In Rome Now Complete City Guide

The Best in Rome
Week of Friday, February 3 - Thursday, February 9, 2012

Check out the trailers on our movies, music and theater pages.

Evgeny Kissin plays the Grieg Piano Concerto
This week's program by the Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Ceclia includes audience favorites Brahms' Tragic Overture and the Grieg Piano Concerto, as well as the Tchaikovsky Symphony n. 3, called the "Polish" because of the folk dance rhythms in the final movement. The soloist in the Grieg concerto,
Evgeny Kissen, made his concerto debut at the age of ten and has been performing with the world's major orchestra's ever since. His opened Carnegie Hall’s Centennial season with a debut recital, which was recorded live by BMG Classics. This week's guest conductor, Vladmir Jurowski, is Music Director of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera and the London Philarhomic's Principal Conductor. more.

Ivano Fossati
The pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and percussionist born in Genoa. has worked with Fabrizio De André, Riccardo Tesi,Anna Oxa, Mia Martini, Ornella Vanoni, Francesco De Gregori and other Italian stars. During the course of a career that dates back to the release of his first album in 1973, he has produced such mega-hits as the haunting melody "La costruzione di un amore" and garnered a huge and loyal audience. He's at the Palaottomatica presenting his latest album "Decadancing", which was released last year. Friday-Saturday, February 3-4. more

Boban and Marko Markovic Orkestar
If you just want something to cheer you out of the winter doldrums, check out this ensemble of slightly crazy Serbians. Their music is heavy on the brass, and full of joy, a mix of the Balkans, klezmer, and whatever else happens to appeal to the brothers Markovic at the moment. Watch the trailer on our music page, and we dare you to manage to sit still. more

The Magic Flute according to the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio
If you are a true lover of Mozart's opera, this won't be for you. You will be appalled by the liberties taken with the precious music and by the screeching of the Queen of the Night. For everyone else, however, this show is a delight, back by popular demand after performances last fall. The orchestra, orginally made famous by a documentary film of the same name, is composed of an unlikely mix of musicians from India, the Caribbean, South America, North Africa and Europe, all playing their native instruments in their own style. Check out the trailer on our music page and decide for yourself. more

Coppelia
The classic with music by Delibes is presented by the ballet of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma,in a production that orginated at the Opéra de Nice, with guest artists from that company alternating in the leading roles with the etoiles of the Rome company. February 3-8. more

Equilibrio Dance Festival
The annual festival brings together an international roster of leading choreographers on the cutting-edge, and emerging talent. A highlight, which opens the festival, is a new work by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui , who rarely fails to delight his audiences. "TeZukA" is inspired by the Japanese animator and manga artist Osamu Tezuka with music by Cherkaoui's long time collaborator Nitin Sawhney. Tezuka's original drawings will be shown together with images by the video artist Taiki Ueda and calligraphy by Tosu Suzuki. more

In the Museums
Il Guggenheim. L’avanguardia americana 1945-1980, examing trends in American art with works from the various Guggenheim museums opens this week at the Palazzo dellei Exposizioni. Antica Cartografia d’Italia, an exhibition of ancient maps celebrating the 150th anniversary of the reunification of Italy is at the Complesso del Vittoriano The work of contemporary artist Jean-Marc Bustamante together with his choice of paintings by the 17th century Dutch artist Pieter Jansz Saenredam is at the Villa Medici. Photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson are at the Palazzo Incontro. Santo Tomaino – Epic Painting is at the Museo Carlo Bilotti. Massimo Giannoni – Triptychs is at the Palazzo delle Espozioni. UnForbidden City la post –rivoluzione della nuove arte cinese is at MACRO Testaccio. Il Gesù Bambino del Pintoricchio, two splendid works, rarely seen by the public, a fragment of a fresco configuring Gesù Bambino and a panel refiguring the Madonna and Baby Jesus are at the Musei Capitolini. At the Museo di d'Arte Antico in Palazzo Barberini, Guercino 1591-1666, showcases masterpieces by the Bolognese artist. Works by National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry is at the MACRO Testaccio. Ombre di Guerra, stirring photographs of war by some of the world's leading journalists is at the Museo Ara Pacis. I Borghese e l’antico, important works from the Louvre are back in their original home at the Museo Borghese At the MAXXI museum: a retrospective celebrates the centennial of architect Ludovico Quaroni; photographer Pieter Hugo's harrowing portrait of Agbogbloshie, a shanty town in Ghana; and Re-cycle, a major exhibition devoted to projects involving recycling strategies in architecture, cities and landscapes. At the Palazzo Venezia, Roma al Tempo di Caravaggio, explores Caravaggio's world and his influences. At the Capitoline Museums, Leonardo e Michelangelo, a selection of sixty-six drawings by two great masters of the Italian Renaissance. At the Palazzo Sciarra, Rinascimento a Roma, illustrates the importance of art and architecture in 16th-century Rome.
Complete museum and gallery listings.

Complete Events: Music, Theater, Dance and Opera

ROME SIDE TRIPS, our first iphone-ipad app!
More than 250 exciting destinations all within an hour or two from Rome. Videos, 1100 photos, offline maps and more.
DOWNLOAD IT NOW!