Davide Livermore, acclaimed theater and opera director, staged this extraordinary reinterpretation of Shiller’s Mary Stuart revisited as a contemporary today’s drama, with today’s language and the use of theater in our times.
“The wonderful thing about the original work dated 1800, says Livermore, is an extraordinary investigation into women within power and the power itself. Mary Stuart, Catholic Queen of Scots, and the Protestant Elizabeth of England create an incredible example of two women managing to be themselves while taking on different modalities even if they are not strictly feminine” 
The Queens
Queen Elizabeth becomes masculinized, progressively losing her characteristics as a woman just to win the challenge with the rival. Through Elizabeth, it is once again the patriarchy that reconfirms itself. The crown of England is at stake and politics, religion, power, passions, both public and private, all mixed in this violent historical picture set in an abstract space that becomes a court, prison, park hosting a challenge for two extraordinary actresses Laura Marinoni and Elisabetta Pozzi.
Amazing: the actresses exchange roles every evening.
It will be a feather thrown by an angel to determine who will take on whose role, in a theatrical game, which in the prologue of the show indicates which of the two actresses will be the queen destined to reign and which will be the one destined to perish.
The cast
Giancarlo Judica Cordiglia, Linda Gennari, Olivia Manescalchi, Sax Nicosia , while Gaia Aprea, Giua, armed with an electric guitar and made up like David Bowie, the medieval storyteller, a singing narrator who will never abandon us, always on stage or at the edge of the proscenium to perform the dark and contemporary soundtrack The Queens are dressed by Dolce e Gabbana, the costumes were created by Anna Missaglia
The almost three hours of show pass quickly thanks to a very fluid staging, a high but modern language, a plot dated centuries ago but particularly current and therefore engaging. Livermore, a genius as Opera Director, aims to validate the rapprochement between opera and prose.
It is no coincidence that Schiller’s drama inspired Gaetano Donizetti who, in 1835, with the help of the librettist Giuseppe Bardari, made it into an opera.
A surprising, unexpecetd gran finale: all cast singing and dancing the Eurythmics hit “Sweet Dreams are made made of this…Who am I to disagree..
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MARIA STUARDA
Till November 12th, 2023
Teatro Carcano, Milano
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A Castagnole Monferrato (Asti), scopriamo l’azienda agricola Montalbera, una suggestiva struttura che, oltre alla produzione di eccellenti vini, offre una showroom per degustazioni vini, sale relax, sessioni di yoga nella barricaia piscina e idromassaggio affacciatI sui vigneti, 
Tutt’intorno trionfa un vero anfiteatro di vigne dove nascono molte varietà di vini (Barbera d’Asti, Grignolino, Viognier, Monferrato Nebbiolo) e “last but not least” il Ruchè docg, un rosso prodotto da un vitigno autoctono, rinato grazie alle ricerche di Franco Morando di cui vengono lavorate le particelle più selezionate come il Ruché Laccento e il Ruché Limpronta, e 12 mesi di legno per avere la Docg
Thanks to them, the rebirth of Ruchè took place, a red produced from an indigenous vine of the same name typical of eight countries and other varieties (Barbera d’Asti, Grignolino, Viognier, Monferrato Nebbiolo)
Here is an extremely elegant, silky, warm wine on the palate, with a great balance that reflects the international taste of the modern taster and attentive to innovative pleasures, matured in steel tanks and subsequently bottled positioned horizontally at a controlled temperature, Ruchè is a wine with an unmistakable character with a bright garnet red colour, pleasant floral hints of rose and violet, fruity notes of apricot and the spiciness that emerges with evolution making it immediately recognizable in the glass
Ecco un vino estremamente elegante, setoso, caldo al palato, con un grande equilibrio che rispecchia il gusto internazionale dell’assaggiatore moderno e attento alle piacevolezze innovative, maturato in vasche di acciaio e successivamente in bottiglia posizionata in senso orizzontale a temperatura controllata, Ruchè è un vino dal carattere inconfondibile dallo sgargiante color rosso granato, ai piacevoli sentori floreali di rosa e viola, le note fruttate di albicocca e la speziatura che emerge con l’evoluzione lo rendono immediatamente riconoscibile nel bicchiere.
Montalbera, attenta alla sostenibilità, anche sociale., ha modificato le ore di lavoro dei 22 lavoratori in campagna, che diventano più di 90 in vendemmia, spostandole in momenti meno caldi e afosi della giornata, nella fascia mattutina dalle 6 mentre la vendemmia serale inizia nel tardo pomeriggio.
In the heart of super trendy Chelsea, a stone’s throw from the fashionable Kings Road, I discovered a restaurant that marries tradition, innovation and creativity with a simple and confident attitude. It is 
Phil has always cooked with harmony of flavour being his absolute mantra – and this being achieved through classical flavours and rigorously seasonal and ingredient-led cooking. None of this has changed at Elystan Street but an increased focus on vegetables and a lightness of touch now prevails.
