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October 31, 6 pm. Art exhibition. Abitanti di un altrove Sandro Chia incontra Axel Munthe.

October 31, 6 pm. Art exhibition. Abitanti di un altrove Sandro Chia incontra Axel Munthe.


On October 31 at 6 p.m., the exhibition Abitanti di un altrove: Sandro Chia incontra Axel Munthe opens at Villa San Michele, in collaboration with l'Associazione Rosaio - Arte e Cultura Contemporanea. The exhibition honors the multifaceted doctor and writer Axel Munthe 75 years after his death, with a series of new works by the well-known Italian artist Sandro Chia, one of the most prominent representatives of the Italian Transavanguardia art movement.


7 september - 27 October Landscape Festival “L’animale che dunque sono - The animal that therefore I am

7 september - 27 October Landscape Festival “L’animale che dunque sono - The animal that therefore I am


The artists selected for the 2024 Edition are: Rä Di Martino, Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg, Claire Fontaine, Liliana Moro, Giulia Piscitelli, Marta Roberti, Sissi and Emilio Vavarella who will present works which explore the meaning of being human in a world increasingly driven by artificial intelligence. Furthermore, for the occasion the artist Jim Lambie presents two special projects: The Psychedelic Sun (2024) and with Gael Lambie the work Axel’s Dream (2024)
Villa San Michele inaugurates its new cultural season with the art show Dioranimalia, March 30th to July 7

Villa San Michele inaugurates its new cultural season with the art show Dioranimalia, March 30th to July 7


On March 30, Dioranimalia transforms the garden pavilion Olivetum into a diorama inhabited by fantasy creatures created by the renowned Brazilian and Italian designers Humberto and Ferdinando Campana and Andrea Anastasio
Swedish Film Goes Capri. Film Festival at Villa San Michele, June 6 to 8, 8:00 pm

Swedish Film Goes Capri. Film Festival at Villa San Michele, June 6 to 8, 8:00 pm


June 6 to 8, Villa San Michele organizes a Swedish film festival. The dramas of youth, romance late in life and "Il dolce far niente" are the themes in the three films in the third edition of Swedish Film Goes Capri.
Come and listen to the young Swedish Netflix stars Felicia Maxime and Edvin Ryding, who will join digitally, and the internationally acclaimed documentary film maker Erik Gandini. From Italy, the successful actress and TV host Chiara Francini, actor Massimo Cagnina (When In Rome) and Noemi Brando, last seen in the Netflix film about Gianna Nannini, will add luster to the evenings.
June 6, 8 pm Swedish Film Goes Capri - A Part of You

June 6, 8 pm Swedish Film Goes Capri - A Part of You


A teenager struggles to pick up the pieces of her shattered world in this emotional and bittersweet coming-of-age drama about those who are left behind. With A part of You, the famous Swedish podcaster and author Sigge Eklund makes his debut as a director. A Part of You is the story of Agnes (Felicia Maxime), who admires and envies her big sister Julia (Zara Larsson). But when the worst possible thing occurs, Agnes' world is turned upside down and she is forced to reinvent herself. Suddenly, she is on the verge of obtaining everything she has ever desired. But at what cost?
June 7, 8 pm Swedish Film Goes Capri, When in Rome

June 7, 8 pm Swedish Film Goes Capri, When in Rome


In this romantic comedy, Gerda and Kristoffer travel to Rome to celebrate a life long marriage. They plan to rediscover the city where Gerda once was a young and hopeful art student. However, they run in to an old friend of Gerda's Johannes. Kristoffer doesn't know that Gerda och Johannes had an affair many years ago, when he was her teacher. When in Rome is a comedy about daring to explore one's limits and rediscover both yourself and others in the process.
June 8, 8 pm, Swedish Film Goes Capri,  After Work

June 8, 8 pm, Swedish Film Goes Capri, After Work


After Work is a thought-provoking film about labor in the 21st century, filmed with a sharp lens and a mild dose of sarcasm. Director Erik Gandini is known for his satirical films such as Videocracy and Swedish Theory of Love. This time he deals with our relationship to work and leisure. Maybe we will need to be taught how to take it easy and enjoy life?
Un’estate per sognare – Le serate del 2024

