOTES

opera MILAN

LES TROYENS

BY HECTOR BERLIOZ 8-30 April With a star cast of Gregory Kunde, Anna Caterina Antonacci and Daniela Barcelona. What makes this production all the more promising is that it will mark Antonio Pappano’s conducting debut at La Scala. It is directed by the Scottish opera, theatre and movie director David McVicar, who already has 30 operas to his name. Les Troyens is tragic opera inspired by Virgil’s Aeneid, which was first staged long after the death of the composer. This is a co-production with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the San Francisco Opera and the Weiner Staatsoper. Teatro alla Scala, Piazza alla Scala, www.teatroallascala.org. See also Opera Notes.

JONAS KAUFMANN 14 April Not to be missed for fans of this worldclass and very popular tenor who has had enormous recent success in his Wagner roles (Die Walkűre and Parsifal) at the Metropolitan Opera, where he performed a Lied cycle in March. The programme of Lieder on Kaufmann’s European tour (which he performs with Helmut Deutsch piano) will include Schubert’s Winterreisse. Kaufmann describes Lied as the royal class of singing because it gives him the opportunity to sing from the heart as well as to perform solo. Teatro alla Scala, Piazza alla Scala, www.teatroallascala.org, see also www.jonaskaufmann.com.

Al Teatro alla Scala di Milano va in scena Les Troyens di Hector Berlioz (8-30 aprile). Un “grand-opéra” in cinque atti diretto da Antonio Pappano, al suo debutto scaligero, con una numerosa compagnia di canto tra cui spiccano gli affermati nomi di Anna Caterina Antonacci, Daniela Barcellona, Gregory Kunde e Shalva Mukeria. Lo spettacolo che è già stato presentato a Londra nel 2012, sempre con Pappano sul podio, prevede la regia di David McVicar. La vicenda è ambientata anziché in epoca antica nella seconda metà dell’Ottocento, quando Berlioz ha scritto l’opera, in luoghi che ricordano le grandi capitali europee nel periodo dello sviluppo industriale e i paesaggi dell’Africa del nord visti con gli occhi dei viaggiatori e dei colonizzatori del Secondo Impero. Les Troyens è formata da due parti ispirate dall’Eneide di Virgilio: La prise de Troie e Les Troyens à Cartage. Berlioz amava moltissimo lo scrittore latino e musicarne il suo più celebre poema fu un sogno inseguito per tutta la vita ma non visto realizzato del tutto: Les Troyens nella sua interezza fu infatti rappresentata sono nel 1890 a Karlsruhe, ventuno anni dopo la morte del suo autore e più di trenta dalla sua composizione.

Al parco della Musica di Roma, per la stagione sinfonica dell’Accademia di S. Cecilia, Antonio Pappano dirigerà un concerto di musiche di Ludwig van Beethoven e Luigi Dallapiccola (27, 28 e 29 aprile). Si tratta di composizioni ottocentesche e novecentesche unite da un tema conduttore che parla di libertà.

Il primo pezzo in programma è l’inizio del secondo atto di Fidelio di Beethoven: il disperato canto d’un uomo che giace in prigione accusato ingiustamente; il pezzo conclusivo è costituito dagli ultimi movimenti della IX sinfonia sempre di Beethoven, che esplodono nel ben noto testo di Goethe inneggiante alla gioia di vivere raggiunta dopo tanto oscurantismo. In mezzo sarà presento nella sua interezza Il prigioniero di Dallapiccola: una denuncia di tutte le dittature e di tutti gli assolutismi del mondo che portano l’uomo alla distruzione di sé, nato invece per essere libero e felice. Oltre ad Antonio Pappano e ai complessi dell’Accademia di S. Cecilia, partecipano al concerto i cantanti Veronica Simeoni, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Louis Otey e Stuart Skelton. Il concerto sarà replicato alla Royal Festival Hall di Londra il 17 maggio.

Paolo Di Nicola

ROME

L’ELISIR D’AMORE

By Donizetti 8-14 May This is the 2011 production, which saw the opera debut of the Neapolitan playwright Ruggero Cappuccio.

Donizetti’s light and sunny opera is conducted by Donato Renzetti, a master of opera buffa. It has a young cast

Les Troyens at La Scala.

