Disney on Ice comes to Italy

“Disney on Ice” comes to Italy, the great show on ice which has as protagonists the most famous and beloved personages of fantasy.

This year “Disney on Ice” celebrates its 100th birthday and for the occasion it decided to involve in celebrations also the hearty Italian audience. Infact Minnie, Mickey Mouse, the Disney princesses and many other personages, arrive at “Palalottomatica” (the major sport palace in Rome) between 23 and 27 April, giving as a gift their audience a wonderful show on ice.

Adults and kids will be called to jump in the world of fairytales which for this occasion come back to life, and which, between music and dance, inscribe on ice a magic dreaming atmosphere.

The great Disney on Ice Musical is an event not to miss and it’s an occasion to persuade children in believing in fairytales, and also to persuade us that we weren’t wrong to believe it when we were children!

Before Rome, the musical will reach first the city of Milan (9 and 13 April - Palasharp), and then, Turin (16 and 20 April - Mazda Palace), therefore if you don’t want renounce to an evening of music and entertainment, and you desire to have all the information about the cities which will host the musical, visit our websites about Rome, Turin and Milan.

Don’t hesitate to go and see the musical…. you can live in a magic fairytale once only!

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The prestigious Oscar night awards also Italian creativity

Just last week the 80th edition of the Annual Academy Awards took place in the Kodak Theatre of Los Angeles, exactly as every year happens.

This year, our country conquered two oscar awards, thanks to the Tuscan artist Dario Marianelli, winning for the best original soundtrack of the dramatic film “Atonement”, and Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo who worked together to realize the scenography of the film Sweeney Todd, directed by Tim Burton (they had already won the Oscar in 2005 for the scenography of “The Aviator”).

The Oscar night, is currently a very important event in the world, one of the most interesting happenings for millions of international viewers who, in spite of time zone, stay awake in front of the tv, ready to comment upon the star’s look and curious to know which ones of the movies are going to be awarded with the most prestigious category prizes.

The first award in the history of Oscar dates back to 1929, and its official name was Academy Award of Merit, later renamed Oscar, following a curious episod whose protagonist was Margaret Herryck, a woman working in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who, looking at the little statue on the table sayed (more…)

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Puccini one year-long

Giacomo Puccini, one of the most famous Italian composers, was born in Lucca 150 years ago, December 22nd, 1858.
His Operas, including “La bohème”, “Tosca”, and “Madama Butterfly”, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire.

Many celebrations are planned for his 150° Anniversary in Italy.
In every corner of Italy, Operas, concerts and conferences are organised in honor of him and the community of Lucca will build a bikeway dedicated to the “Maestro” (as people use to call him), that passing by Marina di Vecchiano (Pisa)
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“Torino Film Festival” returns from the 23rd of November to the 1st of Dicember

“Torino Film Festival”, at its 25° ediction, is now a traditional appointment for all lovers of contemporary cinema.

The Festival is dedicated, in each ediction, to the search of new talents for the cinema, giving them the possibility of emerging without paying attention to the contents of their creations or the country which they come from.

So the cinema is opened for all film-makers and video-makers, with special attention to young people from Piemonte to whom the festival dedicates the Space Torino.

In every ediction of the Torino Film Festival, many competitions take place, but this year the Festival includes two new events, “La Zona” and “Lo stato delle cose”.

“Zona” consists in analysing all the real experiments of contemporary cinema, working in particular on the “fuori formato”, that are the productions which are too short for being broadcasted at cinema or in television. (more…)

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The Divina Commedia becomes a theatral work

On the 23rd of November, for the first time in wordly presentation, will be performed in Rome “La Divina Commedia. L’ Opera”, a musical inspired to the best Italian literary work.

Ideator of the project and adaptator of Dante’s masterpiece texts for the musical is Monsignor Marco Frisina, director of the Cappella Musicale Lateranense and also author of the musics, which go from the Gregorian song to rock.

The musical is divided in two acts: in the first the public will assist to the Prologue and the representation of the Hell, in the second, Purgatory and Heaven.

The Divina Commedia will start from Rome and then continue with a long tour in many Italian cities and also in some of the most important European capitals.

The show will take place in a mobile theatre created exclusively for the event, in the area “Giovanni Paolo II”, in the Tor Vergata university campus in Rome. (more…)

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