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SNOW IN ROME, MARCH 1985 Mary Wilsey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 WHY ITALY MATTERS TO THE UK Christopher Prentice . . . . . . . . . . 6 Back to the past Arianna Farina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

what’s on

EXHIBITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 LIVE music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 FESTIVALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 DANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 OPERA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 OPERA NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 THEATRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Academies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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classified columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 MISCELLANY

MUSEUMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Galleries in rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 ROME’s cultural academies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Photo page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 useful numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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However classifieds may be published around the clock on our website www.wantedinrome.com. They will appear in the next available paper edition of the magazine.

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Diffusione: Emilianpress Scrl, Via delle Messi d’Oro 212, tel. 0641734425.

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

Finito di stampare il 02/03/2015

Edith Schloss.

On the 116.

Cover for Wanted in Rome, 2 April 1997 to mark the arrival of Rome’s first electric bus.

Wanted in Rome office Via di Monserrato 49 - tel/fax 066867967 advertising@wantedinrome.com editorial@wantedinrome.com www.wantedinrome.com www.wantedinmilan.com Next publication dates are 1 April and 6 May. Classified advertisement placed through our office, Via di Monserrato 49, should arrive not later than 13.00 on 25 March (for 1 April) and 29 April (for 6 May).

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ANNIVERSARY

Mary Wilsey

SNOW IN ROME, MARCH 1985

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t was snowing in Rome a few days before our first edition was published on 14 March 1985. I remember the snow, not because I am a weather freak but because snow would have disrupted our distribution plans. Snow on the Ides of March (our offices have always been within a short walk from where Julius Caesar was assassinated in Largo Argentina that day) would have been a bad omen for our fledgling publishing adventure. But snow in March (an unusual event) never hangs around for long, and by publication day we were safe.

In those days Wanted in Rome was a black and white, four-page free sheet.

The format was small and unambitious, but the circulation system was extensive and sophisticated and depended on a network of dedicated volunteers who took the copies from our homes in the centre of Rome as far afield as Olgiata in the north, Ostia and Casalpalocco to the west and south and Frascati and the Castelli to the southeast.

Without these volunteers we probably wouldn’t still be here now. There was certainly a gap in the market at the time – the Daily American had just closed – so we chose a good moment for our launch. But it was the idea of providing free information about local services and events in English and spreading it to the four corners of the city that really got us started. In this

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Cover of first edition on 14 March 1985.

way we were able to cover all the international schools, churches, embassies, UN and European agencies, bookshops and cultural academies, our most important readers in those days.

Events developed rapidly, and looking back now what still surprises me is the high standard of contributors we attracted, all the more so as our original format and layout was amateur to say the least. I remember saying to someone years later that perhaps we succeeded where others failed because we were friendly, gave our customers a good service and were open to all ideas. “It wasn’t just that,” he said; “you were also very professional.”

It may also have been that we weren’t over-ambitious. We stayed as a black-and-white free sheet for five years until April 1991 although we had a couple of colour covers to celebrate the World Cup in 1990. One was by Edith Schloss (1919-2011), our art critic for over 20 years, whose 1997 cover of the arrival of the first electric bus in Rome we are using on this anniversary edition.* By 1991 we had made enough of a name for ourselves to be taken on by an Italian distributor for sale on newsstands throughout the city.

This was a whole new development for us. It meant that we had to sell copies instead of giving them away free.

It meant that we had to change our format and have a colour cover to attract newsstand sales. It meant that we had to produce more information, which meant more pages, otherwise who would buy copies when they had previously been free? “Anyone will read something that is free,” said one of our founding members darkly, “but they won’t if they have to pay for it.” Indeed there were grumbles when we charged L.800 (the lira was still the currency then), but there was at the same time a proud feeling that we were no longer that “little free sheet”. And it was a thrill to see Wanted in Rome displayed on newsstands alongside other papers and magazines in English, The International Herald Tribune (as it then was),

ANNIVERSARY Time, the National Geographic, The Economist. We were a minnow among whales, but we were there.

The danger of being a minnow is that you may be swallowed by a whale; the advantage is that you can change direction more quickly. We were able to decide on new developments very rapidly, try out new ventures and make the most of new technologies without having to get rid of a whole lot of surplus baggage first. We published short stories, we encouraged artists to use our covers as a showcase for their artwork, we produced educational, backpackers’ and city guides, we moved north to Milan, we had our first website right at the beginning of the internet revolution, we moved out across Europe and Africa, and Facebook soon became a vital addition to the Rome website. We updated our format at regular intervals, adjusted our publication schedules and moved offices three times. We were able to downsize to adapt to the major changes in the media industry and to sit out several economic downturns, but we were also able to scale up again when times changed. At one stage I was sure that magazines had only a short shelf-life left but I was wrong. And when others in the industry were bemoaning that readers and advertisers no longer wanted paper, we found that they wanted the choice: sometimes paper was more suitable, sometimes it was internet and often it was both.

It is not just the media business that has changed over the last 30 years. The ex-pats and the city have changed too.

The English-speaking community is larger, younger and more culturally diverse. People now come to Rome for a few months, maybe a few years and then move on. They do not necessarily work in the embassies, the religious institutions or the United Nations agencies. They are less affluent and more mobile.

A major change in the city has been the pedestrianisation of the historic centre and restoration of all its major

squares. Then there are the new architectural masterpieces; Paolo Portoghesi’s mosque and Islamic centre, Renzo Piano’s Auditorium Parco della Musica, Odile Decq’s MACRO for the city’s art collection, Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI for the nation’s 21st-century art, Richard Meier’s controversial but spectacular rehousing of the Ara Pacis as well as his church of Dio Padre Misericordioso off the beaten track in Tor Tre Teste. Villa Borghese has been transformed from a park mainly for families with young children, dog owners and horse riders into a thriving cultural hub with a cinema centre, theatre, art gallery and

Tosca (Wilsey), Hannah (Mason) and Miles (Schloss). The Wanted in Rome dogs by Edith Schloss.

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ANNIVERSARY well-kept museums. On the downside the traffic is still chaotic, parking is still impossible, buses are still over crowded and plans for the central section of the mythical metro C are buried (literally) under dust.

Ex-pats returning after a 30-year absence wouldn’t recognise the names of today’s politicians or their parties, although the promises for every kind of reform would have a familiar ring.

Veteran Vatican watchers on the other hand would feel more at home despite the new air of openness. Centuries of intrigue, mystery and centralisation are habits that are difficult to throw off in just two years, and the guardians of the Vatican city gates are still selective (albeit a bit less so) as to whom they will allow through.

Surprisingly little however has changed in the world of business and Italy remains a difficult and unpredictable country in which to work. Plans and investment policies often have to be torn up and rewritten. Luckily we were never burdened with private debt, nor did we take advantage of the very generous state subsidies for the media that were once available. Had we sat back waiting for these to arrive we might have gone under long ago.

The labour laws have held us back on several occasions from developing more rapidly and from providing more work opportunities, and the tax regime is prohibitive. Sales tax, company tax, regional taxes, city tax, social security taxes, the supposedly tax-dodging deterrent of the “studi di settori” have all been brakes on development. So far we haven’t noticed that government reforms have made any of these better.

But that doesn’t mean that in this still-gloomy economic climate we don’t have plans for the future. New designs for the website are almost ready, our loyalty card (attached to the new 2015 Rome Guide) is in its embryo stages, media partnerships with a number of cultural organisations in the city are

DATES TO REMEMBER 14 March 1985: First edition of Wanted in Rome.

1986: First offices open in Via dei Delfini 17.

25 April 1991: First edition on sale at newsstands.

1997: Publication of the short story collection A Novel to End all Novels, and first website.

1999: First interactive website to include classified advertising.

2005: Launch of www.wantedineurope.com and www.wantedinafrica.com.

2005: First Backpackers’ Guide to Rome.

2007: Move to Via dei Falegnami 79.

2008: First Education guide.

2008: First Kids’ Activities Guide.

2009: First Milan Guide.

2009: First Rome Guide.

2010-2011: Cover art. A series of magazine covers designed by leading Italian and foreign artists working in Rome.

April 2013: Move to Via di Monserrato 49.

July 2013: First pocket edition of Wanted in Rome. proving very successful, and a new generation with a new vision and new ideas is taking over.

We would never have imagined 30 years ago that a new generation would even have been interested in what we started. It seemed like a fun idea at the time, and above all we have had fun in these three decades. That we also man-

aged to make something interesting enough to hand on makes those three decades of fun even more worthwhile. *A major retrospective of Edith Schloss works Still Life, Myths and Mountains is now showing in New York at the Sundaram Tagor Gallery (see What’s On page 22).

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UK-ITALY

I WHY ITALY Christopher Prentice

MATTERS TO THE UK

Britain’s ambassador to Italy reflects on the strong relationship between Italy and the UK and the vital role of Wanted in Rome for the capital’s expats and Italians

taly has always been important to the UK. This is no empty rhetoric but goes back to the very beginning of the ‘Italian story’. Our very first diplomatic mission in the world was to Florence in the mid-16th century (when the great Queen Elizabeth I needed a loan from the world’s first bankers). Later, there was a long tradition of young British aristocrats making Italy the centre of their European “Grand Tour”. No gentleman’s education at the time could be considered complete without having spent months in Italy. They would have benefitted from Wanted in Rome.

Italy’s advance to full statehood also took place under a benevolent British eye and with some British help.

The British public were hugely sympathetic to the Italian Risorgimento. The adventures of Garibaldi in the south of Italy might never have got off the ground if it had not been for the presence of the Royal Navy, even if interpretations vary over the exact nature of the British activity in the area. While some historians may debate the finer points, Garibaldi himself recognised his debt to the British.

I have a fine silk flag in my office in Rome which Garibaldi gave to a British officer, one Captain Peard, for his services at the Battle of Milazzo. The four words on the flag are in English: Italy, Victor Emanuel and Garibaldi.

Queen Elizabeth II welcomed by former Italian president Giorgio Napolitano in April 2014.

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Things have changed a lot since then, but British fascination with Italy’s history, art and culture continues to the present day, with many thousands of British holidaymakers coming to visit museums and archaeologi-

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HM Ambassador to Italy, Christopher Prentice CMG.

cal sites throughout Italy; and just to enjoy all the good things Italy offers.

Of equal significance now, also, are our large common commercial and technological interests. In 2015, these will shortly focus on the Expo in Milan. Italy and the UK share a common tradition as trading nations. International commerce is essential to the prosperity of both our countries, even more so in the wake of the economic crisis from which Europe has far from emerged.

The Milan Expo represents a great chance to give a stimulus to our economies. Our commercial interests with Italy do not start or stop with the Expo, however. The most significant potential engine for growth in Europe is the Single Market, one of the EU’s great successes but one now needing to be upgraded to reflect the 21st-century global economy. Italy and the UK have a strong shared interest in completing a strong single market in services, digital and energy. We should also free

business to create growth and jobs by reducing the burden of unnecessary regulation, an issue which is of particular concern to Italian SMEs. Looking outwards, success in the negotiation of a transatlantic free trade area is another important part of our common agenda with Italy.

We can look back to the founding of Wanted in Rome and the world of 30 years ago. The Cold War still hung over Europe. There was the Falklands war.

We had Margaret Thatcher’s Britain, while Italy was approaching the final years of the First Republic. Together, we were in the run-up to Maastricht and with the entry of Greece we had 10 EU member states. Poland was continually in the news and Solidarity was a household name. A completely different era but the positives in our relations have remained constant.

In the course of these 30 years, Wanted in Rome has made our life easier by helping us reach out to British

Grown in Britain promoting UK leadership and innovation internationally A ‘Grown in Britain’ international events campaign and global business programme will use the platform of Expo 2015 to demonstrate UK capabilities across the world and show leadership in international development.

The campaign offers opportunities for the UK to engage in Milan with global leaders and thinkers around issues of nutrition, food security and international development. It will allow UK businesses and organisations to demonstrate their products and innovations globally in these vital sectors.

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nationals, many of them resident here in Italy for many years, with important messages, which we would otherwise have found difficult to communicate widely. This remains an important role, despite the new powerful social media. Not everyone is online and it is important that Wanted in Rome continues to print a paper version, user friendly, for those who do not subscribe to the idea of the ‘connected community.’

One former Vice Consul admitted that she would not have known about an important event the embassy was involved in recently, if it had not been for Wanted in Rome. This is not in any way to downplay the importance of Wanted in Rome’s presence on the web and their use of social media. One recent measure of this has been the response to an advertisement for a temporary job vacancy which we posted online through Wanted in Rome. We received three times the number of applications that we normally get.

But Wanted in Rome is not all about expat Brits: it is read by many other nationalities as a kind of Time Out for Rome since, unlike many other local publications, Wanted in Rome is constantly being updated. So your readers can trust what they read about cultural events, films, shows etc. As a consequence Wanted in Rome is also read by many Italians.

So, on behalf of the embassy I would like to express our sincere thanks for the cooperation which we have enjoyed over these years and to wish you every success for the next 30.

EXPO 2015 THE UK PAVILION: where business, science and culture combine The UK pavilion at Expo 2015 is inspired by the journey of the honey bee to highlight the role of pollination in the food chain.

Visitors will walk through a fruit orchard and enter a natural wildflower meadow.

As they near the middle of the meadow, from a restful amphitheatre the centre of the structure will come into view: a golden orb made of fine steel lattice based on the design of a honeycomb.

The “hive” will pulsate and buzz with the noise of a real bee colony.

There are three focal points to the pavilion: first the orchard, where visitors will be welcomed by British apple and pear trees. Then a staircase leads to the meadow, which is a gently undulating green roof to the service areas of the pavilion (shops, gallery, office, plant room, bar and kitchen). From the meadow there are multiple pathways that reflect the orienting dance of the honey bee. These eventually lead to the hive, a sphere that could represent an atom, the planet, the sun or a grain of pollen. Its structural design is the most inventive part of the pavilion, using a variety of new and sophisticated materials and geometrical shapes that mirror the inside of a hive. It is connected to a real hive via accelerometers that measure the bees’ vibrations and LED lights to reflect their movements as they work. There is also a live video feed from the hive to be screened on a wall in the orchard.

Wolfgang Buttress, the designer of the British pavilion, explaining the inspiration behind his winning project, says

that there is an intrinsic relationship between bees and humans. Not only do bees pollinate every third mouthful of food we consume, but the organisation of the hive and the complex interdependencies of the social structures within it are an advanced and complex ecosystem, with parallels in human culture. The hive acts as a sort of barometer of the world’s health, and the present precarious state of the health of bees in the developed world, threatened by the neonicotinoid pesticides which have caused irreparable harm to swarms both across Europe and the United States, is a serious omen for the planet. Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is a major threat to bee colonies – and crop pollination – around the world, whose origins are still not fully understood.

The £6 million contract for construction of the pavilion was awarded to two British companies, construction consultants Stage One, which is based in York, and the London-based RISE, that specialises in temporary structures. Wolfgang Buttress has a small studio in Nottingham and last year won the Kajima Gold Award in Japan for his exhibition Space.