Un’estate per sognare – Le serate del 2024


Every Friday evening from June 28 until mid-August. 2024 starts with Cabaret, featuring the acclaimed Lindy Larsson and Bon Bon Band. Click for a short presentation of the program
Friday 28 june, 8 pm

Friday 28 june, 8 pm


Villa San Michele opens the concert season with an exciting surprise: Cabaret!
Lindy Larsson and Bon Bon Band offer high-voltage cabaret music without a safety net - intoxicating love, ecstatic joy and cutting pain.
Their spectacle of music by Astor Piazzolla, flamenco hits, disco dances, Walt Disney film scores and original music has thrilled audiences in Berlin, in Copenhagen and in Sweden's major cities.
Friday July 5  8 p.m.

Friday July 5 8 p.m.


Jazz Concert: "Secrets On The Way To The Hilltop"
featuring singer Amanda Ginsburg and pianist Elise Einarsdotter. Their performance combines Swedish and Italian songs with classic American jazz, creating a heartfelt and engaging experience.

Friday 12 july, 8 pm

Friday 12 july, 8 pm


Emotional Archaeology
After several years, the ancient chapel of Villa San Michele will resonate with music once again. Friday, July 12 at 8 p.m.features violist Liam Byrne and theorboist Jonas Nordberg, masters of the rare instruments viola da gamba and theorbo.
Friday 19 july, 8 pm

Friday 19 july, 8 pm


Duo Julia & Theo
On the panoramic terrace, saxophonist Theo Hillborg and pianist Julia Isaksson will pay tribute to various composers, ranging from jazz to classical to contemporary genres.
Friday 26 july, 8 pm

Friday 26 july, 8 pm


Two Soprano Sisters and a Pianist. Johanna and Rebecka Wallroth, soprano and mezzosoprano and Magnus Svensson, pianist.
Friday 2 august, 8 pm

Friday 2 august, 8 pm


Join us for an unforgettable evening with pianist Leonora Armellini.
As a beloved guest of our previous concert seasons, Leonora will enchant us with masterpieces by Fryderyk Chopin and Sergei Prokofiev.
Friday 9 August, 8.00

Friday 9 August, 8.00


The last concert in our summer concert series, Un'estate per sognare - A Summer Dream, will take place on Friday, August 9, at 8 p.m.
Pianist Vittorio Bresciani will perform "Arabesque," featuring works by Claude Debussy, on the picturesque panoramic terrace.
22-24 August, The Salon of the Sfinx, Culture Festival 2024

22-24 August, The Salon of the Sfinx, Culture Festival 2024


The Salon of the Sphinx returns this year for its sixth edition, focusing on the theme of identity.
Thursday, August 22 7:00 PM

Thursday, August 22 7:00 PM


Inauguration of the event with a cocktail in the Sculpture Loggia, followed by a meeting with the presentation of Ostiawood, a book by talent agent Daniele Orazi, published by Solferino Editore. Orazi will be joined by the actor Giampiero De Concilio reading excerpts from the book, offering a humorous look at the film industry.
Thursday, August 22 8:00 PM

Thursday, August 22 8:00 PM


Actors Sara Lazzaro and Fausto Cabra will perform a theatrical piece from Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage, followed by a discussion about their work.
Friday, August 23 7:00 PM

Friday, August 23 7:00 PM


Gianvito Fanelli, creator of the popular Instagram page "Vita Lenta," will discuss the beauty of simplicity, accompanied by Slow Food Italia President Barbara Nappini, who left a corporate career to embrace a life closer to nature.
Friday, August 23  8:00 PM

Friday, August 23 8:00 PM


Actress Vittoria Schisano and director Ivan Cotroneo will discuss cinema, civil rights, and inclusivity, focusing on the Netflix series La vita che volevi - The Life You Wanted, written by Cotroneo and starring Schisano, which portrays the everyday life of a transgender woman.
Saturday, August 24  7:00 PM

Saturday, August 24 7:00 PM


Journalist and writer Paolo Valentino will present his new book Nelle vene di Bruxelles, sharing behind-the-scenes stories and interviews that explore the complex identity of Brussels.
Saturday, August 24 8:00 PM

Saturday, August 24 8:00 PM


The festival ends with a discussion featuring Young Royals actors Edvin Ryding and Felicia Maxime, joined by Elisa Del Genio, the half-Italian, half-Norwegian actress known for her role in L'amica geniale. Together, they will explore the identities and challenges faced by today’s actors and youth.
Sunday, September 8, 7:00 p.m. - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Traveling Opera Performance

