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Galleria Russo This historic gallery holds group and solo exhibitions showcasing the work of major 20th-century Italian painters alongside promising new Italian artists. Via Alibert 20, tel. 066789949, www.galleriarusso.it.

Galleria Varsi A dynamic gallery near Campo de’ Fiori, known for its stable of street artists. Via di Grotta Pinta 38, tel. 066865415, www.galleriavarsi.it.

Gavin Brown's Enterprise New York gallerist Gavin Brown shows the work of international artists at his Trastevere gallery in a deconsecrated church dating to the eighth century. S. Andrea de Scaphis, Via dei Vascellari 69, www.gavinbrown.biz.

Il Ponte Contemporanea Hosts exhibitions representing the international scene and contemporary artists of dierent generations. Via Giuseppe Acerbi 31A, tel. 0653098768, www.ilpontecontemporanea.com.

La Nuova Pesa Well-established gallery showing work by prominent Italian artists. Via del Corso 530, tel. 063610892, www.nuovapesa.it.

MAC Maja Arte Contemporanea Gallery devoted to exhibitions by prominent Italian artists. Via di Monserrato 30, www.majartecontemporanea.com.

Magazzino d’Arte Moderna Contemporary art gallery that focuses on young and emerging artists. Via dei Prefetti 17, tel. 066875951, www.magazzinoartemoderna.com.

Monitor This contemporary art gallery oers an experimental space for a new generation of artists. Palazzo Sforza Cesarini, Via Sforza Cesarini 43 A, tel. 0639378024, www.monitoronline.org.

Nero Gallery Space dedicated to showcasing young international artists working in pop surrealism, lowbrow art, dark art, comic art and surrealism. Via Castruccio Castracane 9, tel. 0627801418, www.nerogallery.com.

Nomas Foundation Nomas Foundation promotes contemporary research in art and experimental exhibitions. Viale Somalia 33, tel. 0686398381, www.nomasfoundation.com.

Pian de Giullari Art studio-gallery in the house of Carlina and Andrea Bottai showing works by contemporary artists from Rome, Naples and Florence capable of transmitting empathy and emotions. Via dei Cappellari 49, tel. 3397254235, 3663988603, www.piandegiullari2.blogspot.com.

Plus Arte Puls Cultural association and gallery showing work by important contemporary Italian and international artists. Viale Mazzini 1, tel. 3357010795, www.plusartepuls.com.

RvB ARTS Rome-based gallery specialising in aordable contemporary art by young, emerging Italian artists. Via delle Zoccolette 28, tel. 3351633518, www.rvbarts.com.

Sala 1 This internationally known non-prot contemporary art gallery provides an experimental research centre for contemporary art, architecture, performance and music. Piazza di Porta S. Giovanni 10, tel. 067008691, www.salauno.com.

S.T. Foto libreria galleria Gallery in Borgo Pio representing a diverse range of contemporary art photography. Via degli Ombrellari 25, tel. 0664760105, www.stsenzatitolo.it.

Studio Sales di Norberto Ruggeri The gallery exhibits pieces by both Italian and international contemporary artists particularly minimalist, postmodern and abstract work. Piazza Dante 2, int. 7/A, tel. 0677591122, www.galleriasales.it.

T293 The Rome branch of this contemporary art gallery presents national and international artists and hosts multiple solo exhibitions. Via G. M. Crescimbeni 11, tel. 0688980475, www.t293.it.

The Gallery Apart This contemporary art gallery supports young artists in their research and assists them in their projects to help them emerge into the international art world. Via Francesco Negri 43, tel. 0668809863, www.thegalleryapart.it.

TraleVolte Contemporary art gallery focusing on the relationship between art and architecture, hosting solo and group shows of Italian and international artists. Piazza di Porta S. Giovanni 10, tel. 0670491663, www.tralevolte.org.

White Noise Gallery Based in the S. Lorenzo district, this gallery exhibits unconventional work by young Italian and international artists. Via della Seggiola 9, tel. 066832833, www.whitenoisegallery.it.

Wunderkammern This gallery promotes innovative research of contemporary art. Via Gabrio Serbelloni 124, tel. 0645435662, www.wunderkammern.net.

Z20 Galleria Sara Zanin Started by art historian Sara Zanin, Z2o Galleria oers a range of innovative national and international contemporary artists. Via della Vetrina 21, tel. 0670452261, www.z2ogalleria.it.

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The Covid-19 lockdown may have led to the closure of museums and cultural venues until 13 April, and probably for even longer. But the closures have also led to a spurt in new creativity and different cultural activities online. Our usual What’s On format has therefore changed too, at least for this edition. Rome’s cultural scene has responded to this unprecedented scenario with an exciting level of creativity and online ingenuity for which we should all be very proud. We list some of the main initiatives here, all of which can be enjoyed from your home. We hope, for everyone’s sake, to return to our normal programming as soon as possible, although we imagine, and hope, that the new initiatives may well continue even when life returns to normal. Unintentionally the cultural centres will by then have managed to enlarge their audiences and taken the arts out of their usual geographical locations to those who do not necessarily have the time or inclination to go out to a concert or exhibition or opera but who are very happy to visit it online in their own time. Who would have thought it possible, for example, to listen to a wonderful production of Bizet’s Carmen at home, hundreds of kilometres away from the opera house in Turin? Many of these initiatives also provide even more indepth information that we wouldn’t get normally. In the meantime we remember all those affected by this emergency – the victims, patients and their families, and the brave doctors and nurses working tirelessly on the front line.