The British minister of trade said the pavilion “will promote the UK’s world-leading expertise in the creative, life sciences, agri-tech, food and drink sectors to our top trade and investment partners.”

For more news about Expo 2015 see the Wanted in Milan website, www.wantedinmilan.com.

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HISTORY

Arianna Farina

Back to the past Looking at Rome through the eyes of just a few of its illustrious tourists

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n this place we can reconnect with all the history of the world, and I count myself reborn, really resurrected, the day I set foot in Rome. Her beautiful sights lifted me little by little to their own height.” It is no small thing the impatient Goethe demands of Rome. He had “slipped away” from his court duties and a love affair in Weimar, and rushing to the Eternal City, wanted to start immediately to write and to love. He was not the only one. Reaching the “capital of the world” was a dream shared by noble spirits fleeing their home countries

and their routine, and many of these “grand tourists” hoped that a plunge into the city could radically transform them – for the better, obviously.

Mythical Rome, the Rome of their dreams, sometimes disappointing, sometimes exciting: “that famous city which was the object of my desire for 30 years” for the French financier Pierre Jacques Onésyme Bergeret (1774) and which Goethe was impatient to see. “My eagerness to reach Rome was so great, increasing at every moment, that I had no rest and stopped only three hours in Florence.

Now here I am, at peace, and it would

seem appeased for the rest of my life,” he wrote.

Stendhal, constantly wavering between admiration and indignation during his journeys in Italy, cannot hide his bafflement on his umpteenth arrival in Rome, even teasing himself a little: “This is the sixth time I have come to the Eternal City, but I am again deeply moved. From time immemorial it has been the habit of sensitive people to be bemused on arriving in Rome, so I am almost ashamed of what I am setting down.”

As in every journey of initiation, arriving in Rome, too, has its obligatory

Gaspar Van Wittel’s 1718 painting of Piazza del Popolo, the historic arrival point of many of Rome’s most famous foreign visitors.

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Stendhal, whose deep emotional reaction during his visit to Florence was the origin of the term Stendhal syndrome, wavered between admiration and indignation in Rome.

Tischbein’s famous portrait of Goethe in the Campagna Romana hangs in Casa di Goethe on Via del Corso 18.

rite. From French nobleman Montaigne, writing in his diary in 1580, to Stendhal in 1817, the point of entry was always the same: Porta del Popolo.

Goethe records that “only when I passed under Porta del Popolo was I certain that Rome belonged to me”, while in Stendhal we find the familiar impatience, due to the fact that his diary was a political document more than anything else: “I enter Rome by the Porta del Popolo; I lodge on the Corso, Palazzo Ruspoli. But what a disappointment! It is not as grand as the entry to almost all the great cities I know,” he declares in his book Rome, Naples and Florence (1817), referring to Paris and Berlin. Montaigne and Goethe lodged instead in the same hotel, although centuries apart. The Albergo dell’Orso, which exists still today as the Hosteria on the corner of Via dell’Orso and Via dei Soldati, must have been one of the most fashionable places to stay in the capital.

Once they had conquered a reasonable bed and the company of some respectable compatriots, the great travellers could examine the delights of Rome. The objects of their interest changed radically over the centuries.

For the 16th-century traveller, Rome was above all the centre of Christianity

and the custodian of imperial memories, and its contemporary appearance was ignored in both guide-books and travel diaries. When describing the city, they paid attention to the Catholic rites, to the ancient statues of Laocoön or Apollo, or to the ruins which, to the foreigners’ dismay, looked more like “piles of stones” than noble temples. A concept of Rome which was to change only a century later when the number of foreign visitors increased dramatically, when the works of artists like Bernini or Domenichino found a place among the noteworthy attractions.

One example of this new vision of Rome and the change in the taste of men of the 17th century can be found in the travel diary of the Englishman John Evelyn, who arrived in the city in 1644. Describing Michelangelo’s Moses in the church of St Peter in Chains, he writes: “One cannot tire of contemplating it”; he praises Bernini at some length, and writes that the Last Judgement is a “product of a miraculous imagination.” For a foreigner, the attractions of Rome were infinite and unrivalled. “Elsewhere one needs to seek out what is important,” wrote Goethe; “here we are oppressed and crushed by it.” The same sensation also inspired

Stendhal to provide some advice on how to avoid losing track among the capital’s artistic wonders: “When you arrive in Rome ... have yourself taken to the Colosseum or to St Peter’s. If you try to walk there, you will never arrive: there are too many wonderful things to stop you along the way.”

Although the number of travellers must have been fairly low in the 16th century, rising exponentially during the 17th and 18th centuries, Montaigne still complained of the many, too many Frenchmen flooding the city.

His secretary wrote that “Monsieur de Montaigne was annoyed by the large number of Frenchmen he found, so many that he could hardly cross anybody’s path in the street without being hailed in his own language ... for many reasons, and in particular for the multitude of passers-by, the aspect of the streets reminded him more of Paris than of any other city he had visited.”

But if Montaigne complained of the French, it was the English who annoyed Stendhal, with such a huge number of them in the streets of Rome that he wrote, “In Italy I am making a journey to England.”

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HISTORY pared to his capital city, Rome seems much smaller, but “as for the number and vast size of the public squares, and the beauty of streets and houses, Rome wins by a long way.” And in Evelyn’s eyes, even compared with 17thcentury London, Rome appeared to be a less rich and populous town.

Although Italy’s climate and art can bewitch even the severest soul, it seems clear that the population was not held in high esteem. Montaigne uses many of the modern clichés to describe Romans: “The usual occupation of Romans consists of strolling in the streets; usually when they prepare to go out, they do so merely to go from street to street, because they have no destination which they wish to reach; and there are streets which are particularly suited for that purpose. To tell the truth, the greatest profit to be had from this is to see the ladies in the windows, particularly the courtesans.” Goethe seems instead to have been quite disarmed by the Roman low-life in a city which, fortunately, was a far cry from today’s: “I do not know what to say of this people but that it is a tribe in a natural state and, even living among the magnificence and majesty of the religion and the art, not a hair different from how they would be if they lived in a cave and in the woods” (1786).

Along with the criticism we also find kind words about the Italians: if nothing else, they are at least likeable. First among these is the Englishman Richard Lassels, Roman Catholic priest and early travel writer, who admired above all else the helpfulness of the Italians for foreigners: “They never insult foreigners, no matter in what condition they show themselves”, thus confirming what Montaigne had said of Rome: “A city with the most cosmopolitan character in the world, where they least care whether one is a foreigner or from another nation.”

Stendhal, particularly in Rome, Naples and Florence, is far more critical,

In 1644 John Evelyn – English diarist, travel writer and gardener – wrote of his awe at Michelangelo’s Moses.

but still recognising an unrivalled levity and helpfulness in the population: “Everything here is decadence, everything is memory, everything is death.

Active life is in London or Paris. On days when I am the prey of simpatia, I would prefer Rome.” For some, the role of jester suits the city even today: “The ideal (for Stendhal) would be an active life alternating with repose with the pleasures of Rome’s sweet climate.” But the real enemy in the book the Passeggiate Romane (1829) seems to have been the tourism which thronged Rome’s monuments. “The sight of so many bored fools has ruined Rome for me,” he writes, reminding us of many recent remarks, and continues: “No sooner do more tourists arrive in the Colosseum than the visitor’s pleasure completely fades. It is no longer possible to lose oneself in sublime daydreams: despite oneself one is forced to notice the absurdity in which the new arrivals seem rich.”

If the arrival is always charged with emotion, the departure from Rome is

marked by a profound sadness. Evelyn took his leave from a hill near Porta del Popolo, noting that “from up there the city, on such a simply glorious day, it was not without regret that I gave her my last adieu.” Leaving his “capital of the world” forced Goethe to observe everything several times to create a more lasting memory: “I am on the move from morning to evening, I go to see what I haven’t seen yet, and go to see again the most important things, for a second and a third time.”

So different, so great, each with his Rome, with his frustrations and his hope of rebirth, the writers with their diaries, intimate or for printing, they are a wonderful guide for rediscovering the city with new eyes, with nothing taken for granted. Thanks to them we can reconquer the surprise, the emotion, the attention, also reconquering together with a vision untrammelled with platitudes fragments of a great “history of European conscience” written over centuries by witnesses of the city (and of their own life).

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rome’s major

Museums vatican museums

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

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

Vatican Museums

Viale del Vaticano, tel. 0669883860, mv.vatican.va. Not only the Sistine Chapel but also the Egyptian and Etruscan collections and the Pinacoteca. Mon-Sat 09.00-18.00. Sun (and bank holidays) closed except last Sun of month (free entry, 08.30-12.30). All times refer to last entry. For group tours of the museums and Vatican gardens tel. 0669884667.

For private tours (museum only) tel.

0669884947. Closed 26 December and 6 January, Easter Sunday and Monday.

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-scene tours in the Vatican Museums. state museums Baths of Diocletian Viale Enrico de Nicola 78, tel.

0639967700, www.archeoroma.beniculturali.it. Part of the protohistorical section of the Museo Nazionale Romano in the Baths of Diocletian plus the restored cloister by Michelangelo.

09.00-19.45. Mon closed.

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

Mon closed. Entry times at 09.00, 11.00, 13.00 15.00, 17.00. Guided tours in English and Italian.

Castel S. Angelo Museum Lungotevere Castello 50, tel.

066819111, www.castelsantangelo. com. Emperor Hadrian’s mausoleum used by the popes as a fortress, prison and palace. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed.

COLOSSEUM, ROMAN FORUM AND PALATINE Colosseum: Piazza del Colosseo. Palatine: entrances at Piazza di S. Maria Nova 53 and Via di S. Gregorio 30.

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

Guided tours in English and Italian.

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Crypta Balbi Via delle Botteghe Oscure 31, tel.

0639967700, www.archeologia.beniculturali.it. Museum dedicated to the Middle Ages on the site of the ancient ruins of the Roman Theatre of Balbus.

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

Etruscan Museum at Villa Giulia Piazza Villa Giulia 9, tel. 063226571, villagiulia.beniculturali.it. National museum of Etruscan civilisation. 08.3019.30. Mon closed.

of 21st-century art, designed by Zaha Hadid. Tues-Sun 11.00-19.00, Thurs and Sat 11.00-22.00. Mon closed.

Palazzo Corsini Via della Lungara, 10, tel. 0668802323, www.galleriaborghese.it/corsini/en.

National collection of ancient art, begun by Rome’s Corsini family. Tues-Sun 08.30-19.30. Mon closed.

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

08.3019.30. Mon closed.

Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale Via Merulana 248, tel. 0646974832, www.museorientale.it. Interesting national collection of oriental art with some special exhibitions from its own collection and special loans. Tues, Wed, and Fri. 09.00-14.00. Thurs, Sat, Sun. 09.00-19.30. Mon closed. Guided tours in Italian on Sun (11.00 and 17.00).

MAXXI Via Guido Reni 6, tel. 063210181, www. fondazionemaxxi.it. National Museum

Palazzo Altemps Piazza S. Apollinare 46, tel. 0639967700, www.archeoroma.beniculturali.it. An-

Castel S. Angelo

Roman Forum

cient sculpture from the Museo Nazionale Romano, including the Ludovisi collection. 09.00-19.45. Mon closed.

Palazzo Barberini Via delle Quattro Fontane 13, tel.

064824184, www.galleriabarberini. beniculturali.it. National collection of 13th- to 16th-century paintings. 08.3019.30. Mon closed.

Palazzo Massimo alle Terme Largo di Villa Peretti 1, tel. 0639967700, www.archeoroma.beniculturali.it. Important Roman paintings, mosaics, sculpture, coins and an­tiquities from the Museo Nazionale Romano, including the Kircherian collection. 09.0019.45. 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 Art Centre Via Ostiense 106, tel. 060608, en.centralemontemartini.org.

Over 400 pieces of ancient sculpture from the Capitoline Museums are on show in a former power plant. 09.00-19.00.

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

MACRO Via Reggio Emilia 54, tel. 060608, www.macro.roma.museum. The city’s collection of contemporary art, plus temporary exhibition space. Via Reggio Emilia 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. Also MACRO Future, Piazza Orazio Giustiniani 4, tel. 060608. Open for temporary exhibitions only 16.00-24.00. Mon closed.

Museo Barracco Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 166, tel.

0668806848, www.mdbr.it. A collection of mainly pre-Roman sculpture. 09.0019.00. Mon closed.

Museo Canonica Viale P. Canonica 2 (Villa Borghese), tel. 060608, www.museocanonica.it.

The collection, private apartment and studio of the sculptor and musician Pietro Canonica who died in 1959.

09.00-19.00. Mon closed. Guided tours in Italian and English (book ten days in advance).

Museo dei Fori Imperiali and Trajan’s Markets Via IV Novembre 94, tel. 060608, en.mercatiditraiano.it. Museum dedicated to the forums of Caesar, Augustus, Nerva and Trajan and the Temple of Peace. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed.

Museo Napoleonico Piazza di Ponte Umberto 1, tel. 060608, www.museonapoleonico.it. Paintings,

Capitoline Museums Piazza del Campidoglio, tel. 060608, en.museicapitolini.org. The city’s collection of ancient sculpture in Palazzo Nuovo and Palazzo dei Conservatori, plus the Tabularium and the Pinacoteca. 09.00-20.00. Mon closed. Guided tours for groups in English and Italian on Sat and Sun. Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna Via Francesco Crispi 24, tel. 060608, www.museiincomuneroma.it. The municipal modern art collection. 10.0018.00. Mon closed.

Borghese Museum

sculptures and jewellery related to Napoleon and the Bonaparte family.

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

Museo di Roma – Palazzo Braschi Via S. Pantaleo 10, tel. 060608, en.museodiroma.it. The city’s collection of paintings, etchings, photographs, furniture and clothes from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.

09.00-19.00. Mon closed. Guided tours in English and Italian on prior booking tel. 0682059127. private museums Casa di Goethe Via del Corso 18, tel. 0632650412, www.casadigoethe.it. Museum dedicated to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

10.00-18.00. Mon closed.

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

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

Galleria Colonna Palazzo Colonna, Via della Pilotta 17, tel. 066784350, www.galleriacolonna. it. Private collection of works by Veronese, Guido Reni, Pietro di Cortona and Annibale Caracci. Sat 09.00-13.00 only. Private group tours are available seven days a week on request. For wheelchair access contact the gallery to arrange alternative entrance.

Keats-Shelley Memorial House Piazza di Spagna 26, tel. 066784235, www.keats-shelley-house.it. Museum dedicated to the lives of three English Romantic poets – John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. MonFri 10.00-13.00, 14.00-18.00; Sat 11.0014.00, 15.00-18.00. Guided tours on prior booking.

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GALLERIES IN ROME 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.

1/9unosunove fondazionegiuliani. org.

A selection of some of the city’s most active contemporary art galleries 1/9 Unosunove 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.

Associazione Culturale Valentina Moncada Gallery holds exhibitions of international artists who are active in the international scene today. Via Margutta 54, tel. 063207956, www. valentinamoncada.com.

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 Pastifico 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.

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 recently relaunched 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. Vicolo Sforza Cesarini 3A, tel.

