The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal is pleased to announce that this year’s the “XIX Week of the Italian Language in the World“, will be held October 21st to October 27th, under high patronage of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella.
The theme for the week of the Italian language of 2019 is very vast: “L’italiano sul Palcoscenico”.
In Quebec, during the week the following cultural events will be held opened to the public:
- Saturday October 19th, 2019 – Monday November 4th, 2019 – Tour of Foja
- Tuesday, Octobre 22nd 2019, 6 pm – “Lingua e teatro dall’antica Roma all’Italia contemporanea“
- Wednesday October 23rd 2019, 6pm – “I Foja e le parlate dell’italiano sul palcoscenico”
- Thursday October 24th 2019, 6:30pm – ‘La Piccola Brigata’, from the culture of the theater of L’Aquila in Montréal
- Saturday October 26, 2019 – 7:30pm – “La Piccola Brigata” on stage with “Ve vòjo raccondà”, an opera in L’Aquila dialect
The “Week of the Italian Language in the World” is an event promoted by the cultural and diplomatic network each year in the third week of October, around a theme that serves as a guideline for the organization of a cultural program focused on the diffusion of the Italian language. The initiative was founded in 2001 by an agreement between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Academy of Crusca.