Sunday, September 8, 7:00 p.m. - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Traveling Opera Performance


The Filrō Association returns to Villa San Michele for the second consecutive year with Giacomo Puccini's Tosca in a traveling opera production. This event allows the audience to engage closely with the emotions and dramas of the protagonists in a historic setting.
September 19, 7pm - Festival CapriArt*  “Napolitanska: Escape from a Marriage”

September 19, 7pm - Festival CapriArt* “Napolitanska: Escape from a Marriage”


The fourth edition of the festival Art as a Gender Claim is dedicated to Sweden and will take place at Villa San Michele and Villa Lysis, offering a long weekend of sunset events.
Art Show by Isabella Ducrot Opens at Villa San Michele April 6,2023

Art Show by Isabella Ducrot Opens at Villa San Michele April 6,2023


Villa San Michele inaugurates the cultural season 2023 Thursday April 6 at 6 pm, with an exhibition of the internationally acclaimed Italian artist Isabella Ducrot in the garden pavilion Olivetum. Her series of 12 works called Bella Terra, will be shown until May 14.
The exhibition shows the gradual development of Villa San Michele into a dynamic contemporary cultural institution.
Capri Revisited. Peter Sternäng shows his paintings at Villa San Michele from May 21 to June 3, 2023

Capri Revisited. Peter Sternäng shows his paintings at Villa San Michele from May 21 to June 3, 2023


Starting May 21, the Swedish painter Peter Sternäng will exhibit a choice of aquarelles, woodcuts and iPad-paintings at Villa San Michele in an exhibition called Capri Revisited.
Swedish Film Goes Capri 21/24 June 2023 at 8:00pm

Swedish Film Goes Capri 21/24 June 2023 at 8:00pm


Swedish Film Festival in collaboration with the Swedish Embassy in Italy. Below you find the full program. Read more under the heading Cultural Events/News. Welcome!
June 21, 8 pm The Girl From Tomorrow, Premio Visionarie  Swedish Film Goes Capri (Italy 2023)

June 21, 8 pm The Girl From Tomorrow, Premio Visionarie Swedish Film Goes Capri (Italy 2023)


Primadonna, the film directed by Marta Savina, is set in Sicily during the 1960s and tells the story of Lia (Claudia Gusmano), a 21-year-old girl. Lia is a very beautiful woman, determined, and reserved. Lorenzo Musicò (Dairo Aita), the son of the town's boss, is immediately captivated by the girl's proud and elusive gaze. However, Lia rejects his advances, provoking the young man's anger, and he decides to forcefully take what has been denied to him. When a reparatory marriage is proposed to Lia, she refuses the wedding and decides to take both Lorenzo and his accomplices to court.
Primadonna was awarded the Premio Visionaire 2023, a price established in 2018 in collaboration with Villa San Michele for a young Italian female film maker.
June 22, 8 pm Swedish Film Goes Capri THE EMIGRANTS (Utvandrarna, Sweden 2021) Italian premiere

June 22, 8 pm Swedish Film Goes Capri THE EMIGRANTS (Utvandrarna, Sweden 2021) Italian premiere


The story of Kristina Nilsson, a mother who leaves a poverty-stricken Sweden with her family in the 1850s and sets out on a long, dangerous journey, hoping to find a better life for herself and her children in America. Based on one of Swedish litterature's most loved classics Utvandrarna (1949), by Vilhelm Moberg. Featuring Lisa Carlehed and Gustaf Skarsgård as Kristina and Karl Oskar. Director Erik Poppe
The novel was first turned into a movie in 1971 by Jan Troell, with Liv Ullman as Kristina and Max von Sydow as Karl Oskar. The new film flips the perspective and tells the dramatic story of an emigrating family from the point of view of the woman, Kristina.

