‘Parade’ and ‘Pulcinella’ on stage At the Teatro Grande in Pompeii with the Corps de Ballet of the Rome Opera House In 1917 Picasso undertook a journey to Italy with Jean Cocteau to work with the Ballets Russes on ‘Parade’. During his stay in Italy, the artist visited Rome, Naples and Pompeii. To celebrate the centenary of Picasso's journey, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism is hosting some important events and exhibitions, such as the recently concluded exhibition ‘Pi ...

The first festival of ancient drama ‘POMPEII THEATRUM MUNDI’ will be held from 22nd June to 23rdJuly 2017 at the Teatro Grande in Pompeii including plays from ‘Oresteia’ to ‘Prometheia’, from ‘Antigone’ to ‘The Bacchae’ and ‘Phaedra’, directed by De Fusco, Luconi, De Rosa, Cerciello. It is a four-year project overseen by the Teatro Stabile of Naples/National Theatre and the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. Conceived for the Teatro Grande in Pompeii, the four-year project ‘POMPEII THEATRUM MUNDI’ ...

International Study Days 6 th April 2017 Pompeii - Auditorium 7 th April 2017 Naples - Partenope Convention centre The Great Pompeii Project is the main focus of the two International Study Days ‘Restoring Pompeii’, organised by the Superintendency of Pompeii and the Department of Architecture of the University of Naples ‘Federico II’. The two Study Days will enable an open discussion on the outcome of the four-year project to restore many houses and re-open large areas of the site, which in som ...

  14 th MARCH NATIONAL LANDSCAPE DAY AT THE EXCAVATION SITES OF POMPEII-POMPEII'S RE-BIRTH. MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO’S ‘THIRD PARADISE’ Agreat celebration and a flash-mob in the Palestra Grande of Pompeii helps bring a ‘Third Paradise’ to life with Michelangelo Pistoletto, inspired by the re-birth that Pompeii is experiencing. Pompeii's re-birth can be seen through Pistoletto’s symbol and his ‘Third Paradise’. The symbol of the ‘Third Paradise’ is the reconfiguration of the mathematical infi ...

The Teatro Grande will reopen on 23 rd July with an exceptional artist, Ludovico Einaudi, performing in Pompeii for the first time. ‘Ludovico Einaudi elements’ is the title of the concert. Together with the Turin composer on piano, there will be Federico Mecozzi on violin, Redi Hasa playing cello, Alberto Fabris on bass guitar and live electronics, Riccardo Laganà on percussion and Francesco Arcuri on guitar..   The album ‘Elements’ was released on 16 th October 2015.It includes 12 pieces f ...