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An alternative site for Parliament?
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta - 05 Feb 2009
This satellite view of Valletta clearly shows how well suited the area presently ... have the "old" opera house site rebuilt as an opera house or a theatre. ...

Church against St John's museum extension - Muscat
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta - 01 Feb 2009
Dr Muscat also referred to the proposed redevelopment of the Opera House site and said the government should have consulted the people on the use of the ... (references to the Opera House)

The Times of Malta - 01 Feb 2009
A time for decisiveness - John Ebejer
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090201/opinion/a-time-for-decisiveness

Government MPs ‘in full rebellion’ on St John’s project
Malta Independent Online - Malta - 01 Feb 2009
The Foundation’s technical submission was in line with the published regulations under Priority Axis 2 of the Structural Funds Programme for Malta. ...

We want fights, not projects
Malta Independent Online - Malta - 01 Feb 2009
I think that many of those who are most vociferous in objecting to a parliament house on the bomb-site don’t really want an opera house, or even a theatre. ...

Renzo Piano and the lightness of buildings
Malta Independent Online - Malta - 01 Feb 2009
The Malta of today needs an iconic building, just like the Guggenheim in Bilbao, or the Sydney Opera House. Valletta is the city of synergy, where the past ...

FAA to write to PM
Malta Independent Online - Malta - 30 Jan 2009
“We welcome the holistic remodelling and regeneration of Valletta, from the bus terminus, City Gate and the opera house site, down to Fort St Elmo as well ...

timesofmalta.com - FAA calls for national theatre on Opera House site - 30 Jan 2009
The NGO Flimkien Ghall-Ambjent Ahjar has welcomed the government’s plans for the rebuilding of City Gate but has called for the building of a national theatre on the site of the former Opera House. “We need a national theatre that is ...

timesofmalta.com - PM hints at options on Opera House site
Jan 26, 2009 ... Fair enough, we do not have an opera house, but having three full functional theaters in Malta is more than enough I think. ...

51% against new parliament
Malta Today - San Gwann,Malta - 26 Jan 2009
The government is claiming the site of the Opera House is not large enough for a theatre ... The latter two options were endorsed by the Malta Library and ...

Piano: Valletta ‘Manhattan” of the 16th century
di-ve.com - Malta - 25 Jan 2009
Mr Piano had come up with designs for Valletta 25 years’ ago which had been ... crossing City Gate and Freedom Square to the site of the old Opera House. ...

Valletta has a lot of stories to tell - Piano
Times of Malta - Valletta,Malta - 25 Jan 2009
Mr Piano and his senior partner Bernard Plattner are in Malta today to revisit Freedom ... Although he was considering all options for the opera house, ...

The remains of the royal opera house theatre: To conserve or not to!
Malta Independent Online - Malta - 24 Jan 2009
As many historians have documented, the site chosen for the opera house was close to the city ... thus asserting the British power and influence in Malta. ...

David Friggieri, Sunday, 14 December 2008
Malta Today
Sex is for randy teenagers
Malta’s liberals are a strange lot. The latest argument to grab my attention went something ...

Main Guard a good home for Parliament
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta - 16 Jan 2009
The utilisation of the Main Guard would free the Royal Opera House site for ... of the President of Malta - were to be provided under the present unsightly ...

Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta - 15 Jan 2009
Among the many letters regarding the opera house were two in the January 8 issue. My reactions to both of them are that I beg to differ. ...

The Independent - 14 Jan 2009
A perfect proposal
by John J. Schranz
http://www.independent.com .mt/news.asp?newsitemid=81469

The Times of Malta - 14 Jan 2009
Study needed on new site for Parliament
Michael Camilleri, Naxxar
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090114/l etters/study-needed-on-new -site-for-parliament
"By leaving the Opera House in ruins for nearly 70 years, we have shown ourselves in a bad enough light; by putting aside completely the idea of having a national opera house, we will show ourselves up as the cultural savages of Europe."

Main Guard the best site for Parliament
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta - 13 Jan 2009
It goes back to the 1920s when Malta was granted self government for the first ... As for the site of the old Opera House, I appeal to the government to ...

Renzo Piano due in Malta next month
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta - 13 Jan 2009
Renzo Piano should be in Malta early next month on a reconnaissance visit to ... that incorporates the rebuilding of City Gate and the Opera House ruins. ...

