Festival Italiano 2016

It rained and poured, but Festival Italiano went ahead, with Italian flair and with a big turnout! Thank you all for braving the weather and coming along, Grazie Auckland!

The Italian Festival Season in Auckland starts today - 13 September

The first Italian event of the Season will be a special concert featuring visiting Swedish violinist and conductor Tobias Ringborg, here conducting New Zealand Opera’s production of Tosca.

Prelude to the Italian Festival Season in Auckland

Programme:

1. Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945):
Intermezzo and Easter Hymn from “Cavalleria Rusticana”

2. Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)/Ernest Alder:
“La Bohème”: Trio for violin, flute and piano

3. Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840): Cantabile, Op. 17

4. Cesare Ciardi (1817-1877): Gran Concerto, Op. 129
Andante – Maestoso

5. Carlo Cammarota (1905-1990): Arioso e Fuga

6. Nino Rota (1911-1979): Trio for flute, violin and piano

Luca Manghi, flute

David Kelly, piano

and special guest Tobias Ringborg, violin

St Luke’s Church, 130 Renuera Road, Auckland

13 September 2015, 7:00pm

Tickets sold at the door $30 ($25 for Dante Members)

A light refreshment will be served after the concert.

 

Edited: photos from the party after the concert. Fantastico!

For more events check the Festival Italiano Website or FB Page

Win A trip to Italy and other fantastic prizes with the Festival Italiano Raffle

In occasion of our Festival Italiano '15

the Dante Auckland is proud to announce the annual raffle. There are only 3000 tickets so be quick for your chance to win some fantastic prizes, including a trip to Italy!

First Prize

Win a trip to Rome or Milan (your choice) offered by the Dante Auckland in collaboration with Moa Travel

The prize includes 1 return economy class airfare to either Rome or Milan, plus 3 nights accommodation in your chosen city. 

Raffle draw on 27 September 2015, 3.30pm, at the Festival Italiano, in the presence of a Justice of the Peace. The lucky winner will need to arrange the travel dates, which will be between 1 April and 30 September 2016 depending on availability, with Moa Travel by October 2015. 

Second Prize

An exclusive private 4 hour Italian cooking experience for you and three friends offered by Pasta & Cuore

Spend a magic afternoon at Pasta & Cuore in Mt Eden under the guidance of Stefania Ugolini, a professional pasta maker from Bologna. Prize includes a cooking class and dinner for four, date and time to be arranged with Pasta & Cuore. 

Pasta & Cuore cooking school, shop and restaurant is opening soon at:

409 Mt Eden Rd, Mt Eden Village

Auckland

pastaecuore@gmail.com

Third Prize

 Aceto Balsamico di Modena Hamper offered by Aceto Downunder.

Aceto Balsamico di Modena is the most luxurious and delicious balsamic vinegar in the world, used by the top chefs and the discerning gourmands. To understand the value placed on this liquid, consider that historically the well-off women of Modena would bring balsamic vinegar as part of their dowry. 

Fourth Prize

A luxurious hamper of Italian products offered by Italian Foodies

Italian Foodies imports into New Zealand a luxurious selections of quality regional products, including artisanal pasta, unique sauces, preserves, oils and traditional sweet treats. Win this price and you will eat like a real Italian foodie!

Italian Foodies

http://www.italianfoodies.co.nz

+64 9 213 2270 

info@italianfoodies.co.nz

Fifth Prize

A collection of 8 pieces of estetico quotidiano by iconic design house Seletti, RRP $299.00, offered by Seletti Concept Store

Since 1964, with Enthusiasm, passion, creativity and experimentation, the Seletti family has created a brand recognized all over the world, with a series of collections that blend classic design with modern objects. 

69 BEACH STREET                               
QUEENSTOWN 9300
T. +64 3 442 4133
E: queenstown@seletti.co.nz

OSBORNE LANE / 2 KENT STREET
NEWMARKET 1023
T. +64 9 524 7408
E: auckland@seletti.co.nz

Tickets on sale at the Dante Alighieri Society of Auckland, $5 for one or $20 for a pack of 5. Remember that there are only 3000 tickets for sale, so be quick! 

The winning tickets will be draw on September 27th, 3:30pm, 

at the Festival Italiano

 Questions? info@dante.org.nz

All money raised will go towards the Dante Auckland school for children to run our classes and holiday programmes. The school of the Dante Auckland doesn't receive any funding from Italy or New Zealand and relies entirely on its own finances, donations and the work of our volunteers. This raffle is our yearly fundraiser so thank you all for your support. 