0668891936, www.galleriamlf.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 Italian and international artists since 1957. Via Capo le Case 4, tel. 066791387, www. galleriailsegno.com.

Giacomo Guidi Arte Contemporanea Galleria della Tartarugha This contemporary art gallery presents exhibitions from a Frutta This contemporary art gallery supports diverse group of Italian and foreign international and local artists in its artists. Palazzo Sforza Cesarini, Corso V. unique space. Via Giovanni Pascoli 21, tel. Emanuele II 282-284, tel. 0668801038, www.giacomoguidi.it.

06 68210988, www.fruttagallery.com.

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GALLERIES IN ROME 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.

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.

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 Magazzino galleria d’Arte Moderna Gallery in Borgo Contemporary art Pio representing galley that focuses on a diverse range of young and emerging MAC Maja Arte Contemporanea contemporary art artists. Via dei Prefetti photography. Via degli 17, tel. 066875951, www.

Ombrellari 25, tel. 0664760105, magazzinoartemoderna.com. www.stsenzatitolo.it.

Monitor This contemporary art gallery offers STUDIO SALES an experimental space for a new DI NORBERTO RUGGERI The gallery exhibits pieces by both generation of artists. Palazzo Sforza Italian and international Cesarini, Via Sforza Cesarini 43 contemporary artists A, tel. 0639378024, www. particularly minimalist, monitoronline.org. postmodern and abstract work. Piazza Monserrato Arte Dante 2, int. 7/A, tel.

‘900 0677591122, www.

This gallery in the Monitor galleriasales.it.

Campo de’ Fiori area represents a range of T293 contemporary Italian The Rome branch of this artists. Via di Monserrato 14, tel. contemporary art gallery presents 348/2833034. national and international artists and hosts multiple solo exhibitions. Via G. M. Nomas Foundation Nomas Foundation promotes Crescimbeni 11, tel. 0688980475, www. contemporary research in art and t293.it.

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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 Bonomo 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 contemporary artists. Via della Vetrina 21, tel. 0670452261, www.z2ogalleria.it.

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MAURO DI SILVESTRE: I AM NOT AFRAID 18 Feb-21 March Rome painter Mauro Di Silvestre presents his second solo show at z2o Sara Zanin Gallery. Di Silvestre takes the mantra “I am not afraid” as the starting point for his latest exhibition, writing a poem and creating a series of new paintings evoking memories, dreams and fears; of overcoming all obstacles for the sake of making art. z2o Sara Zanin Gallery, Via della Vetrina 21, tel.

0670452261, www.z2ogalleria.it.

Multiorizzonti by Claudio Palmieri at Museo Carlo Bilotti.

exhibitions KATHARINA HINSBERG 26 Jan-21 March Galleria Marie-Laure Fleisch inaugurates its new exhibition space with Spatien, the first solo exhibition in Italy

by German artist Katharina Hinsberg.

Based in Neuss near Düsseldorf, Hinsberg poses fundamental questions about time, space and the subjectivity of drawing. Her Rome exhibition comprises a group of works on paper and a site-specific installation. Galleria MarieLaure Fleisch, Via di Pallacorda 15, tel.

0668891936, www.galleriamlf.com.

Spatien by German artist Katharina Hinsberg at Galleria Marie-Laure Fleisch.

Barack Obama at the MAC Maja Arte Contemporanea gallery on Via di Monserrato.

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CLAUDIO PALMIERI: NATURAL-MENTE 10 Feb-6 April Exhibition by Rome artist Claudio Palmieri in which he considers whether it is still possible in the 21st-century to enjoy fully the beauty of nature, or if modern technology is making life increasingly artificial. On show is a range of the artist’s works, from 1985 until the present day. Museo Carlo Bilotti – Aranciera, Viale Fiorello La Guardia 4, tel.

060608, www.museocarlobilotti.it.

I AM THE PRESIDENT 12 Feb-22 March This exhibition examines the concepts of status and social identity, even though the identity of the artist will not be revealed for the duration of the event. On display are seven works, painted as if a photographic negative, comprising portraits of Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, Queen Elisabeth II, Pope Benedict XVI, Silvio Berlusconi, Angela Merkel, and Benjamin Netanyahu. MAC Maja Arte Contemporanea, Via di Monserrato, tel. 0668804621, www.majartecontemporanea.com.

MACRO 20 Feb-10 May MACRO Testaccio stages two exhibitions concurrently. Eugene Lemay: Dimensions of Dialogue features a selection of multidisciplinary works and large-scale installations exploring the concept of dialogue. Giuseppe Ducrot scultore comprises a selection of inventive neo-baroque sculptures, including large resin works, ceramic models and glazed earthenware. MACRO Testaccio, Piazza Orazio Giustiniani 4, tel 065742647, www.museomacro.org.

AVEDON: BEYOND BEAUTY 27 Feb-11 April Gagosian Rome presents an exhibition that spans the 60-year career of American fashion and portrait photographer Richard Avedon (1923-2004). The exhibition begins with his work for Harper’s Bazaar in 1945, and pays particular focus to his portrayal of women, from intimate portraits to images for bestselling fashion magazines. This is the first solo exhibition in Rome of Avedon’s work. Gagosian Gallery, Via Francesco Crispi 16, tel. 0642746429, www. gagosian.com.

GIORGIO MORANDI 1890-1964 27 Feb-21 June Important retrospective dedicated to the career of Italian painter and printmaker Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964).

The show contains about 150 works including 100 canvases, as well as watercolours, drawings and etchings by Morandi, who specialised in the still life genre and was influenced by artists as diverse as Giotto and Cézanne. The exhibition examines Morandi’s principal themes, from still life to landscape, and is curated by Maria Cristina Bandera.

Complesso del Vittoriano, Via di S. Pietro in Carcere, tel. 066780664.

MATISSE: ARABESQUE 4 March-21 June The profound influence of Arabesque decorative motifs in the work of Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is explored in this major exhibition at the Scuderie del

Sofia Loren with Clark Gable and Vittorio De Sica on the film set of La baia di Napoli

by Rodrigo Pais at the Museo di Roma in Trastevere.

PAIS DEL CINEMA 23 Jan-8 Mar Curated by Guido Gambetta and Salvatore Mirabella, Pais del Cinema presents 200 black & white and colour photographs by Rodrigo Pais (Rome, 1930-2007). Pais started working as a photojournalist in 1950, and for almost 50 years his photos were published in leading Italian newspapers and weeklies.

His archive of about 400,000 images, meticulously sorted by date and topic, is held in the Bologna University archive at Bertinoro. During the 1960s, Pais made more than 8,000 photo reportages (almost three per day), documenting the shooting of over 100 films.

This informative and entertaining exhibition doesn’t only present the glamorous aspects of “Hollywood on the Tiber” and Cinecittà, portraits of Claudia Cardinale, Sophia Loren, Monica Vitti, Virna Lisi, Brigitte Bardot, Anita Ekberg, Jayne Mansfield, Liz Taylor, Grace Kelly, and glimpses of the sets of Antonioni, Fellini, Maselli, Lizzani, Vancini, Pasolini, Risi, Godard and others, but also historical and documentary aspects of Rome and Italian life – writers including Calvino and Moravia; literary prizes such as the Premio Strega; the Rome building boom; filmmakers’ protests against censorship; and the campaign for divorce. These images beautifully convey the vibrancy of a period that, amid serious social contradictions, marked some of the greatest achievements of modern Italy.

Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Piazza S. Egidio 1B. Jacopo Benci

We can work it out by Mauro Di Silvestre at z2o Sara Zanin Gallery.

Quirinale. Eastern and oriental designs brought about a radical change in the paintings and drawings of the French artist who developed a bold new spatial awareness and embraced the use of flat, vibrant colours and shapes. The exhibition features around 100 paintings, drawings and theatre costumes.

The exhibited works include loans from some of the most important museums in Europe, Russia and the US. Scuderie del Quirinale, Via XXIV Maggio 16, tel.

639967500, www.scuderiequirinale.it.

STILL SHOWING KEYS TO ROME 23 Sept-10 May The 2,000th anniversary of the death of Roman emperor Augustus is marked by an exhibition at Trajan’s Markets, held in parallel with museums in Amsterdam, Alexandria and Sarajevo. Trajan’s Markets, Via IV Novembre 94, tel.

060608, www.mercatiditraiano.it.

Untitled by Eugene Lemay at MACRO Testaccio.

ARTISTI DELL’OTTOCENTO TEMI E RISCOPERTE 7 Nov-14 June This exhibition examines Italian art of the 19th century, focusing on themes relevant to the figurative movement in Italy in the 19th century, including the portrait and scenes from daily life.

Some of the better known artists included are Nino Costa, Giulio Aristide Sartorio and Angelo Morbelli. Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Roma Capitale, Via Francesco Crispi 24, tel. 060608, www. galleriaartemodernaroma.it.

CYRIL DE COMMARQUE: FRONTIERS 27 Nov-15 March First solo exhibition in Italy by the French artist Cyril de Commarque. The artist explores the notion of frontiers

Paesaggio by Giorgio Morandi at the Vittoriano.

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EDITH SCHLOSS: STILL LIFE, MYTHS AND MOUNTAINS: A RETROSPECTIVE 26 Feb-28 March A major retrospective of work by Edith Schloss (1919-2011), one of America’s greatest expatriate artists, is being held at New York’s Sundaram Tagore Gallery, in collaboration with Norte Maar. Schloss is best remembered for her paintings, assemblage, collage, watercolours and drawings whose imagery borders on the bittersweet, fragile, intimate and naïve. The retrospective offers examples from all genres of her career including early still lifes, painted scenes of Penobscot Bay in Maine, Italian seascapes, and the mythological abstractions she painted up until her death in Rome. Curated by Jason Andrew, the exhibition celebrates every aspect of Schloss’s eccentric personal iconography and also includes a gallery dedicated to her friends and acquaintances, with work by artists such as Ellen Auerbach, Alberto Giacometti, Willem de Kooning, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers, Cy Twombly and Francesca Woodman. Schloss was Wanted in Rome’s art critic for over 20 years, and her 1997 cover of Rome’s first electric bus is used on this anniversary edition of the magazine. Sundaram Tagore Untitled (Isola del Tino) by Edith Schloss.

Gallery, 547 West 27th Street, New York, www.sundaramtagore.com. in emotional, cultural and social terms, covering themes such as border disputes, boundary changes, legal and illegal migration, war, reconciliation and peace. The exhibition features a series of aluminium and brass sculptures that represent contentious borders in Israel, Germany, Russia, Turkey and Austria.

MACRO Testaccio, Piazza Orazio Giustiniani, tel. 0639914851, www.museomacro.org.

Zazi #13 street performer, Piazza Navona 1946 by Richard Avedon at the Gagosian.

Interior with phonograph by Henri Matisse at the Scuderie del Quirinale.

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BELLISSIMA: ITALY AND HIGH FASHION 1945-1968 2 Dec-3 May The Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo (MAXXI) recalls the enormous success of Italian high fashion in the post-war era and how the “made in Italy” brand helped to define Italian identity in the eyes of the world. The exhibition includes photos of designs by leading Italian courtiers such as Balestra, Biki, Capucci, Fendi, Ferragamo, Galitzine, Pucci, Valentino, Schuberth and Sorelle Fontana. Also on display are accessories such as hats, shoes, handbags and luxury jewellery by Bulgari alongside works by artists such as Carla Accardi, Alberto Burri and Lucio Fontana. MAXXI, Via Guido Reni 4/a, tel.

0639967350, www.fondazionemaxxi.it.

BEVERLY PEPPER ALL’ARA PACIS 4 Dec-15 March For the first time the Ara Pacis hosts giant contemporary sculpture, both inside and outside the museum, by New York artist Beverly Pepper. The installation includes four monumental pieces made from steel and measuring up to five metres in height, placed around the outside of the museum.

Inside there are also several iron and stone sculptures from her Curvae in Curvae series. It is the first major sculpture exhibition in Rome for the 92-year-old artist whose works belong

in the collections of some of the world’s most important art museums. Museo dell’Ara Pacis, Lungotevere in Augusta, tel. 06820771, www.arapacis.it.

UNEDITED HISTORY: IRAN 1960-2014 11 Dec-29 March More than 20 artists and 200 works give an insight into Iran through its art from 1960 to the present, including pivotal moments in the country’s history such as the 1979 revolution and the war with Iraq in the 1980s. The exhibition features the work of prominent contemporary Iranian figures from the field of visual arts and film.

MAXXI, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo, Via Guido Reni 4/A, www. fondazionemaxxi.it.

RIVOLUZIONE AUGUSTO L’IMPERATORE CHE RISCRISSE IL TEMPO E LA CITTÀ 16 Dec-2 June This exhibition concludes Rome’s celebrations of the 2,000th anniversary of the death of Augustus. The Palazzo Massimo highlights the social effect on Rome as a result of the modifications made to the Julian calendar, which lasted until it was superseded by the Gregorian calendar in 1582. The museum draws on its important collection of Augustus-related sculpture. Museo Nazionale Romano Palazzo Massimo, Largo di Villa Peretti 1, tel. 063996770, www.archeoroma.beniculturali.it.

LA ROMA DI ETTORE ROESLER FRANZ 17 Dec-18 June With the grandiose subtitle Between fascination for the picturesque and photographic memory, this exhibition pays homage to the painter Ettore Roesler Franz (1845-1907) who is best known for capturing Rome in the late

19th century. On show are 40 paintings by the master watercolourist as well as 48 vintage photographs of the capital.

There is also a touchscreen display of the artist’s Rome series with interactive map from that era. Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Piazza S. Egidio 1, tel.

065816563, www.museodiromaintrastevere.it.

PAINTING OF THE MONTH Ritratti by Turin painter, sculptor and printmaker Felice Casorati (1883-1963) can be found in the hall dedicated to Modernity and Classicism (Room 25) at the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna in Rome.

The painting features Casorati’s principal themes: the portrait, figure composition, and intriguing use of perspective. The women in the group are all related in the painter.

To the front-left is Casorati’s wife and former student, the English painter Daphne Maugham, niece of novelist W. Somerset Maugham. On her lap sits their doe-eyed baby son Francesco who, in later life, followed in his parent’s artistic footsteps, painting until his death in Turin in 2013.

Sitting beside Daphne is her mother-in-law, the olive-skinned Sig.ra Casorati who stares directly at the viewer, expressionless. Behind her stands the painter’s sisters, one looking dead ahead, the other gazing adoringly at young Francesco.

In the background is a tall fig tree set against the steep Tuscan hillside, dotted with cypresses, while under the family’s feet is a soft-red terracotta terrace, and a black cat whose inquisitive head is silhouetted beautifully against Daphne’s pale blue skirt.

Painted circa 1934, the work reflects a freer and more naturalistic approach in the artist’s style, in line with the prevailing trend in Turin.

Casorati died in 1963, a decade after his work earned him an award from the Italian president.

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ZERO 18 Dec-22 March A multisensory exhibition charts the life of Roman singer and actor Renato Zero whose career spans six decades.

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

0639914851, www.museomacro.org.

