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no. 01 / wednesday / 14 January 2015 editorials

ROME RESPONDS TO EBOLA Andy Devane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 TRAMJAZZ: AN ADVENTURE IN MUSIC Antonio Capaccio . . . . . . 7 THE MODERN RENAISSANCE OF MATERA Theresa Potenza . . . . 10

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EXHIBITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 LIVE music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 FESTIVALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 DANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 OPERA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 OPERA NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 THEATRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Academies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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MUSEUMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 useful numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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HEALTH

Andy Devane

ROME RESPONDS TO EBOLA

Rome-based aid agencies and church organisations help tackle the west African epidemic

ome has been at the forefront in the battle against the world’s most widespread outbreak of ebola since the disease re-emerged in the west Africa region just over a

year ago. The Rome-based United Nations aid agencies and the Vatican’s international Catholic Church organisations continue to play a critical role in battling the haemorrhagic virus in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone,

The World Food Programme (WFP) helps to distribute food in Liberian capital Monrovia. Photo: WFP/Rein Skullerud.

where so far there have been over 20,000 suspected cases and more than 8,000 deaths. However, in late November the ebola focus shifted to Rome itself after an Italian doctor became infected while working in Sierra Leone for Emergency, the Italian nongovernmental organisation (NGO) established in Milan 20 years ago to provide free medical and surgical care to victims of war, landmines and poverty, mainly in Africa and the Middle East. The 50-year-old Sicilian doctor (identified as Fabrizio Pulvirenti only once he was out of danger), was flown to Rome’s infectious diseases clinic at the Lazzaro Spallanzani hospital on Via Portuense, where he was treated with an experimental drug, as well as plasma transfusions from ebola survivors. On 2 January Pulvirenti was declared cured and was discharged from hospital, telling reporters of his intention to return to Sierra Leone. In September Emergency set up an ebola treatment centre in Lakka – a coastal resort 15 km south of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown – with numerous Italian medical personnel working at the clinic. In early December it opened a first aid post at the Waterloo 14 January 2015 | Wanted in Rome

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Preventive measures by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) include installing handwashing kits at roadside stands in Lofa County in northern Liberia.

refugee camp, in an eastern suburb of Freetown, where 22,000 people live in cramped, dilapidated huts. The camp houses Liberian refugees and Sierra Leoneans displaced following the brutal 11-year civil war that ended in 2002. In mid-December the organisation opened a new treatment centre in Goderich, between Lakka and Freetown, helped with funds from the British government. Among Rome’s cluster of UN aid agencies, the World Food Programme (WFP) is providing the backbone of critical services in the battle against ebola. Working alongside national governments and the World Health Organisation (WHO), since April WFP has distributed food to more than two million people in the three most affected countries, and is working to prevent the health crisis from becoming a food and nutrition crisis. WFP has also been tasked with

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co-ordinating logistics for the entire humanitarian community involved in the ebola response, ensuring crucial services such as arranging transport, flying experts in and out of affected areas, and providing storage of emergency supplies that can be transported from its depots in Ghanaian capital Accra, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and Brindisi in Italy. Working hand in hand with WHO, NGOs and the national governments involved, the Rome-based WFP engineering team designed and constructed ebola treatment centres (ETCs) in the Liberian capital Monrovia and across affected areas of Guinea. “The work scaled up very quickly as the international response kicked off,” Mark Finegan – an engineer with the team – explained to Wanted in Rome. Soon the engineers began a portfolio of other construction schemes in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, as

well as providing infrastructure for UN agencies in Senegal and Ghana. “Once projects are completed, normally within a few weeks,” Finegan said, “their management is handed over to the WHO, local health departments or NGOs.” WFP continues to monitor the food security situation across the ebolaaffected countries, and the data it collects is critical in shaping the food policies of governments and action by the wider humanitarian community responding to the outbreak. The focus of Rome’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is avoiding a potential food security crisis in west Africa. Its approach involves safeguarding agricultural livelihoods through social mobilisation, training and awareness-raising activities, as well as helping to boost incomes and agricultural production. Dominique Burgeon, director of FAO’s Emergency and Rehabilitation Division, stated recently that the region’s food security is threatened by “fear of contagion and movement restrictions” which in turn leads to reduced food crop production and less cash. Highlighting the potential risk of food availability due to interregional trade restrictions, Burgeon said: “Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are net cereal importers and in Liberia over 60 per cent of the rice consumed is imported. Declining agricultural production, price spikes and lower incomes can erode the fragile food security situation of the affected countries, which are among the poorest in the world.” In October FAO appealed to donors for $30 million to assist some 90,000 farming households most affected by the outbreak, between now and September 2015. Rome’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is supporting Guinean farmers involved in IFAD-backed projects by helping

HEALTH them pay off loans to local banks and purchase seeds and fertilisers. In Liberia the virus has seen a near collapse of the country’s economy, with reduced trade leading to soaring prices and food shortages, while private merchants are reluctant to deal with farmers from the affected regions. IFAD is investing in long-term agricultural development to build resilience in rural areas, and has pledged $3 million to support WFP in its efforts to address food and nutrition security in rural communities worst hit. In Sierra Leone IFAD is providing farmers with protective equipment, teaching communities about hygiene and how to deal with ebola, and working with the government to

develop a plan to help the agricultural sector recover once the crisis has passed. The UN aid agencies in Rome all work under the umbrella of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) – the first-ever UN emergency health mission – based in Accra. In November the Vatican held a meeting in Rome to discuss how the Catholic Church is coping in its response to ebola. The meeting was organised by Caritas Internationalis, the confederation of 165 Catholic relief, development and social service organisations around the world. Catholic clergy and medical experts, either in person or via video link from west Africa, convened to share their

At a military checkpoint in Newtown, Sierra Leone, all passengers must wash their hands and have their temperature taken. Photo: Tommy Trenchard for Caritas.

experiences. The meeting was chaired by Caritas health adviser Mons. Robert Vitillo, who was just back from Liberia. He underlined the role of education and community mobilisation in dealing with ebola, describing it as “the best means of prevention”, and stressing the importance of providing clergy, key community leaders and youth groups with basic knowledge about dealing with the virus. Dr Timothy P. Flanigan, an American infectious diseases specialist and Catholic deacon, had also returned from two months at the National Catholic Health Council in Monrovia. While there he taught staff to practice a “no-touch care” policy which he described as being completely at odds with a doctor’s usual handson approach. Patients are asked to describe their symptoms and indicate where they hurt, without being touched by medical staff. Stressing the highly contagious nature of the disease, Flanigan said: “One single case of ebola is an outbreak.” In relation to deceased ebola victims, WHO has forbidden family members from conducting the traditional custom of washing the bodies before burial, a measure that causes further pain to communities, according to Flanigan. However Vitillo explained that Caritas has helped to overturn the WHO policy of a complete ban on clergy or family members attending burials of ebola casualties. Now one relative and a member of the clergy can be present, but they must remain at a safe distance from the grave and are forbidden to touch the corpse. Caritas officials in Rome also outlined the difficult concept of quarantine for communities that are used to working outside, in a very sociable culture. Looking to the future, the Caritas teams are now planning for the postepidemic recovery, including caring for orphans of ebola victims. 14 January 2015 | Wanted in Rome

CULTURE

Antonio Capaccio

TRAMJAZZ: AN ADVENTURE IN MUSIC

Tramjazz offers a unique combination of music, food and sightseeing

f you’re looking for a really original way to get to know Rome, if you want to discover the secret of the dreamy atmosphere that makes it so truly unique and inimitable, try a trip on Tramjazz. The Stanga 1947 model isn’t just any old tram; it’s a legendary vehicle, the first “bendy-tram” in the capital, the jewel of the historical collection of ATAC, the city’s urban transport company. But it still works perfectly, just as it did on an October morning nearly seven decades ago when it started its run through the Rome streets along route 37 from Piazza Bainsizza to Piazza Cavour. And now, completely restored and restructured, this tram has been turned into an elegant mobile restaurant and concert hall. Our date is at 21.00 on the platform at Piazza di Porta Maggiore. Even the traffic in this busy square can’t veil the charm of this somewhat mysterious place, the ideal starting point for our Roman adventure. Today’s Porta Maggiore marks the

spot where eight of the 11 aqueducts converged to supply water to ancient Rome. The gate was originally a monumental element of the Claudia aqueduct and then around 272 AD it was included in the city walls built by Emperor Aurelian. Beneath the square an underground place of worship from the first century BC is hidden, probably a neopythagorean temple and the site of magic rituals. Up against the city walls, just a few metres from our meeting point, there is the famous and unusual tomb of Eurysaces the Baker, dated somewhere around 30 BC, with its impressive shape of an ancient oven. Right on time the Tramjazz pulls up. Through the windows we can see the candle-lit tables. It’s hard to hide our surprise at the contrast between the other trams and city buses crossing the square and this one which seems like the carriage of some epic Orient Express of bygone days. We clamber on board this almost imaginary vehicle where we are welcomed with an aperitif, and set off at once on our trip. Our route takes us through the

S. Lorenzo quarter, cradle of Rome’s bohemian lifestyle, along the edge of the university village, down Viale Regina Margherita and Viale Liegi, crossing the Trieste and Salario quarters. The tram glides through the city at just the right, gentle pace. Through the windows we can’t hear the city’s noise; we only see the shimmering scenes of a dreamlike metropolis, constantly confusing and transforming reality and fiction, memory and present, in a seductive and changing tale. Our first course is served during this initial stage of our nocturnal exploration. The dinner, provided by Il S. Michele restaurant, is made up of typical dishes and produce from Rome and Lazio. The wine list boasts the best regional labels, as well as a selection of selected wines from other areas of Italy. At the time of writing, the La Querciola winery is offering products from the Langhe, one of the Bel Paese’s bestknown wine producing regions. After Piazza Ungheria and on the edge of Parioli, we begin the gentle drop of Via Aldrovandi towards Piazza 14 January 2015 | Wanted in Rome

CULTURE Thorwaldsen in Valle Giulia, deep in the green oasis of the historical park of Villa Borghese. There is a pause in front of the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna: the Tramjazz stage-lights come on and we enjoy the first part of the concert. The live music takes on a truly captivating character, everything snug and like chamber music. Some of the bestknown jazz musicians from the Italian and international scene play on board the Tramjazz. Among those who often take part are Lutte Berg, Gabriele Coen, Valbilene Coutinho, Maurizio Giammarco, Alessandro Gwiss, Max Ionata, Jed Levy, Gabriele Mirabassi, Tony Monaco, Jim Mullen, Gegè Munari, Jim Porto, Michael Rosen, Alex Sipiagin, Bill Smith, Joyce Yuille, and many others.

