The Istituto has, over the years, organized the following meetings, conferences e exhibits:

Meetings:
- 1st International Meeting, Situazione e prospettive degli studi verdiani nel mondo , in collaboration with the “Giorgio Cini” Foundation and the l’Ente autonomo Teatro La Fenice of Venice. Venice , Isola di S. Giorgio Maggiore, 31 July-2 August 1966 ;
- 2nd International Meeting, Don Carlos/Don Carlo, in collaboration with the city of Verona e l’Ente lirico Arena di Verona, on occasion of the Verona performances of Verdi’s Don Carlo at the Arena and of Schuiller’s Don Carlos at the Teatro Romano. Verona, Castelvecchio - Parma, Istituto di studi verdiani - Busseto, Villa Pallavicino, 30 July-5 August 1969;
- 3rd International Meeting, Il teatro e la musica di Giuseppe Verdi , in collaboration with the Teatro alla Scala, under the auspices of the Ministry of Public Education, Tourism and the Performing Arts, with the patronage of the Regional Government of Lombardy, of the Province, and of the City of Milan. Milan, Piccola Scala, 12-17 June 1972;
- 4th International Meeting, Verdi in America. “Simon Boccanegra”, Verdi in the World , in collaboration with Lyric Opera of Chicago. Chicago, Civic Theatre-University of Chicago, 18-25 September 1974.

Conferences:
- Melodramma di Verdi e teatro di Schiller, Parma, Palazzo Marchi, 3-5 November 1973 ;
- “I vespri siciliani” di Verdi, in collaboration with the Teatro Regio of Turin in occasion of the inaugural production of the new theater. Turin, Piccolo Regio - Palazzo Madama, 7-11 April 1973 ;
- International conference in occasion of the premiere performance from the critical edition of Rigoletto organized in collaboration with G. Ricordi & Co. publishers of Milan, the University of Chicago Press, the American Institute for Verdi Studies of New York, and the Vienna Staatsoper. Österreichische Gesellschaft für Musik, 12-13 March 1983;
- “Ernani” ieri e oggi, international conference in collaboration with Teatro Comunale and the city of Modena as part of the European Music Year and in occasion of the first performance from the critical edition of Ernani at the Teatro Comunale. Modena, Teatro San Carlo, 9-10 December 1984;
- Messa per Rossini, international conference in collaboration with the International Bachakademie, in occasion of the world premiere of the work at the Stuttgart Liederhalle and the Italian premiere at the Parma cathedral. Stuttgart, 9-11 September 1988 ;
- La realizzazione scenica dello spettacolo verdiano , international conference. Parma, Teatro Regio – “A. Boito”Conservatory of Music, 28-30 September 1994;
- Verdi 2001 international conference organized by the National Committee for the Verdi Centenary celebrations, in collaboration with the Istituto nazionale di studi verdiani, the American Institute of Verdi Studies, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, with the support of the Italian Ministry of Culture and in collaboration with the Banca Monte of Parma. Parma, Palazzo Sanvitale, 24-26 January 2001 - New York University, 29-31 January 2001 - New Haven, Yale University, 1 February 2001 ;
- Verdi e la cultura tedesca- La cultura tedesca e Verdi / Verdi und die deutsche Kultur-Die deutsche Kultur und Verdi, international conference organized by the Centro italo-tedesco Villa Vigoni in collaboration with the Istituto nazionale di studi verdiani and the Deutsches Historisches Institut in Rom, Musikgeschichtliche Abteilung. Villa Vigoni (Loveno di Menaggio, Como), 11-13 October 2001 .

Exhibits:
- Immagini per “Aida”, Cairo, May-June 1982 (inaugurated 17 May). The exhibit has traveled to: Verona (Arena), July-August 1982; Milan (Teatro alla Scala), January-February 1983; Parma (Istituto nazionale di studi verdiani), April-May 1983; Chicago (Lyric Opera), September-October 1983; New York ( CUNY Graduate Center), October-November 1983;
- Giuseppe Verdi-Giulio Ricordi. Corrispondenza e immagini 1881/1890 (Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 14 November-31 January 1982). The exhibit catalog was published in 1982 in the “Edizioni del Teatro alla Scala” series directed by Carlo Mezzadri;
- “Sorgete! Ombre serene!”. L’aspetto visivo dello spettacolo verdiano, Parma, Teatro Regio, 28 September-31 December 1994. It has travelled to: Milan, Teatro alla Scala, March 1996; London, Theatre Museum of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, May-October 1996; Buenos Aires, Teatro Colón, May 1998; São Paulo, Banco Sudameris Brasil, Foyer, June-July 1998; Rio de Janeiro, Funarte, August-September 1998; Lecce, Monastero delle Benedettine, December-February 2001; Malta, March-April 2001; Copenaghen, Biblioteca Reale, May-August 2001; Il [[Nota bene, togliere “Il”] Cairo, October 2001; Vienna, November 2001; Cesano Maderno, Palazzo Arese-Borromeo, December 2003-February 2004; Bilbao, Asociación Bilbaina de Amigos de la Ópera, January 2007.

top