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EDITORIALS

4. WHO’S BETTING

WHAT ON THE ITALIAN ELECTIONS Lilian best

8. fausto

delle chiaie MARY WILSEY

12. FUTURE FOR EU BRITS REMAINS UNCLEAR

CHARLOTTE OLIVER

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Politics

WHO’S BETTING WHAT ON THE ITALIAN ELECTIONS FOREIGN OBSERVERS ARE FINDING THE ITALIAN GENERAL ELECTION ON 4 MARCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN USUAL TO UNRAVEL

Lilian Best Giorgia Meloni, Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi are running as a centre-right coalition.

How on earth could Silvio Berlusconi have made a comeback? What has happened to the young, promising reformer, Renzi? And what about that comedian – what’s his name, Grillo is it?” A bewildered foreign diplomat asks the obvious questions as he tries to keep abreast of Italy’s politics.

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Forza Italia party is small and he is banned from holding public office until 2019 – and therefore has no hope of becoming prime minister – he has managed to pull together what could be a winning coalition of parties on the right of centre. At 81 his health is shaky but his political tactics are still better than many of those almost half his age.

The cast of characters Italian voters are bemused too, and disillusioned to boot. Berlusconi’s political career seemed over when he was forced to resign as prime minister in November 2011 against a background of corruption and sex scandals. Seven years later he’s back again, looking forward to influencing who becomes the next prime minister. Even though his

He has created a plausible coalition of parties which include La Lega, led by populist Matteo Salvini, who recently dropped the “Nord” from the party’s title in his attempt to appeal to the whole country, and the Fratelli d’Italia, led by pugnacious and outspoken Giorgia Meloni. At the outset of the campaign, a poll published in the Financial Times put the centre-right parties with 35 per cent of the

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Politics vote, against the 28 per cent of the centre-left and 28 per cent of the Movimento 5 Stelle, or M5S. So what has happened to one-time reformer Renzi, seen as a promising young leader five years ago? In record time he has managed to antagonise almost everyone on the left of centre and killed off any hope of institutional reform. His “I-know-it-all” manner and lack of leadership resulted in an unsuccessful referendum on important changes to the senate, which he misguidedly turned into a vote confidence in his own leadership. He subsequently resigned as prime minister but managed to hang on to his post as head of the Partito Democratico, but only thanks to

oh-so-straight and uncharismatic sidekick Luigi Di Maio. Polls predict that Di Maio will lead his M5S to a significant victory and then become the obvious candidate as the next prime minister. But the 31-year old Di Maio is no Grillo, has no experience in government and is surrounded by an unconvincing bunch of followers, none of whom has government qualities. Being the top party (with about 27 per cent, ahead of the PD’s 23-25 per cent) isn’t as good as it sounds. It has turned the M5S into the target that all other parties love to hate. And even in its wildest dreams it will not get enough votes to enable it to form a government on its own.

Luigi Di Maio, leader of the Movimento 5 Stelle.

splits in the party which still haven’t healed. His continuing high-handed management of the PD and its potential allies makes its chances at the polls look slim. But Renzi, like Berlusconi, lives on, determined that he will be there to have his say on who becomes the next prime minister. The odds are that he and Berlusconi will be walking hand-in-hand after the elections unless the M5S comes up with something good. The once-dynamic M5S is leading the field in the pre-election polls, but is no longer as attractive as it was. Beppe Grillo, that loudmouthed, anti-establishment comic who stirred up the young and the unhappy five years ago, still hovers in the wings. But he has retired from centre stage in favour of his

So Di Maio is playing cautious, looking around for possible post-election allies, saying at the same time that the M5S does not like/ trust coalitions. The closer it gets to power the less it attracts its anti-establishment grassroots. Its recent attempts at local government in Rome and Turin have also been discouraging. Virginia Raggi, much-loved by the media when she was elected mayor of Rome in 2016, has run into one mismanagement scandal after another. Chiara Appendino, the mayor of Turin, hasn’t proved much better in a city that should have been easy to govern. How then, the critics ask, could the M5S govern the country. 5 | March 2018 • Wanted in Rome

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Politics

Former premier Matteo Renzi leads the centre-left Partito Democratico into elections.

Lack-lustre politicians offer lack-lustre programmes Compared with recent elections in north European countries most Italian politicians are trying to play down the issues of the European Union and immigration, although Salvini and Meloni still wave their antiimmigration colours whenever given the chance. Both are ramping up the tension after a racially inspired hate shooting in Macerata at the beginning of February, forcing other politicians to re-examine their tactics. The EU has been taken off the agenda, largely thanks to Berlusconi’s wholehearted support for both the union and the euro. This has also forced Salvini to modify his previous anti-EU feelings. Important themes such as institutional and judicial reforms are now too hot to handle in the wake of Renzi’s fiasco with his referendum on the senate. The only safe issue now for both right and left is the economy, but there is nothing visionary here, either. Party leaders have been reduced to listing the hand-outs they will dispense if/ when they get into power. These take the form of a flat tax rate, championed by billionaire Berlusconi, or Renzi’s tax credits for families with children, a re-make of the €80 per month per employee he gave companies when he first became prime minister in 2014. Di Maio has floated the idea of a guaranteed basic income and Meloni is hot on childcare facilities, flexible hours for parents and a bonus for newborns, all of which have

echoes of Fascist-era programmes to boost population growth – indigenous Italian, of course. There is a noticeable absence of the big issues such as health, education and infrastructure spending. Even promises from left and right to crack down on tax avoidance doesn’t have the same old pull when Italians, especially those who run small and medium businesses – once considered the backbone of the Italian economy – now feel that they are submerged by taxes, social security payment checks and red tape. Turnout With polls showing only a few percentage points between the parties/coalitions, everyone’s major concern is voter apathy. Local party organisations, once indispensable for getting voters to the polls, have disintegrated. Unions, another sure reservoir of voters in the past, no longer exercise much influence. The young have had their hopes in the M5S dashed and polls show that nearly 50 per cent of them are saying that they won’t bother to cast their ballot. It’s easy enough to find voters who tell you that they won’t be voting Berlusconi, Renzi, Salvini, Di Maio or Meloni, but this is probably not enough to get them to the polls. The turnout is expected to be the lowest ever, possibly 12 percentage points below the already low of 75 per cent at the last general elections. With nothing much to vote for this should not come as a surprise. 7 | March 2018 • Wanted in Rome

Art

FAUSTO DELLE CHIAIE ARTIST, PERFORMER, SPECTATOR: FAUSTO DELLE CHIAIE CAN BE FOUND ON STAGE AT PIAZZA AUGUSTO IMPERATORE MOST DAYS

Mary Wilsey

Delle Chiaie has been displaying his art in Piazza Augusto Imperatore for decades, going back to the time when it was a neglected space, a terminus stop for buses, a shortcut between Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Navona.

In the middle of the railings is a gold head of Augustus. If you aren’t mesmerised by the glitter and look down, you will see a cobblestone between two hand-written notices, one in Italian and the other in English, scrawled on small pieces of cardboard. They read “In an emergency don’t break the glass”. This is the sign that artist Fausto Delle Chiaie is at home, setting up his stage or standing back somewhere in the square to watch his audience.

Why did he choose this square of all squares in Rome, this architectural mishmash of ancient Roman, pontifical baroque, fascist dreams of grandeur and the contemporary of Richard Meier? “I don’t know,” he says with a smile, “it was pure chance.” Now, after decades of waiting, during which discussion about the square has rolled on and on, he has inadvertently hit the jackpot. The mausoleum – an important monument but one which has been treated casually for centuries, even when it was a concert hall in the early 20th century – is at long last up for restoration. The square is now the centre of a great deal of activity.

he mausoleum of Emperor Augustus in Rome’s historic centre is now fenced off with magnificent black billboards explaining the deeds and glories of the one-time ruler of the Roman world. His tomb is finally being restored and telecommunications company TIM is footing the bill.

Della Chiaie’s tangle of green earphones attracts mixed reactions.

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Art It has been a long wait. Delle Chiaie tells how at one time he used to pick up little stones and place them in the cracks between the big marble slabs around the mausoleum. His painstaking and patient regard for what looked like an overgrown patch of ancient ruins is the measure of the man. Memories of his art go back a long way and are a part of the legend of today’s city. Children who went to school in that part of the historic centre remember his early days in the late 1980s. They have indelible memories of a lanky figure chalked out along the pavement, its bare feet, its tiny head, oval body and long, long legs – a child’s perfect vision of a giant. They also remember the little cardboard collection box strategically placed to catch the more generous. One child remembers saving change from her sweets money to drop in the box. The chalk giant appeared to be alone, placed there quite casually by some street scribbler. What the young didn’t realise was that they were being watched by the artist, who often perched close to his chalked figure, sitting there barefoot, with his shoes arranged close to the giant’s equally bare feet. Whose shoes were they? “It was performance art,” explains Delle Chiaie. Three decades ago, when the artist might have been mistaken for one of the city’s homeless in need of support, and when performance art was in its infancy, some explanation might have been necessary for all but the more savvy art critics. But today, when he also calls himself a conceptual artist, any explanation is superfluous. He has become an integral part of the square itself, up there with the long-dead emperor. More often than not it is enough to describe the square not as where Augustus and the imperial family were buried but where Delle Chiaie lays out his art day after day.

Fausto Delle Chiaie displays his art in Piazza Augusto Imperatore.

crowning glory there lies the fallen chalk giant, who over the decades has taken on several guises. At the moment he is a fallen boxer, KO, down on the floor, and Della Chiaie has great glee in miming the referee’s count-down of ten. Here the artist once again turns performer. Sometimes the roles are reversed and the viewers become the performers and the artist the audience. A posse of well-heeled Roman women walking through the square looks intently at the posters about the glories of the empire under Augustus. When they come to the green tangle of headphones strategically placed in a mess along the lower wall they look disapproving and indignant.

His small installations are set about a metre apart all along the railings that secure off the mausoleum, across the street from that other great Augustan monument, the Ara Pacis.

Not long afterwards, three teenagers swagger by and the last in line pick-pockets one of the green tangles as quick as lightning. Called to account by a casual observer he does the classic “not-me-I’m-innocent” act of turning out one pocket after another to show that he hasn’t picked anything. It is only when the artist comes scurrying up that the young lad gives up his booty with a big smile.

Each work is a self-contained gem of wisdom, wit, satire and downright fun. And as the

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Art a take on Damien Hirst’s shark. There is a scrunched-up ball of paper with the title “All that is left of Rome after 2,000 years”. However, Delle Chiaie can’t complain about attendance figures. Over the decades more people have probably enjoyed his installations than have visited the frieze inside the Ara Pacis. He certainly works hard for the accolade. He commutes into Rome every day, arriving early afternoon. He buses to collect his trolley full of artefacts, which he parks on Via dei Cappellari each evening. Then off he trundles on another bus to Piazza Augusto Imperatore. It’s the same journey on the way back, reaching home around 21.00, and then he works on tomorrow’s programme until late.

Il Vincitore will be among Delle Chiaie’s works on display at Via dei Cappellari 49 on 14 March.

six little pâpier-maché (or were they clay or just stones?) painted faces but which has only three. Even his contribution boxes (he now has two) are sometimes raided. “I have to watch carefully,” he says. He also watches carefully because everyone who gives a contribution is now rewarded with a little image of the KO boxer, dated and signed.There is an almost old-world courtesy about Delle Chiaie. He treats his followers with solicitude and if he takes on a commitment he sees it through. He had to make a promised phone call at 15.25 and on the dot he disappeared to make it, not with a mobile phone, which he doesn’t have, but with an old-fashioned pay-as-yougo card at a public phone booth.

His base on Via dei Cappellari is with Andrea Bottai, an understated, modern-day patron of the arts, publicist, supporter and certainly friend, who with Carlina his wife opens their house as a cultural meeting place for artists, poets and lovers of ideas and debate. There is a laid-back informality about the place. Their own considerable art collection hangs on the walls.

A couple of the objects he has on display are notes from happy and appreciative viewers addressed to Piazza Augusto Imperatore. In an unusual touch, most of the titles for his work are in two languages.

In March this will be the location for Delle Chiaie’s canvases in their exhibition space on the ground floor and basement. The socalled Picasso room will be the centrepiece, but here Il Vincitore will also be on display, the counterpart to the KO giant in Piazza Augusto Imperatore. There are also other works, such as his linen-wound mummies, his rats scurrying along the skirting boards, and a piece entitled Mare Mosso, a capsized boat made from pink plastic drainage pipes, with bodies spilling overboard, a work which dates back a decade or so, not just to the most recent waves of migration across the Mediterranean. Delle Chiaie’s ever/never changing art – whether it’s his installations or his larger than life canvases – is always ahead of the game.

But it is not all fun. There is the dig at the international art market with a little toy lizard boxed inside a small plastic food container,

The exhibition will be on display on 14 March at Via dei Cappellari 49, a street now sometimes also known as Via della Poesia.

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FUTURE FOR EU BRITS REMAINS UNCLEAR WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED SO FAR DURING BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS AND WHAT – DESPITE THE IMPRESSION CREATED BY BOTH SIDES THAT ALL IS RESOLVED – STILL REMAINS TO BE WORKED OUT

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group of British citizens living in Holland recently presented a claim to the Dutch courts arguing that European Union citizenship is a right that cannot be taken from them when the UK leaves the EU. Their contention is that: “Once an EU citizen, always an EU citizen” or civis europeus sum, to quote the phrase that once implied all the rights and duties of a citizen of ancient Rome.

This is just one example of how British citizens in the EU have been mobilising since the referendum to withdraw from the EU to voice their concerns and demand clarity on exactly how their status, their daily lives and their future will be affected as a result of losing EU citizenship and the rights which stem from that, including freedom of movement, the right to study, marry, set up a business or retire in the EU.