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At the end of this first scene, the tram sets off again in the opposite direction, slowly threading its way through the city, while we enjoy the second course of the dinner. The waiters are discreet and polite as they pass between the tables, refilling our glasses and serving the courses with the grace of dancers or circus artists. We cross Piazza di Porta Maggiore once more and carry on to the Basilica of S. Croce in Gerusalemme, with its well-known, late baroque façade, glowing in the moonlight. It takes its name from one of the Catholic Church’s most famous relics: fragments of Christ’s cross, which as tradition holds were found by St Helen on Mount Calvary in Jerusalem. Now we reach Piazza di S. Giovanni in Laterano and roll past the basilica, believed to be the oldest in the

west as its foundation was laid 14 years before that of St Peter’s. The imposing travertine façade, however, was added in 1735 by the architect Alessandro Galilei. We follow Via Labicana towards the Roman Forum as far as the Colosseum, and halt at the platform right in front of the Flavian amphitheatre. Here we can get off the tram and admire the Colosseum and the Forum, take our photos, compare notes, and share all the romantic sentiment inspired by the setting. Soon it’s time to return to our tables: the concert is about to start again and we can concentrate on our new musical adventure. Many different musical themes meet on board Tramjazz: bossa nova, tango, gypsy, klezmer and popular traditions from Italy and

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Europe, all flowing into the luxuriant field of jazz. Once the concert is over, our trip continues as dessert is served. We pass the edge of Circus Maximus in the valley between the Palatine and Aventine hills. This was planned for sporting events, especially for the Roman chariot races, sometimes as many as 100 in a day, lasting from early morning until dusk. Julius Caesar often watched the competitions, but only in order to be seen in public; in fact he

was totally uninterested in the sport, to the point that he usually brought something to read. Nero, on the other hand, apparently hardly did anything else, and was himself a charioteer. Our route takes us to the Cestia Pyramid. Over 36 metres high, it was built between 18 and 12 BC as a tomb for Caius Cestius of the Epulones, and is a sign of the fashionable Egyptian style that swept Rome in those times, after Egypt had become a province of the empire in 30 BC.

Here the Tramjazz circles the square and sets off on its return journey. Once again we plunge into the Caelian park, easing past the Colosseum, and then drift gently down Via Labicana to return to the platform in Piazza di Porta Maggiore, the end of our itinerary. It’s midnight. Our voyage is over, and we make our farewells. But perhaps we don’t yet want to loosen the knot and put an end to this story – perhaps we want to carry on dreaming... 14 January 2015 | Wanted in Rome

TRIPS OUT OF TOWN

Theresa Potenza

THE MODERN RENAISSANCE OF MATERA Once the shame of Italy, now the pride of Europe

he city of Matera, former capital of the Basilicata region in southern Italy known for its sassi or cave dwellings, has recently received much-deserved recognition with its designation as European Culture Capital for 2019. Over the past 20 years Matera has experienced the most dramatic and impressive urban renewal since Florenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Renaissance. While Matera is one of the oldest cities in the world, with evidence of continual habitation since the palaeolithic times, the golden years for the city began in the baroque period because its man-made caves provided optimal conditions for leather, cheese, wine and olive oil production. At that time, it was one of the wealthiest parts of southern Italy and was the capital of the Basilicata region until 1806. Later, the cave districts that had once provided so much wealth for the city sank into extreme degradation and at the turn of the 20th century were symbols of dismal poverty and used as spartan living quarters for farmers. In the 1950s they were completely closed

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off and abandoned. This impressive and densely populated town, perpetually inhabited and modified for thousands of years, with its stunning rock-carved mediaeval churches and prehistoric homes and mills all built into the soft limestone, was not accessible from 1950-1993. The inhabitants were forced

into government housing projects, and the community disintegrated. In Carlo Leviâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1945 memoir, Christ stopped at Eboli, adapted into a 1970s film, the sassi are described as dark holes riddled with filth and disease. Since their grand re-opening in the 1990s many luxurious baroque palaces and

The ancient city of Matera has been designated European Culture Capital for 2019. Photos Theresa Potenza.

TRIPS OUT OF TOWN churches in the sassi district have been renovated and modified for modern use, creating one of most fascinating tourist attractions in the world. Sleeping and dining in the caves is now an exotic experience. One local resident, Francesco Foschino, is particularly likely to benefit from the rise in tourism expected from the city’s selection as European Capital of Culture. All four of his grandparents used to live in the sassi and in the 1950s three of them lost their properties as they accepted free housing from the government. None of them ever went back to the old town and they stopped speaking the local dialect. One of his grandparents however did keep his property and after decades of abandon he has turned the cave dwelling into a luxury hotel called Palazzo degli Abati. Foschino works as a tour guide and takes visitors to discover the many hidden layers in the caves. On a steep walk through the sassi he takes you on top of what amounts to about 10 storeys of buildings that were excavated directly out of the rock. He explains that these caves are all man-made and that no materials were brought in to construct the various chambers inside. Their depth proves that for hundreds of years the community had been making inventive use of the ecosystem and terrain of the Murgia valley. Unlike Rome, where layers of history are buried under one another, the Matera strata go deep into the caves which are built on top of each other. Inside a hotel, further back one finds a modern house, and a mediaeval church that later became an oil mill. Staircases are carved on roofs of houses and houses open deep into performing arts centres and water cisterns below. There is even a golf course constructed in the caves under a hotel, and on the roof of one building is a cemetery. Particular highlights in the city are the many rupestrian churches carved into the rock, such as the church of S. Maria de

Idris with well-preserved mediaeval and renaissance fresco paintings on the walls. It is part of a complex of two churches located on Monterrone, a spur of rock that rises in the Sasso Caveoso. In Piazza del Duomo there is a 15thcentury palace, recently transformed into a hotel called Palazzo Gattini, that had belonged to a count. Like all families who lived in the rock-hewn buildings, the family was forced to leave. The historic palace was abandoned for decades and opened as a luxury hotel five years ago. The interior design – blending clean and modern with natural stone and baroque architecture – emphasises the diverse layers of the city’s history and is a microcosm of Matera’s potential. The hotel has been sumptuously renovated, and guest rooms are converted from the music room, the library or the family chapel, and an elaborate breakfast is hosted in the old wine and cheese cellar. The hotel offers a unique way to discover the sassi the way the baroque nobles of the city once did. Matera overcame tough competition for the title of European Culture Capital 2019 and was chosen from a pre-selection process that included over 20 Italian contenders such as Aosta, Bergamo, Cagliari, Caserta, Erice, Grosseto-Maremma, L’Aquila, Lecce, Mantova, Palermo, Perugia, Pisa, Ravenna, Siena, Siracusa, Urbino and Venice. Androulla Vassiliou, the European commissioner responsible for culture, stated: “The competition for the title in Italy was one of the strongest ever, with 21 initial contenders narrowed down to six finalists. I am confident that Matera will attract more visitors from Europe and all over the world to discover the city, its history and the cultural diversity which is one of strengths of our continent. I am convinced that the title will bring Matera and its surrounding area significant long-term cultural, economic and social benefits, as we have seen with previous European Capitals of Culture.”

The rupestrian church of S. Maria de Idris is carved into the rock that rises in the Sasso Caveoso.

Matera was chosen in part for its unique “anthropological” dimension. Since the region of Basilicata spreads from the Tyrrhenian to the Adriatic, Matera and its surroundings have always been territories of passage, exchange and transformation. The area was a crossroads for Magna Grecia and Rome, for Byzantium, Arabia and north to Swabia. Moreover the city’s rehabilitation of the sassi is one of the most important examples of urban regeneration in the Mediterranean. Foschino believes the city was chosen because it is living proof that another kind of culture is possible, a culture made by common people for common people and not just by great artists for the elite. He also says the local people are proud of the recognition for the history and achievements of the town after having once been named the “shame of Italy”. The first step was being declared a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1993, followed now by the title of European Capital of Culture. The aim of the European Commission is to foster the regeneration of Matera as part of its overall goal to highlight the richness and diversity of cultures in Europe, to regenerate and raise the international profile of cities, and to boost tourism. 14 January 2015 | Wanted in Rome

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 behind-the-scene tours in the Vatican Museums.

entry one hour before closing). Guided tours in English and Italian.

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).

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, ROMAN FORUM AND PALATINE 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

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. 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. 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,

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. VILLA FARNESINA Via della Lungara 230, tel. 0668027268, www. villafarnesina.it. A 16th-century Renaissance villa with important frescoes by Raphael. MonSat 9.00-14.00 excluding holidays.

