For the next three years, the Los Angeles Philharmonic has decided to set up the three operas “Le nozze di Figaro”, “Don Giovanni” and “Cosi fan tutte” born from the collaboration between the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the librettist Lorenzo da Ponte. The choice of the costume designers and set decorators teams is one …

Many of the Spring Summer 2012 advertising campaigns of the best known Italian brands paid homage to the “Bel Paese”, (poetical phrase which means “Italy”). Several campaigns seem to be inspired by vintage postcard-pictures from the 50’s, the years of the economic boom and Dolce Vita, but in some cases they remain faithful to the …

On April 27, I attended the Italian preview of The Hunger Games, science fiction movie based on the homonym literary trilogy by Suzanne Collins, set in the nation of Panem, in an unidentified future age in which is in force a totalitarian regime. Panem is made up of the rich and luxurious Capitol City, and its …

A fine gennaio, a Parigi si è tenuta la seconda sfilata Haute Couture di Giambattista Valli, che da fine 2011 è stato nominato ufficialmente Haute Couturier da La Fédération Française de la Couture du Prêt-à-Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de Mode. La collezione è stata un omaggio ai maestri couturier parigini di un tempo: cappe …