Renzo Piano per la Royal Opera House di Malta
Luxgallery - Milano,Lombardia,Italy - 13 Jan 2009
A Piano, infatti, saranno affidate le ricostruzioni della Royal Opera House e del City Gate di La Valletta, progetti del valore, rispettivamente, ..

For a new Valletta
Malta Independent Online - Malta - 12 Jan 2009
Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar said in a statement it welcomes the project to rebuild Valletta’s City Gate and the Opera House site. ...

The Times of Malta - 09 Jan 2009
Parliament at Med. Conference Centre
Astrid Vella, Sliema
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090109/letters/parliament-at-med-conference-centre
"Further to recent letters on the subject of the rebuilding of the Opera House, while Flimkien Għal Ambjent Aħjar welcomes the announcement that the site of the Royal Opera House is to be rebuilt, we are concerned by security issues related to having Parliament relocated to Freedom Square."

City Gate project ‘will give more dignity to Valletta’
Malta Independent Online - Malta - 03 Jan 2009
Nationalist Party deputy leader Tonio Borg said the City Gate and Royal Opera House project will give more dignity to Valletta as a cultural city and will ...

It's Opera (House) season - Times of Malta - 28 Dec 2008
Michael Falzon
"it does seem to me that not only do we desperately need a Maltese Opera House that should be designed by a Maltese architect, but we should also ensure that only Maltese workers using Maltese materials should be used in its construction, and only Maltese singers should be allowed to sing operas written by Maltese composers, played by Maltese musicians."

Opera house live crib attracts 80000 visitors
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta
Housing Parliament in the Old Opera House may have raised controversy but ... a piece of a Maltese valley and plonking it into the heart of Valletta". ...

2008 in 20 words
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta - 26 Dec 2008
Piano – The government announced on December 1 that it has asked architect Renzo Piano to draw up plans for the rebuilding of City Gate and the Opera House ...

UHM: Watch expenditure in City Gate project
di-ve.com - Malta - 26 Dec 2008
With over 60 years having passed since the Opera House’s destruction during World War 2, now was the time for the necessary decisions on the project to be ...

PN plans to improve culture Valletta
di-ve.com - Malta - 23 Dec 2008
On the site of the Opera House there will be the new parliament building as well as a cultural centre, making it open to everyone in Malta. ...

Regeneration of City Gate: Red carpet leading to The Palace
Malta Independent Online - Malta - 23 Dec 2008
by Annaliza Borg The government yesterday announced plans for the regeneration of City Gate and the Royal Opera House which are to be turned into a “red ...

Let's not miss the wood for the trees
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta
The Old Opera House project is a small part of a larger vision. Its main aim is to regenerate Valletta and restore it to its former glory. ...

Time to prove Catholic roots - President
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta
Speaking at the traditional Milied Flimkien (Christmas together) event held at the ruins of the old Opera House in Valletta, Dr Fenech Adami stressed the ...

Muscat’s nod to Gonzi on Valletta irks party insiders
Malta Today - San Gwann,Malta - 18 Dec 2008
Renzo Piano was brought back on board to take on the revitalisation of the Valletta City Gate and Opera House project, after a meeting in Paris with Gonzi ...

Maltamedia.com - 18 Dec 2008
Discussions are currently under way with Piano to design the new Valletta City Gate and rebuild the site where the former Royal Opera House is located. This could be rebuilt as the new House of Parliament. ...

Renzo Piano associates on familiarisation trip
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta - 18 Dec 2008
The Italian architect is to draw up plans for the rebuilding of City Gate and the site occupied by the Opera House ruins. The ministry denied a newspaper ...

Opera House bomb site 'scandal'
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta - 18 Dec 2008
After more than 65 years as a horrific reminder of conflict, Maltese loss of life and devastation of war, the Opera House bomb site at the entrance to the ...

Maltaamedia.com - 17 Dec 2008
In a statement on Tuesday, the Valletta Rehabilitation Committee said it welcomes the much awaited project for the city gate/opera house site. It also agrees to the choice of world acclaimed architect Renzo Piano whose vast experience ...

VRC pleased with City Gate project
di-ve.com - Malta - 16 Dec 2008
... The Valletta Rehabilitation Committee (VRC) has praised government’s proposals regarding its plans for the Valletta City Gate and the Old Opera House ...