With over 30 years of experience in running some of London’s finest and most respected neighbourhood restaurants Rebecca Mascarenhas brings her immense experience and passion to Elystan Street. As a pro restaurant goer she has not only amassed a hard-earned diner’s opinion but a perspective to help ensure that her own businesses never rest on their laurels.
featuring italian inspired dishes such as burrata with black cabbage and anchovy, garlic & orange dressing, veal with tuna sauce, gnocchetti with smashed sausage, white wine, fennel & chilli, pumpkin & chestnut ravioli with pine nuts, brown butter, sage & parmesan, just to name few. Phil’s prerogative is using 100% classic flavors, which doesn’t mean not being creative, but invites freshness, therefore tradition without being too heavy.
I met Phil at Elystan Street
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Text and photos by Cesare Zucca
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What better choice than the Euganean Hills and the village of Arquà, where he lived the last years of his life with his family. He fall in love with this land, considered the green and literary heart of the Veneto, where physical places and places of the soul coincide to this once marshy territory that the poet dedicates some words in one of his letters, remembered in one of the literary plaques of the route of the via poetica of the Petrarca Park 
“Since in no other way can you so adorn the appearance of a beautiful region and thus restore the Euganean Hills besieged by these marshes, widely known and noble for the branches of Minerva and the very fruitful branch of an illustrious Bacchus, to their true appearance of excellent land, and indeed restore fertile fields to Ceres, which is excluded from it , who are now oppressed by a foul and excessive mood”
Thanks to him that many writers and poets were attracted to this territory which then impressed them so much that it became the setting for many of their works, from Byron to Andrea Zanzotto, Mary and Percy Shelley, d’Annunzio and many others who were inspired by the enchantment of these rolling hills.
Pay a visit to the Evo del Borgo oil mill, which among the many oils could not miss the laurel oil, a plant loved by the poet, a symbol of fame and celebrity, then the Loreggian Winery that aims to enhance the cultural context also in wine, given that the main wine labels feature phrases from the poet.
This journey is enriched by an artifact from 1923, a navigation basin which is among the largest in Europe and which allows a drop of water of 7 meters . You will pass through the river village for an interesting perspective that could only be from the water, for this village which owes its fame to it.
Water which was important for the activity of the Baths, whose history we will tell and then for the commercial activity of the boatmen, who managed tons of goods transported on the typical “burci” which are still on display in the widespread museum
Museum of the Euganean Hills, Galzignano Terme:
Valbona Castle
Where to sleep
London, August 26, International Dog Day
Questa versione contemporanea include una scultura a razzo del Big Ben nella hall e immagini non convenzionali dei monarchi del passato nelle camere da letto e nei bagni..
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Balletto di Milano boasts a young and fierce cast, starting with the couple Amanda Hall and Emmanuel Ippolito who gave us a lively moment from “Flames of Paris, the remarkable chemistry between the very young Annamaria Maestri (Juliet) and the fiery Mattia Imperatore (Romeo), Alessia Sasso and Alessando Orlando in their sultry pas de deux from Ravel’s Notre-Dame-d de Paris.
Among them the most applauded couple was Paloma Bonnin whose dizzying fouettes were truly incalculable, perhaps more than the notorius 32… and her partner GianManuel d’Elia engaged in Petipa’s historic choreography for “Corsaire”
The highly anticipated BARBIE movie is out, at its best at the beginning and end, but, in my opinion, undone by a middle section where gags give way to issues about patriarchy, puberty, feminism and existentialism
Surprises in the cast: America Ferrara reappears with an incisive role (the not so pretty one from “Ugly Betty ” while the old lady at the bus stop is the daughter of Ruth Handler, the creator of Barbie masterfully played here by Rhea Perlman.
HEALTHY AND PERFECT COUPLING: “YOUR” FISH AND PASTA WITH LEGUMES
by Cesare Zucca 
link to Ulivè 
CERIGNOLA is a hisrotic municipality in the Foggia area ( Apulia) in the Olfanto Valley.
The olive oil of Masseria dei Nunzi
Bio oil form the Terre del Trigno , a land that telsl of a story made of hard work and sacrifices, of places where the symbiosis between man and nature generates unique and unmistakable products with unexpected, now forgotten flavours. In the pristine lands of our organic farm we cultivate native Abruzzo cultivars, in order to preserve their unique organoleptic qualities and contribute to the preservation and protection of the biodiversity of the area. 
Men-fishes, women lizzard, hands that dance and move like human bbeing, a bicycle rider up in the sky, more acrobatic feats, flips and twists, human towers, soaring flight and impossible landings, as well as juggling, contortionism, a virtuoso yo-yo-ing, the amazing duo 
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Hai mai sognato di entrare in un quadro di Van Gogh?
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To accompany the tasting of Organic and Berebene wines there will be delicious tastings:
Leandro Erlich, the contemporary artist who has brought excitement to record numbers of visitors everywhere on the planet, is finally coming to Palazzo Reale in Milan, for his first European exhibition. 
Argentine artist, born in Buenos Aires ,Erlich creates large installations with which the public relates and interacts, becoming the work of art itself.
The exhibition is promoted by the Comune of Milan-Cultura, is produced and organized by Palazzo Reale and Arthemisia, in collaboration with Studio Erlich, with the curatorship of Francesco Stocchi. His works are unique and represent an absolute novelty in the art world and combine creativity, vision, emotion and fun.
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