The Fundación Italia is a cultural institution from
Rosario,
Argentina
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. It was created in 1985 to "promote arts, science and technique", by people who boast a "cultural bond with Italy". Although most of the people that work in the organization are
Italian Argentine
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s, the institution's activities are far from being restricted to Italian culture, being orientated to widen Rosario's cultural life.
The Fundacion Italia has sponsored successful musical interpretations in Rosario, such as Requiem, by
Giuseppe Verdi,
Madame Butterfly
''Madama Butterfly'' (; ''Madame Butterfly'') is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
It is based on the short story " Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Lut ...
by
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini ( Lucca, 22 December 1858Bruxelles, 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long ...
and
Napoli in Concerto, a Neapolitan music compilation.
In 2007 begun a seminary of classic literature, the first one being Homer,
that will be followed by Virgil in 2008 and Dante Alighieri in 2009.
The institution has invited some of the most prominent personalities of the country to give lectures about the situation of Argentina and its future. Among the countless politicians, economists, historians, intellectuals and lawyers are the following:
*Tomáš Abrahám, philosopher and sociologist.
*Giorgio Alberti, licensed in Politics and Sociology.
*Jorge Asis, journalist.
*Hermes Binner, governor of the province of Santa Fe.
*Silvia Bleichmar, psychoanalyst.
*Miguel Angel Broda, economist.
*Mario Bunge, physician, mathematician and philosopher.
*Domingo Cavallo, former Minister of Economy.
*Eduardo Duhalde, former president of Argentina.
*Jose Luis Espert, economist.
*Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera, former president of Uruguay.
*Ricardo Lagos, former president of Chile.
*Miguel Lifschitz, mayor of Rosario.
*Félix Luna, historian.
*Pacho O'Donnell, historian.
*Alfonso Prat Gay, former president of the Argentine Central Bank.
*Cristiano Ratazzi, president of Fiat in Argentina.
*Carlos Alberto Reutemann, former governor of the province of Santa Fe
*Felipe Rovera, former president of General Motors in Argentina.
*Alejandro Rozitchner, writer and philosopher.
*Beatriz Sarlo, writer.
*Fernando Solanas, Argentine filmmaker.
*Eugenio Raul Zaffaroni, minister of the Supreme Court in Argentina.
External links
Fundacion Italia's official website
References
https://web.archive.org/web/20110531161532/http://www.fundacionitalia.com.ar/inicial/Seminario2007.html
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Non-profit organisations based in Argentina
Italian-Argentine culture
Culture in Rosario, Santa Fe
Organizations established in 1985
1985 establishments in Argentina