The Dutch courts have now agreed to make a referral to the European Court of Justice on the question of whether EU citizenship can in fact stand in its own right, rather than being acquired as being a citizen of an EU member country. A ruling is expected by February.

Of the roughly one million British residents in the EU, about 65,000 live in Italy. The group British in Italy (BiI) was set up in 2016 to represent this community after the Brexit referendum vote. It is part of the umbrella organisation British in Europe (BiE), which is lobbying alongside groups representing EU citizens living in the UK to keep the issue of citizens’ rights in the forefront.

Brexit protesters outside the Houses of Parliament in London.

Many members of the long-term British community living in Italy now find themselves on the point of becoming “third country” nationals or, to use the less than welcoming label used in Italy to describe non-EU nationals, “extracomunitari”. It is common now for British nationals to be told in Italian public offices or by local authorities that as the UK is leaving the EU “perhaps this or that rule will not apply anymore.” In January, the agenzia delle entrate (the state tax office) in Trastevere told a British citizen applying to register an inheritance of Italian

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European Union property that she had no right to a codice fiscale (tax code) unless she provided proof of the succession along with certified and translated documents. This is just one of the administrative hoops non-EU members already have to go through. Another British citizen was told by the Rome registry offices that from January 2017 British citizens in Italy no longer have a right to a carta di identità. The comune later admitted a staff member had given the wrong information and confirmed that this was not policy. Yet another member of the BiI (British in Italy) group reported being turned away several times from the registry office in Montalcino when he applied for a permanent residence certificate. He was told only non-EU citizens could apply. This was also accepted later to be incorrect. It is now quite rare to find a local authority in Italy that is not familiar with residence or permanent residence applications by EU nationals, and most do now correctly apply the 2004 EU Directive on Freedom of Movement (adopted in Italy by decreto legislativo no. 30 of 2007). It is worrying that it could take another 10 years or more to implement a tailor-made system for the new breed of British “former EU nationals”. The UK government promised citizens from the start of negotiations that its aim was to enable British citizens resident in EU to go on living their lives “broadly” in the same way as before. Citizens’ rights was one of the three crucial issues that had to be “progressed” after Article 50 was notified, before the EU would discuss future trade relations. The EU and the UK published their joint progress report in December 2017. This is a framework for the future withdrawal agreement. The BiE assessment of the agreement is: “It’s a mixture of good news, bad news and unfinished business, the balance of which is different for each of us, depending on the particular situation that we are in.” These are the terms of the agreement so far: 1. Citizens who are legally resident in an EU country will be able to continue to have their residence in that country when the UK finally exits the EU.

British expats rally for post-Brexit rights.

2. Citizens resident in an EU country at Brexit will qualify in the future to apply for permanent residence (the attestato di soggiorno permanente), or a similar new right, and the time residing in the EU before Brexit will count towards the necessary five years. An EU citizen can apply for permanent residence after showing five years of continuous legal residence in that member state (see article 16 of the Freedom of Movement Directive no. 38/2004). 3. Those already holding a permanent residence document will be able to convert it into a new document free of charge, subject to verification of identity, criminality and security checks, and confirmation of ongoing legal residence. 4. Reciprocal healthcare rights will continue, including the right for healthcare to be funded by the UK for pensioners covered by the S1 form. 5. UK pensions received in EU countries will be uprated in accordance with inflation in the UK and there will be aggregation of social security contributions including pensions before and after Brexit. 6. Certain close family members, dependants and “partners in a durable relationship” of UK citizens resident in EU countries will be able to join citizens whose rights are protected for their lifetime under the withdrawal agreement. 13 | March 2018 • Wanted in Rome

European Union 7. Children born to parents already resident in EU countries before Brexit will be protected under the withdrawal agreement in relation to their parents’ right of residence. 8. All citizens will have a period of two years after the withdrawal date to regularise their status. On the issue of recognising citizens’ “right to stay”, and how this will work in practice, the progress report sets out two possible options; each member state can choose which option to apply. One of the two possible options is for EU countries to maintain the status quo. If Italy chooses this, then the present system of residenza or attestato di soggiorno permanente will continue. The other option is to require citizens to apply for a new residence status and be issued with a new form of residence document. This is a reference to the “settled status” by which the UK intends to regularise the position of EU citizens in the UK, so in turn EU member states may choose to require this from British citizens. The progress report specifies that administrative procedures for applications for settled status must be transparent, smooth and streamlined and that safeguards to ensure “a fair procedure” must be written into the withdrawal agreement. This option has been criticised, as it is not an automatic recognition of existing rights which may have been exercised freely for many years. It will come at a cost and will be a bureaucratic obstacle, as some people will struggle to find proof that they meet the statutory requirements of ongoing legal residence. A key concern here for British citizens in EU countries is that, because of the principle of reciprocity, as the UK tries to restrict the rights of EU nationals to stay in Britain, UK nationals may see their rights curbed in equal measure unless the EU agrees to more favourable treatment than the UK. Another major concern is that continuing freedom of movement for UK citizens in the EU is not mentioned. Those for whom it is vital to be able to move country for work, or to provide services (IT contractors, interpreters, caterers, etc,) will no longer have these rights. Recognition of qualifications is limited to those people who have specific recognition of their qualification in a particular country. The 14 | March 2018 • Wanted in Rome

agreement does not cover future healthcare arrangements, lawyers practising under home state title, or posted workers. This report is so far only a statement of intent. As “nothing is agreed until everything is agreed”, in order to become binding it depends on a comprehensive withdrawal agreement being drawn up and sealed. Given the terms of the report, it would seem sensible for British citizens in the EU to apply for a permanent residence document in their present country of EU residence before Brexit in order to avoid the unknowns of a “status” application, should that later be required in the EU country where they are now resident. They should simply have to show the fiveyear continuous residence and not show the “current” basis of their residence or provide financial or employment information. A second referendum in the UK on the term of membership of the EU is still a possibility which could see the British electorate reject a draft withdrawal agreement. There is also a possibility that all British citizens living overseas might be able to vote by then. Many had been excluded from voting in the first referendum because the franchise excluded all those who had lived outside the UK for longer than 15 years. Now a private members bill to give the vote to all British citizens living overseas, regardless of the time they have lived abroad, is due for a second reading in the House of Commons on 23 February. Wanted in Rome went to press before the vote was known* but if the bill were to pass it could give all British living in the EU a vote in a second referendum. Meanwhile it has been reported that there has been an eightfold increase in applications by British citizens for Italian nationality. As for the unfinished business: citizens’ rights groups will continue to lobby for these issues affecting human lives to remain centre stage. Charlotte Oliver, a British solicitor and a qualified lawyer working in Rome, is a member of the committee of British in Italy (BiI). For more information contact britsinitaly@gmail.com or see website www.britishinitaly.net. *For more details on overseas voting see https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk.

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Enjoy a family day at Bioparco di Roma and get the chance to feed Sophia the elephant. www.bioparco.it.

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Transport yourself to France with a carefully-crafted croissant from Le Carrè Français, near Piazza Cavour.

Seize the opportunity to see precious Japanese artefacts at the Japanese Cultural Institute’s exhibition Fuori Tutto.

Head to Testaccio for the Car Boot Market, featuring 80 car-fulls of second-hand items, including vintage clothes, vinyl records, jewellery and bric-a-brac.

Don’t miss a chance to see Pope Francis and attend a Papal Mass for Palm Sunday at 09.30 in St Peter’s Square.

7 Dive into 2,700 years of history of the Eternal City through the new Welcome To Rome experience. Free entry for WiR cardholders.

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Delight in The Klimt Experience, a successful multi-sensory tribute to the artist at the Sala delle Donne.

Take in a concert of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman at the Auditorium Parco della Musica.

Thu

Be one of the first to view Hiroshige: Visioni dal Giappone at the Scuderie del Quirinale on opening day.

Show appreciation for the women in your life by giving them a bouquet of mimosa for International Women’s Day.

15 See the acclaimed ballet by choreographers Kylián, Inger, and Forsythe at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. 10% off tickets with WiR card.

Snag a table at Il Goccetto and choose a glass from one of their 800 bottles of wine for an early aperitivo.

Fri

Practice the "exercise of observation” through the work of Mexican artist Luis Felipe Ortega at the Mattatoio in Testaccio.

Mar Sat 2018 3

Check out Rome's first edition of Artrooms at the Church Palace Hotel, a converted Renaissance palace near the Vatican. roma.artroomsfairs.com.

Tap into your inner creative with a trip to renowned art store Poggi’s new location on Via di Ripetta.

Dance the night away to the tunes of German electronic musician Ellen Allien at Ex-Dogana in S. Lorenzo.

23 30 Spend the evening immersed in a virtual reality world at the popular Ara Pacis exhibit The Ara as it was.

Catch the Italy vs. Scotland Six Nations rugby match at the Stadio Olimpico.

24 Immerse yourself in the wondrous world of Michelangeo with the show Giudizio Universale, www.giudiziouniverale.com. See page 45.

31 Book a tour of the Barberini gardens at Castel Gandolfo to have your own version of a papal retreat just outside the city.

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SKIING NEAR ROME

The mountains in central Italy offer skiers in Rome a closer alternative to the Alps

here are many skiing resorts within an easy drive of Rome along the Apennines in Lazio and Abruzzo. Before setting off, check all resort websites for avalanche warnings and snow conditions.

Campocatino

This relatively small ski resort is one of the oldest in the Apennines and is located in the province of Frosinone, about 100 km southeast of Rome. It has 12 km of slopes, located in a karst valley at 1,800 m. It has a chairlift and three ski lifts. The Canalino and the Vermicano slopes are connected and form a good slope of 1,500 m. www.campocatino.eu.

Campo di Giove

Campo di Giove is on the western slope of the Majella natural park in Abruzzo, about 170 km from Rome. A chair lift and a ski lift take skiers up to about 1,800 m. Two bars / restaurants are located along the way. The numerous slopes are of different levels: the Serra Campanile is easy and suitable for kids, the Le Capre, Pareti Rosse and Delle Signore are of medium difficulty, while the Porrara is one of the most fascinating and challenging black runs in the Apennines. There are two school camps, served by conveyor lifts, where children are introduced to skiing and snowboarding. There is also a snow park, a snow playground for young skiers called Kinder Park Giovilandia, and a synthetic ice skating rink open throughout the year. www.comunecampodigiove.it.

Campo Felice

Campo Felice is in the central Apennines of Abruzzo, located within the Sirente-Velino regional natural park, about 113 km from Rome. This ski resort is part of the Tre Nevi area, along with Ovindoli and Campo Imperatore, and is one of the favourite destinations for Romans. It offers 30 km of Alpine skiing of various levels, served by about 10 chair-lifts and several drag lifts for children, which can carry up to 18,000 skiers per hour and guarantee quick access to the slopes. A modern snowmaking system with 250 artificial snow cannons cover over 16 kms. A must for snowboarders is the Swup Snowpark with its jumps and breathtaking passages. www.campofelice.it. 18 | March 2018 • Wanted in Rome

Campo Imperatore

Campo Imperatore was the first ski resort to be developed in the Apennines. It is on the Gran Sasso mountain about 120 km from Rome and at 2,200 m is one of the highest in Italy. A cableway takes skiers from Fonte Cerreto to Campo Imperatore and two chair lifts take them to five panoramic slopes. It offers 15 km of Alpine skiing and 60 km of Nordic skiing. There is also a snow park with half-pipe and boarder cross slopes for snowboarders. www.ilgransasso.it.

Campo Staffi

Campo Staffi is located in Filettino, 100 km from Rome. Its facilities include two chair lifts, three ski lifts and one manovia, which take skiers to 1,500-2,000 m. A 10-km long path is available for lovers of cross-country skiing. A shuttle service connects Filettino to the nearby villages. www.campostaffi.it.

Monte Livata

The Alpine skiing areas of Monte Livata, located about 75 km east of Rome, include Campo Minio and Monna dell’Orso. The slopes, which run from Fossa dell’Acero to Campo dell’Osso, are famous for cross-country skiing and are particularly suitable for families. Three drag lifts take skiers to the top of the mountain, from where they can choose an Alpine skiing descent or a snowboarding and tubing track. The traditional cross-skiing circuit goes from Campo dell’Osso to Campaegli. www.livata.com.

Ovindoli

Ovindoli is located between Rome and L’Aquila in Abruzzo, about 130 km from the capital in the Sirente-Velino regional natural park. Some of the longest cross-country skiing slopes in central Italy are in the Altopiano delle Rocche which connects Ovindoli with Rocca di Mezzo. The Magnola mountain (1,400-2,220 m), offers 30 km of Alpine skiing, served by modern and efficient lifts. The slopes in the Tre Nevi ski area are of all levels and there are some challenging black runs. There is the Magnola upper park (1,980 m) as well as the lower park, located along the Dolce Vita slope (1,650 m). Ovindoli also has a very efficient snowmaking system, which perfect artificial snow even when natural snow is lacking. www.ovindolimagnola.it.

Pescasseroli

Located in the heart of the Abruzzo national park about 160 km from Rome, this resort offers 20-km of skiing, divided in 14 slopes for all abilities, including two difficult black runs, six red or intermediate slopes and six blue or easy ones for beginners. The 100-km long slope of Alto Sangro crosses the municipalities of Pescasseroli, Pescocostanzo, Aremogna, Pizzalto and Monte Pratello. The resort has three chair lifts and two ski lifts. www.sciareapescasseroli.it.

Roccaraso

Roccaraso, which is about equidistant from Rome and Naples, is one of the major skiing resorts in the Abruzzo. It is the heart of the largest ski area in central Italy, the Alto Sangro area, which includes 160 km of slopes and 36 lifts. Founded in 1910, Roccaraso’s skiing resort still hosts prestigious international competitions. Its numerous slopes include some that are suitable for children. www.roccaraso.net.