(And don't forget to Like the Festival Italiano on FB to win even more prizes!)

Win a trip to Rome!

In occasion of our Festival Italiano'14 the Dante Auckland is proud to announce the annual raffle with fantastic prizes! There are only 3000 tickets so be quick for your chance to win a trip to Rome!

First Prize

A fabulous trip to Rome offered by United Travel Newmarket

The prize includes: 

1 return economy class airfare to Rome on Cathay Pacific

 3 nights accommodation in a standard room at Hotel Rimini

Rome Hop on Hop off Tour (2 day ticket)

Thank you United Travel Newmarket!

Second Prize, offered by the Blues!

In Italy we support the Azzurri, and in Auckland we support the Blues! 

Win a Blues Rugby jersey signed by the Blues team and framed.

Third Prize, offered by Aceto Downunder!

A $250 Aceto Balsamico di Modena Hamper form Aceto Downunder.

Aceto Balsamico di Modena is the most luxurious and delicious balsamic vinegar in the world,

 used by the top chefs and the discerning gourmands!

Fourth Prize, offered by O'Sarracino!

      O'Sarracino dinner for two (value $160).

      O'Saraccino is an elegant Neapolitan restaurant voted by Metro as one of Auckland' top 50 restaurants.

And five more prizes offered by 

Italian Film Festival in NZ

5 x double tickets for the Italian Film Festival 2014

Take your date out of an Italian night in Auckland with this  great selection of Italian movies! Click below to watch the trailer.

Tickets on sale at the Dante Alighieri Society of Auckland, $5 for one or $20 for a pack of 5. Remember that there are only 3000 tickets for sale, so be quick! 

The winning tickets will be draw on September 28th, 3:30pm, 

at the Festival Italiano

 Questions? info@dante.org.nz


All money raised will go towards the Dante Auckland school for children to run our classes and holiday programmes. The school of the Dante Auckland doesn't receive any funding from Italy or New Zealand and relies entirely on its own finances, donations and the work of our volunteers. This raffle is our yearly fundraiser so thank you all for your support. 

(And don't forget to Like the Festival Italiano on FB to win even more prizes, this week we have $50 voucher for Settebello Pizzeria Italiana!)

Win tickets to Andrea Bocelli in Concert in Auckland

Festival Italiano ’14 is thrilled to open the official Italian Festival season in Auckland with the concert of Italy’s (and the world’s) most beloved tenor Andrea Bocelli on 11 September 2014, Vector Arena.

Be sure not to miss this very special event, book your tickets here: http://www.ticketmaster.co.nz/Andrea-Bocelli-tickets/artist/773296

And to celebrate the opening or the Italian Festival season the concert organisers are offering a Festival Italiano fan the chance to win two bronze tickets, to enter go to Festival Italiano FB Page.

Win the Italy Home Replica Shirt in time for the FIFA World Cup

Over at the Dante Auckland Blog there is a fab giveaway open to all Kiwis (and Italian Kiwis!) to win the Italy Home Replica Shirt.

Click here to enter, or visit the Dante Auckland FB group.

Win double passes to the Oscar winning movie The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) … Italiani, l'avete visto?

La Grande Bellezza is coming to New Zealand, read on if you like to win a double pass for this unique Roman experience!

Italiani, l'avete visto? Vi è piaciuto?

To celebrate the release of this year’s Foreign Language Film Academy Award Winner The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) the Dante Alighieri Society of Auckland has five double passes to give away. To enter just click here and read the instructions. Competition ends Sunday 15 March, winners will be announced on Monday 16 March. NZ only.

About the film

Rome, in the splendour of summer. Jep Gambardella – a handsome man with irresistible charm, despite the first signs of ageing – enjoys the city’s social life to the full. A successful journalist and inveterate seducer, in his youth he wrote a novel which earned him a literary award and a reputation as a frustrated writer. He masks his disenchantment behind a cynical attitude, which makes him view the world with bitter lucidity. Weary of his lifestyle, Jep sometimes dreams of taking up his pen again, haunted by memories of a youthful love which he still hangs on to. But will he ever manage it? Can he overcome this profound disgust for himself and others, in a city whose dazzling beauty sometimes leads to paralysis?

View the trailer here: www.thegreatbeauty.co.nz

Director: Paolo Sorrentino

Cast: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli 

Runtime: 142 min

Rating: M - Nudity