SEP 16, 2010 - JAN 6, 2011 | NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM
PALLADIO AND HIS LEGACY: A TRANSATLANTIC JOURNEY
THE EXHIBIT FEATURES 31 DRAWINGS FROM THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH
ARCHITECTS(LONDON). IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PALLADIO INTERNATIONAL
CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE STUDIES (VICENZA)

SEP 19, 2010 - JAN 9, 2011 | NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
ARCIMBOLDO, 1556-1593: NATURE AND FANTASY
THE FIRST EXHIBIT IN THE U.S. DEVOTED SOLELY TO ARCIMBOLDO

OCT 12, 2010  | LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
PHOTOGRAPHER PAOLO VENTURA DISCUSSES THE BOOK "WINTER STORIES"  
HIS SET PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING SCENES FROM THE MEMORY BANKS OF AN OLD CIRCUS PERFORMER AS HE LOOKS BACK ON HIS LIFE

OCT 21, 2010 | LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
FILANGIERI AND FRANKLIN: FROM ITALIAN ILLUMINISM
TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
PRINCIPLE AND IDEAL OF LIBERTY

JAN 8 - FEB 26 2011 | NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
FILM REVIEW ON "NEOREALISMO"
(IN COLLABORATION WITH CINECITTA' - LUCE AND CENTRO SPERIMENTALE DI CINEMATOGRAFIA)

FEB 12 - MAY 15, 2011 | PHILLIPS COLLECTION
PHILIP  GUSTON, ROMA
40 PAINTINGS COMPLETED DURING HIS STAY IN ROME, INSPIRED BY DE CHIRICO,
FELLINI, PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA

FEB 20 - MAY 30, 2011 | NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
VENICE: CANALETTO AND HIS RIVALS
THE RIVALRIES THAT PITTED CANALETTO AND HIS FELLOW PAINTERS
THROUGH 60 VIEW PAINTINGS

FEB 26 - MAR 19, 2011 | WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA
PUCCINI’S MADAMA BUTTERFLY
ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST BELOVED OPERAS RETURNS IN A BEAUTIFUL
AND PRAISED PRODUCTION FROM SAN FRANCISCO OPERA

MAR 12, 2011 | NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
FILM REVIEW ON THE RISORGIMENTO
IN COLLABORATION WITH CINECITTÁ-LUCE (ROMA) AND MUSEO DEL CINEMA
(TORINO)

MAR 17, 2011 | EMBASSY OF ITALY
VERDI'S MUSIC OF THE RISORGIMENTO
AND PUCCINI'S ARIAS
THE MYTH OF VERDI AS RISORGIMENTO’S COMPOSER,
AND ARIAS BY GIACOMO PUCCINI

MAR 23, 2011 | RENWICK GALLERY - SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM
TAGLIAPIETRA E VITALI: MASTERS OF THE MEDIUM - EXHIBITION

APRIL 1, 2011 | EMBASSY OF ITALY
CANALETTO AND HIS INFLUENCE ON EUROPPEAN PAINTINGS
(IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART)

APR 17, 2011 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY
BIG CONCERT WITH FIVE STRADIVARI
MUSIC OF LUIGI CHERUBINI AND LUIGI BOCCHERINI

MAY 13-27, 2011 | WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA
DONIZETTI’S DON PASQUALE
DIRECTED BY LEON MAJOR AND PRODUCED BY THE NYC OPERA

 MAY 21, 2011 | STRATHMORE MUSIC CENTER
VERDI’S MESSA DA REQUIEM
PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AND CHORALE; CONDUCTED BY STAN ENGEBRETSON; WITH ARIANNA ZUCKERMAN, SOPRANO – PATRICIA MILLER, MEZZO-SOPRANO – DON BERNARDINI, TENOR – KEVIN DEAS, BASS

JUN 2 - SEP 6, 2011 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MUSEUM
THE ETRUSCANS: UNCOVERING AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION
THE DAILY LIFE OF THE ETRUSCANS THROUGH AUDIO AND VIDEO,
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SOCIETÁ CONTEMPORANEA PROGETTI
(FLORENCE)

OCT 3, 2011 | GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
CELEBRATING ITALY: THE LESSONS OF AN ANNIVERSARY
LECTURE PRESENTED BY THE HON. GIULIANO AMATO, FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY

OCT 4 - 30, 2011 | EMBASSY OF ITALY
REGIONI E TESTIMONIANZE D'ITALIA 1861 - 2011
"UNITY INTO DIVERSITY"
SHOWCASE OF THE DIVERSITY YET UNITY OF ITALIAN ART FROM THE NATION'S 20
REGIONS

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