Terminillo

This limestone mountain (2,215 m) is one of the few resorts north of Rome, close to Rieti and about 100 km from the capital. Since it was made fashionable by Mussolini in the 1930s it has been a tourist destination for passionate skiers, and it is still one of the favourite winter resorts for Rome’s skiers. It has one cable car, three chair lifts and a conveyor belt, as well as over 40 km of steep slopes for Alpine skiing and 20 km of perfectly beaten Nordic skiing slopes, which are also illuminated at night. Its variegated flora and fauna make it an ideal place for excursions, nature trails and other sporting activities, such as hiking and mountain races. It has a high-altitude riding school with horse-drawn sleds, and the possibility to rent powerful quads, which offer adventurous excursions on the snowy paths. www.monteterminillo.net.

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ROME'S MAJOR

MUSEUMS VATICAN MUSEUMS Viale del Vaticano, tel. 0669883860, www.museivaticani.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. Advance booking online: www.biglietteriamusei.vatican.va.

Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums

Tel. 0669881814, www.vatican-patrons.org. For private behind-the-scenes tours in the Vatican Museums.

STATE MUSEUMS Baths of Diocletian

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, www.villagiulia.beniculturali.it. National museum of Etruscan civilisation. 08.3019.30. 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.

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.

Palazzo Corsini

Borghese Museum

Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale

Castel S. Angelo Museum

Palazzo Altemps

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

Via della Lungara, 10, tel. 0668802323, www.barberinicorsini.org. National collection of ancient art, begun by Rome’s Corsini family. 08.30- 19.30. Tues closed. Italy's museum of oriental art, formerly located on Via Merulana, is currently closed pending its reopening at Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico Luigi Pigorini di Roma, Piazza Guglielmo Marconi 14 (EUR). For details see website, www.pigorini.beniculturali.it. 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.barberinicorsini.org. 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,

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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. Mon-Sat 9.00-14.00 excluding holidays.

CITY MUSEUMS Centrale Montemartini

Via Ostiense 106, tel. 060608, www.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, www.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 Nizza 138, tel. 060608, www.museomacro.it. The city’s collection of contemporary art, plus temporary exhibition space. 10.30-19.00. Mon closed. Also Mattatoio, Piazza Orazio Giustiniani 4, tel. 060608. Open for temporary exhibitions 14.00-20.00. Mon closed. www.museomacro.org.

Museo Canonica

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

Museo 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.

PRIVATE MUSEUMS Casa di Goethe

Via del Corso 18, tel. 0632650412, www.casadigoethe.it. Museum dedicated to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 10.0018.00. Mon closed.

Chiostro Del Bramante

Arco della Pace 5, tel. 0668809035, www.chiostrodelbramante.it. Bramante’s Renaissance building near Piazza Navona stages exhibitions by important Italian and international artists. Mon-Fri 10.00-20.00. Sat-Sun 10.00-21.00.

Doria Pamphilj Gallery

Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, Via del Corso 305, tel. 066797323, www.doriapamphilj.it. Residence of the Doria Pamphilj family, it contains the family’s private art collection, which includes a portrait by Velasquez, a sculpture by Bernini, plus works by Raphael, Titian, Tintoretto and Caravaggio. 09.00-19.00.

Galleria Colonna

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

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 wheelchair access contact the gallery to arrange alternative entrance.

Museo di Roma – Palazzo Braschi

Giorgio De Chirico House Museum

Museo Barracco

Via S. Pantaleo 10, tel. 060608, www.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.

Museo dei Fori Imperiali and Trajan’s Markets

Via IV Novembre 94, tel. 060608, www.mercatiditraiano.it. Museum dedicated to the forums of Caesar, Augustus, Nerva and Trajan and the Temple of Peace. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed.

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Piazza di Spagna 31, tel. 066796546, www.fondazionedechirico.org. Museum dedicated to the Metaphysical painter Giorgio de Chirico. Tues-Sat, first Sun of month, 10.00, 11.00, 12.00. Guided tours in English, advance booking.

Keats-Shelley House

Piazza di Spagna 26, tel. 066784235, www.keats-shelley-house.org. Museum dedicated to the lives of three English Romantic poets – John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. Mon-Sat 10.00-13.00, 14.00-18.00. Guided tours available on advance booking.

ROME’S MOST ACTIVE AND CONTEMPORARY

ART GALLERIES

1/9 Unosunov

1/9 Unosunove focuses on emerging national and international contemporary artists and explores various media including paintings, sculpture and photography. Via degli Specchi 20, tel. 0697613696, www. unosunove.com.

A.A.M. Architettura

Arte Moderna Gallery housing numerous works of contemporary design, photography, drawings and architecture projects. Via dei Banchi Vecchi 61, tel. 0668307537, www. ffmaam.it.

Dorothy Circus Gallery

Prominent gallery specialising in international pop-surrealist art. Via dei Pettinari 76, tel. 0668805928, www.dorothycircusgallery.com.

Ex Elettrofonica

This architecturally unique contemporary art gallery promotes and supports the work of young international artists. Vicolo S. Onofrio 10-11, tel. 0664760163, www. exelettrofonica.com.

Federica Schiavo Gallery

Hosts large solo and group shows of well-known contemporary artists. Piazza di Montevecchio 16, tel. 0645432028, www.federicaschiavo. com. Fondazione Giuliani per l’Arte Contemporanea The Giuliani Foundation for Contemporary Art is a private non-profit foundation that produces three contemporary art exhibitions each year. Via Gustavo Bianchi 1, tel. 0657301091, www. fondazionegiuliani.org.

Fondazione Memmo

Contemporary art space that hosts established foreign artists for sitespecific exhibitions. Via Fontanella Borghese 56b, tel. 0668136598, www.fondazionememmo.it. 24 | March 2018 • Wanted in Rome

Fondazione Pastificio Cerere

This non-profit foundation develops and promotes educational projects and residencies for young artists and curators, as well as a programme of exhibitions, lectures, workshops and studio visits. Via degli Ausoni 7, tel. 0645422960, www.pastificiocerere. com.

Fondazione Volume!

The Volume Foundation exhibits works created specifically for the gallery with the goal of fusing art and landscape. Via di S. Francesco di Sales 86-88, tel. 06 6892431, www. fondazionevolume.com.

Franz Paludetto

Gallery in S. Lorenzo that promotes the work of Italian and international contemporary artists. Via degli Ausoni 18, www.franzpaludetto. com.

Frutta

This contemporary art gallery supports international and local artists in its unique space. Via Giovanni Pascoli 21, tel. 06 68210988, www.fruttagallery.com.

Gagosian Gallery

The Rome branch of this international contemporary art gallery hosts some of the biggest names in modern art. Via Francesco Crispi 16, tel. 0642086498, www.gagosian.com.

Galleria Frammenti D’Arte

Gallery promoting painting, design and photography by emerging and established Italian and international artists. Via Paola 23, tel. 069357144142, www.fdaproject. com.

Galleria Lorcan O’Neill

High-profile international artists regularly exhibit at this gallery located near Campo de’ Fiori. Vicolo Dè Catinari 3, tel. 0668892980, www. lorcanoneill.com.

Galleria Marie-Laure Fleisch

This contemporary art space is dedicated to exhibiting works on paper. Via di Pallacorda 15, tel. 0668891936, www.galleriamlf.com.

Galleria PIOMONTI

Founded by gallerist Pio Monti, this gallery has promoted the work of major contemporary Italian artists since 1969. Piazza Mattei 18, tel. 0668210744, www.piomonti.com.

Galleria della Tartaruga

Well-established gallery that has promoted important Italian and foreign artists since 1975. Via Sistina 85/A, tel. 066788956, www. galleriadellatartaruga.com.

Galleria Il Segno

Prestigious gallery showing work by major Italia and international artists since 1957. Via Capo le Case 4, tel. 066791387, www.galleriailsegno. com.

Galleria Mucciaccia

Gallery near Piazza del Popolo promoting established contemporary artists and emerging talents. Largo Fontanella Borghese 89, tel. 0669923801, www. galleriamucciaccia.com. Galleria Valentina Moncada This gallery holds exhibitions of international artists who are active in the international scene today. Via Margutta 54, tel. 063207956, www. valentinamoncada.com.

Galleria Varsi

A dynamic gallery near Campo de’ Fiori, known for its stable of street artists. Via di S. Salvatore in Campo 51, tel. 0668309410, www. galleriavarsi.it. Giacomo Guidi Arte contemporanea This contemporary art gallery presents exhibitions from a diverse group of Italian and foreign

artists. Palazzo Sforza Cesarini, Corso V. Emanuele II 282-284, tel. 0668801038, www.giacomoguidi.it.

Il Ponte Contemporanea

Hosts exhibitions representing the international scene and contemporary artists of different generations. Via di Panico 55- 59, tel. 0668801351, 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 galley that focuses on young and emerging artists. Via dei Prefetti 17, tel. 066875951, www. magazzinoartemoderna.com.

Monitor

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

Monserrato Arte ‘900

This gallery in the Campo de’ Fiori area represents a range of contemporary Italian artists. Via di Monserrato 14, tel. 3482833034.

Montoro 12

Gallery promoting work by contemporary Italian and international artists. Via di Montoro 12, tel. 0668308500, www. m12gallery.com.

Nomas Foundation

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

Operativa Arte Contemporanea

A new space oriented towards younger artists. Via del Consolato 10, www.operativa-arte.com.

Philobiblon Gallery

The Rome branch of this international franchise hosts exhibitions in addition to dealing in antique books. Via Antonio Bertoloni 45, tel. 0645555970, www.philobiblon.org.

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 affordable contemporary art by young, emerging Italian artists. Via delle Zoccolette 28, tel. 3351633518, www.rvbarts.com.

Sala 1

This internationally known non-profit 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 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

This contemporary art gallery focuses on the relationship between art and architecture and hosts many solo and group shows of Italian and international artists. Piazza di Porta S. Giovanni 10, tel. 0670491663, www. tralevolte.org.

Valentina Bonono

Located in a former convent, this gallery hosts both internationally recognised and emerging artists who create works specifically for the gallery space. Via del Portico d’Ottavia 13, tel. 066832766, www. galleriabonomo.com.

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 offers a range of innovative national and international contem-porary artists. Via della Vetrina 21, tel. 0670452261, www. z2ogalleria.it.

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parallel programme of Japanese cultural events. The exhibition is staged with the collaboration of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the patronage of Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs and the Japanese embassy in Rome. Scuderie del Quirinale, Via Ventiquattro Maggio, www. scuderiequirinale.it. Turner at Chiostro del Bramante. Venice: looking across the Lagoon at sunset, 1840- Tate, London.

EXHIBITIONS TURNER 22 March-26 Aug

The Chiostro del Bramate hosts an exhibition of works by the English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist, Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851). Organised in collaboration with Tate Britain, this is the first Rome exhibition dedicated exclusively to the work of Turner who is best known for his expressive landscapes and turbulent seascapes, many of which are infused with literary or historical allusions. The exhibition includes more than 90 works, including sketches, studies, watercolours, drawings and a selection of oils. Chiostro del Bramante, Arco della Pace 5, www.chiostrodelbramante.it.

LIU BOLIN: THE INVISIBLE MAN 2 March-1 July

Known as the “invisible man”, Liu Bolin has achieved international renown for camouflaging himself with paint to blend in with famous landmarks. Remaining motionless as a living sculpture, the Chinese artist incorporates elements of performance, painting and photography to “disappear” into the background. This exhibition features a series of images created by Bolin last year

at the Colosseum and the Royal Palace of Caserta alongside 70 photographs taken over the last decade. Complesso del Vittoriano, Via di S. Pietro in Carcere (Piazza Venezia), www.ilvittoriano.com.

ANGELO TITONEL: TRIBUTE TO DIANE ARBUS 16 March-12 may

The late American photographer Diane Arbus is honoured with an exhibition of paintings by noted Italian artist Angelo Titonel at MAC Maja Arte Contemporanea. Titonel’s 15 works, painted in a photographic “negative” style, recall the portraits of Arbus who was celebrated for her portrayals of marginalised people. MAC Maja Arte Contemporanea, Via di Monserrato 30, tel. 0668804621, www.majartecontemporanea.com.

CAMILLE ROSE GARCIA: THE BALLROOMS OF MARS 24 Feb-7 April

The Dorothy Circus Gallery presents the first Italian show by Camille Rose Garcia, a Los Angeles-based lowbrow artist whose work is produced in a gothic, cartoon style. Garcia’s Rome exhibition comprises a new collection of works that invite the viewer along a path through “imagination, fantasy, mystery, beauty and critique of the everyday.” Via dei Pettinari 76, tel. 0668805928, www. dorothycircusgallery.it.

CELIA HEMPTON: BREACH 20 Feb-28 april

The young London-based painter Celia Hempton presents two groups of new paintings in her second show at the Lorcan O’Neill Gallery: landscapes made at the summit of the active volcano on the southern Italian island of Stromboli and paintings based The Ballrooms of Mars by Camille Rose Garcia at Dorothy Circus Gallery. Ghost Moth Serenade.

HIROSHIGE: VISIONI DAL GIAPPONE 1 March-29 july

The Scuderie del Quirinale presents an exhibition dedicated to Utagawa Hiroshige (17971858), one of the most influential Japanese artists of the mid-19th century. The show features about 230 works, displayed in seven themed sections, alongside a 29 | March 2018 • Wanted in Rome

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including The Kiss, accompanied by a soundtrack and information about the ever-popular artist. Sala delle Donne, Complesso Monumentale di S. Giovanni Addolorata, Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano, www.klimtexperience. com.