MARIO DONDERO 19 Dec-22 March Exhibition focusing on four decades of work by contemporary Italian photographer Mario Dondero. Born in Milan in 1928, Dondero is one of Italy’s most important photojournalists. The show features 250 images of people and places divided into four chronological sections and is the most comprehensive retrospective ever dedicated to Dondero. Terme di Diocleziano, Viale Enrico De Nicola 79, tel. 0639967700.

I VESTITI DEI SOGNI 17 Jan-22 March Palazzo Braschi hosts an exhibition

La Rocca dei SS. Quattro Coronati, 1884 by Ettore Roesler Franz at Museo di Roma in Trastevere.

dedicated to the excellence of Italian costumes in cinema, by Oscarwinning designers including Piero Tosi, Danilo Donati, Milena Canonero and Gabriella Pescucci. On show are more than 100 original outfits, dozens of designs and a selection of objects from films by directors such as Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Sofia Coppola and Paolo Sorrentino.

Museo di Roma Palazzo Braschi, Piazza di S. Pantaleo 10, tel. 060608, www. museodiroma.it.

EDDIE PEAKE 20 Jan-27 March Eddie Peake is a young British painter, sculptor and performance artist whose work is concerned with personal identity, interpersonal communication, sexuality, and the complex levels of relationship in modern urban life. His exhibition at Galleria

Costumes from the film Marie Antoniette at Palazzo Braschi.

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Lorcan O’Neill comprises new work created over the past year in London and Rome, including paintings, sculpture, a live performance and a sound work. Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, Vicolo dei Catinari, tel. 0668892980, www.lorcanoneill.com.

MILENA MELLER: VICINO/LONTANO 21 Jan-15 March Exhibition by contemporary Austrian artist Milena Meller whose work merges painting and photography.

On show is a collection of reworked and painted photographs of images taken by the artist in Rome and in her native Austria. Meller’s work is not concerned exclusively with reworking photographs but rather developing a dialogue between painting and photog-

CLET ABRAHAM INTERVIEW Wanted in Rome put a series of questions to the French street artist Clet Abraham whose mischievous stickers alter the meaning of Rome’s street signs Can you tell us a little about yourself and how long you have been living in Italy?

I’m from Brittany and I’m a bit selftaught but I studied art in France before moving to Italy 20 years ago. First stop was Rome where I worked for several years as a restorer in different ateliers. In my artistic career this was a very important step where I could gain fundamental understandings of different materials and techniques as well as consolidating my need of creating physical things that would transcend paper. Important to say that I’ve always carried on drawing whenever it was possible, giving me an important advantage when it was time to create.

Then after three years, I moved out of Rome, in the countryside called Poppi

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

L’ETA’ DELL’ANGOSCIA 27 Jan-4 Oct The Age of Anguish. Commodus to Diocletian (192-305 AD) illustrates the monumental changes that marked the era between the reign of Roman emperors Commodus (180192 AD) and Diocletian (284-305 AD). The exhibition is the fourth part of the Giorni di Roma series, the capital’s five-year project of exhibitions highlighting Roman history from the republican era until late antiquity.

Palazzo Caffarelli, Capitoline Museums, Piazza del Campidoglio, tel.

060608, www.museicapitolini.org.

Bust of Commodus at the Età dell’Angoscia exhibition at the Capitoline Museums.

[near Florence] where I set up my small studio and went back to pure painting, becoming a painter in the purest sense.

What is the objective or message behind your work and what motivates you to do it?

Can you tell us about your working practice, and whether your work around Rome is done by day or by night?

My art is continuously trying to challenge various institutions and stereotypes of our time. I particularly intend my sticky-man to make a temporary intrusion in people’s life to rethink concepts of legality and justice. I want to be able to redefine and possibly discuss the framework around which our legal system rotates. As a member of society one should always question why – not just quietly accept norms and obligations imposed from above – by this I don’t mean we all need to become criminals but we need to reflect upon concepts of legality.

I love drawing, so I draw a lot, hours and hours! This is not out of pretentiousness. I tried to learn software but since I’m a perfectionist I was never entirely happy – or at least never as much as with my hand. So I draw, draw and draw – then I have people translating my drawing into precise pixel-based creation. Regarding when I do my work in the streets, it is a bit random sometimes – could be day or night – but often it’s by night, that also depends on the location.

Have you ever been caught in the act and have you ever faced penalties for your artwork?

My work on the street signs is illegal and I revendicate it; I never hide my identity. The only country where I’ve been fined is Italy. The first penalty I paid was a newbie mistake! Now I have two ongoing trials for subsequent unpaid fines. In other countries where I’ve done work on road signs – Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, UK, US and Spain – I’ve never been sanctioned, or at least I haven’t received any fines. As long as I have the support of an ever-changing audience, no sanction can stop my creativity.

What was the first design you used in Rome and do you have a favourite?

The first was one called Il classico, the black character who carries the white bar of the No Entry sign. I do not have any favourite, I surprise myself every time I create a new one.

In addition to Rome and Florence, where else can people see your work?

I’ve done my work in several cities in the world, especially in Italy, but also in Paris, London, Amsterdam, Seville, New York, Kyoto, Berlin and Brussels.

Andy Devane

The dynamic soprano Barbara Hannigan will sing La Seconda Euridice secondo Rilke

by Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino.

MUSIC

Geneva Camerata Soloists have an multi-disciplinary, multi-generational approach to music.

We carry a short list of the concerts in Rome. For details of performances organised by the main musical associations and auditoriums in Rome see:

Mare Bianco and Amaroncello. Sala Casella, Accademia Filarmonica Romana, in collaboration with the Forum Austriaco di Cultura.

Auditorium Conciliazione, Via della Conciliazione 4, www.auditoriumconciliazione.it.

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

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

Accademia S. Cecilia, www.santacecilia.it. All the concerts take place at the Auditorium Parco della Musica (see address above).

Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti, Aula Magna, Università La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, www. concertiiuc.it.

Oratorio del Gonfalone, Via del Gonfalone 32a, www.oratoriogonfalone. com.

ACCADEMIA S. CECILIA

ACCADEMIA FILARMONICA ROMANA MANUELA KERER 19 March Premieres of work by this ItalianAustrian composer, performed by the Haydn Chamber Ensemble with Luca Monti piano, Cornelia Loscher violin and Hannes Gradwohl cello. Kerer grew up in Alto Adige with German as her mother tongue and now lives in Innsbruck. She studied composition, psychology, law and violin and her works (orchestral, chamber, opera, vocal, solo) are often influenced by the neuro-psychological process of the brain and by her training in law.

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MYUNG-WHUN CHUNG 9 March Myung-Whun Chung conducts La Scala Filarmonica playing Rossini’s William Tell overture, Mendelssohn’s Italian symphony and Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, all of them Italian works.

HÉLÈNE GRIMAUD 11 March This French classical pianist, also known for her work to save wolves, plays a programme of music on the theme of water by composers from different periods, from Brahms to Berio.

BRAHMS GERMAN REQUIEM 14-17 March S. Cecilia orchestra conducted by Manfred Honeck, with Christiane Karg soprano and Matthias Goerne baritone.

Brahms requiem, composed in 1868, was written for concert performance and not as a requiem mass. It was the first piece of music that confirmed Brahms, then 36, as heir to the German musical traditions of Bach, Handel, Mozart and Beethoven.

HOMAGE TO SCHUMANN AND BRAHMS 20 March Antonio Pappano moves from his usual position as conductor of the S. Cecilia orchestra to play the piano with Alessandro Carbonare playing the clarinet, performing music by Schumann and two Brahms sonatas.

RACHMANINOFF AND SIBELIUS 21-24 March Antonio Pappano conducts the S. Cecilia orchestra with Alexander Romanovsky at the piano playing Rachmaninoff’s concerto number 1. Rachmaninoff’s Island of the Dead and the Sibelius symphony number 2, are also on the programme. To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sibelius there is also an exhibition Il mondo di Jean Sibelius at the Museo degli Stumenti Musicali, Piazza S. Croce in Gerusalemme 9/a from 11.00-17.00.

KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN IN RECITAL 25 March The Polish classical pianist always leaves his programme open until the last minute, choosing his recital to reflect both his inspiration of the moment and his audience.

ANTONIO PAPPANO CONDUCTS BACH 28-30 March The programme is La Nuova Euridice secondo Rilke by Sciarrino and Bach’s Magnificat with Barbara Hannigan and Amand Forsyth sopranos. Sciarrino, who is probably Italy’s best known living composer of contemporary classical music, was commissioned to write this work by S. Cecilia. Will Barbara Hannigan, an inspiring soprano and performer of contemporary music, also conduct alongside Pappano? She has shared the podium with Simon Rattle in her legendary recitals with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra so why not with Pappano?

AUDITORIUM CONCILIAZIONE GIOVANNI ALLEVI 27 March Allevi always attracts large audiences and here he will play pieces from his latest album Love, which was released on 20 January and which he played for the first time live in London at the start of his European tour.

Igudesman & Joo combine music and comedy for the Istituzione Universitario dei Concerti.

ISTITUZIONE UNVERSITARIA DEI CONCERTI

YUNDI LI 10 March Another gifted Chinese pianist debuts in Rome. He was the youngest pianist to win the Frederick Chopin piano competition at the age of 18. His present European tour started in Moscow, and after Rome he will go to Bologna (16 March) and Milan (18 March). Unsurprisingly he plays a programme of ballads and preludes by Chopin.

music by Bach, Part, Keren, Amots and Klezmer music. These young soloists – there are 35 in all – also perform concerts in hospitals, clinics and care homes (they work with the University Hospital of Geneva), give family concerts, organise workshops and have a multi-disciplinary, multi-generational approach to music.

ORATORIO DEL GONFALONE

ENSEMBLE LES PALADINS 14 March This vocal and instrumental ensemble specialises in French and Italian 17thcentury theatrical music. They explore the range of the singing and the speaking voice, the possibilities of improvisation and instrumentalisation. It is their first time in Italy. With Sandrine Piau soprano and Jerome Correas conducting and on the harpsichord. Music by Vivladi and Rameau on the 250th anniversary of his death.

A SUA MAESTÀ MARIA TERESA 12 March The Gonfalone ensemble and chamber orchestra play Beethoven’s septet for wind and strings, first performed in 1802 and dedicated to Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. It has six movements and was scored for clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass. It was so popular at the time that Beethoven also arranged it for a trio. In the 20th century conductor Toscanini rearranged the string section so that it could be played by the full orchestra.

IGUDESMAN & JOO 21 March Aleksey Igudesman and Richard Hyung-ki Joo are in Rome with their new show And now Mozart! which is a combination of classical music, popular culture and comedy. If you want something different, this is certainly different, with audience participation, the Beatles and rap thrown in.

BOB VAN ASPEREN 19 March Van Asperen plays the harpsichord and other early keyboards. In this concert he performs music by Froberger, Louis Couperin and JS Bach. He has made numerous recordings of 16-18th century repertoire, including the complete keyboard words of CPE Bach, the fifth child and second son of JS Bach.

AVITAL, HAREL AND GREILISAMMER 28 March In their Rome debut the newly formed (2013) Geneva Camerata Soloists play

STEFANO BAGLIANO 26 March Bagliano, who is also the founder and conductor of the baroque Colle-

gium Pro Musica, has done much to promote the reputation of the recorder internationally. Here he plays music by Vivaldi with the Gonfalone Ensemble.

SIBELIUS ANNIVERSARY Sibelius e Italia A series of concerts, seminars and conferences on Sibelius all over Italy are sponsored by the Institutum Romanum Finlandiae and the Finnish embassy to mark the 150 th anniversary of the Finnish composer’s birth. Sibelius started his second symphony (performed at S. Cecilia on 21-24 March) in the winter of 1901 in Rappalo where he and his wife were recovering after the death of the youngest of their three daughters. The short symphony was performed by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra the following year with Sibelius conducting. During his period in Rappalo Sibelius also travelled to Rome and to Florence. For the full programme of the events see the Institutum Romanum Finlandiae website www. irfrome.org and for details of the Orecchio di Giano per Sibelius concert series see the website of the organisers Musica Immagine, www.musicaimmagine.it.

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JOAN BAEZ 10 March Veteran folk singer Joan Baez returns to the Auditorium Parco della Musica on 10 March, after her last concert there in 2012. Baez shot to fame in the 1960s when she became the champion of multiple causes, most notably peace, and appeared in festivals such as Woodstock. Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Viale Pietro De Coubertin 30, tel. 06802411, www.auditorium.com.

ALAN PARSONS LIVE PROJECT 28 March A modern version of the Alan Parsons Project, a British progressive rock band active between 1975 and 1990, fronted orginally by Eric Woolfson and Alan Parsons. Since 1993 the reincarnation of the band features Parsons performing live acoustic guitar, keyboards and vocals, with various lineups. The band is best known for songs including Time, Don’t Answer Me, Prime Time and the hugely successful 1982 hit Eye in the Sky. Auditorium

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

SPANDAU BALLET 30 March Influential 1980s band Spandau Ballet performs at the Palalottomatica as part of a major world tour. The English group is synonymous with the New Romantic movement and scored massive hits with tracks such as True and Gold, as well as scoring eight UK Top 10 albums. Palalottomatica, Piazzale Pier Luigi Nervi 1, tel.

06540901, www.palalottomatica.it.

JAMES TAYLOR 19 April James Taylor and his band return to Rome during a spring tour of Italy, on 19 April. The award-winning American singer/songwriter is best known for his 1970s’ hits Fire and Rain and You’ve Got a Friend. Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Viale Pietro De Coubertin 30, tel. 06802411, www.auditorium.com.

Singer-songwriter James Taylor and his band perform at the Auditorium Parco della Musica.

Top: American folk singer Joan Baez returns to the Auditorium Parco della Musica.

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SPIRIT OF SCOTLAND 7-9 March This three-day event showcases a vast range of Scotland’s whisky, from well-known to rare, and includes tastings and masterclasses. The festival also involves traditional Scottish fare such as shortbread, salmon and jams displayed alongside Italian delicacies, and a novelty this year is a third day devoted exclusively to trade, featuring open tastings and seminars led by high-profile industry experts. There is also the chance to sample classic mixed drinks with a twist, courtesy of the Jerry Thomas Project, Rome. However the biggest news this year is that the fourth edition of the festival has moved from the Aranciera di S. Sisto venue to the larger Salone delle Fontane in EUR, due to the growing popularity of the event which enjoys the patronage of the British embassy in Rome. For full details see website, www.spiritofscotland.it.

LIBRI COME 12-15 March Rome’s sixth annual festival devoted to books and reading, in the company of international and Italian writers. Among the many celebrated guests this year are American crime fiction writer James Ellroy; English novelist Zadie Smith; American author and poet Barry Gifford; Italian literary critic and novelist Umberto Eco; Tuscan cartoonist, filmmaker and author Gipi; and Sicilian author of the Montalbano detective series Andrea Camilleri. Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P. de Coubertin, tel. 0680241281, www.auditorium. com.

VI RACCONTO UN ROMANZO 16 March-25 May Literature festival dedicated to eight classics by great South American writers of the 20th century. The evenings last about an hour each, beginning with a brief biographical introduction of the author, and feature well-known Italian actors reading passages from the selected texts.