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EUR - EGEO. 3rd floor, empty apartment, elegant building, hall, living kitchen, 2 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms, terraces. €1.350. 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.

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EUR - LAURENTINA. 1st floor, 115 sqm, empty hall, living kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, terraces. €1.700. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it.

EUR - NEAR METRO. Quiet, bright, comfortable, 3 bedrooms, sitting room, dining room, 2 bathrooms, completely furnished kitchen, balcony, parking, €2.000, tel. 339 / 3421012, 065037468.

EUR - OSLO. Condominium with swimming pool, 2nd floor, 115 sqm, lounge, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large terraces, € 2.000. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it.

EUR SIC ‘GHIBLI’. Concierge service, 1st floor, living room with kitchenette, bedroom, bathroom, terrace, air conditioning €1.500. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it.

EUR. Outstanding luxuriously furnished-unfurnished apartment, suitable top-ranking personality: large salon, dining room, 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, all comforts, terraces, garage, €3.000. Also other similar: large semi-furnished with garden, tel. 339 / 3421012 - 065037468.

FARNESINA - PONTE MILVIO. (Via Albricci) two nearby and completely new apartments for rent. Ground floor, about 55 sqm each, wide and bright rooms. Entrance, living room with fully furnished American kitchenette, double bedroom, bathroom with shower. €900-€950 monthly plus expenses.

(Via Albricci) proponiamo in affitto 2 appartamenti attigui, siti al piano terra totalmente nuovi di c.a. 55 mq commerciali composti da: ingresso, soggiorno con angolo cottura con cucina arredata, camera matrimoniale, bagno, ambienti molto ampi e vivibili, predisposizione A/C e TV SAT, classe energetica D. La richiesta è di : €950 al mese + spese per un appartamento, l’altro di €900 al mese + spese. gabriellebolzoni@yahoo.it FLAT FOR RENT IN S. LORENZO AREA. S. Lorenzo / University, splendid open space on 3 levels, 1 bedroom, garden, terrace.

Excellent condominium. Quiet. €1.250.

Metro B, tram 3. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@ virgilio.it.

FLEMING. Via Valdagno, residential, entrance, living room, kitchen, two bathrooms, garden and parking space. €2.000. G Class.

Tel. 0652205391, immobiliare@eurocenterweb.it.

FOR RENT BONCOMPAGNI. Close to Via Veneto, quiet and lovely apartment, 3rd floor, entrance, comfortable living room, one bedroom, bathroom and little kitchen.

75 sqm. Air conditioning. Fully furnished.

Mob +393383343469.

GARBATELLA. Via Rosa Raimondi Garibaldi. We rent a renovated and fournished penthouse with a double living room with a terrace 60 smq, a kitchen, three bedrooms, two closets and a bathroom with Jacuzzi . € 1500. Classe G. Tel. 0652205391. immobiliare@eurocenterweb.it.

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GREGORIO VII. 110 sqm, 4th floor, bright, furnished, living room with dining area, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, walk-in closet/3rd bedroom, balconies. €1.600neg. Other excellent properties on www. propertyint.net. Property International, tel.

065743170.

HISTORIC TRASTEVERE. Charming sunny quiet completely renovated near John Cabot and American University. Second floor no lift. 50 sqm. Aisle, separated kitchen dining / sitting, queen bedroom, large bathroom. Sleeps 2-3, marisapet@gmail.com.

IN THE HEART OF TRASTEVERE. Near Piazza Trilussa, characteristic and completely furnished. 2 studios and 2 double room apts. Minimum stay 1 month. Attilio tel.

3339591620, Carla Valeria 3339313435.

Email: carlavaleriarizzuti@gmail.com.

MANZONI AREA. Furnished flat for single person, €500 monthly plus expenses.

Minimum 6 months. Apply at murray771@ hotmail.com.

MONTEVERDE NUOVO. 90 sqm, ground floor apartment with garden, own entrance, semi-furnished, living room, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, newly furnished kitchen. €1.500. Other excellent properties on www.propertyint.net. Property International, tel. 065743170.

