Italian Cultural Institute News

If you look around for the special events around New York City, you can find some incredible art, like the STEFANO BATTAGLIA BAND, in unlikely places, like Rizzoli Bookstore.

TEN WAYS TO DIE HAPPY, an Italian quiz theatre show adapted from Dieci Modi Per Morire Felici, will make its international premiere at Underbelly's Cowbarn during the Edinburgh Fringe, with ten audience members navigating choices about love, ambition, and risk.

Marco Di Stefano's Via Crucis, a solo verse play inspired by young Italians who died in police custody, has been named the winner of the 2026 In Scena! Playwright Award by the Italian Theater Festival NY.

For the first time in the United States, six opera costumes created for the renowned performer Maria Callas and belonging to Teatro alla Scala in Milan will be displayed at the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery.

The New York City-based Kairos Italy Theater along with Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU and the Italy-based KIT Italia will present the 13th season of the In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY.

Carnegie Hall has announced its schedule of partner events presented by leading cultural and academic institutions across New York City and beyond from February through July 2026 as part of the Hall's United in Sound: America at 250 festival.

In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY has announced La regola dei terzi by playwright Marco De Simone as the winner of their 2025 In Scena! Playwright Award (formally the Mario Fratti Award).

The New York City-based Kairos Italy Theater along with the Italy-based KIT Italia and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU will present the 12th season of the In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY. Learn more and see how to attend.

Master Drawings New York has revealed programming in conjunction with the fair on view February 1 through 8, 2025 with a preview event on Friday, January 31. Learn more!

Kairos Italy Theater will present the UK premiere of The Worth of Women by Moderata Fonte at the Dundee Fringe Festival and The Byre Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Meet the finalists of the 2024 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition, selected after a competitive semi-finals concert. Discover the talented young singers who will compete in the finals on September 19.

PostClassical Ensemble has announced the concert line-up for its 2024-2025 season at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater,* with season packages on-sale now.

The Flying Carpet Festival in Mardin, Turkey, returns on May 25th, 2024, featuring a diverse lineup of international artists, musicians, and performers.

The New York City-based Kairos Italy Theater along with the Italy-based KIT Italia and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU will present the 11th anniversary season of the InScena! Italian Theater Festival NY. See the lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

The new exhibit ACROSS THE GREAT ATLANTIC: ART OF THE ITALIAN DIASPORA IN THE AMERICAS showcases 20th-century Italian diaspora art. Opening on February 22.

Master Drawings New York, the premier U.S. drawings showcase, will take place from January 27 through February 3, 2024. The exhibition will feature exceptional and rare works on paper from the 15th to the 21st centuries, as well as paintings and sculpture. Don't miss this highly anticipated event!

Master Drawings New York (MDNY), the premier U.S. drawings showcase, announces programs for the 2024 fair, on view from January 27 through February 3 in more than two dozen galleries on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

To celebrate 100 years of Maria Callas, one of the world’s most renowned soprano singers of the 20th century, the Embassy of Italy, the Italian Cultural Institute Jakarta, and Ciputra Artpreneur proudly present a grand opera concert titled 'Tribute to Maria Callas.”

The Italian Institute of Culture is presenting a reading of the dystopian drama SYRMA, written by award winning actress and writer Carolina de' Castiglioni.

Pentabus has announced their 2023 Summer/Autumn Season which features one new commission, one new digital theatre online release, four new Associate Artists and the return of Pentabus Young Writers live production with seven new brilliant plays.