June 23, 8 pm Swedish Film Goes Capri THE CAIRO CONSPIRACY (Boy From Heaven, Sweden 2022)

June 23, 8 pm Swedish Film Goes Capri THE CAIRO CONSPIRACY (Boy From Heaven, Sweden 2022)


The Cairo Conspiracy is a political thriller with a vertiginous, unexpected sequence of events. Adam, the son of a fisherman, is granted a scholarship at the prestigious Al-Azhar University in Cairo. When Sheikh Al-Azhar, the highest authority in sunni Islam suddenly dies, a power struggle starts; who will become the next Grand Imam? At the Secret Police, investigator Ibrahim has been ordered to make sure it will be the one the president wants. When his informant inside Al-Azhar gets brutally murdered, Ibrahim needs a replacement, someone without connections or contacts. Adam fits the part perfectly. Featuring Tawfeek Barom and Fares Fares. Director and scriptwriter Tarik Saleh. The film was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes festival 2022 for Best Script.
June 24, 8pm Swedish Film Goes Capri BREAKING SOCIAL (Sweden 2023)

June 24, 8pm Swedish Film Goes Capri BREAKING SOCIAL (Sweden 2023)


All societies are based on the idea of a social contract. We are told that if we work hard, if we treat others with respect, if we play by the rules, we will be rewarded. But then there’s the rule breakers. BREAKING SOCIAL explores the possibilities of overcoming injustice and corruption. It is a film about reimagining the building blocks of our societies and igniting seeds of hope that live within each of us. Breaking Social was made by the internationally renowned and awarded Swedish documentary filmmaker Fredrik Gertten.
Le Conversazioni at Villa San Michele 2023

Le Conversazioni at Villa San Michele 2023


Villa San Michele hosts three encounters of the international literary festival Le Conversazioni from 25 to 27 June
Friday 30 june 2023, 8 pm

Friday 30 june 2023, 8 pm


Jan Lundgren (pianist), Hans Backenroth (bass player) featuring Hannah Svensson (singer)
Jazz Poetry: Jan Lundgren, W. A. Mozart, Leonard Cohen
Friday 14 july 2023, 8 pm

Friday 14 july 2023, 8 pm


Christina Nilsson (sopran), Magnus Svensson (pianist)
Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Franz Liszt
Friday 7 july 2023, 8 pm

Friday 7 july 2023, 8 pm


Iréne Theorin (dramatic soprano), Matti Hirvonen (pianist)
Pietro Mascagni, Giacomo Puccini, Jean Sibelius
Friday 21 July 2023,  8 pm

Friday 21 July 2023, 8 pm


Richard Hamrin (baritone), Jan-Erik Sandvik (pianist)
Ástor Piazzolla, Kurt Weill, Stephen Sondheim
Friday 28 july 2023, 8 pm

Friday 28 july 2023, 8 pm


Ann-Kristin Jones ( mezzo soprano), Henrik Schaefer (violist), Annelieke van Beest (violinist), Rut Pergament (pianist)
Vincenzo Bellini, Tommaso Giordani, Richard Strauss
Friday 4 August 2023, 8 pm

Friday 4 August 2023, 8 pm


Antonino Caracò (pianist)
F. Chopin, F. Liszt
Friday 11 august 2023, 8 pm

Friday 11 august 2023, 8 pm


Giorgio Trione Bartoli (pianist)
S. Rachmaninoff, S. Prokofiev
 24-26 August, The Salon of the Sfinx, Culture Festival 2023

24-26 August, The Salon of the Sfinx, Culture Festival 2023


The theme for the 2023 edition of the Salon of the Sphinx is YOUTH.
Among the guests are actors Greta Esposito, Miguel Gobbo Diaz, Demetra Bellina, and Pietro Turano, former elite gymnast Nina Corradini, entrepreneurs Alessandro Marinella and Marianna Palella, singer Greta Zuccoli, politician Victoria Oluboyo and journalist Federico Poletti.
Thursday August 24, 7 pm.

Thursday August 24, 7 pm.


The Salong of the Sphinx opens with a cocktail in the Sculpture Loggia, followed by a meeting with a couple of Italy's most influential Forbes 30 under 30, Alessandro Marinella, entrepreneur of the historic Neapolitan necktie brand, and Marianna Palella, CEO of Citrus. Along with them, Federico Poletti, Chief Editor of MANINTOWN magazine, consultant, and globetrotter in search of new talents.





Thursday August 24, 8 pm.

Thursday August 24, 8 pm.


