Artistic Institutions in Europe

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)

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 / SPAIN & PARIS / 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)

BERGMAN, INGMAR (FARO / SWEDEN)

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)

           

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

VIENNA STATE BALLET AT VIENNA STATE OPERA HOUSE (VIENNA / AUSTRIA)

            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

PARIS OPERA BALLET AT THE OPERA / PALAIS GARNIER (PARIS / FRANCE)

            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

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

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

ENSEMBLE AT MOSCOW ART THEATER (MOSCOW / RUSSIA)

            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

TAILLEVENT (PARIS / FRANCE)

BY ALAIN SOLIVERES