MONTEVERDE VECCHIO / PAMPHILI. Splendid 130 sqm, totally redone, 3 bedrooms, large balconies, garage, cantina, furnished or unfurnished, quiet, near the park. €1.600.

Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it.

MONTEVERDE VECCHIO, VILLA PAMPHILI. Monteverde Vecchio, Villa Pamphili, bright, furnished apartment, 3rd floor, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room, kitchen, €1.600 monthly, a.petro@libero.it tel. 0039 349 4962562.

MONTEVERDE VECCHIO. Renting two furnished rooms, hall, cupboard service. Tel +39065812742.

MONTEVERDE VECCHIO, VILLA PAMPHILI. Monteverde Vecchio, Villa Pamphili, bright, furnished apartment, 3rd floor, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room, kitchen, €1.500 monthly, a.petro@libero.it tel. 0039 349 4962562.

MONTI PARIOLI. Beautiful, redecorated, 300 sqm apartment. 3 bedrooms, 3rd bathroom, ample living-diningroom, study or 4th bedroom, furnished kitchen, maid’s quarters.

Rent: €3.500. Tel. 068610871. imm.edwards@ gmail.com.

MONTI. Bright renovated elegant 300 sqm. Entrance, double living, dining, furnished kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. €5.000. Tel. 3357253390, www.enricavereniimmobiliare.it.

MONTI. Furnished bright apartment 60 sqm, second floor, sitting room with bedroom area, kitchen, bathroom, air conditioning, tel. 0654211074, www.internationalpoint.it.

MONTI. Furnished loft, living room, bedroom loft, bath, kitchen. Silent, parquet floors. Ref 1547. €1.000. Tel. 06.3212341.

MONTI. Furnished bright apartment 60 sqm, second floor, sitting room with bedroom area, kitchen, bathroom, air conditioning, tel. 0654211074. www.internationalpoint.it.

MONTI. Restored loft. Large living / bedroom, studio \ sleeping loft. Antique ceilings, kitchen, bath. Ref 723. Ref 723, €1.350.

Tel. 063212341.

MONTI. 120 sqm, 4th floor on 2 levels with small balcony, semi-furnished, bright, living room with area, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, eat-in furnished kitchen, small balcony. €2.500. Other excellent properties on www. propertyint.net. Property International, tel.

065743170.

NEAR ISOLA TIBERINA. Trastevere, near Isola Tiberina, unique townhouse, 3 levels, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, semi furnished, small terrace. Country atmosphere. €1.900.

Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it.

PARIOLI. Elegant 140-sqm apartment, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living- dining room, terrace, furnished kitchen, car-port.

Rent €2.300. Tel. 068610871, imm.edwards@ gmail.com.

PARIOLI. Prestigious 200 sqm. apartment, air-conditioned, living room, dining room, terrace, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, built-in closets, maid’s quarters, fully-equipped kitchen, garage-box, storage-room. €3.800.

Tel. 068610871. imm.edwards@gmail.com.

PARIOLI. Charming 140 sqm with 90 sqm terrace, living, dining, furnished kitchen, two bedroom, two bathroom. €2.200. Tel. 3357253390. www.enricavereniimmobiliare.it.

PARIOLI. Charming 180 sqm penthouse w/4 terraces - double living room w/ fireplace, study, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, maid’s room, cellar, €2.500.

Immobiliare Zanni, tel. 474009753, http:// www.immobiliare.it/agenzie_immobiliari/ Zanni_Roma.html.

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 area, unique and romantic cottage-like, with garden, on 2 floors, 1 bedroom, quiet, lovely street. €1.800. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@ virgilio.it.

PIAZZA NAVONA. Furnished apartment, 50 sqm, third floor, sitting room, double bedroom, bathroom, kitchen. €1.100, tel.

0654211074, www.internationalpoint.it.

PIAZZA NAVONA. Piazza Navona area, charming cottage-like, living room, fireplace, 1 bedroom, bathroom / tub. €1.200.

Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it.

PONTE MILVIO. Lovely, restored apartment,

top floor (4th), bedroom, guest room, 2 bathrooms, living room, kitchen, 50 sqm, € 800 monthly. Tel. 339 / 6792131, email: francesca.lugli@virgilio.it.

