WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK  3 - 6 February 2011

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Messa da Requiem by Verdi at the Tripcovich Theatre on Friday 4 Feb at 20:30. The Verdi Orchestra will be directed by the director of the Philadelphia Opera Company, Maestro Rovaris. Tickets can be purchased directly at the Theatre’s box office (euro 5 – 15). Check http://www.teatroverdi-trieste.com

Revoltella Museum Sunday Matinee Concert on 6 Feb at 11:00. The Ensemble Variabile will play music by Brahms and Schumann. Drinks will be served at the end of the concert. For this special occasion, on the same day there will be free guided tours of the Museum at 10 and 12, art workshops for children ( from 10 ‘ 13 for those aged 7 to 10, and in the afternoon from 16:00 – 18:00 age 4 – 6). Comprehensive price for concert, drinks and tour is 6,50. The museum is situated in via Diaz 27. Check http://www.museorevoltella.it

ART EXHIBITIONS IN TRIESTE

Solo show by artist Loredana Riavini at the Sala Comunale d'arte in Piazza Unita', 4.  Ongoing until 18 Feb, timing 10-13 and 17-20.

'Living your dream" (Abitare il sogno), solo show by artist Tullio Fantuzzi at Art Gallery Rettori Tribbio in Piazza Vecchia, 6. tel 040370365. Ongoing until 11 Feb. 2011.

"Dalla Metafisica all'Arte" (from Metaphysics to Art). Ongoing exhibition by Giorgio De Chirico until 27 February at the "Scuderie del Castello di Miramare" (Miramare Castle "horse stables" - converted in an exhibition hall - before the main entrance of the Castle on viale Miramare). The exhibition presents 90 works tracing the artist's creativity. There is also a solo exhibition by the artist Fabio Mauri "Un Sognatore della Ragione" (a dreamer of the reason) with 5 installations and 1950 paintings. At the Miramare Castle, there is another exhibition by contemporary artists inspired by De Chirico's works: "Gli Specchi dell'Anima. Artisti intorno a De Chirico" (the Mirrors of the Soul, Artists close to De Chirico), to name a few: Adami, Ceroli, Chia, De Dominicis, Natham, Schifano. The exhibition is open every day from 9:00 - 19:00. Entrance ticket euro 8. Ongoing until 27 February 2011.

Cavour & Trieste at the San Giusto Castle ongoing until June 2011 (Piazza della Cattedrale 3, bus 24 from Train Station). The exhibition highlights the special relationship Cavour had with the city of Trieste, his stay in 1836, and the political and economic importance of the city used as a model for Europe's modernization in the 19th century.  Entrance ticket euro 5 (opening times 9:00 - 17:00). Check http://www.triestecultura.it

MISCELLANEOUS

Mi&Lab, micro festival on science, music, art, philosophy and technology at the Miela Theatre in Piazza Duca degli Abruzzi, ongoing until 6 Feb. Entrance ticket euro 4. Check programme http://www.miela.it

Raggae 4 Emergency, on Friday 4 Feb at the Ausonia Club in Riva Traiana 1 (bus 8). The evening is organized in support of Emergency in Ethiopia. There will an Ethiopian buffet starting at 20:00 followed at 22:30 by live bands playing Raggae. The event is organized by Radio Fragola. Entrance is free except for the dinner (reasonable prices). See: http://www.radiofragola.com

For those who love jazz, there will be jam sessions organized by the Jazz Club Thelonious and in collaboration with the Tartini Music conservatory  that will take place on different dates at the Bar Knulp in Via Madonna del Mare. Check http://www.thelonious.trieste.it

Ongoing until 6 February, "FLASHDANCE IL MUSICAL" Show at Politeama Rossetti in Viale XX Sett. For info call: 0403593511 or see http://www.ilrossetti.it

OUTSIDE TRIESTE

"Munch e Lo Spirito del Nord", Villa Manin in Passariano di Codroipo in the province of Udine. For the first time in Italy, “Munch and the Spirit of the North. Scandinavia in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century” aims to piece together a story that identifies the spirit of the North in painting in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. The exhibition, composed of approximately 120 paintings on loan from Scandinavian museums in particular, but also from several other European and American museums, focuses chiefly on landscapes, although it also features a good number of portraits and figural works. Ongoing until 6 March 2011. Opening times: everyday 9:00 - 19:00 (until 1 Nov) and from 2 Nov Mon - Thurs 9:18:00 and Fri, Sat and Sun 9:00 - 19:00.

Ski season in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region and Pramollo ski resort in Austria. For more info on slopes, ski pass prices and weather forecast, check: http://www.promotur.org for ski in the FVG Region, Austria: http://www.nassfeld.at/en/winter/

And general ski maps in Italy: http://skimaps.skiforum.it/skimaps/index.php

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