Join us on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at the Civitella Castle for Presentations by Anne Bogart & Hanna Hartman. We will welcome you with light refreshments at 6:00 PM. Reserve your spot below or tune in to our livestream on Instagram @CivitellaRanieri.
6PM CEST Welcome Cocktail
6:15PM CEST/12:15PM EDT Presentations
Anne Bogart is a theater and opera director and Professor at Columbia University where she runs the Graduate Directing Program. She is author of six books: A Director Prepares; The Viewpoints Book; And Then, You Act; Conversations with Anne; What’s the Story; and The Art of Resonance. Recent theater productions include Carousel; Existentialism; Eastland; and The Beautiful Lady. Recent operas include Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle, Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde, Ruders’ The Handmaid’s Tale, Handel’s Alcina, Dvorak’s Dimitrij Verdi’s Macbeth, Bellini’s Norma, Bizet’s Carmen, and Mahler’s Song of the Earth.
Hanna Hartman is a Swedish composer, sound artist, and performer based in Berlin. She has composed works for radio, electroacoustic music, ensembles, and sound installations, and has given performances all over the world. Her many awards and grants include the Rome Prize at Villa Massimo. Her work has been presented in numerous concerts and festivals such as Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Eclat Festival Stuttgart, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, el nicho aural Mexico, Rainy Days Luxembourg, Romaeuropa, Other Minds Festival San Francisco, Venice Music Biennale, and Donaueschinger Musiktage.