ITALY’S CULTURE NEVER STOPS - DESPITE A LOCKDOWN How to enjoy Italian culture from the comfort of your home. La cultura non si ferma (Culture never stops) is a new page on the website of Italy’s culture ministry, outlining the multiple virtual initiatives available across Italy while the country is in lockdown. Divided into six sections - Museums, Books, Cinema, Music, Education and Theatre - the page features video posts by art historians, archaeologists, archivists, librarians, restorers, architects, writers, actors and musicians. The initiative involves virtual tours of museums, music and theatrical performances, readings, insights into masterpieces and behindthe-scenes peeks into Italy’s cultural institutions. The ministry describes it as “a rich cultural offer accessible from home that allows Italians to stay in touch with art and culture even in these difficult circumstances.” The initiatives are updated daily and can be followed with the hashtags #iorestoacasa and #ioleggoacasa. For full listings see website. www.beniculturali.it.

Culture never stops is the title of a social media campaign by Italy's culture ministry.

LOCKDOWN ROME LIGHTS UP WITH CINEMA BY NIGHT With Rome in total lockdown, numerous initiatives have taken place to raise spirits, notably the balcony singsongs each evening at 18.00. Another uplifting campaign, Cinema da casa, takes place four hours later, in a growing number of suburbs around the capital. Behind the initiative is Alice in Città, the independent sidebar of the Rome Film Festival dedicated to children, directed by Fabia Bettini and Gianluca Giannelli. Cinema da casa involves bringing the big screen to a city in quarantine, beaming scenes from much-loved films onto the walls of apartment blocks. Anyone with a projector can take part, or else tune in to Alice in Città on Facebook and watch live at 22.00. “The initiative was born by chance” – says Bettini – “after the children told us that the city was dark and silent.” It began in the Trieste-Salario area of

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the capital and was soon joined by other districts including S. Lorenzo, Appia, Centocelle and Monte Mario. Such was the popularity of the Roman initiative that it has since spread to other Italian cities such as Turin, Pisa, So far the most requested scenes come from movies such as Giuseppe Tornatore’s Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, as well as Miracolo a Milano by Vittorio De Sica and Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times, as well as international films including Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, Mary Poppins and The Aristocats. “We have chosen 22.00 to make everyone go to sleep with a slightly lighter heart”, says Bettini. Tune in to the Alice in Città Facebook page for join the fun.

HOW ROME’S ENGLISHLANGUAGE BOOKSHOPS ARE COPING WITH SHUTDOWN Rome’s English-language bookshops are battling the difficult days of lockdown with a series of initiatives and promotions. The Anglo American Bookshop, near Piazza di Spagna, says it will be back to business as soon as the government allows all non-essential shops to reopen their doors. In the meantime it is staying active on its social media accounts – Instagram and Facebook – and it also has a website, www.aab.it, where people can check and order its available stock. Orders will be shipped as soon as the shop reopens. The owners have also sent Wanted in Rome a reading list of suggested books to help you get through the lockdown. Fiction: The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Dare; Greenwood by Michael Christie; The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel; Weather by Jenny Offill; The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave. Non fiction: Spillover by David Quammen; Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies by Tara Schuster; Brother & Sister by Diane Keaton; In the Court of King Crimson by Sid Smith; Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener. The Almost Corner Bookshop in Trastevere is attempting to “beat Covid-19 through culture” by offering the possibility to buy ‘Almost vouchers’ between now and 3 April, or until further notice. How do the vouchers work? For every €10 spent you will have €5 extra to spend on books as soon as the shop is able to reopen. To buy a voucher all you have to do make out a money transfer to: Almost Corner Bookshop Srl, IBAN:

English-language bookshop Otherwise IT90V0306903287100000003067, payment description: Voucher ACBookshop plus name and surname. Otherwise, near Piazza Navona, has set up a book delivery service through the OtherQuestionnaire (see ‘Otherwise Bookshop Facebook’ page). By answering a few questions, the shop says it will be able to “select the books you want, and those you didn’t know you wanted!” Readers are free to contact the shop on email, Facebook or Instagram after answering the questionnaire, or to enquire about other titles that they might have in stock. The shop says it is glad to offer free delivery via courier on all local orders of two books or more. The Little Reader, a children's bookshop in the Esquilino area which stocks books from babies to teens in English and Italian, is currently doing home deliveries for no extra cost. For reading suggestions and orders, send a Facebook message or email: info@ thelittlereader.it.

AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME CLOSES EARLY With Rome’s foreign academies currently closed and their cultural programmes suspended “until further notice”, the American Academy in Rome has gone one step further and has made the “difficult decision” to close its campus early, on 3 April. In a statement it said: “While the situation continues to rapidly change in both Italy and the

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United States, it is clear that this will continue for months. The AAR has done its best to keep the community safe in the weeks since the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy, but is no longer able to house everyone until the end of the fellowship year. All who are able to leave before April 3 are being encouraged to do so. We will continue to support our fellows in every way we can, including the continuation of stipends through the fellowship period.” The news comes as the academy celebrates its 125th year in Rome and prepares to welcome a new director, the Israeli historian and educator Avinoam Shalem who will take up his position at the start of July. Shalem is currently professor for the Arts of Islam in the department of art history and archaeology at Columbia University. Born in Haifa, he studied at the University of Tel Aviv and the University of Munich before earning a PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1995. He specialises in the history of Islamic art, with a strong emphasis on Arab art in the Mediterranean Basin, the Near East and the Levant, as well as in Spain, southern Italy and Sicily. Shalem succeeds John Oschsendorf who will return to the US on conclusion of his three-year term in June. For full details see www.aar.org.

ROME’S LIBRARIES OPEN VIRTUALLY The libraries of Rome have open their doors virtually, making their ebooks and digital resources available to their members for free. By simply registering online, also free of charge, via BiblioTu you will have access to more than 7,000 ebooks, over 7,100 periodicals from 90 countries in 40 different languages, more than 77,000 music recordings, 127 audiobooks, 93 databases and digital collections, including widely-distributed newspapers and magazines. The city says there are other literary resources available on BiblioTu, on the Youtube channel of MediatecaRoma and on the social network pages of the capital’s libraries, under the motto: “Distant but united by the love of reading. Far away, but connected.” For details see website, www. bibliotechediroma.it.

ROME FROM YOUR WINDOW Rome from your Window, or Finestre su Roma, is the title of a photography competition announced by the city at a time when residents of the capital are required to stay at home. The contest, which runs until 3 April, invites residents to capture the views from their homes in an initiative aimed at creating a “collective story of the city Rome as it has never been seen before.” In addition to being open to images of well-known views, the competition is seeking in particular the unusual and unexpected: “historic city, suburbs and modern life, internal gardens, courtyards and front windows, frames of reference in our everyday lives.” Photos can be shared on your Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts by tagging the city’s superintendency of cultural heritage (@Sovrintendenza) and inserting the hashtag #Romadallafinestra. The best photos selected by a special jury will be used as the cover images of the Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali social media channels for a week and will be put together in a gallery on the website, on the Facebook page and in an IG story. For details see Sovrintendenza website, www.sovraintendenzaroma.it.

ROME OPERA HOUSE DANCERS TRAIN AT HOME Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is closed but that hasn’t stopped its dancers and ballerinas from their training

programme which has moved from the splendour of the opera house to their own homes. This new domestic training environment has its perks - no commute and the chance to enjoy a home-brewed cup of coffee - however it also presents its unique challenges, namely little children and dogs, who can’t resist joining in. Teatro dell’Opera has released an endearing video of its quarantined dancers, practicing what they do best, while also reading and doing the household chores, many of them accompanied in their work-outs by their partners and children. Set to the music of Strauss’s The Blue Danube, the video concludes with the dancers - including the head of dance at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Eleonora Abbagnato - uniting in their appeal to respect Italy’s quarantine measures with the message #IoRestoaCasa (I stay at home). Watch the video – at least once – it will lift your spirits. See Teatro dell’Opera di Roma page on Youtube and on our website.

ITALY, I LOVE YOU Marina Abramović, the renowned performance artist, has released a moving video message addressed to Italy as part of In Touch, a new digital project at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence. Referring to Italy’s Coronavirus emergency, Abramović says that the “Italian people are showing great courage, great feeling for community and humanity” in this “moment of crisis.” While noting that “We are going to fight this together”, she said that we “must learn a lesson” from the disaster of the pandemic, changing “our approach to our world and our planet.” “This is the lesson that we have to learn” - says Abramović who concludes her message with: “Italy, I love you. And my heart is with you.” Italy has played a significant role in Abramović’s life and art, writes The Art Newspaper, which highlights two memorable performances by the artist. The first was Rhythm 0 (1974), a six-hour installation at Studio Morra in Naples during which Abramović stood still while visitors were permitted to do whatever they pleased to her using one of 72 objects on display, including a loaded gun. Perhaps her best known Italian Marina Abramović addressed Italy in a video message as part of the In Touch digital project at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence.

installation was Imponderabilia, in 1977, when she and her then-partner Ulay (who died recently) both stood naked at the entrance of Bologna’s Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, forcing visitors to squeeze past them to enter. Italy’s first retrospective of Abramović’s work was held in 2018 at Palazzo Strozzi which describes its In Touch digital project as a “new interaction with our audience in an effort to ‘remote-trigger’ a debate through the language that we know best, the language of art.” For details see website, www.palazzostrozzi.org.

