The followings are the partial list of the artistic institutions I have visited in Europe.
Most on the list are the top institutions in their respective categories, so anybody interested in the arts may find the list useful upon visiting Europe.
THE BIRTH HOUSES-TURNED-MUSEUMS OF THE NOTABLE ARTISTS
LITERATURE
ALIGHIERI, DANTE (FLORENCE / ITALY)
DE CERVANTES, MIGUEL (ALCANA / SPAIN)
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (STRATFORD / BRITAIN)
VON GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG (FRANKFURT / GERMANY)
DOSTOEVSKY, FYODOR (MOSCOW / RUSSIA)
FINE ARTS
LEONARDO (VINCI / ITALY)
BUONARROTI, MICHELANGELO (CAPRECE / ITALY)
SANZIO, RAPHAEL (URBINO / ITALY)
DÜRER, ALBRECHT (NUREMBERG / GERMANY)
VELAZQUEZ, DIEGO (SEVILLE / SPAIN)
VAN RIJN, REMBRANDT (LEIDEN / NETHERLANDS)
GOYA, FRANCISCO (FUENDETODOS / SPAIN)
PICASSO, PABLO (MALAGA SPAIN
MUSIC
BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN (EISENACH / GERMANY)
MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS (SALZBURG / AUSTRIA)
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN (BONN / GERMANY)
THE MONOGRAPHIC MUSEUMS FOR THE NOTABLE ARTISTS
LITERATURE
ALIGHIERI, DANTE (FLORENCE / ITALY)
DE CERVANTES, MIGUEL (VALLADOLID / SPAIN)
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (STRATFORD / BRITAIN)
VON GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG (FRANKFURT & WEIMAR / GERMANY)
TOLSTOY, LEO (MOSCOW / RUSSIA)
DOSTOEVSKY, FYODOR (MOSCOW, ST. PETERSBURG & STARAYA RUSSA / RUSSIA)
FINE ARTS
LEONARDO (VINCI / ITALY & AMBOISE / FRANCE)
BUONARROTI, MICHELANGELO (FLORENCE / ITALY)
SANZIO, RAPHAEL (URBINO / ITALY)
SANZIO, RAPHAEL (URBINO / ITALY)
GRUNEWALD, MATTIAS (COLMAR / FRANCE)
DÜRER, ALBRECHT (NUREMBERG / GERMANY)
VELAZQUEZ, DIEGO (SEVILLE / SPAIN)
VAN RIJN, REMBRANDT (AMSTERDAM / NETHERLANDS)
GOYA, FRANCISCO (ZARAGOZA / SPAIN)
CEZANNE, PAUL (AIX / FRANCE)
RODIN, AUGUSTE (PARIS / FRANCE & PHILADELPHIA / USA)
PICASSO, PABLO (MALAGA BARCELONA FRANCE
DALI, SALVADOR (FIGUERAS / SPAIN)
MUSIC
BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN (EISENAH & LEIPZIG / GERMANY)
MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS (SALZBURG & VIENNA / AUSTRIA)
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN (BONN / GERMANY & VIENNA / AUSTRIA)
WAGNER, RICHARD (BAYREUTH & LEIPZIG / GERMANY)
CINEMA
BUNUEL, LUIS (CALANDA / SPAIN)
KUROSAWA, AKIRA (YOKOHAMA / JAPAN)
FELLINI, FEDERICO (RIMINI / ITALY)
KUROSAWA, AKIRA (YOKOHAMA / JAPAN)
FELLINI, FEDERICO (RIMINI / ITALY)
BERGMAN, INGMAR (FARO / SWEDEN)
TARKOVSKY, ANDREI (YURYEVETS / RUSSIA)