Simple, beautiful, tender. The legacy of Monica Zetterlund.
The young Neapolitan singer Greta Zuccoli, together with pianist Mario Donato Pilla, pays tribute to the great Swedish jazz singer. Greta already has several exciting collaborations behind her, as well as a successful participation in the Sanremo song festival 2021.
Friday August 25, 7 pm.

Friday August 25, 7 pm.


Nina Corradini, former Italian rhythmic gymnastics athlete, shares the story that inspired her book 'Always Smiling,' published by Rizzoli. A denouncement of the pressures and psychological abuse in the world of the national team, called The Butterflies. Also on stage is Victoria Oluboyo, a young woman in politics who, fights for civil rights and other issues in her hometown Parma, nationally and internationally. Oluboyo is considered one of the more influential Italians of her age.
Friday August 25, 8 pm.

Friday August 25, 8 pm.


Meeting with Pietro Turano, renowned actor for his role as Filippo Sava in 'SKAM Italia,' and activist for LGBTQIA+ community rights, and Miguel Gobbo Diaz, the first black actor to have achieved the leading role in an Italian police drama series, 'Nero a metà.' Together, they will discuss cinema, civil right, racism and an open society.
Saturday August 26, 7 pm.

Saturday August 26, 7 pm.


From "Mare Fuori" to "Qui rido io," from "Delta" to "Mixed by Erry," and up to "Shake." The versatile actress Greta Esposito has been the lead in movies and some of the most successful Italian TV series of recent times. She talks about her career, her new projects, and what the entertainment world in Italy looks like for a young woman on the rise.
Saturday August 26, 8 pm

Saturday August 26, 8 pm


Demetra Bellina, an actress with a strong passion for music and writing, will star in the film "I Don't Believe in Anything," Alessandro Marzullo's directorial debut, which will soon be released. A generational film about young people facing an important phase in life with all their vulnerabilities, set against the backdrop of a melancholic Rome.
10 September - 5 November 2023 Landscape Festival  “Building new identities - Costruire nuove identità”

10 September - 5 November 2023 Landscape Festival “Building new identities - Costruire nuove identità”


The seventh edition of the Anacapri Landscape Festival is underway: from 10 September to 5 November 2023, the event conceived and curated by Arianna Rosica and Gianluca Riccio returns to animate the evocative spaces of Villa San Michele and various public places in the historic centre of Anacapri, Capri.
Saturday 23 september 2023, 8pm

Saturday 23 september 2023, 8pm


La Traviata at Villa San Michele
Swedish Film Goes Capri  9/11 June 2022, 8 p.m

Swedish Film Goes Capri 9/11 June 2022, 8 p.m


Swedish Film Festival in collaboration with the Swedish Embassy in Italy
Le Conversazioni at Villa San Michele 2022

Le Conversazioni at Villa San Michele 2022


Villa San Michele hosts three encounters of The international literary festival Le Conversazioni June 27, 28 and 29 at 7:00 pm. This years theme is Betrayal.
27 June 2022 La Commedia delle donne 7 pm

27 June 2022 La Commedia delle donne 7 pm


Marina Sagona is an Italian artist who lives and works in New York since 1995. At Le Conversazioni she presents her book La Commedia della donne, in which her painting of the various female figure of Dante’s Divine Comedy are accompanied by stories written by nine acclaimed American female writers.

28 June 2022 Eraldo Affinati 7 pm

28 June 2022 Eraldo Affinati 7 pm


The novels of Eraldo Affinati often revolve around defining moments of the history of mankind. Some of his books have been nominated to Italy's most prestigious literary awards, like L'uomo del futuro (Man of the Future) 2016. He's latest novel Il vangelo degli angeli (The Gospel of the Angels) came out in 2021.
29 June 2022 Charmaine Wilkerson 19.00

29 June 2022 Charmaine Wilkerson 19.00


Charmaine Wilkerson started her writing in the world of communication. Since then, her articles and short stories have been published in several anthologies and publications. Her first novel, Black Cake, was published earlier this year, and was translated into Italian with the title Dolce Nero.
Friday 1 July 2022, 8 pm

Friday 1 July 2022, 8 pm


Swedish Nina Stemme is considered the most important dramatic soprano of our time. She inaugurates Villa San Michele's classical concert series Summer Dreams with the virtuos Roland Pöntinen at the piano. Their program consists of Richard Wagner's Wesendoncklieder, the cabaret songs by Kurt Wiell and nordic romances by Jean Sibelius e Wilhelm Stenhammar. This is an evening you cannot miss!
Friday 8 July 2022, 8 pm