LUIS FELIPE ORTEGA: A HORIZON FALLS, A SHADOW 8 Feb-22 March

Cesare Tacchi at Palazzo delle Esposizioni. La primavera allegra (detail). on live video streams of hacked surveillance cameras around the world. Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, Vicolo dei Catinari, tel. 0668892980, www.lorcanoneill. com.

BEAT GENERATION 16 Feb-2 April

The photographic exhibition Beat Generation. Ginsberg, Corso, Ferlinghetti. Viaggio in Italia documents the travels in Italy of Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and Lawrence Ferlinghetti – three of the central figures associated with the Beat Generation, an American post-war counterculture literary movement. The show comprises around 200 black and white images by Enzo Eric Toccaceli, featuring the three beatniks in Milan, Venice, Rome, Florence and Messina. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Viale delle Belle Arti, www.lagallerianazionale. com.

KLIMT EXPERIENCE 10 Feb-10 June

This interactive exhibition provides a multi-sensory experience into the paintings of Austrian symbolist Gustav Klimt. Designed as an “immersive experience”, the show features virtual reality projections of Klimt’s best-loved works,

The Mattatoio, formerly MACRO Testaccio, hosts an exhibition by Mexican artist Luis Felipe Ortega, who represented his country at the Venice Biennale in 2015. The theme of the gaze, or the “exercise of observation” as Ortega describes it, is central to the multimedia artist’s work which requires careful, prolonged viewing. Under the patronage of the Mexican embassy to Italy, the exhibition includes video, photography, installation and drawings. Mattatoio, Piazza Orazio Giustiniani 4, www. museomacro.org.

MAGNUM MANIFESTO 7 Feb-3 June

The Ara Pacis celebrates the 70th anniversary of Magnum, the largest photojournalism agency in the world. The exhibition looks back on seven decades of pioneering reportage, featuring archive images as well as more recent photographic reports. Highlights include Eve Arnold’s series on immigrant workers in the US during the 1950s, Paul Fusco’s coverage of Robert Kennedy’s “Funeral Train” in 1968, and the modern-day plight of migrants crossing the Mediterranean by Paolo Pellegrin. Ara Pacis, Lungotevere in Augusta, tel. 06820771, www. arapacis.it.

CESARE TACCHI: UN RETROSPETTIVA 7 Feb-6 MAY

The Palazzo delle Esposizioni holds a retrospective dedicated to the work of important post-

war Roman artist Cesare Tacchi (1940-2014), a little over three years after his death. Described in 1959 as “a solitary, silent and disciplined young man”, Tacchi was aligned with an art movement known as the Scuola di Piazza del Popolo whose members met at the Caffè Rosati in Piazza del Popolo or at La Tartaruga Gallery on nearby Via del Babuino. Tacchi’s distinctive works incorporated fabric and upholstery alongside silhouettes of friends or famous actors. The exhibition charts the evolution of Tacchi’s artistic career through more than 100 works. Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Via Nazionale 194, www.palazzoesposizioni.it.

RAPHAEL’S ESTERHÁZY MADONNA 31 Jan-8 April

Raphael’s Esterházy Madonna comes to Rome on loan from the Szépművészeti Múzeum in Budapest, the Hungarian National Museum of Fine Arts. The work was painted around 1508, between the end of the Florentine period and the beginning of the Roman one, a crucial period for western art. Palazzo Barberini, Via delle Quattro Fontane 13, tel. 064824184, www. barberinicorsini.org.

MIRKO BASALDELLA 28 Jan-25 March

The Jewish Museum of Rome displays the original 1949 sketch by Mirko Basaldella for the internal monument-gate at the Fosse Ardeatine, where 335 innocent people were killed by Nazi forces in 1944. Basaldella’s large-scale pencil sketch on paper features a dense web of entangled lines, a tense evocation of the atrocity which is commemorated each year on 24 March. Museo Ebraico di Roma, Via Catalana (Largo 16 Ottobre 1943), tel. 0668400661, www.museoebraico. roma.it. 31 | March 2018 • Wanted in Rome

STILL SHOWING PINK FLOYD: THEIR MORTAL REMAINS 19 Jan-1 july

The first international retrospective dedicated to the influential and experimental music group Pink Floyd comes to MACRO following its showing at London’s V&A. Billed as a spectacular audiovisual journey, the show chronicles five decades of Pink Floyd’s music, design and staging, from the band’s beginnings in the 1960s to the present day. Running in chronological order, the exhibition is accompanied by the music and voices of the group’s past and present members. A highlight is the Performance Zone featuring a 2005 performance of Comfortably Numb and footage from he band’s legendary performance in Pompeii in 1971. MACRO, Via Nizza 138, www.museomacro.org.

DIVERSO PER NATURA 22 Dec-31 March

Rome’s Museum of Zoology hosts an exhibition showcasing the biodiversity of the capital and its hinterland, thanks to the museum’s latest studies. The city’s parks and ancient ruins provide a habitat for dozens of species of wild animals and birds, whose urbanisation is happening before our eyes. From turtles to

Liu Bolin at the Vittoriano. Colosseum. falcons, foxes to parakeets, this exhibition tells the story of how these creatures have adapted to a city environment, how they live, how they interact with humans and how they die. Museo Civico di Zoologia di Roma, Via Ulisse Aldrovandi 18, www. museodizoologia.it.

EGIZI ETRUSCHI 21 Dec-30 June

Centrale Montemartini inaugurates its new temporary exhibition space with Egizi Etruschi. Da Eugene Berman allo Scarabeo dorato, highlighting two great civilisations of the Mediterranean: the Etruscans and the Egyptians. The show features artefacts from the two ancient cultures, including recent Etruscan finds from Vulci – on loan from numerous

Home Beirut. Sounding the Neighbors at MAXXI. A Map of Good Memories by Stèphanie Saadé.

institutions – alongside Egyptian treasures from the collection of Eugene Berman, the Russian-born American set designer who lived in Rome for almost two decades until his death in 1972. Centrale Montemartini, Via Ostiense 106, www.centralemontemartini.org.

CITAZIONI PRATICHE: FORNASETTI A PALAZZO ALTEMPS 16 Dec-6 May

Rome’s Palazzo Altemps celebrates its 20th anniversary by presenting an exhibition in collaboration with the Milan design studio Fornasetti. The installation involves more than 800 objects and designs from the Fornasetti archive, ranging from assemblage to ceramic cats, contrasting with the museum’s magnificent collection of ancient sculpture. Piazza S. Apollinare 46, tel. 0639967700.

PHOTO ARK: MERAVIGLIE DEL MONDO ANIMALE 8 Dec-22 April

For the last 12 years National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore has travelled to zoos all over the world, photographing 7,400 species held in captivity. Sartore intends to photograph the estimated 12,000 species living in 32 | March 2018 • Wanted in Rome

the world’s zoos, as part of the Photo Ark project which he expects will take him another decade. This exhibition features highlights from Sartore’s archive, including critically endangered animals he has photographed “before it is too late.” Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale Pietro De Coubertin 30, www.auditorium.com.

CONVERSATION PIECE | PART IV 16 Dec-18 March

Under the title Giant steps are what you take, the Fondazione Memmo presents Conversation Piece | Part IV, the latest installment in its cycle of exhibitions dedicated to Italian and foreign artists, many of whom are working temporarily at Rome’s cultural academies. Fondazione Memmo, Via Fontanella Borghese 56b, tel. 0668136598, www. fondazionememmo.it.

IL TESORO DI ANTICHITÀ 7 Dec-22 April

An exhibition at the Capitoline Museums pays tribute to German art historian and archaeologist Johann Joachim Winckelmann, considered the founder of modern archaeology, on the 300th anniversary of his birth. With 124 works and multimedia installations, the exhibition highlights the establishment of the Capitoline Museums in 1733 by Pope Clement XII as the first public museum in Europe. Capitoline Museums, Piazza del Campidoglio 1, www.museicapitolini.org.

GRAVITY: IMAGING THE UNIVERSE AFTER EINSTEIN 2 Dec-29 April

MAXXI honours the scientific legacy of Albert Einstein with an exhibition exploring the “interconnected key concepts of space-time, crises, confines.” The show coincides with the centenary of Einstein’s publication of a ground-breaking article which challenged existing models of the cosmos and the universe,

ultimately revolutionising modern -day concepts of time and space. The exhibition examines the connections between art and science, paying tribute to Einstein through installations by international artists. MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Via Guido Reni 4/a, www.maxxi.art.

TRAIANO: COSTRUIRE L’IMPERO, CREARE L’EUROPA

Raphael’s Esterhazy Madonna at Palazzo Barberini.

29 Nov–16 Sept

Major show dedicated to Emperor Trajan on the 1,900th anniversary of his death. In addition to outlining his public and private persona, the exhibition puts a particular emphasis on Trajan’s legacy as a “360° builder”, not just of infrastructure but also his innovative economic policies and programme of architectural works. On display are archaeological artefacts from museums in Rome and around the world, including statues, portraits and architectural decorations, alongside multimedia and interactive installations. See article page 8. Mercati Traianei, Via Quattro Novembre 94, www. mercatiditraiano.it.

ARTISTI ALL’OPERA 17 Nov-11 March

Palazzo Braschi explores the relationship between Rome’s opera house and artists of international renown, from 1881 to today. The artists who have worked with Teatro dell’Opera include Pablo Picasso, as well as major Italian painters Renato Guttuso and Giorgio De Chirico, up to present-day designers and directors such as Valentino, Sofia Coppolla and William Kentridge. The show comprises the artists’ set designs, costumes, paintings, sketches and maquettes. It also shows archive film footage, with a different opera aria in each room. Palazzo Braschi, Piazza di S. Pantaleo 10 (Piazza Navona), tel. 060608, www.museodiroma.it.

HOME BEIRUT: SOUNDING THE NEIGHBORS 15 Nov-20 May

This exhibition examines Beirut from the perspective of creative resistance, artistic innovation and hope, through more than 100 works by artists, architects, filmmakers, musicians, dancers, researchers and activists. The exhibition also highlights the diverse ways in which conflict, memory and the future are expressed in the work of these 36 artists. Part of the MAXXI series Interactions across the Mediterranean, which explores the relationship between Europe and the Middle East. MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Via Guido Reni 4, tel. 0632810, www. maxxi.art.

MONET 19 OCT-3 JUNE

The Vittoriano hosts an exhibition dedicated to Monet, the father of Impressionism. The show comprises around 60 works from the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris, including landscapes, portraits and his celebrated garden series of water lilies. Complesso del Vittoriano - Ala Brasini di Roma, Via di S. Pietro in Carcere (Piazza Venezia), www. ilvittoriano.com. See other exhibitions on our website www.wantedinrome.com 33 | March 2018 • Wanted in Rome

and memento mori canvases such as silkscreens of skulls. The show will be held at the Braccio di Carlo Magno in St Peter’s Square where Warhol – a devout Catholic – met Pope John Paul II in 1980.

GALLA OPENS IN MONTI

A new exhibition space designed to showcase original, quality art works at affordable prices opened recently on Via degli Zingari 28 in the Monti district. GALLA will show unconventional works, in continuous rotation, as part of a permanent collective exhibition. For details see GALLA Facebook page.

SECOND EDITION OF ROME’S FORGOTTEN PROJECT MAXXI president Giovanna Melandri

ART NEWS MELANDRI CONFIRMED FOR NEW FIVE-YEAR TERM AT MAXXI

Italian culture minister Dario Franceschini has reconfirmed Giovanna Melandri for another five years as president of Rome’s MAXXI Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo. This summer MAXXI is expected to open a new modern art museum at the restored 16th-century Palazzo Ardinghelli in the Abruzzo capital L’Aquila, which was devastated by an earthquake in 2009.

TITO AMODEI DIES IN ROME

Tito Amodei, the Italian painter, sculptor, art critic and member of the Passionist religious community, died in Rome aged 91 on 31 January. Generally recognised by his first name, Tito was dedicated to bridging what he saw as a divide between the sacred and the contemporary. However he disliked the “religious artist” label, once telling Italian newspaper La Repubblica: “Art is neither religious nor secular. It’s just art.” Tito was also behind Rome’s Sala 1, the cultural non-profit association founded in 1970 as an experimental research centre for contemporary art, architecture, performance and music, located behind Rome’s Holy Stairs. www.salauno.com.

ANDY WARHOL EXHIBITION AT THE VATICAN

The religious works of American Pop artist Andy Warhol will be the subject of an exhibition in the Vatican in 2019, according to The Art Newspaper. Vatican officials are said to be in final talks with the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The exhibition is expected to explore the artist’s spiritual side, including paintings from Warhol’s Last Supper series

Four well-known British street artists will participate in the second edition of Forgotten, an urban art project dedicated to the forgotten buildings in central Rome, running from March to May. Dan Kitchener, Lucy McLauchlan, My Dog Sighs, and Phlegm are participating in the 2018 edition of Forgotten whose themes include: school buildings at risk, hospitals destined to be converted, disused sports facilities, theatres that risk closure. My Dog Sighs opens this year’s project on 12 March, working on the surrounding wall of the Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital. The first edition in 2015 saw the participation of five Portuguese street artists. For details see www.forgottenproject.it.

JIMMY KENNEDY’S EXPAT PORTRAITS

An exhibition featuring a dozen oil-on-canvas portraits of Rome’s expats by Irish artist Jimmy Kennedy will be shown at the American Episcopal Church, St Paul’s Within the Walls on 10 March, from 16.00-19.00. The St Paul’s exhibition programme was established five years ago by the sculptor Peter Rockwell, who returned to Massachusetts last October after more than 50 years in Rome. Via Napoli 58 (corner Via Nazionale), www.jimmykennedy.com.

