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Lombardy Events & Exhibitions
Canova alla corte degli Zar
Canova at the Tzar's court. About forty masterpieces, including seven by Canova, from the St Petersburg Hermitage
14 February 2008 - 1 June 2008
Palazzo Reale, Piazza del Duomo 12, 20122 Milan
Mon: 14:30 - 19.30; Tue - Sun: 09:30 19:30; Thur: 09:30 22:30
Full Price: 9.00
The Seventies: a long decade in a short century
This magical mystery tour takes you back in time to one of the most intense, complex and contradictory periods in our recent history. This is no nostalgia trip, but at the same time there is no airbrushing or writing off of the past, simply the intention to let visitors reflect on a key decade from a current perspective
27 October 2007 - 30 March 2008
Triennale di Milan, Viale Alemagna 6, 20121 Milan
Mon: closed; Tue - Sun: 10:30 - 20:30
Full Price: 8.00
Warhol / Beuys Omaggio a Luciano Amelio
This exhibition pays tribute to Andy Warhol and Jospeh Beuys, two outstanding figures of contemporary art, as well as Lucio Amelio. The internationally renowned artists chose his gallery in Naples as a workshop where they could develop their ideas and add the finishing touches to their works
15 November 2007 - 30 March 2008
FAM Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Foro Buonaparte 50, 20121 Milan
Mon Sun: 10:00 19:30; Tue & Thur: 10:00 22:30
Full Price: 8.00
Paul Klee: Teatro Magico
An exhibition about the great artist Paul Klee
26 January 2008 - 13 May 2008
FAM Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Foro Buonaparte 50, 20121 Milan
Mon: closed; Daily: 10:00 19:30; Tue & Thur: 10:00 22:30
Full Price: 8.00
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon is regarded as one of the great painters of the 20th century. This is the first exhibition in Italy dedicated to him since 1993
4 March 2008 - 29 June 2008
Palazzo Reale, Piazza del Duomo 12, 20122 Milan
Mon: 14:30 - 19.30; Tue - Sun: 09:30 19:30; Thur: 09:30 22:30
Full Price: 9.00
Mipel - The Bagshow
International leathergoods fair - for professionals
28 February 2008 - 2 March 2008
Strada Statale del Sempione 28, 20017 Rho
09:30 - 19:00 (until 22:30 on 29 February); Sunday 2 March: 09:30 - 17:30
Full Price: check website for details
www.fieramilano.it / www.mipel.com
America! Storie di pittura dal Nuovo Mondo
Not only painting, but also history, photography, sculpture, customs and traditions, movies, literature, music, to tell about the rise and development of a nation in the 19th century
24 November 2007 4 May 2008
Museo di Santa Giulia, Via dei Musei 81/b, 25121 Brescia
Mon - Thur: 09:00 19:00; Fri - Sun: 09:00 20:00
Full Price: 12.00
www.lineadombra.it Tel: +39 0302977834
Salone Internazionale del Mobile
The 30th International Furniture Fair - for professionals
16 - 21 April 2008 (20 April for the public)
Strada Statale del Sempione 28, 20017 Rho
09:30 - 19:00 check website for details
Full Price: check website for details
www.fieramilano.it / www.cosmit.it
L'arte del collezionare. La raccolta Mario Scaglia. Dipinti e sculture, medaglie e placchette da Pisanello a Ceruti
The Mario Scaglia Collection: paintings and sculptures, medals and plaquettes - from Pisanello to Ceruti
29 October 2007 - 30 March 2008
Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Via A. Manzoni 12, 20121 Milan
Mon: closed; Tue - Sun: 10:00 - 18:00
Full Price: 8.00
Romeo e Giulietta
Opera and Ballet Season, La Scala
8, 10, 20, 21, 23 February & 7, 12, 14, 18, 21 March 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
12.00 - 170.00
Wozzeck
Opera and Ballet Season, La Scala
19, 22, 24, 26, 28 February & 5, 9, March 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
12.00 - 170.00
Beethoven Cycle, La Scala
Pianoforte - Daniel Barenboim
23, 25, 27 January, 13 February, 15, 18, 22, 29 June 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
5.00 - 50.00
Il tabarro / Suor Angelica / Gianni Schicchi
Opera and Ballet Season, La Scala
6, 8, 11, 13, 16, 20, 25, 28 March & 2 April 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
12.00 - 170.00
