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Casa Italiana Director Prof. Stefano Albertini will receive the 2011 Premio "Re Manfredi".
 
Presented by:
Giovanni Tricarico, President of the "Premio Re Manfredi" Foundation
Angelo Riccardi, Mayor of Manfredonia
Stefano Albertini, Director, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, NYU
Antonio Angelillis, Councillor of Manfredonia and the province of Foggia
Raffaele Cera, President of the Prize Committee
 
With the 2010 Winners:
Joseph Tusiani and Antonio Pio Saracino
 
With the participation of:

Italy is guest of honor at the 2011 BookExpo 2011.

Program of the Symposium:

Welcoming Remarks
Speaker: Cervin Brierman, Publishers Weekly

9:30 - 10 am
Publishing in Italy: an Overview
Speakers: Marco Polillo, President of AIE - Italian Publishers Association
Pasquale Bova, ITC- Italian Trade Commissioner
Tom Allen, President AAP

Concert by the Choir of the Tempio Maggiore of Rome
conducted by Claudio Di Segni
and featuring the hazan of Rome Alberto Funaro
and organist Federico Del Sordo

The Temple Choir makes its contribution to the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Italian Unity with a concert of liturgical music in the Roman tradition.

directed by Gianluca Barbadori
choreography by Olivia Kwong
set design by Lorenzo Banci and Federico Biancalani
costumes by Celeste Generoso
music by Ljupco Konstantinov and traditional Chinese music
lighting by Roberto Innocenti
with Shi Yang Shi, Patrizio Pierattini, Olivia Kwong and Marta Bozzano, Chen Zhe, Bernardino Gasperi, Hua Qiuxiu, Huang Miaomiao, Ke Zhoujun, Zhang Xiuzhong, Yang Yanmei, Malia Zheng
First national performance

Sacred Cantata in 9 movements for soprano, narrator, choir and orchestra
text from the Vth century "Passio Caeciliae"
music by Marco Frisina
orchestra Divinamente Festival of New York
choir Schola Cantorum on Hudson
choirmaster Deborah King
soprano Marta Vulpi
narrator David Sebasti
conductor Flavio Emlio Scogna
First national performance

Cecilia, daughter of a noble Roman family, was martyred in the late 2nd century. This is the story told in the ancient text of the Passio Caeciliae, set to music by Monsignor Frisina.

A tribute to Giosu� Carducci
by Michele Di Martino
directed and performed by Pamela Villoresi
original music by Luciano Vavolo
keyboards Marco Bucci
clarinet Nicola Innocenti
violin Angela Savi
cello Elisabetta Sciotti
flute, guitar Luciano Vavolo

Awarded the Nobel Prize in 1906, Giosu� Carducci was the poet of the first decades of Italian Unity. This performance is a tribute to his brilliant literary creativity.

Fratelli d'Italia
The 150th Anniversary of the Italian Unification Celebrated Through Images
 
Curated by
Prof. Davide Lombardo
 
On-site coordinator
Elsa de Giovanni

Curated by
Prof. Davide Lombardo
 
On-site coordinator
Elsa de Giovanni

A presentation by
 
Alberto Toso Fei (Venice) and Timothy "Speed" Levitch (New York)

Underworld Productions Opera presents Apollo & Dafne by G.F. Handel (1710), the archetypal story of Apollo’s aggression toward Dafne, her escape via metamorphosis, and the laurel wreath woven from her limbs. This performance is sung in Italian with supertitles, semi-staged, with piano accompaniment.