NEW STREET ART IN ROME

Diamond has become the 13th Roman street artist to take part in GRAArt, an ongoing street art project designed to cheer up the gloomy underpasses of the Grande Raccordo Anulare, Rome’s ring road, featuring legends associated with the area. Located on Via Ardeatina (exit 24 GRA), Diamond’s work references the ancient Roman heroine Lucretia. The driving force behind the project is David “Diavù” Vecchiato who recently created a mural of an owl, Bubo Africanus, on Via Policastro, as part of the Muri Sicuri project, to raise funds for earthquake-hit Matelica in the province of Macerata. www.graart.it. Andy Devane 35 | March 2018 • Wanted in Rome

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Grigory Sokolov gives his annual concert at S. Cecilia.

CLASSICAL ACCADEMIA FILARMONICA PROSPETTIVA DEBUSSY 21 Jan-22 April

Six concerts of Debussy’s chamber music in conjunction with the Accademia S. Cecilia mark the centenary of the composer’s death in March 1918. The next in the series is on 8 April with Alberto Idà piano. Sala Casella, Via Flaminia 118, www. filarmonicaromana.org.

FOCUS BAUDELAIRE 11-25 March

A cycle of five concerts dedicated to the reading of Baudelaire’s I fiori del Male. Piano music, played by Roberto Prosseda, accompanies the readings: Beethoven on 11 March, Liszt on 15 March, Chopin on 18 March, Chopin on 22 March and Liszt on 25 March. The reader is Nicola Muschitiello who is also responsible for the translation into Italian of Baudelaire’s work. Teatro Argentina, Largo Argentina, www.filarmonicaromana.org.

AVOS PIANO QUARTET 16 march

This piano quartet was founded in 2007 from members of the Accademia S. Cecilia. It is now considered one of the top Italian chamber music formations. It performs music by Brahms and Schumann. Sala Casella, Via Flaminia 118, www. filarmonicaromana.org.

ACCADEMIA S. CECILIA RESPIGHI, CONCERTO GREGORIANO 1-3 March

Gianandrea Noseda conducts the S. Cecilia orchestra and chorus in Respighi’s Gregorian violin concerto

and Scriabin’s symphony no 1. Respighi’s concerto was inspired by plainsong and Gregorian chant and was written in Rome in 1921 where it premiered the following year. The soloist is Sayaka Shoji. Scriabin’s first symphony, written between 1889 and 1900 consists of six movements, the last of which has two soloists, Anna Maria Chiuri mezzo-soprano and Sergey Radchenko tenor. Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P. de Coubertin 30, www.auditorium. com.

GRIGORY SOKOLOV 14 march

The great Russian pianist returns to S. Cecilia. As usual his programme is only announced at the last minute, but that hardly matters as whatever Sokolov decides to perform is always sheer pleasure. His repertoire stretches from Bach to Schoenberg. As usual Sokolov has a very busy concert programme all over Europe. Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P. de Coubertin 30, www.auditorium.com.

BEATRICE RANA 23 march

This should have been an interesting concert with both the flamboyant Lang Lang and the more subdued Beatrice Rana but Lang Lang has cancelled. This leaves the technically very competent but less exciting Rana playing a programme of music by Schumann, Ravel and Stravinsky. Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P. de Coubertin 30, www.auditorium.com.

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN BY WAGNER 26-30 March

Mikko Franck will conduct the orchestra and chorus of S. Cecilia playing Wagner’s Flying Dutchman in concert form. The Finnish conductor was officially appointed as S. Cecilia’s first principal guest conductor last year. His appointment is for three years in which time he will conduct three major works in Rome and lead one tour either in Italy or abroad each year. 37 | March 2018 • Wanted in Rome

His first concert in his new role in November 2017 included a little known work Angels and Visitations by his fellow countryman Einojuhani Rautavaara who died in 2016. Like James Levin and other conductors Franck suffers from back problems and conducts from a chair. Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P. de Coubertin 30, www.auditorium.com.

ISTITUZIONE UNIVERSITARIA DEI CONCERTI QUARTETTO BORODIN 3 march

The Borodin Quartet plays music by Borodin, Schubert and Tchaikovsky. The quartet was formed in the Soviet Union in 1945 and had a close relationship with Shostakovich. It has recorded all the Shostakovich and Beethoven string quartets. It is one of the world’s longest lasting string quartets although its members have changed over the years. Aula Magna, Università la Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, www.concertiiuc.it.

Mikko Frank, the new principal guest conductor leads the orchestra and chorus of S. Cecilia in a conccert performance of Wagher’s Flying Dutchman.

SOLLIMA/ANDALORO 6 march

Giovanni Sollima cello and Giuseppe Andaloro piano play music by John Dowland, Schostakovich and the Rome debut of some work by Sollima, who has been called a post-minimalist composer. Sollima has worked with Patti Smith on a number of her performances and recordings. Sollima and Andaloro will give a talk the same day at 11.00 in the Musica Pourparler series entitled Dialogue between cello and piano. Aula Magna, Università la Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, www.concertiiuc.it.

ALEXEI VOLODIN 17 March

Pianist Alexei Volodin plays music by Schumann, Chopin and Liszt. Volodin who has a long-standing relationship with the Mariinsky Theatre is giving several concerts in Italy during his present touring season. Aula Magna, Università la Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, www.concertiiuc.it.

QUARTETTO GUADAGNINI 27 march

These four young musicians from Bari, Pistoia, Ravenna, Rome perform music by Haydn, Webern and Brahms. The quartet, which was founded in 2012, has performed extensively throughout Italy. Aula Magna, Università la Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, www.concertiiuc.it.

ORATORIO DEL GONFALONE

Concerts at the lovely Oratorio del Gonfalone just off Via Giulia take place on Thursday evenings. Via del Gonfalone 32a. See www.oratoriogonfalone.com for details.

MUSIC IN ROME CHURCHES 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 Napoli, 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, wwwdoriapamphilj. com. 38 | March 2018 • Wanted in Rome

Pearl Jam will perform at Rome’s Olympic Stadium on 26 June.

Jam website, www.pearljam. com. Stadio Olimpico, Viale dei Gladiatori.

ROGER WATERS 14 July

ROCK, POP, JAZz BOB DYLAN 3-5 April

Bob Dylan will perform three concerts on 3, 4 and 5 April at the Auditorium Parco della Musica. The concerts come three years after his last performance at the Baths of Caracalla. For ticket details see website. Auditorium Parco della Musica, Via Pietro de Coubertin, www.auditorium.com.

Machine head 12 april

This Californian heavy metal outfit performs at the Orion Club. Fronted by singer and guitarist Robb Flynn, the band is known for its thrash metal sound with songs such as Locust and Darkness Within. The group has sold over three million albums. Orion Club, Viale Kennedy 52, Ciampino, tel. 0689013645, www orionliveclub. com.

ANGEL OLSEN 5 May

Angel Olsen performs at the Auditorium Parco della Musica as part of the Church Sessions series of concerts promoted by Unplugged in Monti. The American singer-songwriter, known for hits such as Shut

Up Kiss Me, was originally due to perform at Rome’s Chiesa Evangelica Metodista but due to high demand for tickets her concert was moved to a larger venue. Auditorium Parco della Musica, Via Pietro de Coubertin 30, www.auditorium.com.

JEFF BECK 24 June

Veteran English rock guitarist Jeff Beck performs for Rock in Roma this summer in the ancient setting of the Teatro Romano at Ostia Antica. Alongside Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, Beck is one of the three celebrated guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds in the 1960s. Beck is also ranked fifth in the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” list compiled by Rolling Stone magazine. For concert information see Rock in Roma website, www.rockinroma.com.

Pink Floyd founding member Roger Waters will play in Rome’s Circus Maximus this summer, five years after his last show at the city’s Stadio Olimpico. The Us and Them concert, promoted by Rock in Roma, will see Waters perform songs from Pink Floyd classic albums such as Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall and Wish You Were Here. Fellow Pink Floyd founding member David Gilmour played at the Circus Maximus in 2016 but there were no concerts there last year. For concert details see Rock in Roma website, www. rockinroma.com.

CHEMICAL BROTHERS 19 July

The Chemical Brothers have been announced for the 2018 summer line-up at Rock in Roma. The British electronic music duo from Manchester has collected numerous accolades over the years, including four Grammy Awards – twice for Best Electronic/Dance Album. Rock in Roma, Via Appia Nuova 1245, www.rockinroma.com. Jeff Beck will perform at Ostia Antica for Rock in Roma on 24 June.

PEARL JAM 26 June

Pearl Jam perform in Rome’s Olympic Stadium this summer, as part of the band’s 14-date European tour. A key exponent of the Seattle grunge movement, Pearl Jam was one of the most successful alternative rock groups of the 1990s. For tickets see Pearl 39 | March 2018 • Wanted in Rome

DANCE

Bolero - Trip, tic at Teatro Vascello.

The music is based on the Bizet score and the production is by Daniele Cipriani Entertainment. It is part of the Festival di Danza di Roma in collaboration with the Accademia Filarmonica Romana. Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano 17, www.teatroolimpico. it.

MEDITERRANEA MAURO BIGONZETTI 10-11 March

MILAN TEATRO ALLA SCALA GOLDBERG-VARIATIONEN 25 Jan-22 March

JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations are set to a choreography by Heinz Spoerli. The work is staged for the first time at La Scala although it was created in 1993. It comes after the success of Spoerli’s Cello Suites in 2015 which inaugurated the series of ballets set to chamber music. The dancers of La Scala ballet company are accompanied on the piano by Alexey Botvinov. Spoerli turned to dance making – he would rather be called a dance maker than a choreographer – after a career as a dancer and company director. He retired from the Zurich Ballet five years ago but the company is still committed to preserving his extensive repertoire of the reworking of many classical works as well as his own creations. Teatro alla Scala, Piazza Filodrammatici 1, www. teatroallascala.org.

MAHLER 10, PETITE MORT, BOLERO 10 March-7 April

La Scala’s ballet company performs three works: the international premiere of Mahler 10 (to the Adagio of Marler’s unfinished 10th symphony) by the Canadian choreographer Aszure Barton; Petite Mort by 40 | March 2018 • Wanted in Rome

Jiri Kylian (to music by Mozart) returns to La Scala; Maurice Bejart’s masterpiece Bolero will be danced by Roberto Bolle for the first time. Teatro alla Scala, Piazza Filodrammatici 1, www. teatroallascala.org.

ROME TEATRO dell’opera KYLIAN, INGER, FORSYTHE 15-21 March

The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma ballet company performs Petite Mort choreography by Jiri Kylian at much the same time as it is being performed at La Scala in Milan, Walking Mad choreography by Johan Inger and Artifact Suite by William Forsythe. Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Piazza Beniamino Gigli 1, www.operaroma.it.

TEATRO OLIMPICO CARMEN AMEDEO AMODIO 8-10 March

This is Carmen seen through the eyes of Amedeo Amodio, founder and former artistic director of Aterballetto. Amodio’s ballet begins where the opera ends, when two characters involved in the performance – a violinist and a stage hand – look back at the story they have just seen.

Mauro Bignozetti’s choreography Mediterranea is as actual today as when it was first performed 25 years ago and is one of the most significant of his works. This is a revised version by Daniele Cipriani Entertainment. It was originally performed by the Balletto di Toscana in 1993, then was reworked for La Scala’s ballet company. But the theme remains the same and evokes the richness of the cultures and music of the communities around the Mediterranean, their differences and their common roots. Two male dancers – one who symbolises the sea, the other the land – meet and part, clash and reunite in a constant flow of movement. It is part of the Festival Internazionale della Danza 2018 in collaboration with the Accademia Filarmonica. Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano 17, www.teatroolimpico. it.

TEATRO vascello bolero, trip tic 14-18 March

The Balletto di Roma performs this new triptych by three women choreographers Giorgia Nardini, Chiara Frigo and Francesca Pennini to music by Debussy and Ravel. Nardini bases her work on Debussy’s Apres Midi d’un Faun and Frigo on his Suite Bergamesque. Pennini develops Ravel’s Bolero. Teatro Vascello, Via Giacinto Carini 78, www. teatrovascello.it.

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Actor John Lynch is a special guest of the IrishFilmFesta.

IRISH FILM FESTA 21-25 March

The 11th edition of IRISH FILM FESTA, the Rome festival dedicated entirely to Irish cinema, will be held once again at its usual venue, the Casa del Cinema in Villa Borghese. In addition to its programme of films, the festival will include an acting masterclass by Northern Irish actor John Lynch who is best known for his roles in films such as In the Name of the Father, Nothing Personal, Some Mother’s Son, and Best. The festival’s other special guests include the award-winning Limerick writer and film critic Paul Lynch. Created and directed by Susanna Pellis, the festival is organised in collaboration with the Irish Film Institute with the patronage of the embassy of Ireland in Italy. All films are screened in their original language versions with Italian subtitles. Entry is free. At the time of going to print the programme was not available, for details see website www.irishfilmfesta.org. Casa del Cinema, Largo Marcello Mastroianni 1 (Villa Borghese), tel. 06423601.

Roddy Doyle is a guest of this year’s Libri Come festival.

festivals ROMA WHISKY FESTIVAL 3-4 March

This two-day event showcases a vast range of Scotland’s whisky, from well-known to rare, and includes tastings and masterclasses by industry experts. Formerly known as Spirit of Scotland, the whisky festival is now in its seventh year. In addition to whisky it also promotes traditional Scottish fare such as shortbread, salmon and jams displayed alongside Italian delicacies. The festival takes place at the Salone delle Fontane in the EUR district. For details see website, www.romawhiskyfestival.it.