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, 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. 09.0019.00. 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 Napoleonico Piazza di Ponte Umberto 1, tel. 060608, www. museonapoleonico.it. Paintings, sculptures and jewellery related to Napoleon and the Bonaparte family. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. Guided tours in Italian and English.

a portrait by Velasquez, a sculpture by Bernini, plus works by Raphael, Titian, Tintoretto and Caravaggio. 09.00-19.00.

wheelchair access contact the gallery to arrange alternative entrance.

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.

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

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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 09.00-13.00 only. Private group tours are available seven days a week on request. For

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.

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EXHIBITIONS CYRIL DE COMMARQUE: FRONTIERS 27 Nov-15 March First solo exhibition in Italy by the French artist Cyril de Commarque. The artist explores the notion of frontiers in emotional, cultural and social terms, covering themes such as border disputes, boundary changes, legal and illegal migration, war, reconciliation and peace. The exhibition features a series of aluminium and brass sculptures that represent contentious borders in Israel, Germany, Russia, Turkey and Austria. MACRO Testaccio, Piazza Orazio Giustiniani, tel. 0639914851, www.museomacro.org. BELLISSIMA: ITALY AND HIGH FASHION 1945-1968 2 Dec-3 May The Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo (MAXXI) recalls the enormous success of Italian high fashion in the post-war era and how the “made in Italy” brand helped to define Italian identity in the eyes of the world. The exhibition includes photos of designs by leading Italian courtiers such as Balestra, Biki, Capucci, Fendi, Ferragamo, Galitzine, Pucci, Valentino, Schuberth and Sorelle Fontana. Also on display are accessories such as hats, shoes,

Beverly Pepper’s monumental bronzes at the Ara Pacis museum. Photo Gianfranco Gorgoni.

handbags and luxury jewellery by Bulgari alongside works by artists Carla Accardi, Alberto Burri and Lucio Fontana. MAXXI, Via Guido Reni 4/a, tel. 0639967350, www.fondazionemaxxi.it. BEVERLY PEPPER ALL’ARA PACIS 4 Dec-15 March For the first time the Ara Pacis hosts giant contemporary sculpture, both inside and outside the museum, by New

York artist Beverly Pepper. The installation includes four monumental pieces made from steel up to five metres high, placed around the outside of the museum. Inside there are also several iron and stone sculptures from her Curvae in Curvae series. It is the first major sculpture exhibition in Rome for the 92-year-old artist whose works are in the collections of some of the world’s most important art museums. Museo dell’Ara Pacis, Lungotevere in Augusta, tel. 06820771, www.arapacis.it. BRUNO LIBERATORE 14 Dec-12 April Dialogue between the contemporary and the antique, with the sculptures of Italian artist Bruno Liberatore at Trajan’s market. Liberatore’s large bronze, iron and terracotta sculptures dot the external grounds facing the Roman Forum, rising up between the ancient walls. Trajan’s Markets, Via IV Novembre 94, tel. 060608, www.mercatiditraiano.it.

Photo taken in 1958 of two Valentino models, in the exhibition Bellissimo: Italy and High Fashion at MAXXI.

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RIVOLUZIONE AUGUSTO L’IMPERATORE CHE RISCRISSE IL TEMPO E LA CITTÀ 16 Dec-2 June This exhibition concludes Rome’s celebrations of the 2,000th anniversary of the death of Augustus. The Palazzo Massimo highlights the social effect on Rome of changes made by Augustus to the empire’s calendar of festivities and important events, using these as a influential propaganda tool to reinforce his power throughout his territories. The museum draws on its important collection of Augustus-related sculpture. Museo Nazionale Romano Palazzo Massimo, Largo di Villa Peretti 1, tel.

063996770, www.archeoroma.beniculturali.it. L’ARTE DEI RIFUGIATI 17 Dec-1 Feb This interesting exhibition comprises objects and large canvases by subSaharan political refugees who arrived in Rome in search of asylum. Their colourful works were created from refuse found on the streets. The work is for sale and all proceeds go back to the refugees, who will donate a portion to the health centre at Castel Volturno, via the Italian aid agency Emergency. Museo Carlo Bilotti - Aranciera, Viale Fiorello La Guardia 4, tel. 060608, www. museocarlobilotti.it. LA ROMA DI ETTORE ROESLER FRANZ 17 Dec-18 June With the grandiose subtitle “Between fascination for the picturesque and photographic memory”, this exhibition pays homage to the painter Ettore Roesler Franz (1845-1907) who is best known for capturing Rome in the late 19th century. On show are 40 paintings by the master watercolourist as well as 48 vintage photographs of the capital. There is also a touchscreen display of the artist’s Rome series with interactive map from that era. Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Piazza S. Egidio 1, tel. 065816563, www.museodiromaintrastevere.it.

Art by refugees created out of found items. Museo Carlo Bilotti. Photo Gianfilippo De Rossi.

Zero whose career spans six decades. This is the first major retrospective of the popular star who has sold more than 40 million records. On show are documents, photographs, music, costumes and memorabilia to celebrating Zero’s colourful world. MACRO La Pelanda, Piazza Orazio Giustiniani, tel. 0639914851, www.museomacro.org.

ly impossible limits of architecture and infinity, often confounding the viewer. Chiostro del Bramante, Via della Pace, tel. 06916508451, www.chiostrodelbramante.it.

ZERO 18 Dec-22 March A multisensory exhibition charts the life of Roman singer and actor Renato

ESCHER 20 Sept-22 Feb The exhibition includes more than 130 drawings and graphic artworks by Maurits Cornelius Escher (1898-1972), who is best known for his mathematically-inspired woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints. His work features stunning designs that explore the seeming-

ROBERT BROWNING: REPORTING FROM ROME 22 Sept-28 Feb Exhibition examining the time spent in Italy by celebrated English poet and playwright Robert Browning (18121889), and Italy’s influence on his work. Central to the show is a collection of the Victorian poet’s letters to American sculptor William Story, as well as a series of portraits and artefacts. An exhibition highlight is an 18th-century engagement ring that Browning gave to English poet Elizabeth Barrett (18061861), who moved to Italy as his wife

Idea per un Campanile by Bruno Liberatore at Trajan’s Markets.

Piazza Barberini by Ettore Roesler Franz at Museo di Roma in Trastevere.

Retrospective of colourful Roman singer and actor Renato Zero at MACRO La Pelanda.

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in 1846. Keats-Shelley House, Piazza di Spagna 26, tel. 066784235, www.keatsshelley-house.org. KEYS TO ROME 23 Sept-10 May The 2,000th anniversary of the death of Roman emperor Augustus is marked by an exhibition at Trajan’s Markets, held in parallel with museums in Amsterdam, Alexandria and Sarajevo. Trajan’s Markets, Via IV Novembre 94, tel. 060608, www.mercatiditraiano.it. DA GUERCINO A CARAVAGGIO, SIR DENIS MAHON E L’ARTE ITALIANA DEL XVII 26 Sept-8 Feb Exhibition commemorating the 100th birthday of eminent Anglo-Irish art expert Sir Denis Mahon (1910-2011), who dedicated much of his 100 years to studying Baroque Italian art and in particular the work of Bolognese masters such as Guercino, Domenichino and Guido Reni. Mahon had requested the exhibition to mark his milestone birthday and it includes 45 paintings from his private collection, as well as works on loan from the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Via delle Quattro Fontane 13, tel. 0632810, www.galleriabarberini.beniculturali.it. MARIO SIRONI: 1885-1961 4 Oct-8 Feb The Vittoriano hosts a retrospective to Mario Sironi, one of Italy’s better known modernist artists from the first half of the 20th century. Sironi embraced numerous art movements throughout his life, including symbolism, futurism and

Poster in the exhibition of Iranian art from 1960-2014 at MAXXI.

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metaphysical art. He is also associated with Italian fascism which led to his fall from favour in later life. Complesso del Vittoriano, Via di S. Pietro in Carcere, tel. 066780664.

FOTOGRAFIE DI ROMA DAL 1986 AL 2006 29 Oct-8 March This exhibition consists of 77 photographs from the Photographic Archive of the Museo di Roma. The photographs by Basilico, Bossaglia, Chiaramonte, Ghirri, Guidi NUMERI: TUTTOCresci, QUELLO CHE CONTA and Koch, were shown in the exDA ZERO A INFINITO 16hibition Oct-31 “Rome: May The historic Rioni in the images of seven photograInteractive exhibition to suit all ages phers in 1990”, with the addition and all mathematical abilities, designed nine photographs taken Gitoofunderline the important rolebyplayed Berengo Gardin 1986, byanni numbers and mathsin in our and daily seven Andrea Jemolo in lives. Thebyexhibition offers shown workshops theactivities 2006 exhibition “Architecture in and for adults, children and Romegroups. today”. Palazzo delle Esposizioschool images portray in its ni,The Via Nazionale 194, tel.Rome 0639967500, most iconic sites as well as its minor www.palazzoesposizioni.it. and everyday aspects, and document some of the changes the city underwent over two decades (as shown for instance in Ghirri’s image of the Ara Pacis in its 1930s’ setting, and then in Jemolo’s image of the Richard Meier building). Another interesting aspect of the exhibition is that it illustrates the shift from documentary photography rooted in photojournalism, represented by the images of Koch and Bossaglia, where people and street life is often the focus of attention, to the new Italian landscape photography of the 1980s, spearheaded by Luigi Ghirri alongside practitioners such as Guidi, Basilico, Chiaramonte, and its legacy in the work of Jemolo, where place in its own right takes centre stage; the works of Berengo Gardin and Cresci act as a transition between the two approaches. Museo di Roma Palazzo Braschi, Piazza S. Pantaleo 10, www. museodiroma.it. Jacopo Benci