Upcoming events include Omero Antonutti reading from On Heroes and Tombs (Sobre héroes y tumbas)

by Argentine writer Ernesto Sabato (16 March). In Italian. Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P. de Coubertin, tel. 0680241281, www.auditorium.com.

Kerry Fox and Moe Dunford in Patrick’s Day showing at the IrishFilmFesta.

IRISHFILMFESTA 26-29 March The eighth edition of the increasingly popular IrishFilmFesta takes place as usual at the Casa del Cinema in Villa Borghese, showcasing feature films, documentaries and short films, and providing acting masterclasses, conferences and public interviews with special guests. This year there will be 15 short films in competition; a special section dedicated to Ireland’s Gaelic language featuring An Bronntanas (The Gift), a thriller directed by Tom Collins set in Connemara and filmed entirely in Gaelic; and a tribute to the Irish film and television director Lenny Abrahamson, best known for his films such as Adam & Paul, Garage and Frank. Film highlights of the festival include Terry McMahon’s award-winning Patrick’s Day, with Moe Dunford in the

Spirit of Scotland whisky festival moves to the Salone delle Fontane in EUR.

role of 26- year-old schizophrenic who experiences love for the first time; and Niall Heery’s comedy Gold with James Nesbitt, David Wilmot, Kerry Condon and Maisie Williams, about a man who returns home after years only to find his family dynamic utterly changed. All films

screened in their original versions with Italian subtitles. Entry is free but it is advisable to arrive early due to high demand for seats. For full details see website. Casa del Cinema, Largo Marcello Mastroianni 1 (Villa Borghese), tel. 06423601, www.irishfilmfesta.org.

English novelist Zadie Smith at the LibriCome festival at the Auditorium Parco della Musica.

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Lindsay Kemp’s Inventions and Reincarnations at Teatro Brancaccio.

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CELLO SUITES 5-19 March Cello Suites or in Den Winden im Nichts is choreographed by Heinz Spoerli to the cello solos 2, 3 and 6 by JS Bach.

This is abstract dance with the subject of air as the unifying theme for the 18 movements that make up the three parts of the ballet. Teatro alla Scala, www.teatroallascala.org.

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EQUILIBRIO NUOVA DANZA 7 Feb-2 April As well as the numerous top-level dance performances there is also an important competition in which ten finalists are selected to present ten works to a jury. The winning project is awarded €12,500 for its development into a fullscale performance the following year.

The winning soloist is awarded €7,500 to commission a choreographer to create a solo work, also for the following year. Last year’s finalists who return this

Cello Suites at Teatro La Scala.

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year with their developed works are Manfredi Perego with Grafiche and the soloist Irene Russolillo. 2 April: Life in progress by French ballet dancer Sylvie Guillem, in her last performance. Guillem’s swansong will unite the work of three major contemporary choreographers Akram Khan, Russel Maliphant and Mats Ek. Auditorium Parco della Musica. See also Gloria Campaner and Il Vestito di Marlene below.

IL LAGO DEI CIGNI ovvero IL CANTO 6-8 March This new choreography by Fabrizio Monteverdi is as revolutionary in its own way as Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake. A cast of 14 ageing dancers are the protagonists, living out their memories as they organise their last performance of Swan Lake, hoping for a happy ending. This is Monteverdi’s fifth choreography for the Balletto di Roma.

Teatro Brancaccio, wwwteatrobrancaccio.it.

FIESTA ARGENTINA 10-22 March Samba, tango, malambo and zapateado in a festival of Argentinian dance led by Nestor Pastorive. The dances take place along the banks of an imaginary river, telling the story of the places and people along its course. Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano 17, www.teatroolimpico.it.

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

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

PARSONS DANCE 20-22 March The New-York based company returns to Rome to perform Caught and a series of its other works. Caught, defined as a choreographic and lighting concept, is one of the company’s first works. A solo dancer performs 100 rapid leaps and, thanks to the lighting, he appears caught in flight.

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

GLORIA CAMPANER GOTRA BALLET 31 March As part of Equilibrio, Festival della Nuova Danza, pianist Gloria Campaner performs with dancer and choreographer Joost Vrouenraets, founder of the Gotra Ballet, in the premiere of this work, which has been commissioned by the Accademia Filarmonica Romana. Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano 17, www.teatroolimpico.it.

MVULA SUNGANI COMPANY MARLENE KUNTZ LIVE 1-2 April Il Vestito di Marlene is a combination of dance (with Mvula Sungani’s dance company) and rock music (with the Marlene Kuntz rock band) inspired by the female figure. The production was born out of a multi-disciplinary workshop at Assisi and was performed in Turin, Bologna and Milan last year.

Equilibrio, Festival della Nuova Danza at Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano 17, www.teatroolimpico.it.

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Spanish tenor Rolando Villazon who sang in the successful Salzburg production of Lucio Silla will also sing in the La Scala production.

CARMEN

BY BIZET 22, 24, 28 March 4, 6, 9, 13, 16 June Conducted by Massimo Zanetti, directed by Emma Dante with a cast of the internationally acclaimed tenor José Cura and Elina Garanča (in March) and Francesco Meli and Anita Rachvelishvili (in June). This is a safe choice after Lucio Silla, and with names such as Emma Dante, José Cura, Francesco Meli and Anita Rachvelishvili it can hardly go wrong. Teatro alla Scala, www.teatroallascala.org.

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Giunia. Pynkoski who directed the Salzburg production and is the founder of the Canadian Opéra Atelier, has described the work as “flamboyant, selfindulgent, wonderful stuff that only an adolescent genius could have written.”

Teatro alla Scala, www.teatroallascala. org.

TOSCA

BY GIACOMO PUCCINI 1-12 March This is a new production based on some of the sketches from the January 1900 premiere in Rome. It is conducted by Donato Renzetti and directed

by South Africa’s Alessandro Talevi.

This is Talevi’s first Tosca. He directed Prokofiev’s Love of Three Oranges for Maggio Musicale last year and two of Donizetti’s Tudor Trilogy (Anna Bolena and Robert Devereux) for the Welsh National Opera in autumn 2013, another

AIDA

BY GIUSEPPE VERDI 15 Feb-15 March This is a new production and director Peter Stein has promised what La Scala calls an “intimate Aida”. The Stein version will inevitably be compared with the two Zeffirelli productions, one in OPERA NOTES 1963 and the other in 2006, which was sold last year to the new opera theatre Il Teatro Regio di Torino mette in scena Il turco in Italia (12-22/3) opera “mein Astana, Kazakhstan, much to ta-teatrale” di Gioachino Rossini, che racconta del poeta Prosdocimo Zeffirelli’s annoyance. Zubin che per scrivere un dramma buffo si ispira alle vicende dell’opera stMetha conducts Verdi essa: Donna Fiorilla stanca del marito Don Geronio e del cicisbeo Il Turco in Italia soprano Kristin Lewis Don Narciso si dà a corteggiare il principe turco Selim, venuto at the Teatro Regio in Turin. as Aida, Carlo Colomin Italia a trascorrere le vacanze. Questi ruoli saranno sostenuti bara as the King and da Simone Del Savio, Nino Machaidze, Paolo Bordogna, AnAnita Rachvelishvili, tonino Siragusa e Carlo Lepore, scelti tra gli attuali cantanti who is at present considerati rossiniani d.o.c. Nel secondo cast (14, 17, 19 e singing Carmen 21/3) la parte di Don Narciso sarà sostenuta da Edgardo Roat the Met, as Amcha, che lo scorso aprile a Parigi nell’Otello sempre di Rossini neris. Teatro alla s’è messo in luce come Rodrigo, il rivale in amore del Moro di Scala, www.teatroalVenezia. L’orchestra sarà affidata a Daniele Rustioni, un giovane lascala.org. direttore di cui il Times ha detto: «un talento in ascesa destinato a grandi cose». La regia dello spettacolo sarà di Christopher Alden, LUCIO SILLA già vista ad Aix-en-Provence la scorsa estate: un’ambientazione in

BY WOLFGANG abiti moderni, con Prosdocimo sempre in scena che porge i fogli con le AMADEUS MOZART battute a un Selim bello ed elegante e a una Donna Fiorilla bomba sexy.

1-15 March La Fenice di Venezia ricorda i trecento compleanni di Christoph Willibald Gluck Mozart composed this opera in Milan (1714 - 2014) con Alceste, cinque recite ogni due giorni dal 20 al 28 marzo. in 1772 when he was only 16. This Un nuovo allestimento curato per regia, scene e costumi, dal sempre attivo story about Lucius Sulla (138-78 BC) Pier Luigi Pizzi e diretto da Guillaume Tourniaire. Il ruolo della protagonista sarà dictator of republican Rome is one sostenuto da Carmela Remigio, mentre quello dell’amato marito Admeto, per il of love and power. The opera is rarely quale arriva a sacrificare la propria vita, da Stanislav de Barbeyrac. Alceste, con performed but it comes to La Scala as il precedente Orfeo ed Euridice, è l’opera con cui Gluck attuò quella riforma che a result of its success at the Salzburg portò il teatro d’opera a forme musicali e drammaturgiche più austere, dopo festival in 2013. This is a new producgli eccessi barocchi del primo Settecento. Alceste ebbe la première in lingua tion in cooperation with the Salzburg italiana al Burgtheater di Vienna il 26 dicembre 1767, seguì una seconda verfestival, conducted by Mark Minkowski sione in francese, rivista e corretta, all’Académie Royale de Musique a Parigi (la (artistic director of the festival), who celebre Opéra) il 23 aprile 1776. A Venezia si dà la versione originale viennese. is conducting at La Scala for the first time, and directed by Marshall PynkosPaolo Di Nicola ki, with Rolando Villazon and Kresimir Spicer as Silla and Lenneke Ruiten as

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tough assignment. The members of the cast have a long experience of Tosca behind them. The title role is taken

by Ukrainian Oksana Dyka (who sang Tosca at the Paris Opera last autumn), Russian Titiana Serjan (straight from Tosca in Chicago and St Petersburg) and Italian Raffaella Angeletti (who sang the part at the Caracalla festival production last summer). Cavaradossi is sung by two Korean tenors Yonghoom Lee (who then goes on to sing Don Carlos at the Met) and Alfred Kim (who sang the role last summer at the Caracalla festival). Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, www.operaroma.it.

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR

BY GAETANO DONIZETTI 31 March-12 April A new production conducted by Roberto Abbado (nephew of the late Claudio Abbado), directed by Luca Ronconi and with Australian soprano Jessica Pratt in the lead role. The last time that Ronconi directed a Donizetti opera was back in 1994 so this production of Lucia di Lammermoor is eagerly awaited, especially with Jessica Pratt in the role of Lucia, which she sang for the first time at La Scala in February 2014.

Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, www.operaroma.it.

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LONDON’S NATIONAL THEATRE IN CINEMA 7 April-5 May Cinema audiences in Rome can look forward to seeing several major shows recorded from London’s National Theatre, screened in their original language with Italian subtitles. The screenings take place at the Cinema Farnese in Campo de’ Fiori, at 18.00 and 21.00. Medea (7 April) is directed

by Carrie Cracknell with Helen McCrory, and The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time with Luke Treadaway is screened on 5 May. For full details see cinema website, www. cinemafarnese.it.

Italian minister of labour and welfare Giuliano Poletti at the American University of Rome.

academies AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME 11 March Rome Revisited. Rethinking Narratives in the Arts, 1948-1964. Seminar examining the role played by post-war Rome in the international art scene, with a particular focus on the Rome-New York Art Foundation. The conference is in both English and Italian, and speakers include Deepak Ananth, David Anfam,

Matthew Licht reads at John Cabot University.

TEATRO INDIA 5-19 March Teatro India continues its series of modern versions of Shakespeare’s classics with Romeo e Giulietta (5-8 March), adaptated by Francesco Niccolini and directed by Tonio De Nitto.

In Storie del buon Dio (17-19 March), Georg and Klara work in the surreal Office of Unanswered Questions where they use their deepest immagination to create answers for the incessant questions of children. Both plays in Italian. Teatro Argentina, Largo di Torre Argentina 52, tel. 06684000311/14, www. teatrodiroma.net.

ROME’S COMEDY CLUB 27 March The March edition of this monthly evening of hilarity is hosted by Kyra Borromeo who will be joined by regulars Marsha De Salvatore, Ryan Costello, Liz Knight, Francesco De Carlo, Gabriel Gougsa and special guest Winter Foenander. Doors open as usual at 20.30, show begins at 21.30, and guests should reserve in advance. In English. For details tel. 065755561 or 339/3282319. Skené ristorante/teatro,

Helen McCrory in Medea from London’s National Theatre at Cinema Farnese.

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Traditional kites at the Japanese Cultural Institute.

Fabio Belloni, Jacopo Benci, Sylvia Metz, Christopher Bennett, Davide Colombo, Romy Golan, Antonella Greco, Manuela Mariani, Ara Merjian, Jed Perl, Aldo Tagliaferri, and Riccardo Venturi.

10.00-18.00.

19 March-10 May Tableau Table Tavolo, exhibition by New York-based artist Charles Mayton who presents a series of new works created expressly for the American Academy in Rome. His works interrogates the techniques and formal vocabulary of painting, employing visual puns, metaphors, generic painting tropes and wordplay. Curated by Peter Benson Miller, the exhibition is open Fri-Sun 16.00-19.00.

American Academy in Rome, Via Angelo Masina 5, tel. 065852151, www. aarome.org.

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME 11 March The American University of Rome presents a lecture by the Italian minister of labour and welfare Giuliano Poletti.

Part of the university’s business lecture series, the talk will see Poletti discuss Italy’s labour policy and current reforms, designed to increase employment op-

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portunities for younger workers. Open to the public. American University of Rome, Via P. Roselli 16, (Gianicolo), tel.

0658330919, www.aur.edu.

BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME 13-21 March The March Mostra features works by current Fine Arts award-holders at the BSR. The participating artists are Georges Audet, Adam Nathaniel Furman, Paul James Gomes, Rowena Harris, Gregory Hodge, David McCue, Gina Medcalf, and Nancy Milner. MonSat 16.30-19.00. For full details of all events see BSR website. British School at Rome, Via Antonio Gramsci 61, tel.

063264939, www.bsr.ac.uk.

CASA DI GOETHE 14 Feb-26 April Exhibition reflecting on the “Italian” story of Mario and the Magician, the novella written in 1929 by Germany’s Thomas Mann and adapted for the stage by Italian director Luchino Visconti. The exhibition evaluates how Mann and Visconti viewed fascist Italy, is divided into several sections.

It illustrates the genesis of the famous anti-fascist story, including the Mann

family’s stay at Forte dei Marmi, the political background in Italy at the time of the book’s release, and a room dedicated to Visconti’s Azione coreografica staged at La Scala in Milan in 1956.

Casa di Goethe, Via del Corso 18 (Piazza del Popolo), tel. 0632650412, www. casadigoethe.it.