RENT CLOSE TO THE MODERN ART MUSEUM MAXXI. Flaminio, 92 sqm, recently renovated 4rd floor apartment.Two large bedrooms, one with with fitted wardrobe, 2 bathrooms, living room, very nice eat-in kitchen with appliances. Parquet floors and air conditioning. €1.450 plus expenses. No agency. 3332981297 marcovalentini1979@ virgilio.it.

with decking; independent heating; internet; TV with; fully furnished; 3-18 month lease. info@plus-assistance.eu.

TORRINO NORD. Torrino Nord we rent furnished apartments varying in size starting from €800. Classe C. Tel. 0652205391, immobiliare@eurocenterweb.it.

TORRINO NORD. For rent, a smart fournished apartment of 90 smq. With a lounge, two bedrooms, a kitchen, two bathrooms, a terrace and a balcony. € 1.500. Classe G. Tel. 0652205391 immobiliare@eurocenterweb.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.travelbusinessapartments.it, info@romesweethome.it. Tel. 0669924091, 335 / 7713580.

TRASTEVERE. Sunny, restored 1 bedroom, living, study loft, kitchen, bath, facing charming piazza. Ref 1100. Tel. 063212341. € 1.600.

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, 338 / 7911289.

TRASTEVERE. Top floor furnished apartment with terrace, lovely views, sunny, lift, living room, 2 bedrooms, bathroom with tub, eat-in kitchen. Monthly rent €2000.

Other excellent properties on www.propertyint.net. Property International, tel. 065743170.

S. GIOVANNI. Semi-furnished 220 sqm, 2nd floor, high ceilings, newly restored, living room, dining room, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, eat-in kitchen, balconies. Doorman in building. Monthly rent €2.900. Other excellent properties on www.propertyint. net. Property International, tel. 065743170.

TRASTEVERE. Trastevere, lovely townhouse, country atmosphere, 3 floors, 2 bedrooms, quiet. €2.000. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@ virgilio.it.

TRASTEVERE. Trastevere, semi-furnished renovated loft 100 sqm with terrace 30 sqm.

Living / dining, kitchenette, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. €2.550. Tel. 3357253390, www.enricavereniimmobiliare.it.

S. GIOVANNI. Via L. di Savoia. Partly furnished apartment, double entry, four bedrooms, two bathrooms, € 3.300 monthly.

Classe G 0652205391, immobiliare@eurocenterweb.it.

TRASTEVERE. Vicolo del Leopardo. All new, quiet street, 2 bedrooms, 4 people, medium length rent from May. Only foreigners. Tel. +39 346 3066626.

S. SABA. Annia Faustina. Entrance hall kitchen two bedrooms and two bathrooms.

Furnished. €1.600 more other available.

Classe G. Tel. 0652205391, immobiliare@ eurocenterweb.it.

TRASTEVERE. Bright nicely renovated 80 sqm, 7th floor, furnished, living room, spacious furnished kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 2 small balconies. Doorman in building. €1.300. Other excellent properties on www.propertyint.net. Property International, tel 065743170.

SHOP / OFFICE for rent, 6 plus 6 years, C1 / 50 sqm facing street. Tel. 3408150614. Available March. lunettamia@hotmail.com.

STUDIO IN MONTEVERDE. Monteverde Vecchio. Very nice furnished studio flat.

Tel. 00390658127420. Answering machine.

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TRIESTE AREA. Via Bacchiglione. Wonderful, empty, large living room, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, furnished kitchen with depo room. €1.850. Fidia immobiliare tel.

0639736426.

bathrooms, nice terrace 25 sqm. €1.350. Tel. 3357253390, www.enricavereniimmobiliare.it.

VIA ARDEATINA WITH GARDEN. Via Ardeatina, wonderful ground floor with garden 230 sqm, fully equipped and beautifully furnished, 2 terraces. doubble living room, liveable kitchen, bathroom with hydro massage. Basement 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, ironing-storage room, clotets room, box for car. 150 meters from to supermarket, post office, bar and restorant. Well connected. €2.300 / monthly expenses including maintenance garden. Are excluded condominium fees and utilities. elenabarcaioli@ gmail.com.