SECESSIONE E AVANGUARDIA L’ARTE IN ITALIA PRIMA DELLA GRANDE GUERRA 1905-1915 31 Oct-15 Feb Exhibition focusing on Italy’s artistic developments in the decade leading up to world war one, a turbulent time in Italian art. The show examines the concepts of modernity and the avantgarde in a period marked by ideological debates, political and social conflicts, and a growing sense of national-

ism. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna (GNAM), Viale delle Belle Arti 131, tel. 06322981, www.gnam.beniculturali.it. ARTISTI DELL’OTTOCENTO TEMI E RISCOPERTE 7 Nov-14 June This exhibition examines Italian art of the 19th century, focusing on themes relevant to the figurative movement in Italy in the 19th century, including the portrait and scenes from daily life. Some of the better known artists included are Nino Costa, Giulio Aristide Sartorio and Angelo Morbelli. Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Roma Capitale, Via Francesco Crispi 24, tel. 060608, www. galleriaartemodernaroma.it. THE ART OF NORMAN ROCKWELL AMERICAN CHRONICLES 11 Nov-8 Feb The Museo Fondazione Roma presents what is likely to be one of the capital’s most visited shows this winter. The exhibition is dedicated to the 20thcentury American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) who is best known for his detailed cover illustrations of The Saturday Evening Post magazine for more than four decades. Rockwell documented key points in American society, from national pride to racism, but it was his acute observations of everyday life and his nostalgic touch that earned him broad popular appeal. Museo Fondazione Roma, Palazzo Sciarra, Via Marco Minghetti 22, tel. 06697645532, www.fondazioneromamuseo.it. LE LEGGENDARIE TOMBE DI MAWANGDUI 14 Nov-16 Feb Treasures dating to China’s Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) from the tombs found at Mawangdui come to Rome on loan from the Hunan Museum, one of the most important cultural insitutions in China. The exhibition features 76 artefacts such as lacquers, textiles, manuscripts and paintings on silk from an ancient civilisation once known as “the land of silk and porcelain.” Museo Nazionale Palazzo Venezia, Via Plebiscito 118, tel. 0669994388, www.beniculturali.it. UNEDITED HISTORY: IRAN 1960-2014 11 Dec-29 March More than 20 artists and 200 works give an insight into Iran through its art from 1960 to the present, including pivotal moments in the country’s history such as the 1979 revolution and the war with Iraq in the 1980s. The exhibition features the work of prominent contemporary Iranian figures

from the field of visual arts and film. MAXXI, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo, Via Guido Reni 4/A, www. fondazionemaxxi.it.

MUSIC We carry a short list of only a few of the concerts available in Rome. For details of performances organised by the main musical associations and auditoriums in Rome see: Auditorium Conciliazione, Via della Conciliazione 4, www.auditoriumconciliazione.it. Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P. de Coubertin 30, www.auditorium. com. Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Teatro Olimpico, www.filarmonicaromana.org. Accademia S. Cecilia, www.santacecilia.it. All the concerts take place at the Auditorium Parco della Musica (see address above). Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti, Aula Magna, Università la Sapienza, www.concertiiuc.it. Oratorio del Gonfalone, Via del Gonfalone 32a, www.oratoriogonfalone. com. Romatrerorchetra, www.r3o.org. Università Tor Vergata Associazione Roma Sinfonietta, Ennio Morricone auditorium, Tor Vergata, www.romasinfonietta.com. ACCADEMIA FILARMONICA ROMANA TIM MEAD 22 Jan The British contratenor, Tim Mead, sings a programme of baroque music of both well-known and rare works. Laurence Cummings plays the harpsichord and Jonathan Manson the cello. Teatro Argentina.

which was inspired by Goethe’s ballad of the same name and made popular by the Walt Disney film Fantasia and Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition.

tion camps, to mark the Giornata della Memoria. With Ute Lemper, the young voices of S. Cecilia choir and the Parco della Musica Contemporanea Ensemble.

30 Jan Bach Networks. Violinist Mario Brunello and jazz pianist Uri Caine interpret three Back sonatas.

PETER EÖTVÖS 29 Jan Stravinsky’s octet, composed in 1922, and Octet Plus that Eötvös composed in memory of Stockhausen, with the S. Cecilia orchestra and the Parco della Musica Contemporanea Ensemble.

31 Jan-3 Feb Speaking Drums. Percussionist Martin Grubinger with a programme of mainly North American music (Ives, Gershwin and a work by Peter Eötvös) conducted by Eötvös. 7-10 Feb Violinist Joshua Bell plays Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy inspired by Scottish folk melodies. The programme, conducted by Marc Albrecht, includes Wagner’s Flying Dutchman and Schumann’s symphony no 2, which was the third symphony he composed. Bell, who has a long recording history to his name, was named music director of the Academy of St Martins in the Fields in 2013. The romantic tale of his priceless 300-year old Stradivarious is told in the documentary Return of the Violin by Haim Hecht. AUDITORIUM PARCO DELLA MUSIC MARE IGNOTUM 23 Jan The European premiere of Death Speaks by David Lang, with the Parco della Musica Contemporanea Ensemble. TUTTO CIO CHE CI RESTA 26 Jan Music composed in the concentra-

ACCADEMIA S. CECILIA 17-20 Jan Violinist Renaud Capuçon makes his debut at S. Cecilia with Mendelssohn’s violin concerto, conducted by Semyon Bychkov. The programme includes Franz Schmidt’s second symphony and a work by Detlev Glanert. 24-27 Jan Sibelius’ violin concerto played by Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili marks the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Batiashvili returns to S. Cecilia after her 2011 success with Shostakovich’s violin concerto. The programme which is conducted by Antonio Pappano also includes Dukas’ Sorcerer’s Apprentice

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Lisa Batiashvili returns to S. Cecilia.

ISTITUZIONE UNVERSITARIA DEI CONCERTI QUARTETTO DI CREMONA 24 Jan The Quartetto di Cremona is in Rome for the fourth session of its exploration of Beethoven’s string quartets, which are considered the gold standard for all subsequent string quartets. The Cremona emsemble has just released its recording of Beethoven’s complete quartets Vol III, on the German Audite label. ENSEMBLE BERLIN 26 Jan The soloists of the Berlin Philharmonic with Music from the Abyss. From the Great War to the Shoah. Music composed at the battle front, in concentration and prison camps or inspired by the two world wars. Italian premiere of music by Butterworth, Delous, Caplet as well as extracts from Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time and Stravinsky’s Histoire du Soldat. NAREK HAKHNAZARYAN OXANA SHEVCHENKO 3 Feb Narek Hakhnazaryan, a young Arme-

nian cellist, trained in Moscow and has already performed with the London, Chicago and Rotterdam symphony orchestras and under Valery Gergiev at the Mariinsky. He was awarded the Gold Medal at the 2011 International Tchaikovsky competition, the most prestigious prize for a cellist. In Rome he plays music by Schumann, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy and Stravinsky with pianist Oxana Shevchenko from Kazhakstan. They have played as a duo since 2004 and have recently been on a tour of Japan and China. FAZIL SAY 7 Feb Turkish pianist and composer plays two Mozart sonatas and three of his own compositions, Gezi Park (a series of three works composed during and after the Gezi park protests is being played for the first time in Italy), Nietzsche and Wagner, and Three Ballads. In 2013 Say was given a 10-month suspended sentence by an Istanbul court for offending Islam on Twitter. He denies all charges but is openly critical of the Turkish government, in particular its cultural and social policies. ORATORIO DEL GONFALONE The Gonfalone season starts later than that of other musical academies and associations in Rome but its charming location in the historic centre, parts of which have recently been restored, and an unusual programme make it worth following. LUCIANO GANCI 22 Jan Ganci, an international recognised Italian tenor, sings love songs from 1915-1918 to mark Italy’s entry into world war one on the side of the Allies on 23 May 1915.

Fazil Say (IUC 7 Feb) plays his own compositions, including Gezi Park composed during the Istanbul protests in 2013.

I BASSIFONDI 29 Jan 17th-century baroque music played by the Bassifondi ensemble led by Simone Vallerotonda in a style close to how the music would originally have been performed. Vallerotonda started his studies as a guitarist but then switched to playing the lute. ROMABAROCCA ENSEMBLE 5 Feb Madrigals and airs from the collection La Sfera Armoniosa by Paolo Quagliati, composer, organist and papal chamberlain to Gregory XV. The pieces in the programme were composed for the wedding of Niccolò Ludovisi, nephew of Gregory XV, and Isabella Gesualdo which was celebrated first in Caserta and then in the Sistine Chapel in November 1622.

Lute player Simone Vallerotonda performs at the Oratorio del Gonfalone.

LIVE MUSIC ED SHEERAN 23 Jan English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran plays at the Palolottomattica. Known for his hybrid pop and R&B sound, with his soulful lyrics and mellow voice, the young singer has found international success with singles such as The A Team and You Need Me, I Don’t Need You. Palalottomatica, Piazzale Pier Luigi Nervi 1, tel. 06540901, www.palalottomatica.it. FINK 28 Jan Fink is an English singer, songwriter, guitar player, producer and DJ. He started out in the late 1990s recording

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electronic music but now his sound incorporates a range of genres such as blues, dub, folk and indie. He is best known for the 2007 song This is the Thing and the 2011 album Perfect Darkness. For tickets see TicketOne website. Teatro Quirinetta, Via Marco Minghetti 5, www.ticketone.it. KORN 2 Feb Californian metal band Korn perform at Atlantico. The Grammy-Award winning alternative music group has sold over 35 million albums worldwide. The band is best known for massive hit songs such as Falling Away from Me and Freak on a Leash. For tickets see the Ticketone website. Atlantico, Viale dell’Oceano Atlantico 271 D, tel. 065915727, www.atlanticoroma.it.

festivals

American metal band Korn returns to Rock in Roma.