VRC welcomes City Gate project
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta - 16 Dec 2008
The Valletta Rehabilitation Committee has welcomed “the much awaited project for the city gate/opera house site”. It said in a statement it agreed to the ...

Turn the Opera House into a modern library
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta - 15 Dec 2008
After theatre buffs it was the turn of bookworms to chip into the debate on the old Opera House, calling for the new building to house a modern library ...

Piano’s ‘allegro non troppo’
Raphael Vassallo - Malta Today - 14 Dec 2008
The resuscitation of the Renzo Piano plan for City Gate and the Opera House has been cautiously welcomed, but controversy is never too far behind a project that has waited in the wings for 60 years

Let them eat cake
Malta Independent Online - Malta - 14 Dec 2008
The Facebook group (No to House of Parliament instead of Opera House Malta), which opposes this decision, has attracted such attention that a British ...

J’accuse: Make no mistake
Malta Independent Online - Malta
Only this week critics of the idea that the site of the old opera house should house our Parliament were told in no uncertain terms that “those who dismiss ...

The University of Life
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta - 14 Dec 2008
The next generations would never contemplate the laughable proposal of not having an opera house in Valletta because the area is deemed theatrically ...

First the collection, then the museum
By Daphne Caruana Galizia - 14 Dec 2008
I find the arguments of those who are agitating for a museum of modern art to be built by Renzo Piano on the old opera house site in Valletta to be quite fascinating. If ever there was a case of putting the cart before the horse, ...

Tourist guides all for a refurbished city
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta - 13 Dec 2008
The ruins of the Opera House and City Gate are an eye sore. Valletta is crying out for attention - the problems need to be addressed urgently and we are ...

Valletta council backs City Gate project
The Times of Malta - 12 Dec 2008
The Valletta council has welcomed the government's decision to proceed with its plans to rebuild City Gate and the former opera theatre, which would give the capital the dignity it deserved.

Those who dismiss parliament dismiss democracy
Malta Independent Online - Malta - 11 Dec 2008
by Daphne Caruana Galizia The plans for a parliament building on the empty lot where the opera house once stood have met with near-unanimous objection, ...

UHM: Watch expenditure in City Gate project
di-ve.com - Malta - 9 Dec 2008
With over 60 years having passed since the Opera House’s destruction during World War 2, now was the time for the necessary decisions on the project to be ...

UĦM welcomes City Gate project
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta - 9 Dec 2008
The UĦM said that following the collapse of the Opera House during the war more than 60 years ago, it seemed the time had come for the theatre to be rebuilt ...

Rebirth of an icon
Malta Independent Online - Malta - 9 Dec 2008
The bus terminus, the present City Gate and the remnants of the Opera House are the main areas that welcome people into Valletta; it is a shambles. ...

PM calls for national pride in City Gate project
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta - 9 Dec 2008
The government is forging ahead with the idea of moving Parliament to the old Opera House in Valletta in a project that should see the theatre and City Gate ...

Fr Joe Borg
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta - 8 Dec 2008
Judging from the first comments on the timesofmalta.com story about the government’s projects for City Gate and the ruins of the old Opera House one would ...

City Gate project ‘will give more dignity to Valletta’
Malta Independent Online - Malta - 8 Dec 2008
Nationalist Party deputy leader Tonio Borg said the City Gate and Royal Opera House project will give more dignity to Valletta as a cultural city and will ...

Strongest commitment towards Valletta (1)
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta - 8 Dec 2008
Please remember that we had already issued a development brief for a National Arts Centre at the Opera House site and the results were that this site is far ...

PN plans to improve culture Valletta - 8 Dec 2008
di-ve.com - Malta
On the site of the Opera House there will be the new parliament building as well as a cultural centre, making it open to everyone in Malta. ...

Shop owners welcome City Gate, Opera House decision - 8 Dec 2008
Times of Malta - Valletta, Malta
"The city will benefit as these projects will enhance and attract more tourism in Valletta," the association said. It added that it was proud that Renzo ...

RSBCA endorse Valletta redevelopment - 8 Dec 2008
di-ve.com - Malta
... a statement expressing its approval of the Prime Minister’s plans to move Parliament to the Old Opera House site and the redevelopment of City Gate. ..