TARKOVSKY, ANDREI (YURYEVETS / RUSSIA)
THE NOTABLE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS
VATICAN MUSEUM (VATICAN)
UFFIZI GALLERY (FLORENCE / ITALY)
KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM (VIENNA / AUSTRIA)
MUSEUM ISLANDS (BERLIN / GERMANY)
RIJKS MUSEUM (AMSTERDAM / NETHERLANDS)
VERMEER RETROSPECTIVE
ART ANCIEN MUSEUM (BRUSSELS / BELGIUM)
LOUVRE MUSEUM (PARIS / FRANCE)
LEONARDO RETROSPECTIVE
PRADO MUSEUM (MADRID / SPAIN)
NATIONAL GALLERY (LONDON / BRITAIN)
DONATELLO RETROSPECTIVE
STATE MUSEUM OF ART (COPENHAGEN / DENMARK)
MICHELANGELO RETROSPECTIVE
HERMITAGE MUSEUM (ST. PETERSBURG / RUSSIA)
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART (NEW YORK / USA) - HONORABLE MENTION
RAPHAEL RETROSPECTIVE
THE NOTABLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS AT THEIR HOME CONCERT HALLS
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC AT MUSIKVEREIN (VIENNA / AUSTRIA)
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC AT PHILHARMONIE (BERLIN / GERMANY)
ROYAL AMSTERDAM ORCHESTRA AT CONCERT GEBOUW (AMSTERDAM / NL)
ROYAL AMSTERDAM ORCHESTRA AT CONCERT GEBOUW (AMSTERDAM / NL)
THE NOTABLE OPERA COMPANIES AT THEIR HOME OPERA HOUSES
(UPCOMING)
(1ST TIER)
(2ND TIER)
(3RD TIER)
LA SCALA OPERA AT LA SCALA THEATER (MILAN / ITALY)
MONTEVERDI'S CORONATION OF POPPEA (17th C) DIRECTED BY ROBERT WILSON
VERDI’S LA TRAVIATA (19th C)
STRAVINSKY'S THE RAKE'S PROGRESS (20th C)
VIENNA STATE OPERA AT VIENNA STATE OPERA HOUSE (VIENNA / AUSTRIA)
MOZART’S DON GIOVANNI (18th C)
WAGNER'S RING (19th C)
STRAUSS' SALOME (20th C)
BERLIN STATE OPERA AT STATE OPERA HOUSE UNTER DEN LINDEN (BERLIN / GERMANY)
WAGNER’S TANNHAUSER (19th C)
DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN (BERLIN / GERMANY)
VERDI'S LA TRAVIATA (19th C) DIRECTED BY GOTZ FRIEDRICH
SAXON STATE OPERA AT THE SEMPEROPER (DRESDEN / GERMANY)
MOZART'S THE MAGIC FLUTE (18th C) DIRECTED BY ACHIM FRYER
WAGNER'S THE FLYING DUTCHMAN (19th C)
OPERA LEIPZIG (LEIPZIG / GERMANY)
WAGNER'S THE FLYING DUTCHMEN (19th C)
BAVARIAN STATE OPERA AT NATIONALTHEATER (MUNCHEN / GERMANY)
WAGNER’S TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (19th C)
PARIS OPERA AT THE OPERA / PALAIS GARNIER (PARIS / FRANCE)
MOZART'S MAGIC FLUTE (18th C) DIRECTED BY ROBERT WILSON
BIZET'S CARMEN (19th C)
DEBUSSY’S PELLEAS ET MELISANDE (20th C) DIRECTED BY ROBERT WILSON
ROYAL OPERA AT ROYAL OPERA HOUSE (LONDON / UK)
HANDEL'S ARIODANTE (18th C)
MUSSORGSKY’S BORIS GODUNOV (19th C) DIRECTED BY ANDREI TARKOVSKY
BRITTEN'S PETER GRIMES (20th C)
ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA (LONDON / UK)