FESTIVAL DELLE SCIENZE 23-26 Jan Language and its various nuances are at the heart of the ninth edition of

Rome’s Festival of Science. The concept is inspired by the celebrated linguist and cognitive scientist Noam Chomsky who says that when we study human language we are in fact looking at human nature. The science of language raises a number of intriguing questions such as how we communicate a potentially infinite number of meanings, and what the relationship is between language and perception of reality. What are the differences and similarities between languages? If we speak different languages do we perceive reality in different ways? How do languages develop in the mind of a child, and what is the relationship between music and language? The festival will attempt to answer these questions through its line-up of debates, performances and readings by scientists and philosophers. Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P. de Coubertin, tel. 0680241281, www.auditorium.com.

Peppe Servillo will read 100 Years of Solitude for Vi Racconto un Romanzo at the Auditorium Parco della Musica.

Languages are the focus of this year’s Festival delle Scienze at the Auditorium Parco della Musica.

VI RACCONTO UN ROMANZO 17 Nov-25 May Literature festival dedicated to eight classics by great South American writers of the 20th century. The evenings last about an hour each, beginning with a brief biographical introduction of the author, and feature well-known Italian actors reading passages from the selected texts. A highlight for many will be Peppe Servillo reading 100 Years of Solitude (9 Feb). Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P. de Coubertin, tel. 0680241281, www.auditorium.com.

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DANCE MILAN TEATRO ALLA SCALA THE NUTCRACKER 4-18 Jan This new La Scala production is choreographed by Nacho Duato who studied at the Rambert Ballet, with Alvin Ailey Dance Theater and danced with the Culberg and the Netherlands Dans Theatre. He made his debut with this choreography of The Nutcracker in 2013 for the Mikhailovsky Theatre. There are no real surprises in this version of the ballet and the stars are Roberto Bolle and Maria Eichwald. Teatro alla Scala, www.teatroallascala.org.

Evolution Dance Company in ElectriCity.

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ELECTRICITY EVOLULTION DANCE THEATER 22-25 Jan This another chance to see ElectriCity, which was cancelled last year at Auditorium Conciliazione. This mix of dance, arcobatics, video art and visual effects creates a sensation of energy and force in movement. Choreography by Anthony Heinl, who started out with Momix and then transfered to Italy work with Emiliano Pellesario. He has also danced with Daniel Ezralow, Angelin Preljocaj and David Parsons. ElectriCity toured Italy last season with considerable success. Teatro Italia, Via Bari 18, www.teatroitalia.info. EQUILIBRIO NUOVA DANZA end Jan - end Feb This festival of contemporary dance festival, organised by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, is expected back again at the end of January. During the festival ten finalists are selected to present ten works to

a jury. The winning project is awarded €12,500 for its development into a fullscale performance the following year. The winning soloist is awarded €7,500 to commission a choreographer to create a solo work, also for the following year. The 2014 finalists who return this year with their work are Manfredi Perego for Grafiche and the soloist Irene Russolillo. Auditorium Parco della Musica. IL LAGO DEI CIGNI ovvero IL CANTO 6-8 Feb This new choreography by Fabrizio Monteverdi is as revolutionary in its own way as Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake. A cast of 14 ageing dancers are the protagonists, living out old memories as they organise their last performance of Swan Lake, hoping for a happy ending. This is Monteverdi’s fifth choreography for the Balletto di Roma. Teatro Brancaccio, www.teatrobrancaccio.it.

Fabrizio Monteverdi’s Il Lago dei Cigni ovvero Il Canto, his challenging new version of Swan Lake.

LINDSEY KEMP KEMP DANCES 13 March Inventions and Reincarnations is the new title of Lindsey Kemp’s latest performance in Rome. It is a mosaic of old favourites and new ideas. Four dancers perform four works, The Devil in a short rendering of L’Histoire du Soldat, Ricordi di una Traviata, Nijinski and L’Angelo, about death and transfiguration. The dancers are Daniela Maccario, David Haughton, Luciano Guerra and James Vanzo. Teatro Brancaccio, www.teatrobrancaccio.it.

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DIE SOLDATEN BY BERND ALOIS ZIMMERMANN 17 Jan-3 Feb The 18th-century score by Jakob Lenz (1751-92) is set in pre-revolutionary France and to Zimmermann’s (19181970) modernist music. It was premiered in 1965 and has had several productions since. Zimmermann wrote the opera for the Cologne opera house but it was rejected as being too ambitious. Zimmermann then revised it during a fellowship at Villa Massimo (the German Academy) in Rome in 196364 and it was finally performed a year later in Cologne. It is Zimmermann’s only opera. This is a new co-production with the Salzburg festival, conducted by Igno Metzmacher, directed by Alvis Hermanis and with Laura Aikin and Gabriella Beňačková as protagonists. 14 January 2015 | Wanted in Rome

Teatro alla Scala, www.teatroallascala. org. THE CORONATION OF POPPEA BY CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI 1-27 Feb Director Robert Wilson completes the third in the Monteverdi trilogy after Orpheus (2009) and The Return of Ulysses to His Homeland (2011). This production of The Coronation of Poppea was staged at the Paris Opera in June 2014. Rinaldo Alessandrini who conducted in Paris also conducts in Milan but in Milan the part of Nerone is sung by Leonardo Cortellazzi and Poppea by the Swedish soprano Miah Persson whose husband Jeremy Ovenden sung the part of Nerone in Paris. Teatro alla Scala, www. teatroallascala.org.

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ANDREA CHENIER BY UMBERTO GIORDANO 20-29 Jan This once popular opera is now rarely performed but one of its main attractions is the role for lead tenor, sung here by Antonello Palombi and Sung Kyu Park, conducted by Nello Santi. This is the production that was at the Teatro Regio in Turin in 2013. The opera is playing almost simultaneously in a new production at the Royal Opera House in London (20 Jan-6 Feb), conducted there by Antonio Pappano, with Jonas Kaufmann in the lead. If you are able to choose, the London production would be the one to pick. Giordano was of the same generation as Puccini and Mascagni. S. Carlo di Napoli, www.teatrosancarlo.it.

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WERTHER BY JULES MASSENET 18-29 Jan This is an Oper Frankfurt production conducted by Jesus López-Cobos and directed by Willy Decker who staged the opera for the first time in Frankfurt last year. The opera is based on Goethe’s novel The Sorrows of Young Goethe, which is largely autobiographical. Although the opera was composed for the Opera-Comique in Paris it was first performed in 1892 at the Hofoper in Vienna, thanks to the previous success of Manon. The protangonists are the Italian tenor Francesco Meli as Werther/ Goethe and mezzo soprano Veronica Simeoni, who first sang the part of Charlotte at Messina’s Teatro Vittorio Emanuele in 2008. Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, www.operaroma.it. RIGOLETTO BY GIUSEPPE VERDI 4-8 Feb This old favourite returns to the stage at

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Robert Wilson’s Coronation of Poppea at Teatro alla Scala.

Teatro dell’Opera di Roma in Leo Muscato’s production that was seen only last October. This time it will be conducted by Gaetano d’Espinosa instead of Renato Palumbo and with a completely different cast. Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, www.operaroma.it.

theatre BEST FRIEND 29 Jan-8 Feb Cris and Davi are best friends and both

OPERA NOTES Jessica Pratt, the accomplished and already successful Australian soprano, comes into her own in January in two Bellini operas, I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Fenice in Venice (14-20 January) and I Puritani in Florence (28, 30 January and 5 February). Queste “Opera Notes” potrebbero avere un sottotitolo: Un festival per Jessica Pratt. Il bravo e già affermato soprano australiano che tanto canta in Italia sarà Giulietta ne I Capuleti e i Montecchi di Vincenzo Bellini alla Fenice di Venezia (14-20 gennaio). Un ruolo che oscilla tra romanticismo e classicismo e che a questa giovane cantante offre la possibilità di eseguire fraseggi ardenti e carichi di passione amorosa alternati alla capacità di accarezzare le note di melodie di una purezza immacolata, come Bellini ben mostra nell’aria di Giulietta “Oh! quante volte”. Con Jessica Pratt si esibiranno nomi del belcanto sia consolidati sia emergenti: Sonia Ganassi (Romeo) e Shalva Mukeria (Tebaldo, il rivale in amore di Romeo). Sul podio Omer Meir Wellber, che nel 2013 ha diretto la sontuosa e spettacolare Aida messa in scena da La Fura dels Baus per i 100 compleanni del festival operistico dell’Arena di Verona. Arnaud Bernard curerà la regia di questo nuovo allestimento, quando aveva già affrontato I Capuleti e i Montecchi nel 2013 per il Teatro Filarmonico sempre di Verona. Il secondo ruolo che interpreterà Jessica Pratt è Elvira de I Puritani ancora di Vincenzo Bellini, ma questa volta all’Opera di Firenze il 28 e 30 gennaio e il 5 febbraio (nei giorni 1, 4 e 10/2 canterà invece Maria Aleida). Un ruolo che fu scritto per Giulia Grisi, una delle più grandi cantanti dell’Ottocento che cantò e recitò tale parte come “un angiolo”, e che Jessica Pratt avrà il compito di emulare con l’esprimere attraverso la voce i tratti di un’eroina romantica tenera ma anche fragile psicologicamente. Oltre al soprano australiano il primo cast vedrà allineare nel ruolo dell’innamorato di Elvira il tenore Yijie Shi, che proviene dall’Accademia Rossiniana di Pesaro, e nella parte del pretendente respinto da Elvira il baritono Massimo Cavalletti, attivo soprattutto all’estero anche se si esibisce con una certa regolarità alla Scala. La direzione d’orchestra sarà affidata a Matteo Beltrami, che di Bellini ha diretto Norma nel 2013 a Novara, mentre la regia sarà di Fabio Ceresa, che ha allestito Giovanna d’Arco di Verdi a Martina Franca nel 2013 con Jessica Pratt protagonista. Paolo Di Nicola