MUSJA TURNS TO SPOTIFY Musja, the new private museum of contemporary art in central Rome, is staying active during the lockdown by presenting an online programme of music. The museum has released a Spotify list of songs inspired by the works in its collection or on display in its ongoing (but sadly closed) exhibition The Dark Side - Who is afraid of the dark? Musj(c) a, the museum’s first playlist on Spotify, has paired I’m on fire by Bruce Springsteen with the incinerated tunnel by Gregor Schneider while Difendere i mostri dalle persone by Tre allegri ragazzi morti has been matched with the grotesque masks of Monster Chetwynd. The museum says the online initiative is designed to “share culture while having fun together” and hopes that the list will be added to by its fans and past visitors of its first exhibition. See www.musja.it.

ASTROLOGO MAKES NEW VIDEO FOR ITALY Acclaimed Italian videomaker Oliver Astrologo recently released a new video to remind Italians of the country’s tremendous beauty, particularly during these difficult times. The video has gone viral. “What a weird people we are, us Italians, we love contradictions. We live in the most beautiful country in the world and we act as if we don’t know it.” Referring to the nationwide lockdown, the video continues: “Only now that its streets are empty and that all we can do is just enjoy its beauty looking out the window. Surrounded by silence out country looks to us even more wonderful. And we miss its beauty.” Narrated by Italian actor Paolo Buglioni, the video is a visual celebration of Italy’s beautiful landscapes and sites, its people, traditions, craftsmanship and creativity, from north to south. The video concludes with a message of hope and national pride: “However one thing should cheer us up, which is that once this drama is over we will fill those squares again. The beauty of our country will still be there for us to enjoy, because there, right outside our windows, there will still be our beloved, most beautiful country.” See Oliver Astrologo page on Youtube.

ITALY CELEBRATES DANTE With Italy in lockdown as it battles Covid-19, the country’s cultural events – big and small – have been called off or moved online. However this was certainly not the case with

Dantedì – Italy’s first celebration of an annual national day dedicated to the 13th-century Florentine poet Dante Alighieri, known as the father of the Italian language. Dantedì was marked on 25 March, the date identified by scholars as the start of the journey to the afterlife in Dante’s Divine Comedy. Italy encouraged people to read and share Dante’s “verses of timeless charm” on social networks, with streamed readings and performances posted alongside the hashtags #Dantedì and #IoleggoDante. Italy’s culture minister Dario Franceschini said: “Dante is the Italian language, he is the very idea of Italy. And it is precisely at this time that it is even more important to remember him in order to stay united.” With Italy’s schools closed, the country’s education minister Lucia Azzolina invited teachers and students to “rediscover” Dante during their long-distance virtual lessons, uniting through the “common thread of poetry.” The two ministries, along with schools, museums, theatres, archaeological parks, libraries, archives and cultural venues, flooded their social accounts (@MiBACT and @MiurSocial) with images, videos, works of art and rare editions of The Divine Comedy to celebrate the mediaeval poet and the profound effect he has had in shaping Italy’s cultural identity. Theatrical festivals and companies across Italy answered the call enthusiastically, including the Ravenna Festival whose 2020 edition is inspired by the “dolce color d’oriental zaffiro”, or “the gentle hue of oriental sapphire” that Dante describes on his arrival at the beach of Purgatory. With the first edition of Dantedì now behind us, Italy can continue planning its preparations to mark the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death with a programme of commemorative events in 2021.

VIRTUAL VISIT TO GARDEN OF NINFA Normally in the April edition of the magazine we bring you our annual garden guide. Not so this year unfortunately. But don’t despair, garden lovers: perhaps the most beautiful garden of them all Make a virtual visit to Ninfa Gardens this spring.

can be now visited online. Ninfa is located about 80 km south-east of Rome near Sermoneta at the foot of the Lepini mountains. During its closure fans of Ninfa can check in to admire the garden’s spring blooms thanks to the social media campaign #distantimavicini (far away but near) on Youtube (Fondazione Roffredo Caetani) and Instagram (giardinodininfa). Belonging to the Caetani family since the 14th century, the site was abandoned in 1382 but in the early 1920s the Caetani family began to create the garden as it is today. Spread out over eight hectares, this romantic English-style garden has over 10,000 shrubs, plants and flowering trees from all over the world growing among the mediaeval ruins. The river Ninfa forms a lake in the garden which over the years has hosted 100 species of bird. For full details see website, www. fondazionecaetani.org. George and sister-in-law Georgiana in Kentucky, with the following suggestion: "I shall read a passage of Shakespeare every Sunday at ten oClock – you read one at the same time and we shall be as near each other as blind bodies can be in the same room." Organisers say that by emulating "this ingenious plan, we hope to harness reading’s intimate introspection, and also create a Keatsian community across our own various and hopefully temporary isolations." Each week’s text will be announced on the KSH Twitter account and Facebook page, where you can leave a comment or suggest a future reading. For full details see KSH website, www.keats-shelleyhouse.org.

KEATS-SHELLEY HOUSE SYNCHRONISED READING Reading alone and together, near and far, while in isolation. KeatsShelley House is starting a weekly synchronised reading group, every Wednesday at midday (GMT), beginning on 1 April, during this period of isolation in many countries. The initiative involves reading a short passage in the isolation of your home for about 15 minutes. The invitation to read "alone and together" is extended to everyone, regardless of their location or time zone. The idea was inspired by John Keats who, on 16 December 1818, wrote from London to his brother Reading with Keats-Shelley House.