Filarmonica della Scala / Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Symphonic Concert, La Scala. Conductor - Riccardo Chailly
15, 19, 22 March 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
5.00 - 60.00
Magdalena Kozenà (Mezzosoprano)
Recital, La Scala
3 March 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
5.00 - 29.00
Il lago dei cigni (Swan Lake)
Opera and Ballet Season, La Scala
10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 22, 23 April 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
12.00 - 170.00
Macbeth
Opera and Ballet Season, La Scala
1, 3, 5, 8, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 24 April 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
12.00 - 170.00
Filarmonica della Scala
Symphonic Concert, La Scala. Conductor - Marin Alsop
6, 7, 9 April 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
5.00 - 60.00
Ian Bostridge (Tenore)
Recital, La Scala
14 April 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
5.00 - 29.00
1984
Opera and Ballet Season, La Scala
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 15, 17 May 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
12.00 - 170.00
Il prigioniero / Il castello del duca Barbablù
Opera and Ballet Season, La Scala
18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30 May 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
12.00 - 170.00
Edita Gruberova (Soprano)
Recital, La Scala
11 May 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
5.00 - 29.00
Andrea Chénier
Opera and Ballet Season, La Scala
3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 17, 20, 23, 25, 27 June 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
12.00 - 170.00
Il giocatore (Igrok') (The Gambler)
Opera and Ballet Season, La Scala
16, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28, 30 June 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
12.00 - 170.00
La bohème
Opera and Ballet Season, La Scala
7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23 July 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
12.00 - 170.00
Serata Petit: L'Arlésienne / Le Jeune homme et la Mort / Carmen
Opera and Ballet Season, La Scala
6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 September 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
12.00 - 170.00
Ramón Vargas (Tenore)
Recital, La Scala
29 September 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
5.00 - 29.00
MACEF
International Home Show
5 - 8 September 2008
Strada Statale del Sempione 28, 20017 Rho
09:30 - 18:30
Full Price: 1 day 25; 2 day 40; 4 day 60
www.fieramilano.it / www.macef.com
Mipel - The Bagshow
International leathergoods fair - for professionals
18 - 21 September 2008
Strada Statale del Sempione 28, 20017 Rho
09:30 - 19:00 - check website for details
Full Price: check website for details
www.fieramilano.it / www.mipel.com
La Dame aux camélias
Opera and Ballet Season, La Scala
1, 2, 3, 14, 16, 21, 23, 24 October 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
12.00 - 170.00
Le nozze di Figaro
Opera and Ballet Season, La Scala
11, 13, 15, 17, 22, 28, 30 October 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
10.00 - 105.00
Die lustige Witwe (La vedova allegra / The Merry Widow)
Opera and Ballet Season, La Scala
29, 31 October & 2, 7, 8, 11, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23, November 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
12.00 - 170.00
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzosoprano)
Recital, La Scala
26 October 2008
Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
Usually 20:00
5.00 - 29.00
SMAU
The 45th International Exhibition of Information & Communications Technology
15 - 18 October 2008
Strada Statale del Sempione 28, 20017 Rho
09:30 - 19:00 check website for details
Full Price: check website for details
www.fieramilano.it / www.smau.it
EICMA Moto
The 66th International Motorcycle Exhibition
4 - 9 November 2008
Strada Statale del Sempione 28, 20017 Rho
09:30 - 19:00 - check website for details
Full Price: probably 18.00 - check website for details