ten years old. The story takes place over three seasons leading up to the summer. During this time the two friends discuss issues such as love, sex, death and separation, in a journey that is both funny and poignant. In Italian. Starring Claudio Gioè and Giuseppe Tantillo. In Italian Teatro Vittoria, Piazza S. Maria Liberatrice 10, Testaccio, tel. 065781960, www.teatrovittoria.it. TEATRO INDIA 27 Jan-8 Feb Carla Chiarelli interprets La Gemellah H (27-29 Jan), the award-winning novel by Italian writer Giorgio Falco. The story spans more than 80 years and focuses on three generations of the Hinner family, from their arrival in Italy from Nazi Germany until the present day. The theatre also continues its series of modern versions of Shakespeare’s classics with Hamlet Travestie (3-8 Feb) written by 19th-century English playwright John Poole and performed as a burlesque parody of the Shakespearean tragedy. In Italian. Teatro Argentina, Largo di Torre Argentina 52, tel. 06684000311/14, www.teatrodiroma.net.

academies BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME 14-16 Jan. A three-day workshop entitled Adriatic Connections: The Adriatic as a Threshold to Byzantium (c.600– 1453) organised in conjunction with the British School at Athens. 20-23 Jan. An international conference entitled Italy and Mediaeval Europe featuring over 30 distinguished speakers from the UK, Italy, the US, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Austria. 28 Jan. Alan Bowman (Oxford) presents The Roman Empire and the Economy: Fiscality and Taxation, a lecture in which he considers how the Romans’ fiscal pol-

Giuseppina Cervizzi and Emanuele Valenti in Hamlet Travestie for Teatro India.

icies affected economic behaviour and the currency, taxation and regulation of markets. (18.00-19.30). British School at Rome, Via Antonio Gramsci 61, tel. 063264939, www.bsr. ac.uk.

were contemporaries of Goethe, and include brothers Jakob Philipp and Johann Gottlieb Hackert, Joseph Anton Koch and Franz Kobell. Casa di Goethe, Via del Corso 18 (Piazza del Popolo), tel. 0632650412, www.casadigoethe.it.

CASA DI GOETHE 3 Dec-1 Feb With the exhibition Il Cielo sopra Roma: German Painters and Italian landscape, the Casa di Goethe presents some of its most precious art works, both oil paintings and drawings, some of which have never been on display before. At the centre of the exhibition is Vista da Monte di Giustizia a Villa Montalto Negroni a Roma painted by Johann August Nahl in 1785. Another highlight is the painting Vista di Rocca di Sangallo a Civita Castellana, which was only recently attributed to Jakob Wilhelm Mechau. Most of the paintings are landscapes, featuring the cielo, or sky, above Rome. The majority of the exhibited artists

JAPANESE CULTURAL INSTITUTE 21 Nov-31 Jan Traditional Japanese culture is celebrated in the photographs of Sanjiro Minamikawa who spent 20 years documenting rituals at the Ise Grand Shrine dedicated to Amaterasu-ōmikami, a goddess of the sun and the universe, and a major deity of the Shinto religion. The 70 photographs on display are printed on Japanese washi paper, made traditionally using fibres from the bark of the Gampi tree. Guided tours can be arranged, tel. 063224754 or email prenotazioni@jfroma.it. Istituto Giapponese di Cultura, Via Antonio Gramsci 74, tel. 063224754, www.jfroma.it.

Veduta del Palatino by Joseph Anton Koch at Casa di Goethe.

SWISS INSTITUTE OF ROME Until 20 June Works from the collection of the longestablished Swiss financial institution BSI are on display at Villa Maraini, home of the Swiss Institute in Rome. The works include pieces by important international artists such as British sculptor Tony Cragg, Italian painter and sculptor Fausto Melotti, and American sculptor John Chamberlain. As part of the installation, designs by Zurich architects Daniel Bosshard and Meritxell Vaquer, winners of the competition for the renovation of the villa, are displayed alongside some of the books from the institute’s library. Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Villa Maraini, Via Ludovisi 48, tel. 06420421, www.istitutosvizzero.it. 14 January 2015 | Wanted in Rome

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heating. Parking space. €1.600. info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. FONTE MERAVIGLIOSA. Via Seismit Doda. Last floor. Refurbished. 120 sqm apartment elegantly furnished. Double living room with terrace. Two bedrooms, studio, two bathrooms, closet. Living in kitchen. A/C. garage. €1.400 + €150. info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. FONTE MERAVIGLIOSA. Via Millevoi. Apartment in very good condition, furnished, on the 1st floor of 50 sqm + garage of 18 sqm with loft; living room with kitchenette, bedroom with parquet floor, bathroom with Jacuzzi, balcony livable. Fixtures and fittings. Climate control, air conditioning, grilles on the windows, safe. G Class €1.150, immobiliare-eur@ eurocenterweb.it. LARGE APT FOR RENT NEAR COLOSSEUM. 190 mq apartment for rent in Colle Oppio, Via Poliziano. 4th floor, 1920s building, elevator. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, study, dining room, living room, equipped eat-in kitchen, 4 balconies. Autonomous heating. Close to metro lines. Prefer 2-4 years arrangement. Available immediately. €2.750/month, includes condominium fee. Contact Silvia at 340/9179109 or silviadelguercio@gmail.com. LUNGOTEVERE TESTACCIO. 4th floor, 75 sqm in perfect conditions. Original paving. Hall, living room, 2 bedrooms, live in kitchen, furnished. €1.500. info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. MONTAGNOLA. Via Benedetto Croce. Apartment of 180 sqm. Located on the 2nd floor in excellent condition and comprises entrance hall, living room, kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, balcony livable. Wooded park with a playground for children. Goalkeeper. West facing. G Class, €1.950, immobiliare-eur@ eurocenterweb.it. MONTE MARIO, VIALE MEDAGLIE D’ORO. Nice bright flat, 4th floor, 90 sqm, large living room, equipped kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 1

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PRATI. Via Tommaso D’Aquino. First floor modernly furnished. Living room, big bedroom, live in kitchen, bathroom, livable balcony. €1.000 + €50 expenses. info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. PRATI. Close to metro, 140 sqm, 5th floor, lift, bright, furnished, large living room, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, eat-in furnished kitchen. Monthly rent €3.000 neg. Other excellent properties on www.propertyint.net. Property International tel. 06 / 5743170. 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. S. SABA. Annia Faustina. In a three-storey building, furnished apartment on the 1st floor, of 70 sqm, composed by: entrance, living room, bedroom, kitchen, two bathrooms. Classe G. Tel. 0632090384, immobiliare-eur@eurocenterweb.it. €1.100. S. SABA. 160 sqm, 3rd floor, lift, bright, semifurnished, large living room, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, maid’s room and bathroom, kitchen, wide balconies, parking. Air conditioning. Monthly rent €2.500. Other excellent properties on www.propertyint.net. Property International tel 06 / 5743170. S. PIETRO. Furnished apartment, sqm. 150, second floor, large sitting room, Kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, balcony, parking. Tel. 06 / 54211074, www.internationalpoint.it. SERAFICO - VIA KEPLERO. Via Keplero. Near Laurentina Metro, second floor. 85 sqm very bright. Not furnished in perfect condition. Hall, living room, 2 bedrooms, small studio, furnished kitchen, wall cupboards, three balconies. Parking space and cellar. € 960 + 130 condo expences. info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. STUDIO APARTMENT IN MONTEVERDE VECCHIO. 50 sqm. Studio apartment in Monteverde Vecchio. Via dall’Ongaro. Completely independent without condo. Heating and air conditioning, elegantly furnished. Alarm. Close to Villa Sciarra park. Easy parking on silent private road. Tel. 338 / 4573620, pierluigi. lorenti@libero.it. TESTACCIO. Testaccio, living room, bedroom, study, bathroom/tub, quiet €1.050. Also Colosseo loft 50 sqm, 6 months. €1.200. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it. TORRINO. In elegant condo with concierge service. 3rd floor. 65 sqm apartment modernly furnished, living room, corner kitchen, closet with washing machine, big bedroom, bathroom, panoramic balcony, autonomous heating, garage. €900 + €80 condo. info@ penthouseimmobiliare.it. TRASTEVERE - S. MARIA. View of S. Maria in Trastevere, very quiet street. One large and one smaller bedrooms. Double living room, dining