JAPANESE CULTURAL INSTITUTE 19 Feb-24 April Kites and spinning tops, with Chinese origins, have been present in Japan for more than 1,200 years. Despite Japan’s hi-tech culture, there are still thousands of these toys being produced using traditional materials and following ancient techniques. The 50 pieces on display are made from coloured wood and paper, and come from all over Japan. Also on show until 31 March is a selection of ornamental Hinaningyo dolls, traditionally displayed in Japan every year on 3 March for Hinamatsuri, or Doll’s Day. Istituto Giapponese di Cultura, Via Antonio Gramsci 74, tel.

063224754, www.jfroma.it.

JOHN CABOT UNIVERSITY 10, 17 March The Institute for Creative Writing and

Literary Translation at Rome’s John Cabot University presents its Spring 2015 readings at its Guarini campus in Trastevere. Matthew Licht (10 March) whose story collections The Moose Show and Justine, Joe & the Zen Garbageman have been nominated for the Frank O’ Connor Prize. Marianne Boruch (17 March) whose eight poetry collections include the recent Cadaver, Speak, and the award-winning The Book of Hours. Readings take place 18.30-20.00. RSVP cwinstitute@ johncabot.edu. Via della Lungara 233, www.johncabot.edu.

SWISS INSTITUTE OF ROME Until 20 June Works from the collection of the longestablished Swiss financial institution BSI are on display at Villa Maraini, home of the Swiss Institute in Rome.

The works include pieces by important international artists such as British sculptor Tony Cragg, Italian painter and sculptor Fausto Melotti, and American sculptor John Chamberlain. As part of the installation, designs by Zurich architects Daniel Bosshard and Meritxell Vaquer, winners of the competition for the renovation of the villa, are displayed alongside some of the books from the institute’s library. Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Villa Maraini, Via Ludovisi 48, tel.

06420421, www.istitutosvizzero.it.

Thomas Mann whose book Mario and the Magician is the subject of an exhibition at Casa di Goethe.

Skin on Skin: Amputations 1, 2, 3 by Rowena Harris at the British School at Rome. Photo Roberto Apa.

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ROME’s cultural academies CENTRE CULTUREL and architects the opporAMERICAN ACADEMY SAINT-LOUIS DE FRANCE tunity to study in Rome. Largo IN ROME The centre offers cultural di Villa Massimo 1, tel. 064425931, The American Academy in Rome events such as film www.deutsche-kultur-international.de. works to promote research American Academy screenings, lecand independent study tures, debates GERMAN HISTORICAL INSTITUTE in the arts and humaniand theatre. This institute conducts research into ties. Via Angelo MasiLargo Toni- the history of Germany and Italy, in na 5, tel. 065810788, olo 20, tel. particular the relations between both www.aarome.org.

066802629, countries. Via Aurelia Antica 391, tel. www.ifcsl. 066604921, www.dhi-roma.it.

AUSTRIAN com.

CULTURAL GOETHE INSTITUT FORUM DANISH The Goethe Institut promotes educaThe Austrian CulACADEMY tion in Italy about German culture, tural Forum hosts The Danish Acad- language and history. Via Savoia 15, tel. events dedicated to the emy is an institu- 068440051, www.goethe.de. history and culture of Austion that offers tria. Viale Bruno Buozzi 113, tel. support to Danish artists HUNGARIAN 063608371, www.austriacult.roma.it. in Rome. Via Omero ACADEMY 18, tel. 063265931, The Academy of HunBELGIAN ACADEMY gary in Rome hosts The Belgian Academy facilitates www.dkinst-rom.dk. concerts, literary scientific and cultural relations beevents and exhibitween Italy and Belgium by sponsor- DUTCH INSTITUTE tions by Hungarian ing researchers and artists in Italy. The Dutch Institute ofBritish School at Rome artists and scholars. Via Via Omero 8, tel. 063201889, fers courses for students and researchers and Giulia 1, tel. 066889671, www.academiabelgica.it. serves as a bridge between www.roma.balassiintezet.hu.

Dutch universities and Italy. Via Omero BRITISH COUNCIL The British Council promotes the 10, tel. 063269621, www.knir.it.

English language and appreciation in Italy of the UK’s creative ideas EGYPTIAN ACADEMY French Academy and achievements. Via di S. Sebas- The Egyptian Academy brings Aratianello 16, tel. 06478141, www. bian, Egyptian and African culture and art to Italy. Via Omero 4, tel. britishcouncil.it.

063201896, www.accademiaegitto.org.

BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME The British School at Rome brings scholars, artists, researchers and ar- FRENCH ACADEMY chitects from Britain to create a cul- The French Academy at Villa tural exchange between Britain and Medici hosts artists from Italy. Via Gramsci 61, tel. 063264939, France and provides exhibitions and festivals throughwww.bsr.ac.uk. out the year. Viale Trinità dei Monti 1, tel. 066761305, CASA DI GOETHE Rome’s museum dedicated to Johann www.villamedici.it.

Wolfgang von Goethe offers exhibitions and cultural events through- GERMAN ACADEMY out the year. Via del Corso 18, tel. The German Academy offers German artists, writers, musicians 0632650412, www.casadigoethe.it.

ROME’s cultural academies INSTITUTO CERVANTES Instituto Cervantes is a cultural institution created to promote the teaching of Spanish language and culture.

Via di Villa Albani 16, tel. 068551949, www.cervantes.es.

ITALIAN INSTITUTE FOR AFRICA AND THE ORIENT (AFRICAN SECTION) The IsIAO offers courses in African culture. Via Aldrovandi 16, tel. 063216712.

ITALIAN INSTITUTE FOR AFRICA AND THE ORIENT (ORIENTAL SECTION) The IsIAO publishes many Oriental manuscripts and offers courses in Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian and Hindi. Via Merulana 248, tel. 064874273.

NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE The Norwegian Institute in Rome offers undergraduate and graduate courses in art history, ancient studies and Italian. Viale 30 Aprile 33, tel. 0658391007, www.hf.uio.no.

POLISH CULTURAL INSTITUTE SWEDISH Institution dedINSTITUTE icated to PolOF CLASSICAL ish history and STUDIES culture as well The Swedish Inas the promotion stitute is a research Japanese Cultural Institute of dialogue between centre dedicated to Poland and Italy. Via Vittoscientific research in art ria Colonna 1, tel. 0636000723, and archaeology. Via Omero 14, www.istitutopolacco.it. tel. 063201596, www.isvroma.it.

Romanian Academy

ITALIAN INSTITUTE FOR LATIN AMERICA The ItaloLatin American Institute facilitates research into the cultural, scientific, economic and social aspects of Italy and Latin American countries. Piazza Benedetto Cairoli 3, tel. 06684921, www.iila.org.

JAPANESE CULTURAL INSTITUTE The Japanese Cultural Institute hosts hosts regular cultural events and also offers courses in Japanese. Via Gramsci 74, tel. 063224754, www.jfroma.it.

KEATS-SHELLEY MEMORIAL HOUSE Museum dedicated to the lives of three English Romantic poets – John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron.

Piazza di Spagna 26, tel. 066784235, www.keats-shelley-house.it.

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SPANISH ACADEMY The Spanish Academy hosts artists in many fields of study and holds events that provide a cultural bridge between Spain and Italy. Piazza S. Pietro in Montorio 3, tel. 065818607, www.raer.it.

POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE The Polish Academy is a research centre for the humanities and a scientific exchange between Poland and Italy.

Vicolo Doria 2, tel.

066792170, www.accademiapolacca.it.

ROMANIAN ACADEMY The Romanian Academy hosts events and promotes cultural relations between Romania and Italy.

Piazza Josè di S. Martin 1, tel. 063201594, www.accadromania.it.

RUSSIAN INSTITUTE OF CULTURE AND LANGUAGE The Russian Institute provides classes in Russian language and culture. Via Farini 62, tel.

064870137.

SWISS INSTITUTE The Swiss Institute offers exhibitions, events and classes dedicated to the culture of Switzerland.

Via Ludovisi 48, tel. 064814234, www.istitutosvizzero.it.

Danish Academy

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CENTRAL PARIOLI. 1 Bed, well furnished, safe and quiet, in the embassy neighbourhood along Villa Borghese park. Near Luiss and Sapienza. American owner. €1.000. mustacx@yahoo.it.

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COLOSSEO, OPEN SPACE Colosseo, open space, intellectual’s home, very quiet. €1.200. Also Testaccio, livingroom, study, 1 bedroom. €950. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it.

CRISTOFORO COLOMBO. Vicinity 15 minutes’ drive to FAO. Elegantly furnished 160 sqm apartment 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living-diningroom, ample balcony, kitchen, garage-box, storageroom. Rent: €1.700. Tel. 068610871. imm. edwards@gmail.com.

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EUR - TORRINO. Near Euroma2. Elegant building finely refurbished. 4th floor.

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EUR - VIA LILIO. Apartment in elegant condo. 3rd floor. 130 sqm. Hall. Living room with fire place. Dining area. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, 2 terraces, garage and canteen. €1.800. Tel. 065916760 – email: mld.customercare@ gmail.com.

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EUR CENTRO. Viale della Tecnica. Terrace, 2 balconies, double living room, eat-in kitchen, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, built-in wardrobes, security €2.000. Immobiliare Zanni Real Estate Agency tel.

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EUR. Via delle Montagne Rocciose, located on the 2nd floor, luxury apartment of 165 sqm completely renovated, fully furnished with new and modern furniture.

Comprising large entrance hall, lounge, 3 bedrooms, fitted wardrobes to measure, kitchen, two bathrooms, two balconies overlooking the green. Air conditioning, electric shutters, grilles, burglar alarm cable, double glazed window frames brand “Schuco” carport and basement. €2.400.

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GARBATELLA. 90 sqm, ground floor with patio, bright, furnished, living room, 3 bedrooms, bathroom, furnished eat-in kitchen. €1100. Property International Rome Services tel. 06 / 5743170, rome@ propertyint.net.

HEART OF TRASTEVERE. 100 m from Piazza S. Maria, living room, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, balcony. “Travi a vista” ceiling, cotto, floor, fire place, TV set, Wi-Fi, washing machine, air conditioning. Completely furnished. Free from 15/01/2015. €1.200 monthly, included condominium and internet. Heating, A.M.A. (garbage Tax) electricity not included. Tel. 335 / 6090827, sylcouppe@ hotmail.it.

LARGE APT FOR RENT NEAR COLOSSEUM. 190 sqm apartment for rent in Colle Oppio, Via Poliziano. 4th floor, 1920s building, elevator. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, study, dining room, living room, equipped eat-in kitchen, 4 balconies. Autonomous heating. Close to metro lines.

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LAURENTINA. 15 minutes’ drive to F.A.O. Elegantly furnished 160sqm apartment, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, study/small 3rd bedroom, living- diningroom. Rent: €l.800. Tel. 068610871. imm.edwards@ gmail.com.

MANZONI AREA. Furnished studio flat for single person, €500 monthly for minimum of 6 months or more. Email: dellascala4@gmail.com.

MONTEVERDE - PAMPHILI. Monteverde / Pamphili, quiet, elegant, quiet, livingroom, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, balcony. €1.400. Villa Borghese park, livingroom, 2 bedrooms, unfurnished. €1.400. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it.

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MONTEVERDE VECCHIO. Renting two furnished rooms, hall, store room, service, balconies. Tel +393383267734. bma.hamb.lond@gmail.com.

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MONTEVERDE. Via Odescalchi, bright, new, livingroom, 2 bedrooms, lovely terrace, airconditioned, internet. €1.100. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it.

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MONTI PARIOLI. Prestigious 240 sqm apartment, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, terrace, vast living-room, fireplace, dining-room, furnished kitchen, breakfast room, ample built-in closet, small maid’s quarters, large box. €4.000. Tel. 068610871. imm.edwards@gmail.com.

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NOMENTANA. Vicinity Marymount School, beauiful 250 sqm. penthouse, panoramic terrace, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, ample living-diningroom, fireplace, maid’s quarters, furnished kitchen, double car port. Rent: €4.500. Tel. 068610871. imm.edwards@gmail.com.

NUOVO SALARIO - EXCELLENT AND ELEGANT. Nuovo Salario - Via Salaria / Via Nomentana neighbourhood.

Excellently restored, elegant, bright and fine furnished. Composed living and dining room, 2 double bedrooms, equipped kitchen, 2 baths (equipped with shower, sauna and Jacuzzi), 3 balconies. Airconditioned, garage. €1.200 monthly.

Ph.(+39) 0692947057 Nuovo Salario - limitrofo Via Salaria / Via Nomentana. Ottimamente restaurato, elegante, luminoso e finemente arredato. Composto da soggiorno e sala da pranzo, 2 camere doppie (una matrimoniale), cucina attrezzata, 2 bagni (con doccia e sauna uno, con vasca idromassaggio l’altro), 3 balconi. Termoautonomo e climatizzato. Posto auto in garage condominiale. €1.200 mensili. Tel.

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PANTHEON. Furnished half apartment 50 sqm with bedroom, kitchen, dining room, bathroom, for nonsmoker American, German or Japanese woman €800 monthly. tony75011@hotmail.com.

Tel. +39066793997.

PARIOLI Top floor mq. 120, fully furnished, dining room, living room, 2 bedrooms, smaller room, 2 bathrooms, live-in kitchen, terrace. Concierge service half-day. Tel. 349/2242568 simona_18@ tiscali.it.

PARIOLI. Via A. Gramsci - 1st floor, very bright, 200sqm double living room, 2 large bedrooms, 2 small bedrooms, brand new furnished eat-in kitchen, 3 bathrooms, built-in wardrobes, terrace, box auto for car €2.800. Immobiliare Zanni Real Estate Agency - 3474009753 (Bonnie).

PARIOLI. The apartment is located in a private street (access via electronic gate), quiet residential neighbourhood, quartiere Africano, a few metres from Via Sabrata Piazza Annibaliano, Corso Trieste and Viale Libia. Just a few minutes (about 100 meters) walk to the bus stop Santa Agnese-Annibaliano Metro B1 (branch Line B) as well as various lines Atac. They Are on the same square carsharing, ATMs, fast food and a variety of other services. The apartment ( 60sqm) is located on the ground floor, has its own garden ( 60sqm) and has the possibility of a separate entrance. The house faces partially onto an archaeological park, with the monumental complex St Agnes. giustopuripurini@tiscali.it. Tel. 335 / 6616646.

PERFECTLY RENOVATED 190 SQM APARTMENT TO LET. Very bright, prestigious apartment to let (close to foreign affairs ministry + Marymount School).

Elegant building with concierge. Marble / parquet floors. 2 lifts (private access to garage). 2nd / 4th Floor, 2 entrances, vestiaire, 3 communicating livings, 2 large bedrooms + 1 small, 3 bathrooms, fully equipped large kitchen, 2 large balconies, garage, parking lot + cellar. Energy class G. €2.250 month,with fully equipped kitchen (€2.450 month, all furniture).

Please call (+39) 335 /6156236.

PONTE MILVIO. Ponte Milvio. Lovely and restored apartment, top floor (4th), 60 sqm, 800 monthly. Tel. 339 / 6792131, email: francesca.lugli@virgilio.it.