VIA CASSIA. Cassia, near Overseas International school, finely furnished, quiet area, two entrances, living room, dining room, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, live in kitchen, kids room with bathroom, nice terrace, garage, €1.900. Fidia immobiliare tel. 0639736426.

VIA DELLE CARROZZE. Old Town, Via delle Carrozze in a residential complex, apartment renovated, furnished, prestigious, entrance hall, living room, kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms. €2.300. Classe G. Tel. 0652205391, immobiliare@eurocenterweb.it.

VILLA ADA (VICINITY). Elegant 150 sqm. apartment, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living- dining room, furnished kitchen, den, 80 sqm. private garden, car-port. Rent: €2.400.

Tel.068610871. imm.edwards@gmail.com.

VILLA PAMPHILI. Villa Pamphili park, Via Foa, elegant 3 bedrooms, furnished kitchen, large balcony, garage, quiet. €1.600. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it.

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.

TIVOLI - MANDELA. 50 km from Rome, apartment: living room, bathroom, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, furnished, €250 + €40 condominium, tel. 066786400.

TESTACCIO. Via Panfilo Castaldi, silent, furnished, living room, two bedrooms, kitchen and two bathrooms. €1.100. Classe G. Tel. 0652205391, immobiliare@eurocenterweb.it.

TRIESTE NEAR PIAZZA TRENTO. Near Piazza Trento on a private road, empty, entrance, double living room, 2 bedrooms, kids room, furnished kitchen, very nice small terrace, 2 balconies, available as from 15 July. €2.450.

Fidia immobiliare tel. 0639736426.

Bed & Breakfast

TESTACCIO. Testaccio, elegant 70 sqm, totally redone, quality high-tech, dining room with kitchen corner and loft, living room, bedroom, 2 bathrooms. €1.500. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it.

VALLERANO. Apartment detached villa in large size. Garden of 1.600 sqm. Basement and garage. Starting from €2.000. Classe C, tel. 0652205391 immobiliare@eurocenterweb.

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, tel. 3882475226.

VATICAN - CASTEL S. ANGELO. Interesting cottage, open space, 3 levels, fireplace, kitchen, 2 bathrooms. Excellent neighbourhood. Quiet. €1.300. jbalsano@virgilio.it.

JOB VACANT

THE BEST OF CENTRE ROME! 85 sqm, totally and finely renovated, doorman, silent, double windows; parquet, 1st floor with lift, secure frontdoor, spacious entrance, 2 bedrooms; 2 full bathrooms; large living / dining room; fully-equipped kitchen; large terrace

VATICAN. Furnished open space 45 sqm,.

Living area, kitchenette, 1 bedroom, 1

NATIVE-ENGLISH BABYSITTER. For a 2.5 year old baby. Location: Castel S. Angelo, Rome. Time: Mon- Fri, 16.30 - 19.30pm 2 April 2014 | Wanted in Rome

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(flexibile). €500 to €600/ month, depending on experience. francesca.mazzarella@ gmail.com.

BABYSITTER / TUTOR. Mothertongue, drive licence Mon-Fr 16.00-20.00 for 7 and 11 old from Sept for min 1 year. associazione.castellinaria@yahoo.it.

CAREGIVER / HOUSEKEEPER. Seeking caring and serious caregiver/housekeeper for a live-in position beginning in April. Position to become permanent after satisfactory completion of a 2 month trial period. Must be fluent in Filipino / English / Italian. 2 years minimum experience with verifiable references. Preference will be given to holders of a valid driver’s license. Please include a brief description of yourself, your previous work experience and why you think you are qualified for the job. nblasini@gmail.com.

CARER NEEDED. Live-in carer for 83 yr old woman with dementia. Own room, Spinaceto Area, Italian contract. Only for workers with legal soggiorno. Please call 065258329.

COME JOIN AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM! 3D2B is searching for business savvy representatives in the following native languages; English, French, German and/ or Dutch. We are seeking excellent communicators and sales driven enthusiasts to support our client’s sales teams with opportunities in the various European markets.

Working on multinational IT Client accounts.

The job involves liaison with sales, and driving business opportunities, sales, sales leads and marketing. You will be working in your native language (with some English) and in a team. Our facility is state of the art, we are an American company and our business workspace, and management methodology reflects that. Candidates must have relevant work experience in sales and / or marketing.

