Live Performance entertainment in Rome
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Auditorium Parco della Musica
Architect Renzo Piano’s auditorium is just as audacious as his Pompidou centre in Paris. Three scarab-shaped buildings squat around a 3000-capacity amphitheatre, looking like alien spaceships landed in a northern Rome suburb. An amazing 2.5 million spectators flocked here annually, making it Europe’s most popular arts centre. It’s super-sleek and uber-chic, yet the excited throng is as wide a cross-section as you’d see on the Metro, a reflection of the democratic pricing (tickets cost from €5), and the programme, which encompasses anything from PJ Harvey to Puccini. Enter any of the halls (the largest is Sala Santa Cecilia, with 2756 seats), with their lipstick-red seatin…
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Teatro Palladium
Once at risk of being turned into a bingo hall, the wonderful Teatro Palladium was rescued for the residents of Garbatella and has been beautifully renovated. The 1920s interior houses an eclectic, fascinating program of classical music (including the Roma Tre Orchestra), contemporary theatre, children’s films and plays, and it’s one of the venues for the Autumn RomaEuropa festival (www.romaeuropa.net).
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Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti
The IUC organises a season of concerts in the Aula Magna of La Sapienza University, including many visiting international artists and orchestras. Held from October to May, performances cover a wide range of musical genres, including baroque, classical, contemporary and jazz – with anything from jazz quartets to Rachmaninov and Schumann.
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Teatro Valle
This perfectly proportioned 18th-century theatre is like a pocket opera house, with three levels of red-and-gold private boxes. There are occasional English-language works performed in English with Italian subtitles, as well as concerts from rock opera to recitals.
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Forte Prenestino
Housed in a fort east of the city centre, where there are gigs, vintage markets and much more, including shiatsu massage (€15 one treatment) and a fantastic May Day festival (forget the famous mainstream concert at San Giovanni and head here).
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Silvano Toti Globe Theatre
Like London’s Globe Theatre, but with better weather, this is an open-air Elizabethan theatre in the middle of Villa Borghese park. The season – mainly Shakespeare – includes occasional productions in English.
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Teatro dell’Orologio
A well-known experimental theatre in the centro storico, the Orologio offers a varied programme, with works by contemporary authors (including theatrical dance pieces) and classic names such as George Bernard Shaw.
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Teatro Vascello
Left-field in vibe and location, this is an independent, fringe theatre that stages interesting, cutting-edge new work, including avant-garde dance performances, multimedia events and works by emerging playwrights.
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Teatro Sistina
Big-budget theatre spectaculars, musicals and comic star turns are the staples of the Sistina’s ever-conservative, ever-popular repertoire.
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