LIBRI COME 15-18 March

Rome’s ninth annual festival devoted to books and reading, in the company of Italian and international writers such as Ireland’s Roddy Doyle and Scotland’s Ian Rankin, takes place at the Auditorium Parco Della Musica. Under the title Felicità, the festival examines the role of “happiness” in modern writing, with conferences, interviews, lectures, workshops and readings. For programme details see website, www.auditorium.com. Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Viale Pietro De Coubertin 30, tel. 0680241281. 43 | March 2018 • Wanted in Rome

Juan Diego Flores takes the part of Orphée at La Scala. Photo from the 2015 production at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Photo Bill Cooper.

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SIMONE BOCCANEGRA BY VERDI 8 Feb-4 March

LA SONNAMBULA BY BELLINI 18 Feb-3 March

Conducted by Myung-Whun Chung this Berlin Staatsoper Unten Der Linden production of the Verdi opera has become a La Scala favourite. It is directed by Federico Tiezzi, with Leo Nucci in the lead role and Kassimira Stoyanova as Amelia. Teatro alla Scala, Via Filodrammatici 2, www.teatroallascala.org.

ORPHÉE ET EURIDICE BY GLUCK 24 Feb-17 March

This is the full length 1774 version, in French, where the orchestra takes centre stage. It is the Covent Garden production directed by John Fulljames with choreography by Hofesh Shechter. One of the main draws is Juan Diego Flores in the role of Orphée but it will also be interesting to watch the young, upand-coming conductor Michele Mariotti, who is the musical director of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Last November he conducted Lucia di Lammeroor at the Royal Opera Covent Garden. Teatro alla Scala, Via Filodrammatici 2, www.teatroallascala.org. 44 | March 2018 • Wanted in Rome

Speranza Scappucci is back at the Rome opera house to conduct Bellini’s opera, directed by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti. This is a new production in conjunction with the Teatro Petruzelli of Bari. Australian belcanto soprano Jessica Pratt takes the role of Amina, alternating with Jessica Nuccio. Riccardo Zanellato follows up his part in I Masnadieri with the role of Count Rodolfo, alternating with Dario Russo. Maria Callas at La Scala in the 1950s and Joan Sutherland at the Royal Opera House and the Met in the 1960s both gave memorable performances in the role of Amina. Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Piazza Beniamino Giglio 1, www.operaroma.it.

LA TRAVIATA BY VERDI 24 Feb-4 March

The Sofia Coppola / Valentino 2016 production of Verdi’s opera returns to the Rome opera theatre, conducted by Pietro Rizzo, with Maria Grazia Schiavo as Violetta, Antonio Poli as Alfredo Germont and Stefano Antonucci as Giorgio Germont. Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Piazza Beniamino Giglio 1, www. operaroma.it.

Giudizio Universale at Auditorium della Conciliazione.

and screenwriter Ayad Akhtar. Described as a “combustible powder keg of identity politics”, the play is centred on sociopolitical themes such as Islamophobia and the self-identity of MuslimAmerican citizens. In Italian. Teatro India, Lungotevere Vittorio Gassman, tel. 0687752210, www. teatrodiroma.net.

ROME’S COMEDY CLUB 23 march

THEATRE GIUDIZIO UNIVERSALE: MICHELANGELO AND THE SECRETS OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL From 15 March

Billed as an “extraordinary journey”, this cutting-edge production immerses the audience in the world of Michelangelo’s masterpiece in the Sistine Chapel, through a mixture of live performances and spectacular stage effects. Organisers say that Giudizio Universale marks the birth of a new format: the story of art narrated through the most sophisticated technology of today combined with the emotions stirred up by live entertainment. Created in consultation with the Vatican Museums and with music by Sting, the show features immersive 270-degree 3D projections designed to “leave the audience breathless”. Giudizio Universale is the creation of Marco Balich, the artistic director of numerous Olympic Games ceremonies, and is conceived as a

long-running production. Held at the Auditorium Conciliazione just down the street from St Peter’s, the 60-minute show will be in both Italian and English, with the voice of Michelangelo provided by celebrated Roman actor Pierfrancesco Favino. Individual holders of the Wanted in Rome Card can enjoy a reduced group rate for the English language versions of Giudizio Universale on select dates. The special discounted rate - €24 central and €19 standard - is valid for shows at 18.00 on 24 and 31 March, and 7 April. There is also a 10 per cent discount on all other shows for WiR Card holders. For full details see website, www.giudiziouniversale.com. Auditorium della Conciliazione, Via della Conciliazione 4.

Rome’s Comedy Club holds its monthly evening of hilarity – in English – at the Makai Surf and Tiki Bar in the Ostiense/Piramide area. The March line-up includes club founder Marsha De Salvatore, Jose Salgado, Liz Knight, Devo Sullivan Sinnott and Erik Bolner. The €15 entrance fee includes aperitivo, a beer or glass of wine. Doors open at 20.00, show starts at 21.30. Bookings (text only) via Whatsapp 3397514140 or email alessio.esposito@gmail.com. Makai Surf and Tiki bar, Via dei Magazzini Generali, 4/a/b/c. Disgraced at Teatro India.

TEATRO INDIA 6-18 March

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Abigail De Ville for Cinque Mostre at American Academy in Rome.

AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME 14 Feb-25 WMarch

Comprising collaborative projects guest-curated by Ilaria Gianni under the collective title The Time Machine, the 2018 edition of Cinque Mostre features work by current academy fellows and invited artists installed in various sites throughout the academy’s McKim, Mead & White Building. The works on display, comprising a range of disciplines, consider various aspects coming from the past, present, and future. American Academy in Rome, Via Angelo Masina 5, tel. 0658461, www.aarome.org.

BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME 16-24 March

Opening of March Mostra exhibition of works by current Fine Arts award-holders at the British School at Rome. Inauguration 18.30-21.00 on 16 March. The exhibiting artists are Josephine Baker-Heaslip, Marie-Claire Blais, Oona Grimes, Gabriel Hartley, John Rainey, Joseph Redpath, John Robertson, Deborah Rundle. Exhibition can be visited Mon–Sat 16.30–19.00, until 24 March. British School at Rome, Via Gramsci 61, tel. 063264939, www.bsr.ac.uk.

CASA DI GOETHE 10 Feb-20 May

Canti di Colore (Songs of Colour) is an exhibition highlighting the art work of celebrated German composer Hans-Werner Henze (1926-2012), who lived for many decades in Italy, including in the Castelli Romani south of Rome. Although best known as a composer, Henze was also a prolific visual artist behind closed doors. This exhibition presents his watercolours and sketches alongside photographs, manuscripts, audio recordings and personal objects. Casa di Goethe, Via del Corso 18, tel. 0632650412, www.casadigoethe.it. 46 | March 2018 • Wanted in Rome

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The French Academy at Villa Medici hosts an exhibition entitled Le numerose irregolarità (The numerous irregularities) featuring the work of Italian artist Tatiana Trouvé, who creates sculptures, drawings, and installations, and German artist Katharina Grosse, known for her brightly-coloured blend of painting and land art. Although their techniques and materials differ radically, the artists have collaborated to create an installation that interacts with the spaces and history of Villa Medici, including Grosse’s coloured branches from the recently felled pine trees planted by Ingres in the early 19th century. Viale della Trinità dei Monti 1, www.villamedici.it.

KEATS-SHELLEY HOUSE 29 Jan-28 aprl

Illuminating Poetry: Pre-Raphaelite & Beyond. The Keats-Shelley House shows a selection of books and manuscripts which reveal how book illustration in the late 19th and early 20th century was influenced by mediaeval illumination. Curated by Giuseppe Albano and Dinah Roe, the exhibition displays items from the Keats-Shelley House collection, while other pieces are on loan from the National Library of Scotland, the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, the American Academy in Rome, and

private collections. Keats-Shelley House, Piazza di Spagna 26, tel. 066784235, www.keats-shelleyhouse.org.

JAPANESE CULTURAL INSTITUTE 19 Jan-24 March

The Japanese Cultural Institute has at its disposal various precious Japanese artefacts which it loans regularly to nonprofit institutions. This time however it is showing the works themselves. The exhibition Fuori Tutto comprises a range of calligraphy, kites and lanterns. Istituto Giapponese di Cultura, Via Antonio Gramsci 74, www. jfroma.it. Le numerose irregolarità at Villa Medici, Ingres wood by Katharina Grosse. Photo Alessandro Vasari.

St PATRICK’S DAY St patrick’s day in Rome 17 MARCH

St Patrick’s Day in Rome begins officially on Saturday 17 March at 10.00, with the annual Mass for Lá Fhéile Pádraig being celebrated by Fr Mícheál MacCraith at St Isidore’s on Via degli Artisti 41. The Mass is always well-attended by the city’s Irish community and friends of Ireland, who join together in a misty-eyed rendition of Hail Glorious, St Patrick. This year the Colosseum will once again be illuminated in green lights in honour of Ireland’s patron saint, as part of Tourism Ireland’s

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The Colosseum is included in Ireland’s Global Greening initiative for St Patrick’s Day.

international Global Greening initiative. This year also marks the first St Patrick’s Day in Rome for Ireland’s new ambassador to Italy, Colm Ó Floinn. Festivities continue at 19.30 with the 27th edition of the Celtic Ball, Rome’s biggest social occasion in Irish circles. This year the annual black-tie ball returns to Hotel Parco dei Principi, with the promise of “great Irish food and drink, music and plenty of craic, late into the night”, according to Irish Club of Rome president Helen Harrington. If you plan to raise a toast to St Patrick with a pint of Guinness over the weekend, some of the pubs most favoured by the

capital’s Irish expats include the Druid’s Den, the Fiddler’s Elbow, Finnegan’s, and Scholars Lounge. All of these bars will be screening Rome’s Six Nations match (see below) between Scotland and Italy, whose coach is Irishman Conor O’Shea. Lastly, those interested in Rome’s Irish history can pick up a copy of the recently-reissued second edition of Irish Rome-Roma irlandese, by Vittorio and Roswitha Di Martino. The book is available for purchase at select bookshops in Rome, in addition to being available at the IrishFilmFesta in late March (see page 43).

SIX NATIONS rugby IN ROME 17 MARCH Italy faces Scotland at the Olympic Stadium.

The 19th edition of the annual Six Nations rugby union championship – which is contested by England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales – finishes on 17 March with one of the final games, Italy versus Scotland, being played in Rome at 13.30. Those with tickets for the game are entitled to free admission for two people to around 25 state and city museums during the match weekend, thanks to the IV Tempo Rugby e Cultura initiative. For details of museums see www. federugby.it. 47 | March 2018 • Wanted in Rome

MUSIC THEATRE CINEMA VENUES

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The seasons of the main musical associations and auditoriums in Rome are between October and June but there are other concerts and musical events throughout the summer, many of them organised by smaller associations. Auditorium Conciliazione, Via della Conciliazione 4, www.auditoriumconciliazione.it

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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

Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P. de Coubertin 30, www.auditorium.com

Barberini, Piazza 0686391361

Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano 17, www.filarmonicaromana.org

Casa del Cinema, Largo Marcello Mastroianni 1, tel. 06423601, www.casadelcinema.it

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Accademia S. Cecilia, Concerts at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P. de Coubertin 30, www.santacecilia.it Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti, Aula Magna, Università la Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, www.concertiiuc.it Oratorio del Gonfalone, Via del Gonfalone 32a, www.oratoriogonfalone.com Roma Sinfonietta, Auditorium Ennio Morricone, Torvergata, www.romasinfonietta.com

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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

Roma Tre Orchestra, Teatro Palladium, Piazza Bartolomeo Romano 8, www.teatropalladium.uniroma3.it

Odeon, Piazza Stefano Jacini 22, tel. 0686391361

St Paul's Within the Walls, Via Nazionale and corner of Via Napoli, www.stpaulsrome.it

Space Parco de’ Medici, Viale Salvatore Rebecchini 3-5, tel. 06892111

Space Moderno, Piazza della Repubblica 44, tel. 06892111

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Concert venues ranging from major international pop and rock groups to jazz and acoustic gigs. Alexanderplatz, Via Ostia 9, tel. 0683775604 www.alexanderplatzjazzclub.it Angelo Mai Altrove, Via delle Terme di Caracalla 55, www.angelomai.org Atlantico, Viale dellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Oceano Atlantico 271d, tel. 065915727, www.atlanticoroma.it Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P. de Coubertin, tel. 06892982, www.auditorium.com Black Out, Via Casilina 713, www.blackoutrockclub.com

Casa del Jazz, Viale di Porta Ardeatina 55, tel. 06704731, www.casajazz.it Jailbreak, Via Tiburtina 870, tel. 0640801376 www.jailbreakliveclub.com

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 Traffic Live, Via Prenestina 738, tel. 3333542095, www.trafficlive.org Unplugged in Monti, Blackmarket, Via Panisperna 101, www.unpluggedinmonti.com

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The following venues stage everything from cutting-edge drama festivals to comedy, and blockbuster musicals to small English-language productions. Teatro Argentina, Largo di Torre Argentina 52, tel. 06684000314, www.teatrodiroma.net

Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano 17, tel. 063265991, www.teatroolimpico.it

Teatro Belli, Piazza di S. Apollonia 11, tel. 065894875, www.teatrobelli.it

Teatro S. Genesio, Via Podgora 1, tel. 063223432, www.teatrosangenesio.it

Teatro Brancaccio, Via Merulana 244, tel. 0680687231 www.teatrobrancaccio.it

Teatro Sistina, Via Sistina 129, tel. 064200711, www.ilsistina.it

Teatro Ghione, Via delle Fornaci 37, tel. 066372294 www.teatroghione.it

Teatro Vascello, Via Giacinto Carini 78, tel 065898031 www.teatrovascello.it

Teatro India, Lungotevere Vittorio Gassman 1, tel. 06684000311, www.teatrodiroma.net

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WANTED junior inROME Prose, poetry and illustration by students of St George’s British International School, Rome. The Devil’s tramping ground by Sophie Besselaar, Year 11, age 15 The Devil’s tramping ground is a wooded section of Chatham County, North Carolina. A forty foot in diameter circle can be found there. Any objects that appear in the circle will mysteriously disappear or get moved from within the circle. It is rumored that any human who sets foot in this circle will be removed at once. No wildlife, vegetation, or inanimate objects can be found in the circle. This phenomenon was first discovered in the early 1800s and it is believed that Satan paces around this circle and ponders about ways to undo mankind. The weak beam of my Flashlight flickers suddenly and I am wrapped in complete darkness for a split second. Strangely, that moment of darkness felt safer than when the Light had been on. The Flashlight in my shaking hands that is supposed to create some kind of path, now does nothing but create ghostly phantoms, bouncing up and down with every beat of my heart. It hammers against my ribs, nearly breaking through; almost as if showing me how it’s done: clearly, escaping right here, right now is what I should be doing. The woods around me are thick and every now and then I have to duck beneath a particularly low hanging branch. My back is starting to hurt. I place my foot on the fallen tree and it groans in protest; my weight causing the brittle, dead tree to sink a little bit further into the ground. I breathe in sharply: my chest is heaving as if I had sprinted here. I remove my foot and instead go around the obstacle; my fingers tracing the dents and curves of the bark. It feels like the fallen tree is guiding me and I take my hand off the tree with a jerk. I feel the completely and utterly inappropriate urge to laugh. It is bubbling in my stomach, tickling my Refracted Refelections (Self Portrait) by Flavia Bernabo, Year 12, age 17.