Experience in IT sector a plus! Positions to start immediately. Competitive compensation with contract. No non-Italian residents please - must have working permit and / or work visa and reside in Rome. Please note interviews will be held in English or relevant language. If interested send CV to: jobs. rome@3d2b.com. Tel. 0697844620.https:// www.youtube.com/user/3D2BGlobal

GROOM WANTED IN TUSCANY. A farm located in Arezzo, in the heart of Tuscany, is looking for a groom full time job. We have 10 horses in a private stable specialized in dressage. The man/woman must have a good experience as groom. The position is a stable groom but there is the possibility to travel for competitions. The salary is €2.000 gross (about €1.000 net) with regular agreement plus temporary accommodation. It is required driver license. Please send CV or request to francescapasquini@yahoo.it IMMIGRATION COORDINATOR. Studio Mazzeschi, Italy’s premier immigration company seeks a motivated, focused and goal / detail oriented individual to work as an Immigration Coordinator. Mother tongue English with fluent Italian is required. Please send your CV and photo to mm@mazzeschi. it with reference IC-RM as the subject.

KINDERGARDEN SEEK TEACHERS. Kindergarden La Maisonette in Via Tripolitania in Rome seeks, starting in September, possibly with a try test in July, a kindergarden English mother tongue teacher. Experience and Italian teaching certifications are a plus. Send CVs to infotripolitania@lamaisonnette.net.

LOOKING FOR A COOK / HOUSEKEEPER. Looking for a cook / housekeeper on per hour basis to work for a diplomatic family in Rome. Knowledge of English an advantage. Send CV to: bambasciata@gmail.com.

PARTNERSHIP IN AN IMPORTANT LANGUAGE SCHOOL OFFERED. A well established private language shool (running since 1976) aiming to expand its activity seeks partners with experience. Good opportunity. fulvioscalercio@gmail.com.

SCHOOL NURSE NEEDED. The American Overseas School of Rome is looking for qualified, experienced nurses available for substitute employment. Must be bilingual, Italian / EU citizens or valid permit of stay for US citizens required. Please email detailed CV to jobs@aosr.org.

ENGLISH MOTHER-TONGUE OR FLUENT SPEAKING. Established Nanny & Babysitting agency based in Rome is hiring, English mother-tongue / teachers or fluent speaking, live-in au pairs, nannies, and babysitters for part-time, full time or live-in jobs in Italian families. For any further information please contact 3801720880 or email info@ mayagency.it.

SEARCHING FOR A GREEK MOTHER TONGUE Shareholder Communication Worldwide Leader is searching for a Greek mother tongue candidate to support the Identification and Proxy Department for mandates from international clients.

Availability: immediate. Remuneration: fixed. Office: Rome- Centre. Team: Young and international. Basic Requisites: Fluent English. Degree in Economics, Law or similar. Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel and Power Point. Strong attention to details, proactive attitude, capacity to work under pressure and with short-time deadlines. Italian Resident. Preferable Requisites: Experience in Banking and Financial Markets.Knowledge of foreign languages.

Candidates can send their curricula by either e-mail: m.fracassi@georgeson.com

ESTABLISHED PRESTIGIOUS LANGUAGE school Rome seeks mother-tongue English teachers. Offering good weekly wage, professional environment, immediate start. Tel. 063611508, newbritishcentres@gmail.com.

TEACHERS REQUIRED FOR PRESTIGIOUS ENGLISH SUMMERCAMP. English Y/L English art and music teachers required to lead children’s labs for prestigious English summercamp at La Tenuta dei Ciclamini:

DARBY SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES. Darby School is hiring professional mother tongue teachers for immediate work all over Rome.

Excellent conditions. Contact us for an Interview. Tel. 0651962205.

www.iciclamini.it. Dates: 29 June-12 July.

Food and accommodation provided.

Animation skills for fun nights required.

You must be able to elaborate an involving program for 7-9 / 11-12 and 13-15 y.o. kids and teens. For further details phone 338-4861938 or mail at lucia.paccoi@ sapereinsieme.it.