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MAXXI CELEBRATES TEN YEARS MAXXI, Italy’s national museum of 21st century art, marks its 10 th birthday in 2020. Speaking before the nationwide lockdown came into effect in early March, MAXXI president Giovanni Melandri said: “The national museum of arts, architecture, photography does not want to celebrate itself, rather it expands, strengthens and develops the guidelines of an ambitious expositive, cultural and social project.” Melandri launched the 2020 programme of events – including 18 new exhibitions and special artistic projects – alongside Italy’s culture minister Dario Franceschni who praised the “extraordinary work” at MAXXI – designed by Zaha Hadid – since its inauguration on 30 May 2010. Franceschini has increased state funding for MAXXI, saying “an investment in creativity must be made in the country”, announcing that work is underway to acquire works by artists such as Accardi, Cattelan, Fabro, Ghirri and Kounellis. Central to 2020 will be the opening of a MAXXI modern art museum in L’Aquila, the earthquake-hit capital of the Abruzzo region. It is still planned that the museum, located in the Flaminio district not far from the Auditorium Parco della Musica, is scheduled to be inaugurated by Franceschini on 21 June. Over the last decade there were 3,328,000 visitors, with the annual number of visitors in 2019 more than double the amount in 2010. Tickets generated €12.7 million, with ticket revenue increasing steadily over the last five years. As with all other museums in Italy ticket sales will be badly hit by the lockdown during the Covid-19 emergency but MAXXI is making special efforts to reach out to a new virtual audience online.

RETURN OF QUADRIENNALE The Quadrenniale di Roma, a major showcase of contemporary art in the capital, is planned at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni this autumn. The 17th edition of the event continues a tradition begun in 1931 and will open at the Via Nazionale venue on 1 October. The event, which enjoys the support of the Italian culture ministry, will feature the work of around 40 artists in an exhibition that will propose an “unprecedented perspective” on Italian art. Quadrenniale president Umberto Croppi said that the event – curated by Sarah Cosulich – would act as a grand revival for Italian contemporary art. An €8 million construction project is nearing completion for the Quadriennale’s new headquarters at the former papal arsenal building at Porta Portese. The site was once used for the construction and maintenance of the papal fleet, with access to the Ripa Grande port on the Tiber below. The papal arsenal was commissioned by Pope Clement XI and its design, by an unknown architect, was based on the larger papal arsenal at Civitavecchia, designed by Bernini and concluded by Carlo Fontana. The Rome complex opened for business in 1715 and remained in operation until the end of the 19th century when the building of the Tiber’s muraglioni walls put an end to the old river port. For details see website, www.quadriennalediroma.org.

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S. Cecilia at home keeps playing on Instagram and on RaiCultura S. Cecilia Academia is producing a wonderful series of short Instagrams showing its soloists at home. First there was a heartfelt thanks from its music director Antonio Pappano, who was talking from London, to all the S. Cecilia season ticket holders who have donated their ticket money from their unused concerts to keep the orchestra and chorus going rather than ask for refunds. Then came Instagrams of the first violinist, the flautist, the cellist and the head of the programme for children. In addition to the snippets of music they play and suggest, it is a real cheer-up call to see and hear these musicians talking to us from their homes, with little insights into how they are coping with the lockdown. These are the people of the orchestra and chorus we seldom see and often take for granted. They are bringing S. Cecilia home to us in an unexpected and imaginative way. S. Cecilia and the national S. Cecilia keeps during the lockdown.

broadcaster Rai Cultura, are also providing recordings of a selection of the orchestra’s previously televised concerts on the RaiPlay platform every Thursday (19.30), Friday (20.30) and Saturday 18.00. See www.santacecilia.it/ concerti for the concerts planned. Until the end of April the wonderfully lyrical documentary Il Carattere Italiano by Angelo

Bozzolini about the S. Cecilia orchestra and chorus and its many prestigious conductors is available on the academy’s website. The photography is first rate, as are the interviews, revealing a great deal not only about the people involved with the orchestra but also about music in itself, and of course the Italian character as the title suggests.

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Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, S. Carlo di Napoli and the Teatro Regio Torino come to you at home The Teatro dell’Opera di Rome is offering a delightful ITGV video on Instagram of its dancers practising at home, in the kitchen, on the terrace, in the living room, even when brushing their teeth. The little children in the family and the pets also join the daily exercises. Teatro S. Carlo in Naples has produced something similar and is also offering a series of events under #stageathome. These include Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker

(25 March), Rossini’s Ermione (28 March), Puccini’s Manon (1 April), Bizet’s Carmen (4 April) and Stravinsky’s ballet Pucinella (6 April). They all start at 20.00 and can be found on the S.Carlo di Napoli Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts. There will also be backstage interviews and special programmes available on RaiPlay, YouTube and Opera Vision. And just to cheer us all up S. Carlo is advertising a list of its productions in May. The Teatro Regio di Torino is offering cheering talks and videos from its staff on Instagram #proudtoberegio. Under the heading Siamo Pronti a Repartire the opera house has already rescheduled most of its March productions into the second half of April. #operaonthesofa provides videos of previous productions and rehearsals on YouTube. These include its 2018-2019 season production of Rossini’s Italiana in Algeri and this season’s Bizet’s Carmen. You will find the link and the programme dates on the opera’s website www.teatroregio. torino.it.