PRATI (CIPRO METRO). 60 sqm, 4th floor walk-up, restored, furnished, living room, kitchen corner and dining area, bedroom, bathroom, balcony. €1.300.

Property International Rome Services. Tel. 065743170, rome@propertyint.net.

PRATI. 90 sqm, top floor, restored, semi- furnished/furnished, living room, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, long balcony. €2.000. Property International Rome Services tel. 06 / 5743170,rome@ propertyint.net.

PRATI. 250 sqm, 2nd floor, semi-furnished, large living room, dining room, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, maid’s quarters, great eat-in kitchen, balconies. Doorman, parking. Monthly rent €3.000-neg. Property International Rome Services tel. 06 / 5743170, rome@propertyint.net.

RENOVATED. Near Appia Antica. 2nd floor, 90 sqm, living, 2 bedrooms, furnished kitchen, bathroom, balcony, parquet, garage. g.lombardiboccia@ entecra.it.

ROME SWEET HOME - HISTORIC CENTRE. Lets to companies and private individuals. Exclusive locations. Apartments, 1 - 2 - 3 bedrooms, completely furnished, maid service, utilities included, special rates for monthly lets. www. travelbusinessapartments.it, info@ romesweethome.it. Tel. 0669924091, 335 / 7713580.

S. PAOLO. Via Silvio d’Amico. Second floor. 70 sqm. Completely refurbished and furnished. Living room with kitchen, 2 bedrooms, bathrooms, 2 balconies, parking space. €1350. Tel. 06 / 5919125. info@penthouseimmobiliare.it.

SERAFICO - VIA BALDOVINETTI. In elegant condo with concierge and garden. Fourth floor. 180 sqm completely refurbished. Big hall, double living room, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, big terrace, double parking space. €2.300. mld.customercare@gmail.com.

SERAFICO. Via Luigi Lilio, close to metro B Laurentina. Third floor, refurbished 120 sqm. Furnished. Living room with fire place and dining area, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, 2 terraces. Parking space and canteen. €1.800 + €130 for condo and heating. Tel. 065919125. info@ penthouseimmobiliare.it.

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

Tel (+39) 338 / 3267734. Please leave your contacts. bma.hamb.lond@gmail.com.

TESTACCIO. Testaccio, living room, bedroom, study, bathroom/tub, quiet €1.050.

Also Colosseo loft 50 sqm, 6 months. €1.200. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it.

TORRINO NORD - COSTELLAZIONI. Three floor Villa in condo. Finely refurbished with A/C and alarm. On ground floor: living room, kitchen, bathroom, veranda, garden. First floor: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Second floor: big terrace, 2 bedrooms, storage. Double parking space. €2.500. mld.customercare@gmail.com.

TORRINO. Via Sciangai. Villa on 4 levels.

350 sqm + 300 sqm garden. Triple living room, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, parking.

Not furnished. €3.000. Tel. 06 / 5919125. info@penthouseimmobiliare.it.

TRASTEVERE - S. MARIA. View of S. Maria in Trastevere, very quiet street. One large and one smaller bedrooms. Double living room, dining room and kitchen.

Terrace and balconies. Fully equiped,

possible minor furniture adaptations.

Contract duration: min. 6 months. Available as from August 1st 2015. Ideal for one couple and one young boy/girl. enzocapu@gmail.com.

TRASTEVERE STATION - MARCONI. Fully furnished 70 sqm. Hall, 2 bedrooms, tub, guest bathroom, kitchen, storeroom, terrace, concierge, close to Roma Tre university and Metro B. Wi-Fi incl/utilities include. €1.200. cuorediroma@gmail. com.

TRASTEVERE. Trastevere, unusual compound, quiet country atmosphere, living room, 1 bedroom, bathroom / tub. €1.300. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@ virgilio.it.

TRASTEVERE. Unusual garden apartment, 1 bedroom. €850. Also Testaccio €1.000.

Colosseo, €1.200. Monteverde, €1.100.

Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it.

TRASTEVERE. Quiet, sunny, beautiful open space, 2 levels, 2 bathrooms, exclusive building, suitable executives. €1.700.

Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it.

VIA SANNIO (S. GIOVANNI). 120 sqm, 2nd floor, renovated, parquet, furnished / semi-furnished, lift, large living room, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, doorman. €1.900. Property International Rome Services. Tel. 065743170, rome@ propertyint.net.

VIALE DELL’UMANESIMO. Viale dell’Umanesimo in elegant building, located on the 3rd floor bright apartment of 90 sqm renovated and modernly furnished. Comprising living room, kitchen, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, balcony.

The apartment is air conditioned, climate control, has mosquito nets and cellar. €1,600 + €100. Penthouse Immobiliare tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it.

VIALE DELLA TECNICA Viale della Tecnica, close to the pond, located on the 4th floor bright apartment 160 sqm.

Large entrance hall, living room, three bedrooms, kitchen, two bathrooms, fitted wardrobes, two terraces livable and large balconies. Plants under, air conditioning, heating with metering systems. Box + uncovered parking in the courtyard. €2.200.

Penthouse Immobiliare tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it.

VIGNA CLARA. Elegant, bright, 160 sqm apartment, 2/3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living-dining room, ample balcony, furnished kitchen, maid’s quarters, garage-box, storage-space. €1.800. Tel. 068610871. imm.edwards@gmail.com.

VIGNA CLARA. Lovely redecorated, 190 sqm. Apartment, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, vast living-dining room-study, lovely balcony, kitchen, ample maid’s quarters, large car-port. Rent: €2.500. Tel. 068610871. imm.edwards@gmail.com.

VIGNA MURATA. 15 minutes drive to FAO. Elegantly furnished 160 sqm apart-

ment. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, study / small 3rd bedroom, living-dining room, ample balcony, kitchen, garage-box, storage-room. Rent: €1.700. Tel. 068610871. imm.edwards@gmail.com.

VILLA OLEANDER 4/6 BDRS. Strategically located. 1000 sqm garden with maintenance (included in rent), 4-6 bedrooms, 4-6 bathrooms,1-2 dining rooms, living rooms, 1-2 kitchens, livable mansard, laundry/service room, 6 terraces, 4+ car parking. Furnished, unfurnished, flexibly furnished. Excellent public transportation system to and from downtown, Metro 50 m distant. State of the art alarm-security system. Air Conditioning. Fireplace and pizza wood oven. Close to the highways system. Close to EUR business commercial area, close to Ostia beaches and Fiumicino international airport and international schools. All amenities and services within walking distance. We speak English and Spanish. Call Danilo at 335 / 644964 or Vincenzo +1 773 9888472.

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VILLAS AXA 4/6 BDRS. Wake up opening your eyes to a beautiful garden, breathe a clean air, live in a quiet neighborhood with all amenities and well connected to downtown Rome. Ideal for families.

Strategically located. 1000 sqm garden with fruits/flowers all the year around, 4-6 bedrooms, 4-6 bathrooms,1-2 dining rooms, living rooms, 1-2 kitchens, livable mansard, laundry/maid room,internet office room, 6 terraces, 4+car parking/ garage. Furnished, unfurnished, flexibly furnished. Excellent public transportation system 50 m distant to and from downtown Rome/Metro. State of the art alarm-security system. Air Conditioning.

Fireplace and pizza wood oven. Close to the highways system. Close to EUR business commercial area, close to Ostia beaches/archeological sites, Fiumicino international airport, International Schools, Trigoria Roma Soccer facilities. All amenities and services within walking distance.

We speak English and Spanish.We can help to relocate. Call Danilo at +39 335 / 5644964 or Vincenzo +1 773 9888472 or +39 333 / 8989371.

Accommodation vacant out of town CHARMING HISTORICAL FARMHOUSE. Umbria. Charming historical farmhouse freshly restored. 4 bedrooms; 2 bathrooms, well equipped kitchen, large living / dining room with chimney.

Traditional rural atmosphere, close to a mediaeval village on a prestigious archaeological area. 45 min from Rome.

Short / long-term rental. For info and photos: enricofloridi@tiscali.it FAMILY HOUSE NR NEMI, CASTELLI ROMANI. This pretty detached villa has; 3 bedrooms, kitchen/dining room, bathroom/shower, sitting room with fireplace, 4 March 2015 | Wanted in Rome

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terrace, garage, and an outside studio with en-suite bathroom for guests/office use set in a mature garden. The house is rented as partially furnished with a fully fitted kitchen - all white goods included.

It is gas centrally heated. Situated 20 minutes from the busy towns of Frascati and Grottaferrata, the Castelli International School, several supermarkets and a hospital, this is an ideal family house in the country, within commuting distance of Rome. For photos and more information go to: www.deependable.com/nemi.

SUTRI: MEDIAEVAL TOWER. Sutri mediaeval tower: terrace, spacious, elegantly furnished 2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms study living-dining room fireplace big kitchen all conveniences, centre old town.

Ancient Roman column in window. 30 miles from Rome. judyharris123@gmail. com.

TOWNHOUSE FOR RENT. End March 2015. 3 Story partly furnished townhouse, 130 sqm for rent (due to owner’s professional transfer overseas) in Castelnuovo di Porto (North Rome, Via Flaminia). 2 Bedrooms air conditioned; 2 bathrooms with shower and bath; central heating; wood burner and open fire; balcony; large open plan kitchen and dining area leading into back garden/patio with panoramic view. Set in quiet green surroundings with shared play area. Beautiful finishing’s; alarm system. Transport links into Rome city centre. €650 p.m.

Email: carlocosentino@virgilio.it Mobile: 349 / 5288104; 345 / 3183784.

VILLA FOR MEETINGS AND HOLIDAYS. A breathtaking home designed by a known Roman architect, up to 16 guests, within a 30 minute drive from the city centre, perfect for work meetings, friends and families holidaying in Rome but looking to stay in the quiet of the Bracciano-Martignano Natural Reserve. A five minute walk to a country traditional restaurant, swimming pool, a tennis court, hiking tracks. And a 18 holes golf court, a sailing club, a horse riding center and thermal baths just a few minutes drive. www. villafarnia.com.

ZAGAROLO 20 MILES FROM ROME CENTRE. 30 minutes by frequent trains.

Half of a villa, furnished. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large living room, large kitchen balcony, independent entrance and garden €900. Also furnished cottage bedroom plus small room bathroom dining/kitchen portico €600. Both with fine views and with large property pool and tennis. drroversi@gmail.com. Tel. 347 / 7037894.

Holiday Accommodation SUMMER RENT - JULY 2014 - MONTE ARGENTARIO. Porto S. Stefano; smokepet-free 70 sqm-flat, 6-bed, 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom, balcony + seaview, living + kitchen area + sofabed, hotwater,

washmachine, dishwasher, microwave + sat-tv + dvdplayer (multiregion), carpark included; shops@300mt. (+39) 349 / 4909806, tl9685@vodafone.it.

UMBRIA CHARMING VILLAGE HOUSE. Lovely bedroom with en-suite bathroom, use of living room with satellite TV and WiFi included. Just an hour and a half from Rome. Long week-ends or weekly, full service or not. Please call 342 / 0341499.

UMBRIAN COUNTRYHOUSE. Charming 3-bedroom house, renovated, for short / long term rental. Rome 1 hour (Orte trains). Details: www.casamuralto.com.

VILLA NEAR TEMPLE OF FORTUNA. Enjoy August or September in our family home. Between Palestrina and Catel S. Pietro Romano (35 km southeast of Rome).

Panoramic views, lush garden, large swimming pool. From nearby Zagarolo, 25 minute trainride to Rome. Suitable for 2 to 10 persons. Bunkbed and crib for the little ones available. Info:www.villa-witha-view.com.

JOB VACANT ADMINISTRATION ASSOCIATE. Principal Relocation Company seeks motivated, focused and goal oriented individual to work as an Administration Associate.

Must have excellent Excel skills and demonstrable experience in office administration. Fluency in English and Italian is essential. Please send CV/photo to: careers (at) principalrelocation.com with ref: AA-RM. BRITISH SCHOOL FLEMING. Urgently requires qualified, native & experienced EFL teachers for kids & adults. Must already be based in Rome. Tel. 0633220960, fleming@britishschoolroma.it, www.britishschoolroma.it.

ENGLISH TEACHERS NEEDED. Established English School currently seeking full / part-time English mother-tongue teachers for adult and children courses.

Full training provided. Contact us on 0647823253 or send your CV to teachers@angloamerican.it.

EUROPEAN SALES ASSISTANT to promote our language schools in the USA among European tour operators. Candidates must have a university degree and excellent communication skills in English, but must also be either Russian, German or Spanish native speakers. Should exhibit good interpersonal skills and initiative. Experience in sales with European partners preferred. Competitive compensation package, including fixed-income plus bonuses. Training program offered at our language school in Miami. Place of employment: Rome. Send CV to job@ angloamerican.it.

FOR IMPORTANT TV SERIES. For important tv series, we are searching for Italian speaking international young actors

and actresses. Please send photo and Cv to studioemme2011@gmail.com or Call 06-5826540 FEMALE ROLES: girl age 16-19 Spanish / Argentinian or similar, beautiful, blonde and romantic girl age 16-19 Canadian or similar, particular face or beautiful, careerist girl age 14-18 Italian, beautiful, smart, singer. girl age 15-18 American or similar, sweet eyes, beautiful smile. girl age 15-18 French or similar, eccentric. girl age 18-21 Asiatic/Japanese or similar girl age 16-19 Italian, beautiful, snob. MALE ROLES.boy age 17-20 Argentinian/Brazilian or similar, beautiful, athletic, aggressive.boy age 16-19 English or similar, solar and hyperactive. Boy age 16-19 Italian, cute, introverted, good boy.

Boy age 16-19 German or similar.

INTERNATIONAL PRIMARY TEACHERS REQUIRED. Mother-tongue UK and International trained early childhood and primary teachers required to join the existing team of International teachers at The Bilingual School of Lucca starting in September 2015. Experience essential in Reggio, enquiry-based approach or Curriculum for Excellence and some knowledge of Italian a plus. Please submit your CV. Application period will be open until the positions are filled. info@bschool.it.

JOB SEARCH An American study abroad program located in the heart of Rome is seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Rome Program Clerical Assistant.

The Rome Program Clerical Assistant is a full-time employee with excellent communication and organizational skills who collaborates with and assists the Program Director in areas such as but not limited to administering Library and Computer Services with proficiency in Windowsbased systems, conducting Internet searches and accessing online library databases; the use of spreadsheet, wordprocessing, email and scanning software; Student Life and Immigration; Housing; Field-Trip Logistics; Special Events; Academic Planning. The candidate should hold a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, be fluent in oral and written English and Italian, with Italian citizenship and/or a residency permit with working privileges.

An extensive knowledge of the city of Rome, as well as of the Italian and American cultures is also required. Experience in the field of study abroad is highly desirable. This institution of higher education is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In keeping with its mission, the institution is committed to increasing racial and ethnic diversity at all levels—students, faculty, and staff—and seeks applications from candidates who share this commitment. Please send a letter of interest in English and Italian, a CV in English listing a minimum of three local references to romesecretary@gmail.com.

