Metropolitan. Maestri protagonista del Fallstaff
Dopo il clamoroso trionfo dell'Otello alla Scala (5 febbraio 1887), ancora una volta fu Boito a spronare Verdi, perché si decidesse a scrivere un'altra opera, possibilmente un'opera comica. Grazie al suo librettista e collaboratore Arrigo Boito, Verdi potè lavorare ancora meglio che per Otello.E aveva ragione per amare il personaggio di Falstaff:...
The Italian Consulate in San Francisco now has a Facebook page
by Mauro Battocchi To those of you who have not heard the news yet, I'm happy to announce that the Italian Consulate General in San Francisco now also has a Facebook page. Please follow it here and join the discussion. For starters, we have uploaded all the most salient events of 2013, the Year of the Italian Culture in the US, a...
Italy's Great Beauty nominated for Oscar
Italian director Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) was among the films nominated for the best foreign film Academy Award on Thursday, just three days after winning the best foreign film award at the Golden Globes.Italians are now hoping the movie will give the country its first Oscar since Roberto Benigni's Life Is Beautiful...
Ricerca: scienziato tricolore al top, Italia non perda guerra dei cervelli
E' il recordman italiano della scienza, il camice bianco da 77 mila citazioni che si è guadagnato la posizione più alta, fra i cervelli del Belpaese, nella nuova classifica Usa sui primi 400 scienziati più influenti al mondo. Ma per Alberto Mantovani, direttore scientifico dell'Irccs Humanitas di Rozzano e docente dell'università degli Stu...
Italian fashion: Raffaella Frasca’s Big Debut
WTI Magazine #17 2014 Feb, 14Author : Nadiah Ahmad Shukri for PoisonDrops.com Translation by: Raffaella FrascaAfter her stellar baptism dressing Milly Carlucci on Ballando con le Stelle, Raffaella Frasca makes her debut on the Altaroma runway with her couture 2014 collection. Her esthetic is especiallyfeminine and extravagant, findin...
Cheap Eats: Casa-Di-Pizza is a favorite for families
by Lisa Johnson It's difficult to find a restaurant upon which the whole family can agree. Usually, when I give my sons a choice, they list off the big chains. In an effort to broaden their horizons, I took them to "work" as I checked out Casa-Di-Pizza. A.J., Billy and I entered the restaurant with a bit of confusion. While I had...
Italian company plans major Georgia expansion
A Cartersville manufacturing plant is planning a major expansion. Aquafil, a maker of yarns, polymers and plastics, will announce a $25 million expansion with 50-65 new jobs this afternoon at an event at the Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce. Italy-based Aquafil employs more than 2,000 people and has operations on three c...
New York Italians: Preserving, Promoting and Celebrating the Italian Culture & Heritage
At Ciao Pittsburgh, we often share stories of Italians and Italian-Americans beyond the Pittsburgh region. In keeping with our mission of covering all things Italian, from the heritage, culture, people and traditions, we turn our attention this week to New York Italians. New York Italians is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, promo...
Rome second favourite for US tourists
Rome is the second most popular international destination for US tourists this summer, after London, according to the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA). The association's eleventh annual Hot Spots for Summer survey revealed that Rome is in second place with an eight per cent share of votes, with London in top place with nine per cen...
ArtsNaples World Festival to Open with Venetian Masquerade
ArtsNaples World Festival a ten-day festival that will take place May 1 through 10 in Naples and feature a magnificent array of performances, exhibits, films, and experiences celebrating the cultural arts of Italy - is pleased to announce that it will open with a Venetian Masquerade on Thursday, May 1 at 7:00 p.m. at The Club at Olde Cypress. &nbs...
Delta, il volo estivo Roma-New York prolungato all’inverno
Delta Air Lines prolungherà il volo estivo tra Roma Fiumicino e New York JFK durante il prossimo inverno. Il servizio sarà effettuato insieme al partner di joint venture Alitalia, in aggiunta ai due voli già operati da quest'ultima per New York. Delta e Alitalia saranno gli unici vettori a operare collegamenti tra Roma e New York quest'inverno. &n...
Dreaming of museum of Italian culture in Philadelphia
By Jeff Gammage Michael DiPilla has a dream that's as big as the Colosseum and as alluring as the Mona Lisa: to build a national museum of Italian culture in Philadelphia. Not because the city has the largest number of Italians - that would be New York. But because Philadelphia and Italians go together like, well, pasta and gravy, and hav...