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Exploring MAXXI during the Co- vid-19 emergency Liberi di Uscire Col Pensiero or “Explore with your mind” is the slogan that MAXXI, Museo Nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo has chosen for its initiatives during the enforced closure for the Covid-19 emergency. All its suggestions are located on the museum’s website and under #imstayingathomewithmaxxi. There are an enormous number of options. These include the collection itself, the story of MAXXI’s ten-year history, video presentations from the curators of each section, as well as workshops for families and children. There is a section on Film at MAXXI about the documentaries that would have competed March in the ExtraDoc Festival organised in conjunction with Fondazione Cinema per Rome. And MAXXI is also putting together a new project called A new World with artists and scientists to look at what is happening to us now and what it will mean for the future. Another section full of hope is about MAXXI L’Aquila which should be opening on 12 June in the recently restored baroque Palazzo Ardinghelli in L’Aquila. This new space in the heart of the old city will be dedicated to artistic and cultural initiatives in the central Abruzzo region of Italy. In 2009 the region was devastated by an 6.3 magnitude earthquake, which destroyed most of the ancient city of L’Aquila. There will also be space in the magnificent palace for new MAXXI collections of art, architecture and photographs, as well as temporary exhibitions and educational programmes. www.maxxi.art www.romacinemafest.it/tag/extra-docfestival/ maxxilaquila.art/

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State broadcaster RAI has a vast choice of subjects – cinema, science, philosophy, music, theatre, dance and opera, on its Rai Cultura programmes. Here are just a few of the examples. The philosophy section comes under the heading “Le grande sfide del presente”. Theatre and dance have imaginative sections called Interpretare un coreografia, I suoni nello spazio and Costruire la scenografia. Science with Lincei per il clima has a selection of texts and videos on climate change. These are just examples of much, much more.

RAFFAELLO AT LE SCUDERIE DEL QUIRINALE Two videos on YouTube under the Italiachiamò initiative of the ministry of culture (MIBAC) are of the before opening and after closing of the Raffaello exhibition. The exhibition opened on 5 March, just four days before the lockdown in Italy, and should sadly shut on 2 June. Hopefully the date will be extended. The first video shows the people who have worked on the exhibition taking the literally priceless works by Raffaello out of their cases with such evident wonder and care. The other shows the same works being put back into their boxes to keep them safe, “messo al buio” and “put to sleep”. There is a charming scene at the end of the second video which features Mario De Simoni the head of Ales, an in-house company of the ministry of culture that provides services for Italian museums and galleries, especially Le Scuderie. He talks about what he calls one of the works that probably would not normally receive much attention, The Visitation of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth. It was painted about 1517 for the father of Giovanbattista Branconio dell’Aquila, a papal official and a friend of Raffaello. The painting was placed in the Branconio chapel in the church of S. Silvestro in L’Aquila and plundered from there by Spanish troops in 1655. It has been part of the

The Visitation by Raphael

Prado collection since 1837. De Simoni points out that in the painting Elizabeth is holding the hand of her pregnant cousin Mary, a normal gesture in ordinary times, he says, but not in these days; one which he hopes we shall all be able to return to before long. There is also another informative YouTube talk about Raeffello’s work (some of which are now at the Scuderie) by the director of the Uffizi, Eike Schmidt. In one section he compares the two portraits of the Doni, Florence art collectors, with those of the Duke of Urbino (Guidobaldo da Montefeltro) and his wife (Elisabetta Gonzaga) painted before he arrived in Florence. It is under the La Cultura non si Ferma initiative by the ministry of culture and #iorestoacasa. The Scuderie website also has a 12-minute virtual tour of the exhibition, www.scuderiequirinale.it.