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throat, but shockingly, a sob takes its place and I clasp a hand over my mouth. My Flashlight had died half an hour ago – I know for sure it was half an hour ago, as I had been counting the seconds in my head. I had thrown it away, but I regret that now. There would be no more Light to guide me, but at least I would have the strength of the Flashlight, its reliability, even though it gave up on me thirty-seven minutes ago. I straighten my shirt, ridiculously enough. There is no one to straighten my shirt for, no one to fix my hair for and no one to save me. Another sob forces its way up my throat as the realisation hits me like an iron bat, with nasty nails, too. I am going to die, and there is no one to save me. It has been one hundred and eighty-seven minutes and the trees around me are starting to thin out. Their green leaves gradually fade to an autumnbrown, until abruptly, there are no leaves at all. It is hard to see in the dark and I squint slightly, but I am sure. Where I am standing is the definite border between life and death. It smells like burned wood, like ashes, the kind of smell that makes your nose itch and scrunch up. I did just that as I pushed a bothersome bush away from me, unexpectedly sharp edges biting me. An open field appears, but no flowers grow and no birds sound, I hadn’t even realised there had been birds until now, it must be morning already, I rub my scratched arm there’s a circle in the centre of the field and I see a shadow even though there’s no light. It flickers. A void grows in my chest, expanding slowly until I feel nothing at all. I am merely a body, floating in time and space, until suddenly, everything falls back into place. In shock, I crouch slightly, my knees trembling. I look around me. I am no longer near that field and if I squint my eyes, I can see the blurry silhouettes of my new surroundings. I catch sight of a Flashlight near my left foot. I pick it up, shake it a couple of times and it illuminates a path. I take a few steps, unsure of where I’m going. When no death blocks my path, I take a couple more steps. The weak beam of my Flashlight flickers suddenly and I am wrapped in complete darkness for a split second. Strangely, that moment of darkness felt safer than when the Light had been on. St George’s British International School, Via Cassia km 16, La Storta, tel. 063086001, www.stgeorge.school.it.

Ballerina by Michelle Voortman, Year 12, age 16 I am not like the other girls, but to them, I am the other girl. Her shoulders only reach the barre, yet she knows how her elegant costume gently mirrors the contours of her body, the way it always has. I am encased in an elastic layer of something, the material taped tightly to my skin. She calls it a leotard, but I don’t know if that’s what I’ll call it. There is a silver lake enclosing her head, the gentle ripples guiding the metallic swans along the surface. They lead into a silky river, glistening and going round in circles, again and again. The end of the river slips beneath its streams, but you will never find it. I was told this is called a ballet bun, but I don’t know if that’s how I see it yet. Her hands. Delicate porcelain fragments sewn together at the brinks, of where the yells and cries used to lie. Velvet skin coating the knuckles, like fresh snow resting on the hills in the morning light, the cold joints still quivering from the stitch marks. They told me hands sense the direction, but I don’t know if I can feel it yet. I am not like the other girls, but to them, I am the other girl.

JUNIOR Wanted in Rome is accepting creative contributions from students in all international schools in Rome. Articles on topics related to either the student’s life in Rome or their school projects can be submitted by their class teachers. The work should be no more than 1,000 words and all contributions should contain the name, age and school of the student. We also accept illustrations. Any class teachers who would like to propose a project please contact editorial@wantedinrome.com.

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ARTandSEEK English-language cultural workshops and visits to museums and exhibitions for children in Rome. For event details tel. 3315524440, email artandseekforkids@gmail.com, or see website, www.artandseekforkids.com. Bioparco Rome's Bioparco has over 1,000 animals and offers special activities for children and their families at weekends and during the summer. When little legs get tired, take a ride around the zoo on an electric train. Open daily. Viale del Giardino Zoologico 20 (Villa Borghese), tel. 063608211, www.bioparco.it. Bowling Silvestri This sports club has an 18-hole mini golf course, with good facilities for children aged 4 and over, adults and disabled children.

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There are also tennis courts, a table tennis room and a pizzeria. Via G. Zoega 6 (Monteverde/Bravetta), tel. 0666158206, www.bowlingsilvestri.com. Casa del Parco Eco-friendly workshops, in Italian, in which kids can learn about nature and how to care for the environment. Located in the Valle dei Casali nature park. Via del Casaletto 400, tel. 3475540409, www.valledeicasali.com. Casina di Raffaello Play centre in Villa Borghese offering a programme of animated lectures, creative workshops, cultural projects and educational activities for children from the age of three. Tues-Fri 14.30, Sat-Sun 11.00 and 17.00. Viale della Casina di Raffaello (Porta Pinciana), tel. 060608, www.casinadiraffaello.it.

Cinecittà World This 25-hectare theme park dedicated to the magic of cinema features high-tech attractions, real and virtual roller coasters, aquatic shows such as Super Splash, giant elephant rides and attractions with cinematic special effects. Located about 10 km from EUR, south of Rome. Via di Castel Romano, S.S. 148 Pontina, www.cinecittaworld.it. Climbing Associazione Sportiva Climbing Side. Basic and competitive climbing courses for 6-18 year olds. Tues, Thurs. Via Cristoforo Colombo 1800 (Torrino/Mostacciano), tel. 3356525473. Explora The 2,000-sqm Children’s Museum organises creative workshops for small children in addition to holding regular animated lectures, games and meetings with authors of children’s books. Via Flaminia 80/86, tel. 063613776, www.mdbr.it. Go-karting Club Kartroma is a circuit with go-karts for children over 9 and two-seater karts for an adult and a child under 8. Closed Mon. For details see website. Via della Muratella (Ponte Galeria), tel. 0665004962, www.kartroma.it. Gymboree This children's centre caters to little people aged from 0-5 years, offering Play and Learn activities, music, art, baby play, school skills and even English theatre arts. Gymboree @ Chiostro del Bramante (Piazza Navona), Via Arco della Pace 5, www.gymbo.it. Hortis Urbis Association providing hands-on horticultural workshops for children, usually in Italian but sometimes in English, in the Appia Antica park. Weekend activities include sowing seeds, cultivating plants and harvesting vegetables. Junior gardeners must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Via Appia Antica 42/50, www.hortusurbis.it. Il Nido Based in Testaccio, this association supports expectant mothers, parents, babies and small children. It holds regular educational and social events, many of them in English. Via Marmorata 169 (Testaccio), tel. 0657300707, www.associazioneilnido.it.

Luneur Located in the southern EUR suburb, Luneur is Italy’s oldest amusement park. Highlights include ferris wheel, roller coaster, carousel horses, bamboo tunnel, maze, giant swing and a Wizard of Oz-style farm. Aimed at children aged up to 12. Entry fee €2.50, payable in person or online. Via delle Tre Fontane 100, www.luneurpark.it. Rainbow Magicland The 38 attractions at Rome's biggest theme park are divided into three categories: brave, everyone, and kids. Highlights include down-hill rafting, a water roller coaster through Mayan-style pyramids, and the Shock launch coaster. Located in Valmonte, south-east of the capital. Via della Pace, 00038 Valmontone, www.rainbowmagicland.it. Time Elevator A virtual reality, multi-sensorial 5-D cinema experience with a motion-base platform, bringing the history of Rome to life in an accessible and fun way. The time-machine's commentary is available in six languages including English. Daily 11.00-19.30. €12 adults, €9 kids. Via dei SS. Apostoli 20, tel. 0669921823, www.time-elevator.it. Zoomarine This amusement and aquatic park outside Rome offers performances with dolphins, parrots and other animals for children of all ages. It is also possible to rent little play carts. Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Via Casablanca 61, Torvaianica, Pomezia, tel. 0691534, www.zoomarine.it.

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Language of Instruction: English. To apply http://apply. europeanschoolofeconomics. com/Ma/ Please do not hesitate to contact our centre for further details: ese.roma@uniese.it admission.rome@uniese.it tel. 0648906653 www.uniese.it www. europeanschoolofeconomics. com. ESE BSC IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, JANUARY INTAKE 2018. The Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Business Administration aims to develop pro-active decision makers, managers and leaders for a variety of careers in business sectors in a global context. The programme focusses on innovation, creativity and leadership, making it a varied and challenging journey towards awareness of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own professional skills and abilities. A grouping of essential core

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subjects are uniquely combined with the study of a language, two integral internship placements, integrative workshops and the choice of three specialisations in management, marketing and finance. All BSc Business Administration students will complete two integral internship placements during their course of study, gaining academic credit towards their final award. Not only will students gain valuable work experience before entering the job market, but through the internship report assessment they will apply strong application of their studies to the experience helping them to explore and assess their specific field of interest within a professional business environment. Students will also have the added advantage of being able to pursue the BSc in Business Administration in any of the ESE campuses, whether

London, Madrid, Milan, Florence or Rome. They will have the unique opportunity to transfer between campuses on a per term or per year basis, experiencing the same programme in multiple international contexts and cultures. Intake Dates: January 2018, September 2018. Language of Instruction: English. To apply http: //apply. europeanschoolofeconomics. com/Ba/ Please do not hesitate to contact our centre for further details: admission. rome@uniese.it, ese.roma@ uniese.it, tel. 0648906653, www.uniese.it, www. europeanschoolofeconomics. com.

Carciofi alla Romana By Kate Zagorski If you have walked through any of Romeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s markets recently you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have missed the piles of gleaming, purple-green artichokes which seem to be around every corner. A staple of Roman cuisine, carciofi romaneschi hit their peak in the spring when they are at their absolute tastiest (and cheapest). The locally-grown mammole variety do not have the spiky choke which usually needs to be removed, saving on preparation time and making them the perfect choice to make these deliciously tender Roman-style braised artichokes which are gently infused with lots of garlic, parsley and mentuccia (the local wild mint). If you cannot find mammole you can still prepare the recipe as outlined below but make sure to remove the choke. Although you can trim the artichokes yourself, you can also take advantage of the fact that most market stalls will clean them for a small extra fee (well worth it to avoid the hassle). This recipe is perfect as a side dish as an accompaniment to roasted meat but could also be served as an antipasto with lots of crusty bread to soak up the oily, garlicky juices.

Ingredients for 4 people 4 artichokes 1 lemon 2 garlic cloves, peeled and halved 16 leaves of mentuccia (wild mint)

1 small bunch of parsley Extra virgin olive oil Dry white wine Salt

To prepare the artichokes, remove the hard exterior leaves, trim and remove the outer layer of the stalk (leaving about 5 cm length), then cut about the top quarter off the head and continue to strip the leaves until just the tender, pale yellow ones remain. Remove the spiky choke if necessary. Cut the lemon in half and rub the artichokes with lemon juice to stop them turning black then fill a large bowl with cold water, squeeze in the lemon juice and add the rinds. Put the artichokes in the lemon water and leave for 15 minutes. Drain the artichokes and lightly bang them onto a surface to open up the leaves. Use your fingers to make space in the centre or cut out the choke with a knife. Season the centre well with salt. Wrap half a garlic clove in about four leaves of mint and a few leaves of parsley. Stuff the garlic and herbs into the centre of the artichoke. Stand the artichokes stalk side up in a saucepan, cover with equal parts of olive oil, white wine and water until everything except the stalk is covered. Cover, bring to the boil then cook on a medium flame for about an hour until tender. Check the artichokes are ready by inserting a toothpick into the base of the stalk â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if it comes away easily they are ready to serve. Serve hot or just warm, with extra bread to soak up the sauce.

