Rome has lot to offer theatergoers (who have a good understanding of Italian) both in terms of venues and diversity. If your Italian is not up to par don’t worry there are still lots of other fun things to do in the evening including  concerts, dance, jazz, opera, and the cinema. There were two cinemas that screen English language movies, The Pasquino in Trastevere and the Warner Village Moderno in the Piazza della Repubblica. The world renowned Orchestra dell’Accademi di Santa Cecilia performs at the beautiful Auditorium Parco della Musica, which was designed by Renzo Piano. The complex also includes restaurants. The seats are incredibly comfortable with plenty of leg room and the acoustics are great. Now the complex is located north of the city center center, so you have several options as far as getting back to your hotel if you staying in the central part of Rome. You can walk over to the Via Flaminia and take a bus that goes to the Piazzale Flamino - Piazza del Popolo. Make sure you have a bus ticket because the bus does not sell tickets. From the Popolo you can either walk to your hotel or take a taxi. The other option is to call a radio taxi and have them pick you up in front of the concert hall, but the meter starts running the minute the taxi is paged not when you are picked up, so it does tend to be more expensive. I like to take the bus because it’s cheaper and convenient because I like to stay in the area around the Popolo or The Spanish Steps. Many of the churches host concerts including the All Saints Church Rome , the Anglican church in Rome and St. Paul’s Within the Walls, the American Episcopal Church. For information on the concerts click on the links to the respective web sites. The church of Saint’Agnese in Agone in the Piazza Navona is a venue for concerts, which are held in the Sacristy designed by Borromini. The concerts take place on Sundays at 5:00pm. The season varies, so be sure to stop in the church when you arrive to see the schedule. Reservations are recommended because the concerts are quite popular. Another venue I would like to mention is the Cappella Paolina in the  Quirinale. The concerts take place on the first and third Sundays every month and begin at noon. For more information (in Italian only) click on the link to the website, once there click on I Concerti nella Cappella Paolina. In November The Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra takes place and consists of several concerts, each held in a different basilica. Operas and ballets are performed in the beautiful Teatro Opera. The facade is rather cold, but once inside you will be dazzled by the decor. For live jazz and a fun bar head to Gregory’s, Via Gregoriana, 54 (near the Spanish Steps) Tele: 06 6796386. Two other venues for jazz are Alexanderplatz, Via Ostia 9 (nearest metro station is Ottaviano San Pietro) and the Big Mama (web site is in Italian), Vicolo San Francesco a Ripa 18, Trastevere. For a more complete listing of venues and what’s happening consult the publications I mentioned on the main page of GoingEuro.com Rome.

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