TEACHERS REQUIRED. English music and art assistants / trainee teachers required for the role of assistant in art and music labs for prestigious English Summercamp at La Tenuta dei Ciclamini: www.iciclamini. it. Dates: 29 June-12 July. Food and accommodation provided. Animation skills for fun nights required. For further details phone 338-4861938 or mail at lucia.paccoi@ sapereinsieme.it. You must love working with kids and teens, and have the ability to involve them and make sure they learn by having fun.

TEACHING POSITION 2014-15. Ostia International School are looking for a qualified primary school teacher for the 2014-15 academic year. Applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree in education, a Post Graduate Certificate of Education or equivalent and minimally 3 years of teaching experience is preferred. info@ostiainternationalschool.it.

TEFL TEACHERS REQUIRED. Qualified, experienced freelance Tefl teachers required for company courses in Castelli Romani and Rome areas as from March. Applicants must have valid soggiorno. Please send CV to info@trainingclub.com.

THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME SEEKS ADJUNCT PROFESSOR. The American University of Rome – The Mathematics and Science program is now accepting CV’s of potential Adjunct Professor candidates in the areas of College Algebra and Statistics for future teaching opportunities during the 2014-2015 academic year and beyond.

Fluency or near fluency in English necessary. Interested candidates should send a CV and a reference letter to facultyrecruitment@aur.edu (Ref. ‘Mathematics’ in the subject field). Holding Italian work papers is essential. The search is aimed at candidates of both sexes, Law 903/77. Interviews will start as soon as possible and will be ongoing.The search is aimed at candidates of both sexes, Law 903/77 THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME SEEKS ADMISSIONS COUNSELOR. THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME is seeking a full-time Admissions Counselor to support the ES department in identifying and enrolling new students. Bachelor’s degree and demonstrated knowledge of American higher education is required: at least 1 year practical working experience in an Admissions capacity would be ideal.

Bilingual English/Italian. Knowledge of and first-hand experience with different cultures. Excellent communication skills, proven ability to work both collaboratively and independently, well organized and able to set priorities. Data driven, proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications.

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ability are essential. 1 year term employment contract, renewable. Presentation letter (quote re: ES 01/2014), resume and 2 reference contacts are to be submitted by e-mail to humanresources@aur.edu or by fax to +390658330992.The search is aimed at candidates of both sexes, Law 903/77.

Interviews will start as soon as possible and will be on-going until position is filled.

THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY IN ROME. The Australian Embassy in Rome is looking for a full time Adviser (Agriculture) to support Australia’s permanent representation to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and to provide high quality analysis and reporting on issues within the mandate of the FAO. Candidates should have relevant previous work experience, and knowledge of issues relating to agriculture and food security. Experience working in a diplomatic environment would be an advantage. Fluency in English and an intermediate to advanced level of Italian are essential. Applicants need to possess a current work authorisation for Italy. The Embassy will not sponsor entry into Italy for work purposes nor bear any costs associated with relocation to Rome. The successful candidate will be on a one year contract with the possibility to be renewed.

The contracted position description and application details can be found at http:// www.italy.embassy.gov.au/rome/aboutus. html. Applications close at Midnight 28 March 2014.

WELL-ESTABLISHED SCHOOL REQUIRES TEACHERS. Rome-Italy, well-established and successful international day school following the English National Curriculum, requires for September 2014 qualified teachers with at least two years relevant experience for the following positions: History teacher KS3 - KS5 – full time, responsible for IGCSE, AS/A level. This is a temporary position to cover a one year leave of absence. Biology teacher KS3 KS5 – full time, responsible for IGCSE, AS/A level. The school is particularly interested in hearing from self-motivated, dedicated and energetic teachers. Applications by email with covering letter and CV. Please include names, email addresses and telephone numbers of two referees. The Headteacher, The New School, email: recruitment@newschoolrome.com. Tel. 0039 063294269. Fax. 0039 063297546. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted by email and phone.

conversation (adults only). Tel 068105213 / 3405161007.

ENGLISH LADY, OXFORD GRADUATE. English lady, Oxford University graduate, long experience, offers English lessons / conversation (adults only). Tel 068105213 / 3405161007.

