Bolzano and the traditional appointment of advent: the Christmas Market with all the typical atmosphere of the preparation of Christmas. The scents of the wine and the Christmas pastry shop are stirred to the sounds of Christmas music in an indeed only concert. Rich program of animation in the week-end in the Walther Square and the Churches of Bolzano. During the Christmas Market some of restaurants of Bolzano and San Genesio offer, to fixed price, their characteristic menù. The menù reveal the extraordinary combination between the typically European kitchen and the taste of the Mediterranean tradition. 80 stallholders in their delightful little huts will offer for sale handmade wooden, glass and ceramic products along with charming Christmas and Christmas tree decorations, delicious seasonal pastries and many more original gifts.
In 1958 the Italian-born American composer and librettist Giancarlo Menotti, twice winner of the Pulitzer award, realized the dream of his life: the festival of the two worlds. The name came from the creator’s intention to gather the European and American scenes. The city chosen to host the event was Spoleto, located in the region of Umbria, for its beauty, its richness of suggestive theatrical venues and its closeness to Rome. The unique atmosphere of free expression of aesthetical, ideological, religious and political tendencies, together with the natural and architectural beauty of Spoleto, attracted throughout the years the biggest names of the entertainment and the jet-set: Visconti, De Filippo, Valli, Russell, Zeffirelli, Rossellini, Williams, Rota, Polansky, Scorzese, Pound, Gassman, Pavarotti, Domingo, Garcia and many others. Festival of the Two Worlds - Spoleto
The Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of the Two Worlds) is an annual summer music and opera festival held each June to early July in Spoleto, Italy since its founding by composer Gian Carlo Menotti in It features a vast array of concerts, opera, dance, drama, visual arts and roundtable discussions on science.operaSpoletoItalyGian Carlo Menotti
The city of Brescia offers art lovers a priceless opportunity to see nearly 100 of Vincent van Gogh’s drawings together in a single exhibition. Because of their fragility and the fact that they cannot be exposed to light for great lengths of time, his drawings are never displayed in permanent museum exhibits. Therefore, the extremely rare showings of these works are the only chance to see them, and this is what Brescia is offering the Italian public. In addition to the drawings, ten of Van Gogh’s most important paintings will also be shown, permitting a direct comparison with the drawings in terms of theme and subject. Van Gogh Paintings and drawings - Brescia
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