44 | April 2020 • Wanted in Rome 48 | Jan 2019 • Wanted in Rome 50 | Oct 2018 • Wanted in Rome classical The following is a list of the main musical associations in Rome but it is not a definitive list of all the music that is available in the city. There are also concerts in many of the churches and sometimes in the museums. 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, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano 17, www.filarmonicaromana.org. The new season starts on 15 Oct Accademia S. Cecilia, www.santacecilia.it. All concerts at Auditorium Parco della Musica. The new season starts on 5 Oct Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti, Aula Magna, Università la Sapienza, www.concertiiuc.it Oratorio del Gonfalone, Via del Gonfalone 32a, www.oratoriogonfalone.com RomeConcerts, Methodist Church, Piazza Ponte S. Angelo, www.romeconcerts.it Roma Sinfonietta, Auditorium Ennio Morricone, Torvergata, www.romasinfonietta.com Roma Tre Orchestra, some concerts are at Teatro Palladium, Piazza Bartolomeo Romano 8, teatropalladium.uniroma3.it, while others are at the Aula Magna, Scuola Lettere Filosofia Lingue, Universita Roma Tre, Via Ostienze 234, www.r30.org There are often concerts, festivals and opera recitals in several churches in Rome. All Saints' Anglican Church, Via Babuino 153, www.allsaintsrome.org Ponte S. Angelo Methodist Church, Ponte S. Angelo, www.methodistchurchrome.com Oratorio del Caravita, Via della Caravita 7 St Paul's Within the Walls, Via Nazionale and the corner of Via Nazionale, www.stpaulsrome.it S. Agnese in Agone, Sagrestia del Borromini, Piazza Navona Palazzo Doria Pamphilj hosts a series called Opera Serenades by Night with Dinner throughout the year. There is a concert, a tour of the museum and dinner afterwards. Via del Corso 305, www.doriapamphilj.com classical The following is a list of the main musical associations in Rome but it is not a definitive list of all the music that is available in the city. There are also concerts in many of the churches and sometimes in the museums. 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, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano 17, www.filarmonicaromana.org. The new season starts on 15 Oct Accademia S. Cecilia, www.santacecilia.it. All concerts at Auditorium Parco della Musica. The new season starts on 5 Oct Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti, Aula Magna, Università la Sapienza, www.concertiiuc.it Oratorio del Gonfalone, Via del Gonfalone 32a, www.oratoriogonfalone.com RomeConcerts, Methodist Church, Piazza Ponte S. Angelo, www.romeconcerts.it Roma Sinfonietta, Auditorium Ennio Morricone, Torvergata, www.romasinfonietta.com Roma Tre Orchestra, some concerts are at Teatro Palladium, Piazza Bartolomeo Romano 8, teatropalladium.uniroma3.it, while others are at the Aula Magna, Scuola Lettere Filosofia Lingue, Universita Roma Tre, Via Ostienze 234, www.r30.org There are often concerts, festivals and opera recitals in several churches in Rome. All Saints' Anglican Church, Via Babuino 153, www.allsaintsrome.org Ponte S. Angelo Methodist Church, Ponte S. Angelo, www.methodistchurchrome.com Oratorio del Caravita, Via della Caravita 7 St Paul's Within the Walls, Via Nazionale and the corner of Via Nazionale, www.stpaulsrome.it S. Agnese in Agone, Sagrestia del Borromini, Piazza Navona Palazzo Doria Pamphilj hosts a series called Opera Serenades by Night with Dinner throughout the year. There is a concert, a tour of the museum and dinner afterwards. Via del Corso 305, www.doriapamphilj.com

cinema The following cinemas show movies in English or original language, and sometimes foreign film festivals. See Wanted in Rome website for weekly updates. Adriano, Piazza Cavour 22, tel. 0636767 Barberini, Piazza Barberini 24-26, tel. 0686391361 Casa del Cinema, Largo Marcello Mastroianni 1, tel. 06423601, www.casadelcinema.it Cinema dei Piccoli, Viale della Pineta 15, tel. 068553485 Farnese Persol, Piazza Campo de’ Fiori 56, tel. 066864395, www.cinemafarnesepersol.com Greenwich, Via G. Bodoni 59, tel. 065745825 Intrastevere, Vicolo Moroni 3, tel. 065884230 Lux, Via Massaciuccoli 31, tel. 0686391361 Nuovo Olimpia, Via in Lucina 16/g, tel. 066861068 Nuovo Sacher, Largo Ascianghi 1, tel. 065818116 Odeon, Piazza Stefano Jacini 22, tel. 0686391361 Space Moderno, Piazza della Repubblica 44, tel. 06892111 Space Parco de’ Medici, Viale Salvatore Rebecchini 3-5, tel. 06892111 MUSIC THE A TRE CINEMA VENUES MUSIC THEATRE CINEMA DANCE OPERA cinema The following cinemas show movies in English or original language, and sometimes foreign film festivals. See Wanted in Rome website for weekly updates. Adriano, Piazza Cavour 22, tel. 0636767 Barberini, Piazza Barberini 24-26, tel. 0686391361 Casa del Cinema, Largo Marcello Mastroianni 1, tel. 06423601, www.casadelcinema.it Cinema dei Piccoli, Viale della Pineta 15, tel. 068553485 Farnese Persol, Piazza Campo de’ Fiori 56, tel. 066864395, www.cinemafarnesepersol.com Greenwich, Via G. Bodoni 59, tel. 065745825 Intrastevere, Vicolo Moroni 3, tel. 065884230 Lux, Via Massaciuccoli 31, tel. 0686391361 Nuovo Olimpia, Via in Lucina 16/g, tel. 066861068 Nuovo Sacher, Largo Ascianghi 1, tel. 065818116 Odeon, Piazza Stefano Jacini 22, tel. 0686391361 Space Moderno, Piazza della Repubblica 44, tel. 06892111 Space Parco de’ Medici, Viale Salvatore Rebecchini 3-5, tel. 06892111 MUSIC THE A TRE CINEMA VENUES

