How beautiful my Valley is. The land where the sky brushes the mountains.

The Balletto di Milano dances “Carmen” on Sunday 15 November at 4 pm. This choreographic retelling in two acts draws on the music of Georges Bizet.

On Sunday 15 November at 11 am, the accordionist Gabriele Viada plays at the SFOM auditorium in Aosta, at via Xavier de Maistre 19. It is the sixth concert of the autumn season of the Concerti Aperitivo, now in their 37th edition.

The programme spans four centuries of music, from the Baroque to contemporary works: a Scarlatti sonata and pieces by Peter Warlock, Fancelli, Olczak, Lundquist, Schmidt, Tiensuu and Kusyakov.

The traditional aperitif follows the concert. A ticket costs €8 and is bought at the venue; booking is through the association’s website or by email.

Show, market and competition for Valdostan bulls and young bulls, organised by AREV.

Donnas library opened its doors on 6 November 1986. To mark its fortieth birthday, it is holding four days of free events at its premises on Piazza XXV Aprile.

Wednesday 18 November starts at 5.15 pm with ‘Rattoppè’, a children’s show combining singing, ventriloquism and puppets. It is followed at 6.30 pm by a session on folk dancing with Enzo Bologna, official speeches at 8 pm, a concert at 8.30 pm and, at 9.30 pm, some treats to share.

On Thursday 19 November, from 8.30 pm to 11 pm, the library screens a surprise film on the theme ‘changing the way we look at the world’, followed by a discussion.

On Friday 20 November, from 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm, groups of young musicians take turns among the shelves, in a variety of styles.

On Saturday 21 November, from 10 am to 11.30 am, volunteers from ‘Nati per leggere’ welcome children aged 0 to 6 and their parents for story readings.

On Wednesday 18 November at 8.30 pm, the company Maiåfuoco performs “San Fra – Il N°10 dei Santi”, with Luca Liffredo and original music by Pol en Tino. The show returns to the same theatre on Monday 7 December.

The Banda Municipale Città di Aosta plays on Friday 20 November at 8.45 pm, with the Banda Giovanile (ages 10 to 25) opening the evening. The programme includes original pieces for wind orchestra, pop and rock arrangements and film music.

The museum of modern and contemporary art at Castello Gamba is showing twenty-three paintings by Italo Mus (1892–1967) that have never been exhibited before. The painter was born in Châtillon, a short walk from the museum.

The canvases date from the 1940s. They come from a private collection in Domodossola, unknown until now, which the Region has just bought. They show mountain landscapes, villages, workplaces and the everyday life of ordinary people.

The exhibition is the ninth in the ‘Détails’ series. It is curated by Sandra Barberi, a specialist in the painter’s work. The opening is on Thursday 19 November at 6 pm.

A guided tour with the curator takes place on Thursday 26 November at 5 pm; it is included in the museum entry ticket.

The Fort Bard is showing 88 photographs by Michael Yamashita, an American photographer who has worked for National Geographic for more than forty years. He retraced Marco Polo’s journey in pictures.

The exhibition starts in Italy and crosses Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Burma, China and India. Each photograph comes with texts on the history and the places.

A few historic objects complete the visit: an early Italian edition of the Milione, lent by the Queriniana library in Brescia, a portrait of Marco Polo painted in 1849, an armillary sphere and a nineteenth-century English terrestrial globe.

The opening is on Thursday 19 November at 6 pm. A full-price ticket costs €15, reduced €12; entry is free for under-18s.

Place Chanoux turns into an alpine village: wooden chalets, wines and local specialities, crafts and Christmas decorations, every day until Epiphany. Combine it with a stroll among the city’s Roman monuments.

From 24 to 29 November, the company Lo Charaban performs a popular, satirical comedy in patois every evening at 9 pm. A children’s performance, also in patois, takes place on Saturday 28 November at 3 pm.

Pont-Saint-Martin hosts its second autumn livestock fair, the last event in AREV’s calendar of livestock shows.

On Saturday 28 November at 3 pm, the Lo Charaban troupe performs “Lo Charaban pe le petchoť”, a show for children, as part of the Enfanthéâtre season of the Commune of Aosta.