room and kitchen. Terrace and balconies. Fully equiped, possible minor furniture adaptations. Contract duration: min. 6 months. Ideal for one couple and one young boy/girl. enzocapu@ gmail.com. TRASTEVERE S. MARIA. Newly restored delicious bright flat, 2nd floor, 60 sqm, spacious bedroom, living room with cooking area and other bed in mezzanine floor, bathroom with large shower, newly furnished and completely equipped (washing machine, microwave, pots and pans, tableware, bed linen, blankets, etc.). Independent heating, air conditioning, WI-FI internet and utilities included. Private rents from January €1.250. tel. +39 3388872666 scpsas@gmail.com. TRASTEVERE STATION – MARCONI. From 15 December. Furnished apartment 70 sqm. €1.200 monthly all included. cavallaroandrea70@hotmail.com; simonacavallaro@ hotmail.com. TRASTEVERE, S. COSIMATO AREA. Trastevere, San Cosimato area, romantic quiet condominium, bright livingroom, bedroom. €1.300. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it. TRASTEVERE, SPAGNA, NAVONA, COLOSSEO, MONTEVERDE VECCHIO. Trastevere, Spagna, Navona, Colosseo, Monteverde Vecchio, charming studio and 1 bedroom apartments. €800 to €1.300. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it. TRASTEVERE, TRILUSSA. Trastevere, Trilussa, lovely cottagelike one bedroom apartment, lovely outdoor space. €1.100. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it. TRASTEVERE. Nicely furnished, 3rd floor, sunny, entrance, living room, 1 bedroom, livein kitchen, bathroom with shower, independent heating, air conditioning, internet with all appliances, available monthly. €1.350 plus expenses. As from January. Tel. 333 / 2843762, delpinto@hotmail.it. TRASTEVERE. Vicolo del Leopardo. All new, quiet street, 2 bedrooms, 4 people, medium length rent. Only foreigners. Tel. +39 346 3066626. roberto.porta108@gmail.com. TRASTEVERE. Furnished flat in an historic 15th-century building in the heart of Trastevere. 2nd floor, quiet. Living room (with double sofa-bed), bedroom, bathroom, kitchen & terrace. Original beamed ceiling, 2 fireplaces, autonomous heating / air conditioning. Tel 339 / 7495350, 345 / 7599212. €1.500. No Agencies. smisiani@unite.it. Available from December. TRASTEVERE. Top floor, furnished, fantastic terrace with views, sunny, lift, living room, study/dining room, bedroom, bathroom with tub, eat-in kitchen. Monthly rent €1.500. Other excellent properties on www.propertyint.net. Property International tel 065743170. TRASTEVERE. Trastevere, unusual compound, quiet country atmosphere, living room, 1 bedroom, bathroom / tub. €1.300. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it.

UMANESIMO. Umanesimo. Fourth floor, 90 sqm, refurbished, double living room, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, balcony. €1.400. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. VIALE DELLA TECNICA. Second floor, prestigious 200 sqm apartment competently refurbished. Hall, double living room, 4 bedrooms, studio, 2 bathrooms, lining room, terrace and 3 balconies. A/C, safety door, moto parking. €2.500 + €165 expenses. info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. VIGNA CLARA (NEAR MARYMOUNT SCHOOL). In elegant compound (swimmingpool, tennis) beautiful 280-sqm apartment, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room, separate dining room, small private garden, maid’s quarters. Tel. 068610871. imm.edwards@gmail.com. VIGNA CLARA - PONTE MILVIO. Walking distance to Marymount School - 300 sqm remodeled luxury apartment, huge terrace, 5 bedrooms 5 bathrooms, parking. €4.500 - Immobiliare Zanni Real Estate Agency 3474009753 http://www.immobiliare.it/agenzie_immobiliari/Zanni_Roma.html. VIGNA CLARA. Elegant, bright, 160 sqm apartment, 2/3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, livingdining room, ample balcony, furnished kitchen, maid’s quarters, garage-box, storage-space. €1.800. Tel. 068610871. imm.edwards@gmail. com. VIGNA CLARA. Lovely redecorated, 190 sqm. apartment, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, vast living-dining room-study, lovely balcony, kitchen, ample maid’s quarters, large car-port. Rent: €2.500. Tel. 068610871. imm.edwards@ gmail.com. VIGNA CLARA. In compound (swimmingpool, tennis). Lovely, elegantly furnished 100 sqm apartment, 2 bedrooms, bathroom, living-dining room, beautiful terrace, furnished kitchen, shower-bath, car-port. Rent: €2.000 including condo fees. Tel. 068610871. imm. edwards@gmail.com. VIGNA MURATA. 15 minutes drive to FAO. Elegantly furnished 160 sqm apartment. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, study / small 3rd bedroom, living-dining room, ample balcony, kitchen, garage-box, storage-room. Rent: €1.700. Tel. 068610871. imm.edwards@gmail. com. VILLA BORGHESE ONE BEDROOM. One bedroom, livingroom, kitchen, walk-in closet, very well furnished, close to embassies, Luiss university, just off Villa Borghese, easy share.

Accommodation vacant out of town CHARMING HISTORICAL FARMHOUSE. Umbria. Charming historical farmhouse freshly restored. 4 bedrooms; 2 bathrooms, well equipped kitchen, large living / dining room with chimney. Traditional rural atmosphere, close to a mediaeval village on a prestigious archeological area. 45 min from Rome.

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Short / long-term rental. For info and photos: enricofloridi@tiscali.it. SUTRI MEDIAEVAL TOWER. Historic center Sutri 3-storey mediaeval tower 50 km N Rome 160 M2, fully furnished 2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms, fireplace, terrace, dishwasher. judyharris123@gmail.com. ZAGAROLO 20 MILES FROM ROME CENTRE. 30 minutes by frequent trains. Half of a villa, furnished. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large living room, large kitchen balcony, independent entrance and garden €900. Also furnished cottage bedroom plus small room bathroom dining/kitchen portico €600. Both with fine views and with large property pool and tennis. drroversi@gmail.com. Tel. 3477037894.

Holiday Accommodation SUMMER RENT - JULY 2014 - MONTE ARGENTARIO. Porto S. Stefano; smoke-pet-free 70 sqm-flat, 6-bed, 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom, balcony + seaview, living + kitchen area + sofabed, hotwater, washmachine, dishwasher, microwave + sat-tv + dvdplayer (multiregion), carpark included; shops@300mt. +393494909806, tl9685@vodafone.it. UMBRIA CHARMING VILLAGE HOUSE. Lovely bedroom with en-suite bathroom, use of living room with satellite TV and WiFi included. Just an hour and a half from Rome. Long weekends or weekly, full service or not. Please call 342-034-1499. UMBRIAN COUNTRYHOUSE. Charming 3-bedroom house, renovated, for short / long term rental. Rome 1 hour (Orte trains). Details: www.casamuralto.com. VILLA NEAR TEMPLE OF FORTUNA. Enjoy August or September in our family home. Between Palestrina and Catel S. Pietro Romano (35 km southeast of Rome). Panoramic views, lush garden, large swimming pool. From nearby Zagarolo, 25 minute trainride to Rome. Suitable for 2 to 10 persons. Bunkbed and crib for the little ones available. Info: www.villawith-a-view.com.

JOB VACANT ADMINISTRATION ASSOCIATE. Principal Relocation Company seeks motivated, focused and goal oriented individual to work as an Administration Associate. Must have excellent Excel skills and demonstrable experience in office administration. Fluency in English and Italian is essential. Please send CV/photo to: careers (at) principalrelocation.com with ref: AA-RM. BERLITZ IS PRESENTLY RECRUITING FOR A LOCAL MANAGER. Berlitz, a Global Education Company, is presently recruiting for a Local Manager of Instruction (director of studies) in Roma EUR. Duties include:Teacher recruitmentTeacher training (initial and on-going) Pedagogic advice and structuringAdministrative duties in line with internal and ISO 9001 processesQuality management for both

consumer and corporate courses The ideal applicant should have:Degree level educationMinimum CELTA/TEFL qualificationPreferable Experience in a similar roleExperience with teaching both young learners and adultsAbility to work well to deadlines and prioritizingPositive, friendly and professional demeanor Start date: 1 February 2015. Interested? Please send you application to louise.thorne@berlitz.it, francesca.proudman@berlitz. FOLLOW ME TOURS. Our company is looking for English-speaking, motivated and driven people from the age of 18 to 35 to join our dynamic team to promote tours of Rome. Contact us and you could have the opportunity to work flexible hours, in a lively and international environment. HOME WORK. Looking for mother-tongue English-speaking person to help 14 year-old attending American School with homework. Parioli Area. Email. vitti.cosentini@gmail.com. Tel. 335 / 5200148. HOST IN ROME. Luxury Destination Club is looking for personable host to welcome our members in Rome.You will need to help members with travel planning, welcome them in our luxury Rome apartment and be available for any questions and assistance during their stay. Excellent knowledge of Rome as well as great customer service experience is required. This position is for someone who has the ability to send invoices and is set up with a valid Partita IVA. Please send your cover letter, CV and picture to romehost@yahoo.fr. HOUSE SIT FARM IN TUSCANY. Responsible person, or couple, needed to house sit farm in Tuscany, close to Grosseto. Includes horses and pets to feed. Up keep of garden and light housework. Offers free room and board plus €800 monthly. Non smokers. Must love country and animals. Contact info@terranera.it (www. terranera.it) or call Paolo tel. 338 / 7816022. NANNY / HOUSEKEEPER. Must be female, English/Italian speaking Vitinia 4-9 pm weekdays. Call 3495006454. OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR. Principal Relocation Company is looking for a motivated, goal and detail oriented professional to work as its Operations Supervisor. Experience in the fields of relocation and / or real estate is an advantage, but full training will be given. Fluent English & Italian are essential. Experience with ISO procedures is also required as is the ability to manage and guide a team. Please send resume and photo to careers (at) principalrelocation. com with OS-RM as the subject. SEEKING ADMINISTRATOR. We are an international financial planning firm working with clients in Italy as well as Asia and The Middle East. We need an administrator to work 20 hours per week from our office in central EUR. You should be able to speak and write fluently in both English and Italian. Good communication and organizational skills are essential. Previous experience of financial administration would be preferred but we will consider candidates who can demonstrate a strong work