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opera Teatro Argentina, Largo di Torre Argentina 52, tel. 06684000314, www.teatrodiroma.net Teatro Belli, Piazza di S. Apollonia 11, tel. 065894875, www.teatrobelli.it Teatro Brancaccio, Via Merulana 244, tel. 0680687231 www.teatrobrancaccio.it Teatro Ghione, Via delle Fornaci 37, tel. 066372294 www.teatroghione.it Teatro India, Lungotevere Vittorio Gassman 1, tel. 06684000311, www.teatrodiroma.net Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano 17, tel. 063265991, www.teatroolimpico.it Teatro S. Genesio, Via Podgora 1, tel. 063223432, www.teatrosangenesio.it Teatro Sistina, Via Sistina 129, tel. 064200711, www.ilsistina.it Teatro Vascello, Via Giacinto Carini 78, tel 065898031 www.teatrovascello.it Teatro Vittoria, Piazza di S. Maria Liberatrice 10, tel. 065781960, www.teatrovittoria.it theatre Alexanderplatz, Via Ostia 9, tel. 0683775604 www.alexanderplatzjazzclub.it Angelo Mai Altrove, Via delle Terme di Caracalla 55, www.angelomai.org Atlantico, Viale dell’Oceano Atlantico 271d, tel. 065915727, www.atlanticoroma.it Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P. de Coubertin, tel. 06892982, www.auditorium.com Casa del Jazz, Viale di Porta Ardeatina 55, tel. 06704731, www.casajazz.it Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Piazza Beniamino Gigli 1, www.operaroma.it Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano 17, www.teatroolimpico.it Teatro Vascello, Via Giacinto Carini 78, www.teatrovascello.it

Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Piazza Beniamino Gigli 1, www.operaroma.it Concert venues ranging from major pop and rock groups to jazz and acoustic gigs. rock p op Lanificio 159, Via di Pietralata 159, tel. 0641780081, www.lanificio159.com Live Alcazar, Via Cardinale Merry del Val 14, tel. 065810388, www.livealcazar.com Monk Club, Via Giuseppe Mirri 35, tel. 0664850987, www.monkroma.it PalaLottomatica, Piazzale dello Sport 1, tel. 06540901, www.palalottomatica.it Rock in Roma, Via Appia Nuova 1245, tel. 0654220870 www.rockinroma.com Teatro Quirinetta, Via Marco Minghetti 5, tel. 0669925616, www.quirinetta.com Unplugged in Monti, Blackmarket, Via Panisperna 101, www.unpluggedinmonti.com dance

opera Teatro Argentina, Largo di Torre Argentina 52, tel. 06684000314, www.teatrodiroma.net Teatro Belli, Piazza di S. Apollonia 11, tel. 065894875, www.teatrobelli.it Teatro Brancaccio, Via Merulana 244, tel. 0680687231 www.teatrobrancaccio.it Teatro Ghione, Via delle Fornaci 37, tel. 066372294 www.teatroghione.it Teatro India, Lungotevere Vittorio Gassman 1, tel. 06684000311, www.teatrodiroma.net Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano 17, tel. 063265991, www.teatroolimpico.it Teatro S. Genesio, Via Podgora 1, tel. 063223432 www.teatrosangenesio.it Teatro Sistina, Via Sistina 129, tel. 064200711, www.ilsistina.it Teatro Vascello, Via Giacinto Carini 78, tel. 065898031, www.teatrovascello.it Teatro Vittoria, Piazza di S. Maria Liberatrice 10, tel. 065781960, www.teatrovittoria.it theatre Alexanderplatz, Via Ostia 9, tel. 0683775604 www.alexanderplatzjazzclub.it Angelo Mai Altrove, Via delle Terme di Caracalla 55, www.angelomai.org Atlantico, Viale dell’Oceano Atlantico 271d, tel. 065915727, www.atlanticoroma.it Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P. de Coubertin, tel. 06892982, www.auditorium.com Casa del Jazz, Viale di Porta Ardeatina 55, tel. 06704731, www.casajazz.it Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Piazza Beniamino Gigli 1, www.operaroma.it Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano 17, www.teatroolimpico.it Teatro Vascello, Via Giacinto Carini 78, www.teatrovascello.it

Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Piazza Beniamino Gigli 1, www.operaroma.it Concert venues ranging from major pop and rock groups to jazz and acoustic gigs. rock p op Lanificio 159, Via di Pietralata 159, tel. 0641780081, www.lanificio159.com Live Alcazar, Via Cardinale Merry del Val 14, tel. 065810388, www.livealcazar.com Monk Club, Via Giuseppe Mirri 35, tel. 0664850987, www.monkroma.it PalaLottomatica, Piazzale dello Sport 1, tel. 06540901, www.palalottomatica.it Rock in Roma, Via Appia Nuova 1245, tel. 0654220870 www.rockinroma.com Teatro Quirinetta, Via Marco Minghetti 5, tel. 0669925616, www.quirinetta.com Unplugged in Monti, Blackmarket, Via Panisperna 101, www.unpluggedinmonti.com