Friday 8 July 2022, 8 pm


Mezzosoprano Ann Hallenberg is well known for her repertoire of older music, particularly Baroque. On Villa San Micheles magic outdoor stage, she will perform a wide range of songs in collaboration with the pianist Magnus Svensson. Together they will offer the audience a program containing Joseph Haydn to Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms and Edward Elgar. As a tribute to the Italian audience, they will finish with Gioacchino Rossinis La regata veneziana. Click here for the full program:
Friday 15 July 2022, 8 pm

Friday 15 July 2022, 8 pm


Tonight's performance is made up by a female duo, the soprano and singer of the Royal Court of Stockholm, Elin Rombo, and the pianist Sharon Rogers. They start with The Marriage of Figaro and continue with Scandinavian songs. The particular tonality of the northern composers creates pure magic in combination with the breathtaking sunset of the Bay of Naples. Click for the full program!
Friday 22 July 2022, 8 pm

Friday 22 July 2022, 8 pm


Camerata Nordica consists of violinists Cellerina Park and Hanna Helgegren, Cédric Robin and Vladimir Percevic on viola, and cellists Sabina Sandri-Olsson and Zéphyrin Rey-Bellet. It is one of the most important ensembles of chamber music in Sweden, with musicians from various European countries. The concert has two parts, one dedicated to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovski. The second is a new composition dedicated to Villa San Michele. Click for the full program.
Friday 29 July 2022, 8 pm

Friday 29 July 2022, 8 pm


Anders Paulsson, soprano saxophone and Jacob Kellermann, guitar, entertain tonight's concert audience with one of the most appreciated composer of our time, Italian Ennio Morricone, who, among his awards can count an Oscar and the Swedish Polar Prize. Just as loved is the Argentinian maestro Astor Piazzolla. The program includes music by Swedish composers Sven Hagvil och Thomas Persson, tailor made for tonight's top class musicians. Click for the full program. Welcome!
Friday 5 August 2022, 8 pm

Friday 5 August 2022, 8 pm


"Al chiaro di luna"
The Italian pianist Angelo Villari takes you on a journey through pre classicism, impressionism and late romanticism with a series of piano miniatures by composers like Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert, Baldassare Galuppi and Ottorino Resphigi. Welcome to a musical evening of beauty and refinement, with the sunset and the moon over the bay of Naples as a perfect backdrop. Click for the entire program.
Friday 12 August 2022, 8 pm

Friday 12 August 2022, 8 pm


The pianist and conductor Vittorio Bresciani has played at the most prestigious concert venues and festivals in Italy and throughout the world. His concert is the last in this years series Summer Dreams and entirely dedicated to Claude Debussy. His impressionistic compositions melt in perfectly with the landscape of Capri, the colors of the sunset and the beauty of Villa San Michele. Click for the program.
23-26 August 2022, The Salon of the Sfinx, CONFLICT

23-26 August 2022, The Salon of the Sfinx, CONFLICT


The year's theme of the cultural festival The Salon of the Sphinx, is conflict. Directly from Ukraine, Alibi Sisters will give a concert at Villa San Michele, August 26. The Salon will explore conflict in a broad sense, described through art, theatre, literature, food and music. The concert of Alibi Sisters is our way to show solidarity with the Ukrainian people and take a stand against the war. All events are free. Click for the entire program
Tuesday 23 August 2022, 8 pm

Tuesday 23 August 2022, 8 pm


Sneak preview of the film Corpo a Corpo (2021) directed by Maria Iovine. The film won The Millennial Award 2022, a price given by Le Visionarie, an organization which supports women in film, and Villa San Michele. Corpo a Corpo tells the story of Veronica Yoko Plebani, an Italian paraolympic triathlete who has become a front figure against body shaming in her home country. Before the screening, Maria Iovine and the president of Le Visioniare Giuliana Aliberti will be interviewed on stage.
Wednesday 24 August 2022, 7 pm

