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The 2022/2023 season of “AltreScene” restarts on 5 November at the Zo center in Catania, with “Totò e Vicè” by Franco Scaldati, to revisit memory in a contemporary key

“Totò and Vicè” – In the photo: Rosario Palazzolo and AntonGiulio Pandolfo bis In a world increasingly characterized by a growing contamination between the levels of knowledge and action, even the stage inevitably takes on an increasingly multidisciplinary value. This imperative, well summarized in the guiding parameters of the Ministry of Culture, is the beacon … Read more

“I’m homosexual, not gay!”: The relationship of maestro Franco Zeffirelli with sexuality

by Virgil Kish

What a man. What an artist. What a genius. We go back to talking about the maestro Franco Zeffirelli (1923-2019), thanks to the docu-film, in cinemas for three days (from 24 to 26 October), “Franco Zeffirelli. Rebel Conformist“. The documentary was written and directed by Anselma Dell’Olio – author, essayist, historical feminist, wife of the … Read more

by Aaron Mathis

MEXICO CITY — Adanowsky lives his resurrection with a concert and new music, including his single “Todo es Perfecto” released Thursday. The Franco-Mexican musician Adán Jodorowsky has had several pseudonyms and artistic characters throughout his career, El Ídolo, Amador, Ada, are some, but of all the one that most identifies him is Adanowsky. “I stopped … Read more

Franco

by Donna Dunlap

Anselma Dell’Olio: “Italy return the honor to Franco Zeffirelli”

by Virgil Kish

“Franzo Zeffirelli has made millions of spectators worldwide appreciate opera and theater. In English-speaking countries, Great Britain and the United States in particular, he is adored and revered as an innovative master. In Italy, however, he is the victim of a sort of damnatio memoriae: great popular success was used against him as a weapon … Read more

Conformista Ribelle, the documentary presented in Venice on Franco Zeffirelli

by Virgil Kish

The Casino room during the screening of the Premiere. Among the spectators in the front row: Luca Baravalle, Giuliano Ferrara, Anselma Dell’Olio, Matteo Salvini, Francesca Verdini and Pippo Zeffirelli. The premiere of the long-awaited docufilm Rebel Conformistdedicated to the iconic director Franco Zeffirelli, in competition in the Venezia Classici section at the 79th Venice International … Read more

Conformista Ribelle, the documentary presented in Venice on Franco Zeffirelli

by Michael Miller

Franco Nero: “The Madonna is a central figure in my life”

by Saturnina Kaiser

The couple have a son Carlo Gabriel (52 years old) but he also raises his wife’s two daughters from a previous relationship and whom he feels like his own daughters. Today he is the grandfather of five grandchildren. In 1971 Franco Nero and Vanessa lose their second child and it is a great pain. The … Read more

Franco Battiato anniversary with documentary film out

by Virgil Kish

On the occasion ofanniversary of the death of Franco Battiato good news arrives: Rai Documentaries will dedicate an early evening to him entitled “The courage to be Franco” with the pre-broadcast airing for Wednesday 18 May on Rai 1. Under the banner of one of the Sicilian singer’s most famous mottos “I don’t want to … Read more

Il viaggio spirituale di Franco Battiato

by Virgil Kish

Franco Battiato, sia nei testi delle sue canzoni che nei suoi film, ha dimostrato di essere un autentico indagatore delle spiritualità. Tuttavia le sue canzoni e sceneggiature richiedono un approfondimento teologico, proprio perché egli nella sua lunga carriera ha attraversato tradizioni esoteriche e religiose molto diverse tra loro. Lo ha fatto un Forum del Centro Studi … Read more