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OPERA, THEATER & DANCE

Week of Friday, March 12 - Thursday, March 18, 2009

Daniele Lombardi and the Bad Boys of Piano
Lombardi is a renowned composer, pianist and visual artist. Choreography by Ileana Citaristi, Tadashi Endo, Fredy Franzutti, Mario Piazza, with dancers Carla Fracci, Olimpia Carlisi, Ileana Citaristi, Italo Dall'Orto, Tadashi Endo, Massimo Garon; pianist Daniele Lombardi and soprano Susanna Rigacci. The énfants térribles of the last century, are honored in an evening inspired by the Futurist movement, with music by Arthur Vincent Lourié, Franco Casavola, George Antheil.
Teatro Nazionale, Via Viminale (Esquilino)
Saturday, March 13, 6 pm; Sunday, March 14, 4:30 pm.
€30-€20 www.charta.it


Mefistofele
The opera by Arrigo Boito, conducted by Renato Palumbo, directed by Filippo Crivelli, choreography by Gillian Whittingham, with singers Orlin Anastassov, Francesco Palmieri, Stuart Neill, Mario Leonardi, Amarilli Nizza, Teresa Romano, Anda-Louise Bogza, Letizia Del Magro and Amedeo Moretti. A new production based on the historic sketches of Camillo Parravicini.
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Piazza Beniamino Gigli (Esquilino)
Tuesday, March 16, 8:30 pm; Wednesday, March 17, 8:30 pm; Thursday, March 18, 8:30 pm; Friday, March 19, 8:30 pm; Saturday, March 20, 6 pm; Sunday, March 21, 4:30 pm; Tuesday, March 23, 8:30 pm €130 - €11 www.charta.it


Our Country's Good
The story of convicts and Royal Marines sent to Australia in the late 1780s as part of the first penal colony there. The play revolves around the attempts to put on a production of George Farquhar’s restoration comedy, "The Recruiting Officer", with a cast of male and female convicts. The play shows the class system in the convict camp and discusses such themes as sexuality, punishment, the Georgian judicial system, and the idea that art can act as an ennobling force. Most of the characters in the play are based on real people who sailed with the First Fleet. Written by Timberlake Wertenbaker, ased on the book "The Playmaker" by Thomas Keneally, who also wrote "Schindler's Ark", which became the film "Schindler's List". The play won a Tony Award for its Broadway production and an Olivier Award for its London production. Directed here by Douglas Dean, in English.
Teatro San Genesio, Via Podgora, 1 (Prati, near Piazza Mazzini)
Tuesday-Friday, March 16-19, 8:30 pm; Saturday-Sunday, March 20-21, 5:30 pm.
€15, reduced €13 tel 347 824 8661 or 339 709 6475, email eternallines@yahoo.com


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