Rome's reputation as an important street art capital continues to grow with new murals by important Italian and international street artists appearing all the time. Most of the works are located in the suburbs, often far from the centre. Here is where to find Rome’s main street art projects and murals. Esquilino Murals by Alice Pasquini, Gio Pistone, Nicola Alessandrini, Diamond. Casa dell'Architettura, Piazza Manfredo Fanti 47. Marconi The M.A.G.R. (Museo Abusivo Gestito dai Rom), a project by French street artist Seth is located in a former soap factory on Via Antonio Avogadro, opposite Ostiense's landmark Gasometro. For details see www.999contemporary.com. Ostiense Fronte Del Porto by Blu. Via del Porto Fluviale. Fish’n'Kids by Agostino Iacurci. Via del Porto Fluviale. Wall of Fame by JB Rock. Via dei Magazzini Generali. Shelley by Ozmo. Ostiense underpass, Via Ostiense. Pigneto Tributes to Pier Paolo Pasolini by Maupal, Mr. Klevra and Omino 71. Via Fanfulla da Lodi. 2501 mural on Via Fortebraccio. Blu Landscape by Sten & Lex. Via Francesco Baracca. Prati Anna Magnani portrait by Diavù. Nuovo Mercato Trionfale, Via Andrea Doria. Daniza the bear by ROA. Via Sabotino. Prenestino This former meat factory in the outskirts of Rome is now a street art museum as well as being home to some 200 squatters, many of them

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migrants. The Museo dell’Altro e dell’Altrove di Metropoliz, or MAAM, is only open on Saturdays, and features the work of more than 300 artists including Edoardo Kobra, Gio Pistone, Sten&Lex and Diamond. See MAAM Facebook page for details. Via Prenestina 913. Primavalle The Roadkill by Fintan Magee. Via Cristoforo Numai. Theseus stabbing the Minotaur by Pixelpancho. Via Pietro Bembo. Quadraro Tunnel murals by Mr THOMS and Gio Pistone. Via Decio Mure. Nido di Vespe by Lucamaleonte. Via del Monte del Grano. Baby Hulk by Ron English. Via dei Pisoni 89. Rebibbia Murals by Blu. Via Ciciliano and Via Palombini (Casal dè Pazzi). Welcome to Rebibbia by Zerocalcare. Metro B station. S. Basilio SanBa features large-scale works on the façades of social-housing blocks in the disadvantaged north-east suburb of S. Basilio near Rebibbia. The regeneration project includes works by Italian artists Agostino Iacurci, Hitnes and Blu alongside Spain's Liqen. Via Maiolati, Via Osimo, Via Recanati, Via Arcevia, Via Treia. S. Giovanni Totti mural by Lucamaleonte. Via Apulia corner of Via Farsalo.

It’s a New Day by Alice Pasquini. Via Anton Ludovico. S. Lorenzo Alice Pasquini. Via dei Sabelli. Feminicide mural by Elisa Caracciolo. Via Dei Sardi. Borondo. Via dei Volsci 159. Mural by Agostino Iacurci on the Istituto Superiore di Vittorio Lattanzio, Via Aquilonia. S. Pietro Uma Cabra by Bordalo II. Stazione di S. Pietro, Clivo di Monte del Gallo. Testaccio Hunted Wolf by ROA. Via Galvani. #KindComments by Alice Pasquini, Via Volta, Testaccio market. Tor Pignattara Dulk. Via Antonio Tempesta. Etnik. Via Bartolomeo Perestrello 51. Coffee Break by Etam Cru. Via Ludovico Pavoni. Tom Sawyer by Jef Aerosol. Via Gabrio Serbelloni. Pasolini by Diavù. Former Cinema Impero, Via Acqua Bullicante. Hostia by Nicola Verlato. Via Galeazzo Alessi. Herakut. Via Capua 14. Agostino Iacurci. Via Muzio Oddi 6. Tor Marancia The Big City Life scheme features 14-m tall murals by 22 Italian and international street artists including Mr Klevra, Seth, Gaia and Jerico. The idea was to transform the area's blocks of flats into an open-air art museum. Via Tor Marancia. www.bigcity.life.it.

Clockwise from top left: S. Maria di Shanghai by Mr Klevra (Big City Life), Nido di Vespe by Lucamaleonte, El Devinir by Liqen, Fish'n'Kids by Agostino Iacurci, MAGR by Seth.

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Aperitivo and cocktails in Rome: five new bars Sometimes an excellent wine bar can be even better than a good restaurant.

STILELIBERO – Prati A fantastic bar, with a kitchen run by television star Max Mariola, and an underground piano bar where you can listen to live music and enjoy delicious cocktails. There are many different types, such as the Tiki (€10), the exotic Antigua – made with mescal, tequila, agave with pink peppercorns and grapefruit – bitters, and spicy cocktail recipes drinks (all priced at €9). Don’t miss the flavoursome spirits, which include rum, grappa and vermouth. APOLLINAIRE – Piazza Navona This new wine and cocktail bar is run by Maurizio Musu and Luca Boccoli. It’s a pleasing place to while away the hours over a glass of wine, champagne or maybe a cocktail. You can even take your drink outside onto the terrace. Have a look at the bar’s events, as there is often live music and dj sets. PANTALEO – Piazza Navona Between Piazza Navona and Campo de’ Fiori you’ll find a bar serving the ultimate Martini. Here you can of course drink the classic recipe, but you can also try many others, such as Spray, made with alcoholic dyes and pepper, cardamon and chives. Or there’s the Japan, with wasabi, sake, and soy sauce. If you fancy something different you can also savour a Bloody Mary, Boulevardier, Margarita, Martinez and many others.

MERCERIE – Torre Argentina This original street food project, initiated by Igles Corelli, also houses a cocktail bar. We highly recommend the cocktail featured in the picture above, the Not Today is made with gin, ratafia di ciliegie, dry vermouth, liquid sugar, orange sugar, clove bitters, cherry and desiccated rose. DAFORMMA – Campo de’ Fiori A fabulous design space which was opened last December in Via dei Cappellari, this bar run by the people behind Cohouse includes a spacious bar in the ‘Pink Room‘. Alongside your cocktail you can also tuck into small plates made by chef Mirko Pappalardo.

www.puntarellarossa.it

• Apollinaire, Piazza di S. Apollinare 49, tel. 066897021. • Pantaleo, Piazza S. Pantaleo 4, tel. 0693572514 • Mercerie, Via S. Nicola de’ Cesarini 4, tel. 3409972996 • Daforma, Via dei Cappellari 38, tel. 3480928729.

Indirizzi

• Stile Libero, Via Fabio Massimo 68, tel. 063219657

Accommodation vacant in town NOMENTANA VILLA TORLONIA Nomentana Villa Torlonia 5 minutes walking distance from the park – 10 minutes walking distance from the metro stop Bologna, in very quiet street closed at the bottom, unfurnished, at the second floor of a period building with elevator, bright, entrance, double livingroom, two bedrooms, bathroom with tub, kitchen, autonomos heating, available Fidia real estate tel. 0639736426 – fidia@fidiaimmobiliare.it. VILLA WITH SWIMMING POOL CASSIA - GROTTAROSSA Grottarossa, in prestigious compound, excellent location, close to the most important international schools, 15 minutes from the city center, exceptional part of villa of 400 sqm on three levels, perfectly restored, semifurnished. On the 1st level: ground floor, elegant entrance with wardrobes overlooking the interior patio, very large double livingroom with fireplace, soppalco studio, diningroom overlooking the portico with barbecue , beautiful and very bright veranda, fully equipped furnished kitchen with fireplace, three bedrooms, two bathrooms On the 2nd level : 1st floor master bedroom with very private terrace, two bathrooms, dressing room with built in wardrobes , balcony On the 3rd level: basement completely independent service furnished apartment with small livingroom with kitchen corner, one bedroom, bathroom , equipped laundry, big cellar. Magnificent park of 5.000 sqm with wonderful trees, olive grove, heated private swimming pool, garage for two cars. Alarm system, safe windows, video intercom. Rent €6.500 P/M Fidia real estate tel. 0639723416 fidia@fidiaimmobiliare.it. CASSIA - VIGNA CLARA - VIA POMPEO NERI Cassia Vigna Clara in Via Pompeo Neri basement of 50 sqm, semi-furnished, lovely and finely restored, indipendent entrance, large living room, one bedroom with wardrobe, nice bathroom with shower, furnished kitchen, storage with washingmachine, 17 sqm outside area with plants. Alarm system, safe door, air conditioning Rent €950 P/M Condo fees €65 P/M, Heating fees €450 P/Year Available from 1st March Fidia real estate tel. 0639723416 fidia@fidiaimmobiiare.it TRASTEVERE VIA AURELIO SAFFI In very quiet location. Centre Trastevere Viale Aurelio Saffi, on the fifth floor of six, finely furnished and renovated, bright, very quiet, entrance, living room, one bedroom, live-

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in kitchen, bathroom, balcony, €1.200, NO accomodation activities Condo fees €75/pm Heating fees €800 /Year Fidia real estate tel. 0639723416 fidia@fidiaimmobiliare.it. TRASTEVERE Independent on a private courtyard. Living room, kitchenette, bedroom, bathroom with shower, completely furnished and provided with lining. Close to all public transport and shops. Long and short term rents. Contact marilu_vitali@yahoo.it. NOMENTANA PIAZZA BOLOGNA Nomentana Piazza Bologna very quiet location Close to Piazza Bologna, in a quiet street, bright, sixth floor, semifurnished, large entrance, living room, two bedrooms, a big bathroom with tub, a second small bathroom, semi-habitable kitchen, two closets, two balconies, cellar, available from 15 February. €1.100/month Fidia real estate tel. 0639723416 fidia@fidiaimmobiliare.it. PINCIANO Close to Piazza Verdi Pinciano close to Piazza Verdi, Via Claudio Monteverdi, 150 sqm, in beautiful period building, second floor with elevator, unfurnished, large entrance, wonderful livingroom with particular vetrata, studio, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, small room with bathroom, furnished kitchen €2.800 Condo fees and heating €400 BIM Fidia real estate tel. 0639723416 fidia@fidiaimmobiliare.it. VITINIA - RIOLO TERME Vitinia Via Riolo Terme in the residentiale part of the area, 15’ from the centre EUR and 25’ from the sea, wonderful villa, on 3 levels, completely renovated, fine finishes, large living room with patio overlooking the country, dining room, terrace, four bedrooms, four bathrooms, live-in kitchen fully equipped with open air dining space. Beautiful tavern with fireplace completely indipendent, guest room, two bathrooms, kitchen, two storages, laundry and cellar. The villa is easily divisible in two residential units. €750.000 Fidia real estate tel. 0639723416 fidia@fidiaimmobiliare.it.

Jobs vacant TOUR OPERATOR IS LOOKING Tour operator is looking for outgoing English-speaking people to give info and assistance to tourists in the Colosseum area. Working time from 09.0014.00. Contact mackhugs@gmail.com.

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ESTABLISHED ENGLISH SCHOOL SEEKING Established English School seeking qualified English mother-tongue teachers for children aged 3-12. Must have valid working documents. Please send your CV to aurelia@ angloamericankids.it. PART-TIME AND FULLTIME ENGLISH TEACHER. Adacher Kinderheim is seeking an experienced English mother-tongue or bilingual teacher for a position in Viale Aurelio Saffi nursery and kindergarten, part-time (working days Monday to Friday 03.30-14.00), starting from now. Please send your CV to liliana_vialesaffi26@libero.it.

Poetry 4 MARCH 2018 I should have written more but it doesn’t matter; ladies and gentlemen da Milano a Bari; “oggi so’ cavoli amari” sernicolimarco@gmail.com. PIAZZA VENEZIA. Once upon a time a Christmas tree, “Spelacchio”. E che cacchio. sernicolimarco@gmail.com. BALL. Like a shoot at goal never done, like a qualification never achieved, like a Sweden never defeated. Italy soccer team won’t take part in the Russia world competition. Coach Ventura che fregatura. sernicolimarco@gmail.com. ELECTORAL REFORM. We call it inciucio between Renzi e Berlusconi. No need for a medium to say che nun serve sto Rosatellum. sernicolimarco@ gmail.com.

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Property for sale PRATI DELLA VITTORIA Close to piazza mancini Prati della Vittoria close to Piazza Mancini, Via Monte Zebio, in period building, first floor, 105 sqm, entrance, livingroom, 3 bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen with balcony overlooking the internal common garden, to be restored €550.000 Condo fees €70P/M Heating fees €20 P/M Fidia real estate tel. 0639723416 fidia@fidiaimmobiliare.it.

Property for sale out of town CHARMING AND COSY WOODEN COTTAGE FOR SALE Charming and cosy “baita” wooden cottage + 2 bedroom Cottage annex, at 20 miles driving distance from Rome, in the Parco di Vejo Natural Reserve. The property, located in an elevated position, is set in a unique and dreamy landscape. Located on a 2.5 acres area with woodland, a large flat lawn (football field size) located in front of the main house, olive trees, an orchard, and a rich diversity of flowers, plants and trees. It is enriched by an eating area with brick wood fired pizza oven, and a lit dancing floor to use in the warm summer nights by the moon. €660.000. Email pierdavid@tiscali.it.

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Wanted in Rome | December 2017

FEBRUARY 18 - MARCH 3 TEATRO COSTANZI CONDUCTOR

SPERANZA SCAPPUCCI DIRECTOR

VINCENZO BELLINI

la sonnambula

GIORGIO BARBERIO CORSETTI ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS OF THE TEATRO DELL’OPERA DI ROMA NEW PRODUCTION IN COPRODUCTION WITH TEATRO PETRUZZELLI DI BARI

CONDUCTOR

PIETRO RIZZO DIRECTOR

GIUSEPPE VERDI

la traviata

Ettore Festa, HaunagDesign - Illustrations by Gianluigi Toccafondo and David Downton

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SOFIA COPPOLA ORCHESTRA, CHORUS AND CORPS DE BALLET OF THE TEATRO DELL’OPERA DI ROMA A TEATRO DELL’OPERA DI ROMA PRODUCTION

FEBRUARY 25 TEATRO NAZIONALE DIRECTOR

FABIO CHERSTICH SET, COSTUME AND VIDEO DESIGN

GIANLUIGI TOCCAFONDO “FABBRICA” YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM AND YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF THE TEATRO DELL’OPERA DI ROMA

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