Cartolina 11 & 25 March 2015

11 March: Francesco Ventriglia has taken up his appointment as the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Artistic Director in November. He talks about his career from dance to choreography and artistic direction, from La Scala to the Bolshoi and Maggio Danza in Florence. The NZRB is presenting its season of Don Quixote at the Isaac Theatre Royal, 11 to 14 March, with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. It’s a good occasion to check the dome canvas painting, restored by Carolina Izzo and her Italian team

25 March: Andrea di Robilant, a Rome-based writer and researcher who gave a talk in Christchurch on 25 February about the Venetian brothers and navigators Nicolo & Antonio Zen who discovered America before Columbus, tells about his life and his books, based on authentic documents, that take the readers from a love affair in Baroque Venice to the search for a mysterious rose, plus a musical spin-off.

Cartolina 14,28 January & 11,25 February 2015

Our traditional summer compilation is this year dedicated to Mina. The iconic Italian singer is 74, and going from strength to strength. She releases new compilations regularly, to great acclaim, so we are now catching up with her production. This 4-programme series is realized thanks to Mina-ologue extraordinaire Luca Manghi. Luca released a summer series on Mina almost 10 years ago, so there’s a lot to talk about on more recent events and songs. The programmes are aired on: 14 January, 28 January, 11 February and 25 February. For details on the single programmes check the Dante Christchurch Facebook page… or just listen and enjoy!

Cartolina 3, 12 & 30 December 2014

3 & 12 December: Francesco Melillo is an Italian musician, musicologist and historian. He plays guitar in a band called “Aut in Vertigo”, and their first CD has just been published. Francesco talks about their songs, and their attitude to music and to life in general. We’ll also learn what the name of the band stands for…

30 December: New Year’s resolutions. Who makes them? Who keeps them? We talk with some Kiwi and Italian friends, and play their favourite songs.

Vi Auguriamo un Buon Natale 
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un Felice Anno Nuovo

Cartolina 5 & 19 November 2014

5 November: Italy in Antarctica. We talk with Head of Expedition Giuseppe De Rossi and Vilma Melchiori of the Antactic Technical Unit. They explain what is to be expected from this campaign, and how they personally relate to its demands.

19 November: traveling and studying in Italy. Maria Fresia takes her students to explore a part of Italy every year. This time it was the Veneto, that is, not just Venice!

Cartolina 8 & 22 October 2014

8 October: The Italian Film Festival opens in Christchurch on 16 October at the Hollywood Cinema in Sumner. Festival Director Tony Lambert presents the films included this year: as rich and varied selection as ever.

22 October: HE the Italian Ambassador, Carmelo Barbarello, talks to Cartolina producers. Mr Barbarello, recently posted to New Zealand, is in Christchurch for the opening of the Antarctic season.

As usual all programmes are available via internet live or in podcast from http://plainsfm.org.nz

Cartolina producers Wilma Laryn and Denis Walker wish you all: Buon ascolto!

And don’t forget to listen to Made in Italy, the new all-in-Italian radio programme, produced in Italy and made available world-wide,  that Dante Alighieri of Christchurch has brought to Plains fm 96.9, every Wednesday at 7.15 to 7.30 pm. A variety of guests talk about fashion, technology, design, the arts, cuisine, science and tourism … in fact everything interesting about Italy. Made in Italy is produced in Italy, for Italians living overseas, and for the people who speak Italian all over the world. So be part of a community and a network of friendship… Italian style… Every Wednesday, at 7.15pm. You can listen to the programme live from http://plainsfm.org.nz

For more information and pod casts visit www.madeinitalyr

Cartolina 10 September 2013

Cartolina radio 10 September at 7.30 pm, Plains fm 96.9: Primavera ai Castelli. Cartolina co-producer Denis Walker suggests spring itineraries in the Castelli, the hill towns around Roma. 

He describes also Civita di Bagnoregio and Dante’s tomb in Ravenna. To stay with the spring theme, we play Primavera by Marina Rei and Maledetta primavera by Loretta Goggi.

And don't forget: at 7.15 there's "Made in Italy" every week, always on Plains fm96.9. Buon ascolto!