FRENCH QUALIFIED TEACHER. English, Italian, Spanish speaking. Loves teaching, your house or mine. Fbessoles.roma@teletu. it. Tel. 065898326 (Segreteria telefonica).

ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSES. a) Part time evening classes (18.00-19.30 twice a week). b) Authorized examination center for the CILS certification (University for Foreigners of Siena ) and the «Diploma di Lingua Italiana “Firenze”» (Accademia Italiana di Lingua). Specific Preparation Courses. rome@scuolaleonardo.com.

MOTHER-TONGUE FRENCH TEACHER. French qualified teacher. English, Italian, Spanish speaking. Loves teaching, your house or mine. Please leave telephone number on answering machine or email.

Tel. 065898326; f.bessoles.roma@teletu.it.

Poetry QAIT The steps of yourlegs are like the steps of the models, the difference is which doesn’tparade.Just walk. By Marco Sernicoli

Property for sale in town ARCO DEGLI ACETARI Our apartment is in the most beautiful courtyard in Rome in the Arco degli Acetari, just off the Campo de’ Fiori. It is a spacious basement apartment.

We have owned it for 12 years and enjoyed using it as our second home. We’ve successfully rented it out to help pay the bills. chrislarkman@gmail.com NEAR FARNESINA Outstanding apartment suitable to pranking personality: 200 sqm, large salon, wide dining room overlooking park, large furnished kitchen, four bedrooms, three bathrooms, parking for two cars and one scooter, three balconies. €1.100.000,00. Please contact Antonia 3296281294 and see fotos and floor plan in www.deangelistudio.it

LESSONS AMERICAN ENGLISH MOTHER TONGUE TEACHER. Experienced, certified, provides private lessons at your home. Passionate, fun, enthusiastic. Visible results. €24/hour (can divide between 2 students / lesson if desired). impariamolinglese@yahoo.com.

ENGLISH LADY, OXFORD GRADUATE English lady, Oxford University graduate, long experience, offers English lessons /

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Property for sale OUT OF town LOVELY COUNTRY HOUSE near Viterbo 110 m² finely refurbished with “teracotta” floor, wood ceiling, 45 m² south portico + 15 m² portico, central gas heating. 7600m² fenced grounds, 80 olive trees; oaks, cypresses. Automatic irrigation. Double garage, 15 m² cellar. Trains to Rome each hour. 25 km to Tarquinia, Bolsena, Orvieto.

Furnished. € 299000. Phone 3495532203

PORTO S. STEFANO ( TOSCANA) Restored nice apartment with independent entrance, sqm 110, beautiful terrace view on seaside. € 450.000, www.internationalpoint.it.

VILLA FOR SALE. Exclusive property with view on the Montegiove Castle and the Scarzuola. The property includes a late nineteenth century stone building. Refurbished with wooden beams (420 sqm + 30 sqm terraces) divided in 3 separate small houses with 7 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, 1 big kitchen, 1 dining room, 4 living rooms, 2 fire places, well, irrigation system. Also included 14 hectares of woods, a swimming pool and 50 secular olive treas. Tel. 3470835649.

Rooms and flat shares CITY CENTRE - MONTI METRO CAVOUR. Overlooking room in 90 sqm flat, 3rd floor (no lift), kitchen and bathroom shared. €500/month + utilities (wifi, expenses cleaning). Cecilia.calvi@libero.it.

PIAZZA BOLOGNA - CENTRAL AREA. Metro B - Piazza Bologna near Piazzale delle Province and La Sapienza Univeristy: furnished room, internet, wifi, TV, in apartment to share. Use of kitchen and washing-machine. €450 (expenses and condominium fees included). Females preferred. Tel. 333 / 3848224, ziba.ajdari@gmail.com. Also short lets.

TRASTEVERE - VIA DELLA LUNGARA. Large bright room with private bathroom, comfortable and well equipped including internet. Tel. 339 / 7857565. As from May 2014.

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.

PANTHEON. Nice studios, period building, new and well decorated, fully equipped kitchen corner, double / triple bedroom, bathroom, A/C or fan, internet, TV. Longterm 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.

For more classifieds see our website, www.wantedinrome.com.

The next deadline (for publication in the 7 May paper edition) is 30 April.

useful

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