VERDI'S RIGOLETTO (19th C) DIRECTED BY JOHNATHN MILLER
THE METROPOITAN OPERA AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE (NEW YORK / USA) - HONORABLE MENTION
WAGNER'S LOHENGRIN (19th C) DIRECTED BY ROBERT WILSON
GLASS' THE VOYAGE (20th C)
THE ADDITIONAL SPECIAL OPERA HOUSES
TEATRO DI SAN CARLO (NAPLE, ITALY) - The Oldest Opera House in the World / WHS
DONIZETTI'S LUCHIA DI LAMMERMOOR (18th C)
TEATRO ROSSINI (PESARO, ITALY) - Condominio Theatre / WHS
ROSSINI'S OPPORTUNITY MAKES A THIEF
THEATER AN DER WIEN (VIENNA, AUSTRIA)
BEETHOVEN'S LEONORE (19th C)
MARGRAVIAL OPERA HOUSE (BAYREUTH, GERMANY) - Baroque Opera House / WHS
HANDEL'S FLORIDANTE
OPERA ROYAL DE VERSAILLES (VERSAILLES, FRANCE) Baroque Opera House / WHS
LULLY'S THE BOURGEOIS GENTLEMAN (17th C) WRITTEN BY MOLIERE
THE NOTABLE BALLET COMPANIES AT THEIR HOME OPERA HOUSES
(UPCOMING)
(1ST TIER)
(2ND TIER)
(3RD TIER)
LA SCALA THEATER BALLET AT LA SCALA THEATER (MILAN / ITALY)
MINKUS' DON QUIXOTE CHOREOGRAPHED BY MARIUS PETIPA / RUDOLF NUREYEV
MINKUS' DON QUIXOTE CHOREOGRAPHED BY MARIUS PETIPA / RUDOLF NUREYEV
VIENNA STATE BALLET AT VIENNA STATE OPERA HOUSE (VIENNA / AUSTRIA)
MINKUS' DON QUIXOTE CHOREOGRAPHED BY MARIUS PETIPA / RUDOLF NUREYEV
MINKUS' DON QUIXOTE CHOREOGRAPHED BY MARIUS PETIPA / RUDOLF NUREYEV
BERLIN STATE BALLET AT STATE OPERA HOUSE UNTER DEN LINDEN (BERLIN / GERMANY)
MINKUS'S LA BAYADERE CHOREOGRAPHED BY MARIUS PATIPA / ALEXEI RATMANSKY
MINKUS'S LA BAYADERE CHOREOGRAPHED BY MARIUS PATIPA / ALEXEI RATMANSKY
PARIS OPERA BALLET AT THE OPERA / PALAIS GARNIER (PARIS / FRANCE)
ADAM'S GISELLE CHOREOGRAPHED BY JEAN CORALLI AND JULES PERROT
ADAM'S GISELLE CHOREOGRAPHED BY JEAN CORALLI AND JULES PERROT
ROYAL BALLET AT ROYAL OPERA HOUSE (LONDON / UK)
TCHAIKOVSKY'S SLEEPING BEAUTY CHOREOGRAPHED BY MARIUS PETIPA
TCHAIKOVSKY'S SLEEPING BEAUTY CHOREOGRAPHED BY MARIUS PETIPA
ROYAL DANISH BALLET AT ROYAL DANISH THEATRE (COPENHAGEN / DENMARK)
LOVENSKIOLD'S SYLFIDEN CHOREOGRAPHED BY AUGUST BOURNONVILLE
BEJART BALLET LAUSANNE AT (LAUSANNE / SWITZERLAND)
RAVEL'S BOLERO CHOREOGRAPHED BY MAURICE BEJART
MARIINSKY BALLET AT THE MARIINSKI THEATER (ST. PETERSBURG / RUSSIA)
TCHAIKOVSKY'S SWAN LAKE CHOREOGRAPHED BY MARIUS PETIPA
BOLSHOI BALLET AT THE BOLSHOI THEATER (MOSCOW / RUSSIA)
TCHAIKOVSKY'S SLEEPING BEAUTY CHOREOGRAPHED BY MARIUS PETIPA
AMERICAN BALLET THEATER AT AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE (NEW YORK / USA) - HONORABLE MENTION
MINKUS' DON QUIXOTE CHOREOGRAPHED BY MARIUS PETIPA
NEW YORK CITY BALLET AT THE KOCH THEATER (NEW YORK / USA) - HONORABLE MENTION