ethic and verifiable experience in a similar role. This is a junior role which does offer the possibility of advancement as we grow our business. Basic salary and bonus. Please email a covering letter in English and your CV in English to recruitment@unityfinancialpartners.com. SEEKING LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT. .St. George’s British International School is a leading British-curriculum school in Europe and is situated north of Rome (Via Cassia/ La Storta) on a main railway route to and from the city centre. We have a great deal to offer to enthusiastic and experienced colleagues who would like to join us in the next phase of our development. Wanted immediately; A Learning Support Assistant to work at St. George’s: the successful candidate will work as a member of the Learning Support team and will be responsible to the Director of Student Support and Senior Deputy Head. The post would involve supporting the learning and progress of SEN and EAL students across the years as directed by the Director of Student Support, who will assist with ongoing training where necessary. The number of hours required will depend upon the school’s needs at the point of confirmation of this post. Essential requirements: A high standard of education (to degree level). A good standard of spoken and written English. A proven ability to work with young people. A generous and sociable outloo. A high standard of personal professionalism and a proven ability to work in a team. A willingness to undertake ongoing training. Desirable but not essential: Experience of working with young people with limited English or/and special needs. A qualification in teaching English as a foreign/ second/additional language. Bilingual in English and Italian. Some understanding of schools as organisations. Experience of working in a school context . The post would be temporary and initially up to the end of this school year. If you would like to apply for this position then the first step is to complete the application form available at http://www.stgeorge.school. it/Employment”>http://www.stgeorge.school. it/Employment If you encounter any difficulties contact the school at secretary@stgeorge. school.it. Please do not submit a CV: we need information about all applicants to be presented in a consistent format. SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT EXPERT sought on freelance basis. Must have demonstrable experience with Hootsuite, writing and sourcing content, blog management, etc. Please send CV to careers (at) principalrelocation.com. ST. GEORGE’S SCHOOL IS SEEKING JUNIOR IT TECHNICIAN. St. George’s British International School is a leading British-curriculum school in Europe. We have a great deal to offer to enthusiastic and experienced colleagues who would like to join us in the next phase of our development. Wanted immediately (1 post): A Junior IT Technician who will work as a member of the IT team and will be responsible to the IT Systems Manager. The post would involve supporting all IT areas of both schools as directed by the IT Systems Manager, who will assist with ongoing training where necessary. The number of hours required will depend upon the school’s needs at the point

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of confirmation of this post. Essential requirements: Very good knowledge of computer hardware and peripherals. Very good understanding of Windows 7 and MS Office 2007/2010/2013. Very good understanding of maintenance tasks like data backup or virus protection. Good understanding of wired and wireless Network Environment (hardware and software). Good understanding of Windows 2003 Server. Good working knowledge of the English language is essential. The candidate should be able to assemble a PC, recognize faulty parts and replace them. The candidate should be able to install Windows OS, Windows Office as well as other needed software, and configure it successfully. The candidate should be able to maintain and assist with the use of AVA equipment, such as digital camera, video cameras, Interactive Whiteboards, voice recorders, PA systems. The candidate should have a decent command of Audio & Video editing software. It is desirable that the candidate can also execute basic networking tasks and resolve related problems like a lost domain connection or faulty network cards. The post would be temporary and initially up to the end of this school year. If you would like to apply for this position then the first step is to complete the application form available at http:// www.stgeorge.school.it/Jobs If you encounter any difficulties contact the school at secretary@stgeorge.school.it Please do not submit a CV: we need information about all applicants to be presented in a consistent format. TEMP. MULTILATERAL OFFICER, UK DELEGATION TO FAO. The Permanent Representation of the United Kingdom to the UN agencies in Rome (UKRep Rome) invites applications for a temporary position providing multilateral policy support and representing the delegation in external meetings. The duration of the post will be until 31 March 2015 but, subject to the availability of funding, it may be extended for a further three months, until 30 June 2015.UKRep is the UK Government’s primary interface with the headquarters of the three Rome-based UN agencies: the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). It also participates in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), which addresses issues of global hunger and food insecurity, bringing together governments, civil society and the private sector. UKRep currently has four staff and is located within the British Embassy in Rome but reports directly to the UK Department for International Development (DFID). It forms a part of DFID’s UN and Commonwealth Department, but has close contacts with other parts of DFID, particularly the Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department, Policy and Research Division, and country offices. It also collaborates closely with the UK Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on some issues. UKRep staff engage daily with the UN agencies, other member states, civil society and the private sector, negotiating and influencing on UK priorities related to food security, hunger, nutrition, agriculture and humanitarian affairs. Handling the variety and number of issues it covers requires close

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collaboration with interlocutors from diverse backgrounds, versatility, stamina, the ability to work at a fast pace and to a high standard, think on one’s feet, speak and write clearly, defend and promote political positions in complex discussions, and ensure that colleagues at Headquarters and in country offices are kept abreast of developments. The Multilateral Policy Officer will have a particular focus on FAO. Responsibilities will include:• Providing policy support on issues related to FAO, including in preparation for the FAO Council session in March• Representing UKRep in meetings of the EU and the European Regional Group in FAO• Providing other support to UKRep, including in relation to CFS, IFAD, and WFP• Providing support on corporate issues, Parliamentary Questions, briefings and correspondencePersonal Qualities and Skills Required. The successful applicant will have: • Full proficiency in English• Excellent written and oral communication skills and the confidence to interact effectively in international meetings • Excellent team-working and networking skills• High degree of political awareness • Proven ability to meet tight deadlines • The capacity to quickly get up to speed with a rapidly developing agenda and keep on top of detail while understanding the bigger picture. Desirable Knowledge & Experience• A technical understanding of, and experience in, one or more of the following areas will be an advantage: food security, nutrition, agriculture, UN agency finance and governance• Some country-level experience in international development• Programme management experience. The successful applicant will require basic UK security vetting before an offer can be confirmed. If you would like to apply for this post, please supply: 1) a statement, no longer than two sides of A4, explaining why you are interested in the position, relevant experience, and what you think you can contribute; 2) a separate curriculum vitae, with contact details of three referees. Applications, by email to ukpermrep@yahoo.com, should be received by noon on Friday 9 January. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to interview. TERRAVISION GROUP SEEKS MARKETING EXECUTIVE. A major European company, with headquarters in Rome and London, working in the tourism industry, is offering a fantastic opportunity for a refreshing and dynamic Marketing Executive who is hungry to grow in a niche market. The Role: The role involves working alongside the marketing / commercial team to promote and commercialise the company’s integrated tourism services in various European cities through innovative marketing techniques and lots of hard work. All the various aspects of marketing from communication to client management, from PR to sales, from research and statistical analysis to advertising are called upon everyday in this varied role. The position is based in the company head office in Rome, Italy. The Candidate: The ideal candidate will be a new graduate in marketing or similar or a person with at least 3 / 4 years of experience in a marketing position who has lived and worked in an English speaking country. The candidate must possess an international outlook and possibly be a native English speaker. Knowledge of Italian is essential for this role and knowledge of at least

two European languages is required. Excellent communication and relationship-building skills will characterise the candidate as will the ability to work under immense pressure and to very tight deadlines. Dedication and drive are also fundamental qualities for this very demanding role. Precision, organisation, tenacity and quick thinking are other qualities that the ideal candidate will have and will be able to demonstrate. The candidate will also use the Microsoft Office suite perfectly and will have a good all-round knowledge of computers and the internet. Only candidates who can already work in Rome will be considered for this position. Please do not apply for this position if you do not respond to these criteria. The position offers an excellent remuneration package including benefits and incentive based earnings and would commence with immediate effect. Please send your covering letter of no more than 70 words in English, stating why you are the best person for the role and your curriculum vitae to jobs@terravision.eu Marketing Executive stated clearly in the subject line.

LESSONS CELLO LESSONS. Conservatoire professor of cello and chamber music, 35 years experience, fluent English, gives private lessons. Tel. 3883627594. EVENING CLASSES. Extensive afternoon / evening classes , twice a week/2 hours per lesson. Authorized Celi Examination centre (University of Perugia). Special discount for Wanted in Rome readers (€140 instead of €150 per month). Possibility of Special Courses. For information: info@ciao-italia.it.

Poetry ALL CARS ACCIDENTS LEADS TO ROME. The Town Council has stopped, maybe is afraid to die crushed over the asphalt. sernicolimarco@ gmail.com. TO LAURA, A FRIEND OF MINE. Falling in love is like simmer, unfortunately my flame was too high, but I don’t burned laura, because. Once she made me taste her......biological apples! sernicolimarco@gmail.com.

Rooms and flat shares LARGE SUNNY ROOM. Large sunny central room metro Garbatella. 1 month minimum kitchen washing machine, €450, free WIFI all expenses included 065140512 3478588544. S. MARIA MAGGIORE - HISTORIC CENTRE. Single room, near S. Maria Maggiore, well connected to metro A/B. Shared bathroom, kitchen and washing-machine. Wi-Fi. Tel. 338 / 7911289. Please send email for further info. TRASTEVERE - VIA DELLA LUNGARA. Large bright room with private bathroom, comfortable and well equipped + kitchen use. Including internet and washing machine. €750 / month. Tel. 339 / 7857565.

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

irishclubofrome@gmail.com – www.irishclubofrome.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tempio Maggiore, Lungotevere Cenci, tel. 066840061

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

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

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

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

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

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