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)
SHAKESPEARE (STRATFORD / BRITAIN)
GOETHE (FRANKFURT / GERMANY)
DOSTOEVSKY (MOSCOW / RUSSIA)
FINE ARTS
DA VINCI, LEONARDO (VINCI / ITALY)
DA URBINO, RAFFAELLO (URBINO / ITALY)
VAN RIJN, REMBRANDT (LEIDEN / NETHERLANDS)
PICASSO (MALAGA / SPAIN )
MUSIC
BACH (EISENACH / GERMANY)
MOZART (SALZBURG / AUSTRIA)
BEETHOVEN (BONN / GERMANY)
THE MUSEUMS FOR THE NOTABLE ARTISTS
LITERATURE
ALIGHIERI, DANTE (FLORENCE / ITALY)
SHAKESPEARE (STRATFORD / BRITAIN)
GOETHE (FRANKFURT & WEIMAR / GERMANY)
TOLSTOY (MOSCOW / RUSSIA)
DOSTOEVSKY (MOSCOW, ST. PETERSBURG & STARAYA RUSSA / RUSSIA)
FINE ARTS
DA VINCI, LEONARDO (VINCI / ITALY)
BUONARROTI, MICHELANGELO (FLORENCE / ITALY)
DA URBINO, RAFFAELLO (URBINO / ITALY)
DÜRER, ALBRECHT (NUREMBERG / GERMANY)
DA URBINO, RAFFAELLO (URBINO / ITALY)
DÜRER, ALBRECHT (NUREMBERG / GERMANY)
VAN RIJN, REMBRANDT (AMSTERDAM / NETHERLANDS)
VAN GOGH, VINCENT (AMSTERDAM / NETHERLANDS)
PICASSO, PABLO (MALAGA & BARCELONA / SPAIN & PARIS / FRANCE )
DALI, SALVADOR (FIGUERAS / SPAIN)
MUSIC
BACH (EISENAH & LEIPZIG / GERMANY)
MOZART (SALZBURG & VIENNA / AUSTRIA)
BEETHOVEN (BONN / GERMANY & VIENNA / AUSTRIA)
WAGNER (BAYREUTH & LEIPZIG / GERMANY)
CINEMA
BUNUEL (CALANDA / SPAIN)
KUROSAWA (YOKOHAMA / JAPAN)
FELLINI (RIMINI / ITALY)
KUROSAWA (YOKOHAMA / JAPAN)
FELLINI (RIMINI / ITALY)
BERGMAN (FARO / SWEDEN)
TARKOVSKY (YURYEVETS / RUSSIA)
TARKOVSKY (YURYEVETS / RUSSIA)
THE NOTABLE ARTS FESTIVALS
FINE ARTS
VENICE INTERNATIONAL ART EXPOSITION - LA BIENNALE (VENICE / ITALY)
MUSIC
SALZBURG FESTIVAL (SALZBURG / AUSTRIA)
OPERA
BAYREUTH FESTIVAL (BAYREUTH / GERMANY)
THEATRE
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL (EDINBURGH / BRITAIN)
CINEMA
CANNES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (CANNES / FRANCE)
THE NOTABLE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS
VATICAN MUSEUM (VATICAN)
UFFIZI GALLERY (FLORENCE / ITALY)
KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM (VIENNA / AUSTRIA)
MUSEUM ISLANDS (BERLIN / GERMANY)
RIJKS MUSEUM (AMSTERDAM / NETHERLANDS)
ART ANCIEN MUSEUM (BRUSSELS / BELGIUM)
LOUVRE MUSEUM (PARIS / FRANCE)
PRADO MUSEUM (MADRID / SPAIN)
NATIONAL GALLERY (LONDON / BRITAIN)
HERMITAGE MUSEUM (ST. PETERSBURG / RUSSIA)
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 / BALLET 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)
(BERIO'S )
*LA SCALA THEATRE 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 OPERA AT VIENNA STATE OPERA HOUSE (VIENNA / AUSTRIA)
MOZART’S DON GIOVANNI (18th C)
(WAGNER'S RING (19th C))
STRAUSS' SALOME (20th C)
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
SALZBURG FESTIVAL OPERA AT GROSSES FESTSPIELHAUS
MOZART'S DON GIOVANNI (18th C)
SALZBURG EASTER FESTIVAL OPERA AT FELSENREITSCHULE
(SCHOENBERG'S MOSES AND ARON (20th C))
BERLIN STATE OPERA AT STATE OPERA HOUSE UNTER DEN LINDEN (BERLIN / GERMANY)
WAGNER’S TANNHAUSER (19th C)
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
SAXON STATE OPERA AT THE SEMPEROPER DRESDEN
WAGNER'S THE FLYING DUTCHMAN (19th C)
BAVARIAN STATE OPERA AT NATIONALTHEATER MUNCHEN
(WAGNER’S TRISTAN UND ISOLDE) (19th C)
BAYREUTH FESTIVAL OPERA AT BAYREUTH FESTIVAL HOUSE (BAYREUTH / GERMANY)
WAGNER’S TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (19th C) DIRECTED BY HEINER MULLER
(WAGNER'S PARSIFAL) (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
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 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)
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
LOVENSKIOLD'S SYLFIDEN CHOREOGRAPHED BY AUGUST BOURNONVILLE
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
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)
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
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 GASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTIONS
LUCAS CARTON (PARIS / FRANCE)
BY ALAIN SENDERENS
PLAZA ATHENEE (PARIS / FRANCE)
BY ALAIN DUCASSE
BY ALAIN DUCASSE
TAILLEVENT (PARIS / FRANCE)
BY ALAIN SOLIVERES
BY ALAIN SOLIVERES