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Renzo Arbore e l'Orchestra Italiana
In the 1970s and 1980s, Arbore created and starred in a series of wonderfully off-the-wall surreal comedy shows, becoming a cult figure in Italy. In 1991, he formed an orchestra dedicated to preserving and performing the popular music of Naples. He'll be at the Cosmophonies festival at the ancient Roman amphitheater in Ostia Antica, Friday, July 3. more

Francesco de Gregori
A poet as much as a songwriter, Francesco de Gregori was a founder of the Italian "cantautore", tradition back in the early 1970s. Regarded as a national treasure, he'll be playing to packed house of enthusiastic fans at the Luglio Suono Bene festival, Parco della Musica Cavea.
Saturday, July 4 more

Patti Smith Acoustic Trio
One of the all-time stars of punk rock, as well as a respected poet and artist, Patti Smith performs with her acoustic trio, including guitarist Lenny Kaye and daughter Jesse, a talented pianist at the Roma Incontro il Mondo festival at the lake in Villa Ada,
Monday, July 6 more

Pappano Conducts Beethoven
An unusual addition to the Luglio Suono Bene festival, music director Antonio Pappano conducts the orcchestr and chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in a performance of Beethoven's ninth symphony out-of-doors on the stage of the Cavea at the Parco della Musica. Wednesday, July 8. more

Flamenco!
The son of legendary flamenco star Eugenia de los Reyes, Israel Galván presents his mother's latest work, with his company of singers, dancers and musicians at the FestiVAl, Villa Adriano, Tivoli, Thursday-Friday, July 9-10. more



In the Museums:
Scatti di Guerra: Lee Miller and Tony Vaccaro, photographs documenting the final days of World War II, at the Scuderie del Quirinale. Six cartoonists interpret Etruscan history in EEtruscomix. L'Etruria in Fumetto at the
Museo Nazionale Etrusco. The mirror used in works of art is the subject of Speculazioni d’artista. "Quattro generazioni allo specchi” (Speculation of an Artist. Four generations in the mirror) at the Museo Carlo Bilotti.
A restrospective of the development of the museum under the leadership of director Palma Bucarelli (1942-1975) at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna. Rome's International Photo Festival celebrates its eighth year with events centered at the Palazzo degli Esposizioni and scattered in galleries throughout the city. Hans Op de Beeck – In silenziosa conversazione con Correggio at the Galleria Borghese. Arthur Duff-Love Letters /
Hema Upadhyay – Where the Bees Suck, There Suck I, two installations mark the reopening of MACRO. The inventive genius of Leonardo da Vinci is celebrated by exhibitions at two museums, the Palazzo Venezia, and at the Palazzo della Cancelleria.At the Musei Capitolini, American artist. Alessandro Mendini, a retrospective of the work of one of Italy's most influential contemporary designers is at the Museo dell'Ara Pacis. Beato Angelico, the Domenican friar whose art reforms ushered in the Renaissance, is honored on the 550th anniversary of his death with a major retrospective at the Musei Capitolini. Il Divo Vespasiano commemorates 2000 years since the rule of the great emperor, at the Anfiteatro Flavio, Colosseum.
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