Live crib at the opera house ruins
Malta Independent Online, Malta - 5 Dec 2008
by Bernard Busuttil A live crib will be put up in the coming days on the old royal opera house ruins, which the government has earmarked as the site for the ...

Renzo Piano Takes to Malta for His Latest Commission
ARTINFO, NY - 5 Dec 2008
VALETTA, Malta—Architect Renzo Piano has been commissioned to rebuild the Royal Opera House and City Gate in Valetta, the capital of Malta, ...

Press Review
di-ve.com, Malta - 8 hours ago
by di-ve.com - editorial@di-ve.com The Sunday Times quotes tenor Joseph Calleja, who maintains that Malta needs a proper opera house, while another front ...

UPDATED: NGOs, KTP approve Valletta project
di-ve.com, Malta - 4 Dec 2008
... the Malta Tourism Society and the Kamra tal-Periti have welcomed the fact that both the Opera House site and City Gate are being given attention. ...

Malta and international press digest
Times of Malta, Malta - 1 Dec 2008
The Malta Independent says the regeneration of the city entrance will see a new City Gate and Parliament replacing the ruins of the Opera House. ...

GRTU: Parliament not investment priority
di-ve.com, Malta - 3 Dec 2008
In the meantime, on social networking website Facebook, a group called “No to House of Parliament instead of Opera House” attracted over 1000 members and ...

Opera House, Humane Societyto hold Puppy Scavenger Hunt
Morgan County Herald, OH - 12 Nov 2008
The fantastic family movie “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” is coming to the Twin City Opera House this November so the Opera House and the Morgan County Humane ...

Travel: Malta for the ages
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 28 Nov 2008
Opposite that lie a few broken columns and the other remains of the Royal Opera House. The building, constructed in 1860, was destroyed in 1942 in what the ...

Press Review
di-ve.com, Malta - 4 Dec 2008
In-Nazzjon’s main story is about the regeneration of City Gate and the old Opera House saying that a number of associations have welcomed the project. ...

Tourist arrivals down by 12% in October
Malta Business Weekly, Malta - 4 Dec 2008
Mr Decesare also welcomed the choice of Renzo Piano to design the Royal Opera House project saying that it was high time that such a project was finally ...

Fatta welcomes decision on City Gate
Times of Malta, Malta - 2 Dec 2008
The eventual relocation of Parliament to the site of the opera house will enable the Grandmaster’s Palace to be showcased more effectively to visitors,” it ...

Chamber of Architects backs Piano return to City Gate project
Times of Malta, Malta - 4 Dec 2008
After more than sixty years since the destruction of the Opera House and forty years since the Zavellani-Rossi scheme, the community has the right to expect ...

Parliament: Infrastructure, Transport and Communications Ministry
Malta Independent Online, Malta - 19 Nov 2008
1, the Ta’ Qali crafts village, the Old Opera House site, as well as the Valletta Vertical Connection project. Mr Buhagiar referred to a section of the ...

Renzo Piano resurrected for City Gate
Times of Malta, Malta - 1 Dec 2008
... with conceptual designs for the urban space of Freedom Square, including the old Opera House, and detailed plans, down to materials, for its entrance. ...

Renzo Piano disegnera' il Parlamento di Malta
DemanioRe, Italy - 5 Dec 2008
Il nuovo Parlamento dell' isola-stato sorgera', quindi, sulle rovine dell''Opera House', distrutta da un bombardamento aereo durante la Seconda Guerra ...

Renzo Piano a Malta
Moda e Mercati - 2 dic 2008
La splendida isola di Malta, a due passi dalla Sicilia, sceglie l'Italia e lo fa assegnando al famoso architetto Renzo Piano il disegno per la costruzione ...

Malta: Piano disegnera' Parlamento
Yahoo! Italia Notizie - 2 dic 2008
(ANSA) - LA VALLETTA, (MALTA) 2 DIC - L'architetto Renzo Piano disegnera' la nuova sede del Parlamento di Malta. Il progetto vedra' anche la rigenerazione ...

Renzo Piano disegnerà il nuovo parlamento di Malta
Fondazione Italiani - 2 dic 2008
2 dicembre 2008 - Il primo ministro di Malta Lawrence Gonzi ha dato notizia che sarà il famoso architetto italiano Renzo Piano a disegnare la nuova sede del ...

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