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sons held every day from 5 to 6.30 in La Storta (close to Olgiata train station). We teach English to kids while they cook!

We teach children aged 2 to 13. The candidate should be patient, clean, smiling, punctual, polite and reliable. Age is not a problem as long as you enjoy children. info@kidsenjoycooking.com.

MOTHER TONGUE ENGLISH TEACHER. BRITISH INSTITUTES di Valmontone seeks mother tongue English teachers.

TEFL/Celta YL or equivalent qualification.

Experience teaching children and adult classes a plus. Send CV to valmontone@ britishinstitutes.it.

PRIVATE TOURS BOOKING AGENT Looking for an independent contractor to handle the booking of private tours in Italy for an excellent company with a well established reputation. Skills: Proficient in English and Italian. Excellent writing, customer service and research skills. Excellent communication skills.

Knowledgeable about Italy travel. Have previously worked in the private tours travel industry. Able to work 20-40 hours per week.

SEEKING ENGLISH NATIVE SPEAKERS Our company is seeking English native speakers for our Passi di Bimbo kindergartens located in Rome (Monteverde and Prati) for the next school year (Sept 2015 to July 2016). Qualifications: English native speakers. Previous teaching experience in kindergartens Patient, active able to work with different age kids in the same group Must have a proper visa to work within EU We offer: A competitive salary measured on the candidate experience. Both full time and part-time. Working days Monday to Friday Email your CV to livia.viadelcasaletto60@yahoo.it and please insert the phrase “I authorize the use of my personal data according to D.LGS 196/03” at the bottom of you cv.

SEEKING LANGUAGE INSTRUCTORS. Native English Language Instructors for Business Workshops Required. Rome/ Milan. Berlitz Italy is among the world leaders in the field of language learning services. We are currently seeking English Language Instructors to host business workshops. The ideal applicant should have: Degree level education.

DELTA qualification or equivalent a must.

Relevant experience teaching Business Workshops. Significant experience in a Business environment. Would you like to work in a dynamic, international environment, then this is the job for you!

Interested? Please contact Louise Thorne at louise.thorne@berlitz.it.

TERRAVISION GROUP SEEKS MARKETING EXECUTIVE. A major European company, with headquarters in Rome and London, working in the tourism industry, is offering a fantastic opportunity for a refreshing and dynamic Marketing Ex-

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ecutive who is hungry to grow in a niche market. The Role: The role involves working alongside the marketing / commercial team to promote and commercialise the company’s integrated tourism services in various European cities through innovative marketing techniques and lots of hard work. All the various aspects of marketing from communication to client management, from PR to sales, from research and statistical analysis to advertising are called upon everyday in this varied role. The position is based in the company head office in Rome, Italy. The Candidate: The ideal candidate will be a new graduate in marketing or similar or a person with at least 3 / 4 years of experience in a marketing position who has lived and worked in an English speaking country. The candidate must possess an international outlook and possibly be a native English speaker. Knowledge of Italian is essential for this role and knowledge of at least two European languages is required. Excellent communication and relationship-building skills will characterise the candidate as will the ability to work under immense pressure and to very tight deadlines. Dedication and drive are also fundamental qualities for this very demanding role. Precision, organisation, tenacity and quick thinking are other qualities that the ideal candidate will have and will be able to demonstrate. The candidate will also use the Microsoft Office suite perfectly and will have a good all-round knowledge of computers and the internet. Only candidates who can already work in Rome will be considered for this position. Please do not apply for this position if you do not respond to these criteria. The position offers an excellent remuneration package including benefits and incentive based earnings and would commence with immediate effect. Please send your covering letter of no more than 70 words in English, stating why you are the best person for the role and your curriculum vitae to jobs@terravision.eu Marketing Executive stated clearly in the subject line.

TOUR AGENCY SEEKING. Looking for outgoing people from the age of 18 to 30 to promote our tours in Rome. Send email to paulsam66@libero.it.

URGENT NEED FOR A TEACHER. School of English in Rome is looking for a mother-tongue, highly-motivated and child-friendly teacher who can prepare for YLE and ESOL Cambridge exams.

Qualification is needed but experience is also welcome. Good salary and great opportunity to get a full-time job in an experienced team. Please send CV to pariolienglishclub@virgilio.it.

LESSONS ENGLISH CONVERSATION. Lessons via

Skype: exam prep and general English.

Individuals or two. kjenkin2004@libero.it.

MADRELINGUA RUSSA OFFRE LEZIONI PRIVATE. Madrelingua Russa Laureata offre lezioni private per tutti i livelli.

poetry ALL CAR ACCIDENTS LEADS TO ROME. The Town Council has stopped, maybe is afraid to die crushed over the asphalt. sernicolimarco@gmail.com.

EMERGENCY ROOM Once upon a time there was a doctor with his bag and baggage. He went door to door to look after our health, we were proud of him and the cold disappeared. Today there are millions of doctors with their bag and baggage. They go door to door to look after our health we are proud of them but if now the cold doesn’t disappear please take care of Ebola disease. sernicolimarco@gmail.com.

PARIS, JANUARY 2015. We will say that you are bad killers, we will combat you with our big sense of freedom. We won’t permit you to take possession of our hope, won’t be surprised if somebody could assert that the massacre at charlie hebdo is just a little weirdo. Sernicolimarco@gmail.com.

RUSSIA AGAINST UKRAINE. It is anything but gas, probably is.......SPUTIN. TO LAURA, A FRIEND OF MINE. Falling in love is like simmer, unfortunately my flame was too high, but I don’t burned laura, because. Once she made me taste her......biological apples! sernicolimarco@gmail.com.

Property for sale in town PIAZZA MAZZINI. 5 minutes walking from Metro A - Lepanto - Gorgeous 180 sqm remodeled 1st floor flat, 4 bedrooms, 2 balconies, Sale Price €1,300,000. For Info IMMOBILIARE ZANNI - 347 / 4009753 - 335 / 8418861.

Rooms and flat shares S. MARIA MAGGIORE - HISTORIC CENTRE. Single room, near S. Maria Maggiore, well connected to metro A/B. Shared bathroom, kitchen and washingmachine. Wi-Fi. Tel. 338 / 7911289.

Please send email for further info.

TRASTEVERE - VIA DELLA LUNGARA. Large bright room with private bathroom, comfortable and well equipped + kitchen use. Including internet and washing machine. €750 / month expences inc.Tel. 339 / 7857565.

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numbers ASSOCIATIONS American International Club of Rome tel. 0645447625, www.aicrome.org American Women’s Association of Rome tel. 064825268, www.awar.org Association of British Expats in Italy britishexpatsinitaly@gmail.com Association of Malaysians in Italy tel. 389 / 1162161, malaysiansinitaly@ gmail.com Canadian Club of Rome canadarome@gmail.com Circolo di Cultura Mario Mieli Gay and lesbian international contact group, tel. 065413985, fax 065413971 Commonwealth Club of Rome ccrome08@gmail.com International Women’s Club of Rome tel. 0633267490. www.pwarome.org Irish Club of Rome irishclubofrome@gmail.com, www.irishclubofrome.org Luncheon Club of Rome tel. 338 / 5094448 Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums tel. 0669881814, www.vatican-patrons.org Professional Women’s Association www.pwarome.org United Nations Women’s Guild tel. 0657053628, unwg@fao.org, www.unwgrome.multiply.com Welcome Neighbor tel. 347 / 9313040, dearprome@tele2.it, www.wnrome-homepage.blogspot.com

Saint-Louis de France (French) Largo Toniolo 20-22, tel. 066802637, www.saintlouisdefrance.it La Librairie Française de Rome La Procure (French) Piazza S. Luigi dei Francesi 23, tel. 0668307598, www.librairiefrancaiserome.com Libreria Feltrinelli International Via V. E. Orlando 84, tel. 064827878, www.lafeltrinelli.it Libreria Quattro Fontane (international) Via delle Quattro Fontane 20/a, tel. 064814484, Libreria Spagnola Sorgente (Spanish) Piazza Navona 90, tel. 0668806950, www.libreriaspagnola.it Open Door Bookshop (second hand books – English, French, German, Italian) Via della Lungaretta 23, tel. 065896478, www.books-in-italy.com S. Susanna Lending Library Via XX Settembre 15, tel. 064827510 Opening times: Sun 10.00-12.30 Tues 10.00-13.00, Wed 15.00-18.00, Fri 13.00-16.00

cinemas The following cinemas show films in English or original language when available – see Wanted in Rome website for details.

Alcazar Via Merry del Val 14, tel. 065880099 Casa del Cinema Largo Marcello Mastroianni 1, Villa Borghese, tel. 06423601, www.casadelcinema.it Cinema dei Piccoli Viale della Pineta 15, Villa Borghese, tel. 068553485 Farnese Persol Piazza Campo de’ Fiori 56, tel. 066864395 Fiamma Multisala Via Bissolati 47, tel. 06485526 Filmstudio Via degli Orti d’Alibert 1/c, tel.

334 / 1780632, www.filmstudioroma.com Greenwich Via G. Bodoni 59, tel. 065745825 Intrastevere Vicolo Moroni 3, tel. 065884230 Lux Via Massaciuccoli 31, tel. 0686391361 Multisala Barberini Piazza Barberini 24-26, tel. 0686391361 Nuovo Olimpia Via in Lucina 16/g, tel. 066861068 Nuovo Sacher Largo Ascianghi 1, tel. 065818116 emergency numbers

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The following bookshops and libraries have books in English and other languages as specified.

Almost Corner Bookshop Via del Moro 45, tel. 065836942 Anglo American Bookshop Via della Vite 102, tel. 066795222 Bibliothèque Centre Culturel

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

• Ambulance tel. 118 • Carabinieri tel. 112 • Electricity and water faults (Acea) tel. 800130336 • Fire brigade tel. 115 • Gas leaks (Italgas-Eni) tel.

800900999 • Police tel. 113 • Rubbish (Ama) tel. 8008670355

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religious All Saints’ Anglican Church Via del Babuino 153/b, tel. 0636001881, Sunday service 08.30 and 10.30 Anglican Centre Piazza del Collegio Romano 2, tel. 066780302, www.anglicancentreinrome.com Bible Baptist Church Via di Castel di Leva 326, tel. 334 / 2934593, www.bbcroma.org, Sunday 11.00 Christian Science Services Via Stresa 41, tel. 063014425 Church of All Nations Lungotevere Michelangelo 7, tel. 069870464 Church of Sweden Via A. Beroloni 1/e, tel. 068080474, Sunday service 11.15 (Swedish) Footsteps Inter-Denominational Christian South Rome, tel. 0650917621, 333 / 2284093, North Rome, tel. 0630894371, akfsmes.styles@tiscali.it International Central Gospel Church Via XX Settembre 88, tel. 0655282695 International Christian Fellowship Via Guido Castelnuovo 28, tel. 065594266, Sunday service 11.00 Jewish Community Tempio Maggiore, Lungotevere Cenci, tel. 066840061 Jewish Reform Group in Rome Congregation Lev Chadash, Piazza della Libertà 10, tel. 339 / 3824815, Shabbat services at 10.00, Friday night service once a month Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas Largo della Sanità Militare 60, tel. 067726761 Lutheran Church Via Toscana 7, corner Via Sicilia 70, tel. 064817519, Sunday service 10.00 (German) Ponte S. Angelo Methodist Church Piazza Ponte S. Angelo, tel. 066868314, Sunday service 10.30 Pontifical Irish College (Roman Catholic) Via dei Santi Quattro 1, tel. 06772631. Sunday service 10.00 Rome Baptist Church Piazza S. Lorenzo in Lucina 35, tel. 066876652, 066876211, Sunday

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service 10.30, 13.00 (Filipino), 16.00 (Chinese) Rome Buddhist Centre Vihara Via Mandas 2, tel. 0622460091 Rome International Church Via Cassia km 16, www.romeinternational.org Rome Mosque (Centro Islamico) Via della Moschea, tel. 068082167, 068082258 St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Via XX Settembre 7, tel. 064827627, Sunday service 11.00 St Francis Xavier del Caravita (Roman Catholic), Via del Caravita 7, www. caravita.org, Sunday service 11.00 St Isidore’s College (Roman Catholic) Via degli Artisti 41, tel. 064885359, Sunday service 10.00 St Patrick’s Church (Roman Catholic) Via Boncompagni 31, tel. 0642903787, Sunday service 10.00 St Paul’s within-the-Walls (Anglican Episcopal) Via Nazionale, corner Via Napoli, tel. 064883339, Sunday service 08.30,10.30 (English), 13.00 (Spanish) St Silvestro Church (Roman Catholic) Piazza S. Silvestro 1, tel. 066977121, Sunday service 10.00 and 17.30 St Susanna Church (Roman Catholic), Via XX Settembre 15, tel. 0642014554, Saturday service 18.00. Sunday service 09.00 and 10.30 Venerable English College (Roman Catholic), Via di Monserrato 45, tel. 066868546, Sunday service 10.00 support groups Alcoholics Anonymous tel. 064742913, www.aarome.info Archè (HIV+ children and their families) tel. 0677250350, www.arche.it Associazione Centro Astalli (Jesuit refugee centre) Via degli Astalli 14/a, tel. 0669700306 Associazione Ryder Italia (Support for cancer patients and their families) tel. 065349622/0658204580, www.ryderitalia.it Astra (Anti-stalking risk assessment) tel. 066535499, www.differenzadonna.it

Caritas soup kitchen (Mensa Giovanni Paolo II) Via delle Sette Sale 30, tel. 0647821098, 11.00-13.30 daily Caritas foreigners’ support centre Via Zoccolette 19, tel. 066875228, 066861554 Caritas hostel Via Marsala 109, tel. 064457235 Caritas legal assistance Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano 6/a, tel.

0669886369 Celebrate Recovery Christian group tel. 338 / 1675680 Comunità di S. Egidio Piazza di S. Egidio 3/a, tel. 068992234 Comunità di S. Egidio soup kitchen Via Dandolo 10, tel 065894327, 17.00-19.30 Wed, Fri, Sat Information line for the disabled tel. 800271027 Joel Nafuma Refugee Centre St Paul’s within-the-Walls Via Nazionale, corner Via Napoli, tel. 064883339 Mason Perkins Deafness Fund (Support for deaf and deaf-blind children), tel. 0644234511, masonperkins@gmail.com, www.mpds.it Overeaters Anonymous tel. 064743772 Salvation Army (Esercito della Salvezza) Centro Sociale di Roma “Virgilio Paglieri”, Via degli Apuli 41, tel. 064451351 Support for elderly victims of crime (Italian only) Largo E. Fioritto 2, tel. 0657305104 The Samaritans Onlus (Confidential telephone helpline for the distressed) tel. 800860022 transport • Atac (Rome bus, metro and tram) tel. 800431784, www.atac.roma.it • Ciampino airport tel. 06794941, www.adr.it • Fiumicino airport tel. 0665951, www.adr.it • Taxi tel. 060609 – 065551 – 063570 – 068822 – 064157 – 066645 – 064994 • Traffic info tel. 1518 • Trenitalia (national railways) tel.

892021, www.trenitalia.it