Wednesday 24 August 2022, 7 pm


Vernissage of the exhibit I Am A Woman, by the Swedish photographer Lotta Antonsson in the pavilion of Villa San Michele, Olivetum. Antonsson's collage och photography has both erotic, fashion och documentary connotations, presented in an allegoric and multifaceted limitlessness. Her works are often characterized by spacial formations where photography and objects are combined in an associative whole, with inspiration drawn from the 1960's and 70's.
Wednesday 24 August 2022, 8 pm

Wednesday 24 August 2022, 8 pm


Following the theme conflict, Italian actors Bianca Nappi and Giandomenico Cupaiuolo read extracts of Dialogue With Refugees by Bertolt Brecht, written in 1940 when Brecht himself was a refugee, and still topical. “The passport is the noblest part of a human being", says one of the protagonists. “… a human being is, in a certain sense, necessary for the passport. Swedish clarinetist Kjell Fagéus creates the musical bridges between the different dialogues.
Wednesday 24 August 2022, 8.45 pm

Wednesday 24 August 2022, 8.45 pm


Meet Rosalba Piccinni , entrepreneuse, singer and life artist. She attracts large audiences in Italy's most prestigious jazz clubs, but calls herself "cantafiorista" (the singing florist). Rosalba shares her time between the music and her soulful flower shops and restaurants in Milano and Bergamo, oases for harmonious togetherness, just like Villa San Michele. She performs with Marco Brioschi, trumpet och Luca Meneghello, guitar.
Thursday 25 August 2022, 7 pm

Thursday 25 August 2022, 7 pm


The Swedish Italian diplomat and former vice foreign minister of Italy, Staffan de Mistura, has worked for the UN his whole life in many different roles. At Villa San Michele he talks about his newly released book, Armbrytning med ondskan (Arm Wrestling With The Evil), written with Erik Ohlsson and published by Ordfront. A thrilling and topical conversation about the successes and shortcomings of diplomacy in some of the world's most difficult crises' and humanitarian catastrophes.
Thursday 25 August 2022, 8 pm

Thursday 25 August 2022, 8 pm


Fiorella Breglia is the entrepreneurial food influencer that everyone talks about, a rising star on social media. Her unique capacity of throwing great dinner parties for innumerable guests, has made her famous, as have her energy and temperament. But food is not only enjoyment. Fiorella takes you on a trip through the pleasures and sufferings of the Neapolitan cuisine.
Friday 26 August 2022 8 pm SPECIAL EVENT, VILLA SAN MICHELE FOR UKRAINE

Friday 26 August 2022 8 pm SPECIAL EVENT, VILLA SAN MICHELE FOR UKRAINE


A reckless war is shaking up Europe, causing unimaginable suffering for Ukraine and its people. Directly from Kiev, the musical group Alibi Sisters, well known and loved in their home country, performs a unique concert at Villa San Michele, with the music of the different ethnicities of Ukraine, including Jewish klezmer and the music of the tatars of Crimea.
Before the concert there will be a conversation on stage about life in a country at war. Click for information about the singers and musicians.
9 September - 16 November 2022 Festival del Paesaggio Aria di Capri – That Capri Air

9 September - 16 November 2022 Festival del Paesaggio Aria di Capri – That Capri Air


The sixth edition of the Landscape Festival (Festival del Paesaggio), curated by Arianna Rosica and Gianluca Riccio, celebrates the figure of Edwin Cerio on the occasion of the centenary of the "Conference on Landscape" (1922 - 2022), organized on the island in the summer of 1922 by the then mayor. Aria di Capri, That Capri Air, the title chosen for this new edition of the Festival, is also the title of a book published by Cerio in 1927, in which the caprese writer and intellectual imagined the island as a place that got continuously created and recreated by the words and images produced by the writers, poets and artists who have inhabited this extraordinary place.
Friday July 9 2021 . 8 pm

Friday July 9 2021 . 8 pm


Dramatic soprano Ingela Brimberg inaugurates the cultural season of Villa San Michele with a rich choice of arias by Richard Wagner, accompanied by Ivette Irkha on the piano.
Friday July 16 2021, 8 pm

Friday July 16 2021, 8 pm


Protagonist of the sunset concert is the mezzosoprano Katarina Karnéus. She sings arias from Italian and French operas and Swedish songs. Accompanist is the pianist and composer Johan Ullén.
Friday July 23 2021, 8 pm