JEWELS CHOREOGRAPHED BY GEORGE BALANCHINE
THE NOTABLE PLAY COMPANIES AT THEIR HOME THEATERS
NATIONAL THEATER OF GREECE AT EPIDAVROS THEATER (EPIDAVROS / GREECE)
AESCHYLUS' ORESTEIA
ARISTOPHANES’ LYSISTRATA
ENSEMBLE AT BURGTHEATER (VIENNA / AUSTRIA)
GOETHE'S FAUST
ENSEMBLE AT DEUTSCHES NATIONALTHEATER (WEIMAR / GERMANY)
GOETHE’S FAUST PART I AND PART II
ENSEMBLE AT DEUTSCHES THEATER (BERLIN / GREMANY)
GOETHE'S CLAVIGO
GOETHE'S CLAVIGO
BERLINER ENSEMBLE AT THEATER AM SCHIFFBAUERDAMM (BERLIN/GERMANY)
BRECHT’S DREIGROSCHENOPER DIRECTED BY ROBERT WILSON
COMEDIE-FRANCAISE AT SALLE RICHELIEU AT PALAIS-ROYAL (PARIS / FRANCE)
MOLIERE’S MISANTHROPE
COMEDIE-FRANCAISE AT ODEON THEATRE OF EUROPE (PARIS / FRANCE)
SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET
ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY AT ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE (STRATFORD BRITAIN
SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET
GLOBE ENSEMBLE AT SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE (LONDON / BRITAIN)
SHAKESPEARE'S KING LEAR
SHAKESPEARE’S TWELFTH NIGHT
ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE (LONDON / BRITAIN)
SHAKESPEARE’S TEMPEST
CHEKHOV'S CHERRY ORCHARD
CHEKHOV'S THREE SISTERS
THE NOTABLE ARTS FESTIVALS
FINE ARTS
VENICE INTERNATIONAL ART EXPOSITION - LA BIENNALE (VENICE / ITALY)
MUSIC
SALZBURG FESTIVAL (SALZBURG / AUSTRIA)
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC
SALZBURG FESTIVAL OPERA AT GROSSES FESTSPIELHAUS
MOZART'S DON GIOVANNI (18th C)
SALZBURG FESTIVAL ENSEMBLE AT
GOETHE'S FAUST
HOFMANNSTHAL'S JEDERMAN
SALZBURG EASTER FESTIVAL (SALZBURG / AUSTRIA)
SALZBURG EASTER FESTIVAL OPERA AT FELSENREITSCHULE (SALZBURG / AUSTRIA)
SCHOENBERG'S MOSES AND ARON (20th C)
FESTIVAL D'AIX-EN-PROVENCE (AIX-EN-PROVENCE / FRANCE)
FESTIVAL D'AIX-EN-PROVENCE OPERA AT FESTIVAL D'AIX-EN-PROVENCE
OPERA
BAYREUTH FESTIVAL (BAYREUTH / GERMANY)
BAYREUTH FESTIVAL OPERA AT BAYREUTH FESTIVAL HOUSE
WAGNER’S TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (19th C) DIRECTED BY HEINER MULLER
WAGNER'S PARSIFAL (19th C)
THEATRE
AVIGNON FESTIVAL (AVIGNON / FRANCE)
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL (EDINBURGH / BRITAIN)
CINEMA
CANNES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (CANNES / FRANCE)
THE NOTABLE GASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTIONS
LUCAS CARTON (PARIS / FRANCE)
BY ALAIN SENDERENS
RESTAURANT ALAIN DUCASSE (PARIS / FRANCE)
BY ALAIN DUCASSE
BY ALAIN DUCASSE
TAILLEVENT (PARIS / FRANCE)
BY ALAIN SOLIVERES
BY ALAIN SOLIVERES
