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Ministers Urso and Pichetto Fratin at ‘Porta a Porta’ on Rai1 – On Rai5 the inauguration of the San Carlo in Naples with Verdi’s ‘Don Carlo’

The Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, will be Bruno Vespa’s guest at “Porta a Porta”, broadcast tomorrow at 11.05 pm on Rai 1. The Minister of the Environment and Safety will then intervene on the tragedy of Ischia Energy, Gilberto Pichetto Fratin.

Canceled on Saturday as a sign of mourning for the tragedy that struck the island of Ischia, Giuseppe Verdi’s Don Carlo which opens the season at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples is now staged tomorrow and Rai Cultura offers it live-delayed at 21.15 on Rai5. The opera, which sees the debut in Naples of the great German director Claus Guth, is proposed in the five-act version in Italian and had been missing from San Carlo’s scenes for 21 years. On the podium of the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro di San Carlo is Juraj Valčuha. Choir Master José Luis Basso. “In my idea of ​​Don Carlo – says director Guth – I focused my attention on the main character, following his perspective. Don Carlo is a fragile character, unable to cope with what society demands of him. He is a dreamer, closer to the world of fantasy than to reality. He is and remains trapped in the same space and this captivity describes his condition in the world. He can’t find a place in the cosmos in which he was born, he seems to be in the wrong place: his father rejects him and the woman he loves becomes his mother after marrying Philip II. Even Rodrigo, the only friend he seems to have, exploits him for his own purposes. All this creates in him a dark vision of the world, similar to a prison. As the five acts unfold, more and more of the characters reveal themselves in their own despair and loneliness.” In the cast, Matthew Polenzani engaged in the title role, Michele Pertusi is Philip II, Rodrigo is played by Ludovic Tézier, Ailyn Perez plays Elizabeth of Valois and Elīna Garanča Princess Eboli. The sets are by Etienne Pluss, the costumes by Petra Reinhardt, the lights are by Olaf Freese, while the video is by Roland Horvath and the dramaturgy is by Yvonne Gebauer. The TV direction is by Claudia De Toma.

Piera Degli Esposti, Luisa Spagnoli, Topazia Alliata, Letizia Battaglia, Sibilla Aleramo and Teresa Mattei: six extraordinary women of the Italian twentieth century, who have left a profound mark on the cultural and social history of our country. Six actresses bring them back to life, interviewed by Angela Rafanelli, new presenter of the third edition of “Il Segno delle Donne”, an Anele – Rai Cultura co-production, broadcast tomorrow at 21.10 on Rai Storia. A story divided into two representative acts of two ages, two emblematic moments or two key themes of their human and professional events, supported by an accurate transformation – make-up and costumes – of the actresses and by changes of setting and scenic elements. Through the “face to face” between Angela Rafanelli and the six female protagonists, played by as many actresses who use words actually used by the protagonists, their characters and their intense professional and private life are told. In the first appointment, Michela Cescon plays the actress and director Piera Degli Esposti who, during her long and important career, has collaborated with personalities of the caliber of Pier Paolo Pasolini, Paolo Sorrentino and Marco Bellocchio. After Degli Esposti, Elisabetta Pellini takes on the role of Topazia Alliata, painter and gallery owner, enterprising and creative woman, guided by the ideal of freedom and mother of the writer Dacia Maraini, while Valentina D’Agostino is the eclectic and rebellious photojournalist Letizia Battaglia, the first European woman to receive the Eugene Smith Prize, in New York. Rosa Palasciano is Sibilla Aleramo, the first writer in Italy to denounce, through her novel “A Woman”, the role of women in society at the beginning of the twentieth century. Elena Lietti gives the face to the politician and pedagogue Teresa Mattei, who fought for the rights of the Constitution and childhood and, finally, Euridice Axen is the entrepreneur Luisa Spagnoli, the creator of the chocolate “Bacio” and the chain of clothing stores that bear his name. “The Sign of Women” is an Anele – Rai Cultura co-production with Angela Rafanelli, created by Anele. Produced by Gloria Giorgianni. Screenplays by: Manuela Tempesta (Letizia Battaglia, Sibilla Aleramo), Francesco Del Monaco (Luisa Spagnoli), Giuditta Godano (Piera Degli Esposti), Giorgia Colli (Teresa Mattei) and Chiara Cavaliere (Topazia Alliata). Directed by: Michele Imperio (Letizia Battaglia, Topazia Alliata), Mario Vitale (Luisa Spagnoli, Teresa Mattei) and Marco Spagnoli (Piera Degli Esposti, Sibilla Aleramo).