Friday July 23 2021, 8 pm


The clarinettist Magnus Holmander and the accordionist Irina Serotyuk won the Swedish competition Young and Promising in 2017. Their repertoire is a mixture of classical music, jazz, swing and klezmer. Magnus Holmander is also a magician. Just wait and see!
Friday July 30 2021, 8 pm

Friday July 30 2021, 8 pm


Mezzosoprano Matilda Paulsson and soprano Henriikka Gröndahl interpret arias of Verdi e Puccini and nordic romances, while accompanied by ”il maestro” Matti Hirvonen at the piano.
Thursday August 5 2021, 7 pm

Thursday August 5 2021, 7 pm


Book presentation. The director of Neapel's important archeological museum MANN, Paolo Giulierini, explains his recently published book Storia del Mediterraneo in trenta oggetti (The History of the Mediterranean through thirty artifacts). Moderator: Kristina Kappelin. Language: Italian
Friday August 6 2021, 8 pm

Friday August 6 2021, 8 pm


Italian pianist Gianluca Luisi invites you to an evening in company with the music of Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Chopin.
Friday August 13 2021, 8 pm

Friday August 13 2021, 8 pm


The acclaimed Italien pianist Pasquale Iannone interprets Sergej Rachmaninov and Franz Liszt on the last evening pf the concert series
August 26-28 2021, The Salon of the Sfinx 7 pm

August 26-28 2021, The Salon of the Sfinx 7 pm


Villa San Michele invites everybody to the third edition of the Culture Festival The Salon of the Sfinx. This summer the theme is Freedom and first and foremost the freedom to love. Capri is known as the island of pleasure and many sexually limitless personalities have shaped the cultural life on the island. We pay tribute to this tradition in the name och openness and respect.
The Festival opens with an exhibit by the renowned Bosnian design company Zanat in collaboration with award-winning Swedish designer Monica Förster, ''Carving a Love Story''.
Thursday, 26 august 2021,  7 pm

Thursday, 26 august 2021, 7 pm


Opening night of the exhibit Carving a Love Story by the Swedish designer Monica Förster. The exhibition is a project developed together with Zanat, the Bosnian design brand, which Monica Förster has been art directing since its international launch in 2015. A design brand founded upon a four-generation-old woodcarving tradition inscribed on the UNESCO cultural heritage list of humanity. This exhibition represents a highlight in the fruitful collaboration, which has helped Zanat rise from a small family-owned workshop in Bosnia to a globally respected design brand.
Thursday August 26 2021

Thursday August 26 2021


Drag show with Francesco Pierri, alias Cristina Prenestina. Francesco is one of the most well known artist of the Drag scene of Rome and chose the name Cristina after the gender fluid Swedish queen Kristina (1626-1629). In his show he pays homage to the grand divas of today and yesterday, with a "certain regard" for the LGBT community.
Friday August 27 2021, 7 pm

Friday August 27 2021, 7 pm


Stage reading by the transsexual actress Eva Robin’s, after which she will be joined on stage by Italy’s only female bishop Maria Vittoria Longhitano. They are just about as different as two women might seem, but listen to them talking! The last performance is a Pas de deux by the dancers Costantino Imperatore and Denny Lodi, portraying the tormented love story of two men.
Friday August 27 2021, 8 pm

Friday August 27 2021, 8 pm


Dance at Villa San Michele with a performance by Costantino Imperatore and Denny Lodi. Love, fear, jealousy, violence, tenderness and the longing for a family by two homosexual men.
Saturday August 28 2021, 7 pm

Saturday August 28 2021, 7 pm


Inauguration of the exhibit ’’Axel Munthe and the Pilgrims of Beauty’’ the the chapel and the garden of Villa San Michele, curated by Katriona Munthe. The show is introduced by the actors of the Francesco Gori Theatre Group who, through tableaux vivant interprets the exhibit. A stage conversation with Katriona Munthe and Roberto Fabregas of the Casa de Cultura Les Bernardes, will add references and anecdotes to the books and photographs of the show.
Saturday August 28 2021, 8 pm

Saturday August 28 2021, 8 pm


Grand final with the creators and part of the cast of the film of the moment, Maschile Singolare. On Villa San Michele's stage you will hear the directors Alessandro Guida e Matteo Pilati talk about the partly unexpected success of their ''gay dramady''', together with the scriptwriter Giuseppe Paternò Raddusa and the popular actor Giancarlo Commare.