On Rai2 last appointment with ‘Il Collegio’ – On Rai Storia ‘Iraq, destruction of a nation’

The seventh edition of “Il Collegio” is coming to an end. Tomorrow, at 21.20, at the Rai 2 and Rai Italia docu-reality show is exam week and only those who stand out positively will obtain the diploma. In an atmosphere already full of anxiety, the boys will rebel against the amount of study. The tests that the college students will have to face are not only those related to the study: many will come to terms with their emotions, with the changes that the experience at the College has produced in them, with the friendships and loves born, while in the background the time will approach when they will be able to put on their civilian clothes and abandon 1958. Not everyone will be able to obtain their diploma: two college students will not pass the written tests in Italian and Mathematics and will not be admitted to the oral exams, but also among those who will go to the oral exam there will be risky situations. Between tearjerker slide shows and the prom, the boys of 1958 will offer the last emotions of this edition and also a teaching valid for every era: school, which at the end of the 50s was a privilege for the few, can and must continue to be the place where students are allowed to achieve the most important result: to grow.

Convinced that the great powers will let him, Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait on August 2, 1990. The Americans, the British and the French decide to punish Iraq, without actually seeking a diplomatic solution. “Iraq, the destruction of a nation” tells it, broadcast tomorrow at 10.10 pm on Rai Storia. The Gulf War that began in January 1991 is as rapid as it is devastating: Iraqis under a deluge of fire see their infrastructure razed to the ground. 100,000 soldiers and at least 60,000 civilians die. A twelve-year embargo follows, which will make the Iraqi people pay for their president’s megalomania.

Throughout history, many artists have made fake works, from Michelangelo to Han Van Meegeren, one of the most skilled forgers of the 20th century. The actor and writer Domenico Frisby carries out an investigation into “false” beauty in the new episode of the series “The Sense of Beauty” broadcast tomorrow at 8.15 pm on Rai 5. There is a specialized Swiss company where collectors from all over the world they bring their artwork to be analyzed and certified. And sadly over 50 percent of the works circulating on the market are a forgery or falsely attributed.

Marcello Veneziani guest of ‘Quante Storie’ on Rai3 – Phytotherapy at ‘Tg2 Italia’ on Rai2

There was the time of the revolutionaries, then there was the time of the rebels, now it’s time for the discontented. Ranging from the world of the Italian international school to the international political situation, the journalist Marcello Veneziani, guest of Giorgio Zanchini on “Quante Storie” – the Rai Cultura program broadcast tomorrow at 12.45 on Rai 3 – recounts the state of mind that distinguishes this first glimpse of the new millennium and explains why the “dark evil” of discontent is almost never able to turn into a form of protest and change.

Healing yourself with plants: this will be the theme of the episode of “Tg2 Italia”, broadcast tomorrow at 10 on Rai 2 and hosted by Marzia Roncacci. From the most ancient medicine to the modern rediscovery of medicinal herbs and then the curiosities, the history and practical advice to improvise a small “health garden”. Interviews with Ciro Vestita, professor of nutrition and phytotherapy at the University of Pisa and Franco Calafatti, spice expert.

In northern Germany, one of the most ambitious repopulation projects in Europe is taking place. Biologists are reintroducing the various species into the waters and wetlands of one of the largest lakes in the country. Fish and frogs provide food for the migrants who flock to the lake. As species gradually return to their natural habitats, biologists work to meet their needs. Will this vast network of ponds, marshes and alder forests around Lake Steinhude be able to meet their needs? “Rewilding”, broadcast tomorrow at 2.00 pm on Rai 5, tells it. Followed by “Wild Chile” proposes a journey through the most primitive places and animals of Chile, from underwater kelp forests to small marsupials, from Valdivian forests to the latest species survivors of genres unique in the world. The episode, entitled “A primordial land”, goes to the discovery of what similarities there are between some Chilean and Australian environments.



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