Italian Culture – Opera
Italian opera is a musical art form that had its beginnings in Florence in the late 1500s. It was based on a number of performance genres that preceded it, including Greek drama, poems sung by a solo vocalist with single instrument backing and madrigals (a capella singing by 3-6 harmonizing vocalists). The earliest known opera composition...
Ermenegildo Zegna Toasts New Store, Couture Collection
Ermenegildo Zegna, long a mainstay in the Italian luxury fashion world, got a high-wattage boost when it appointed visionary Stefano Pilati earlier this year as creative director of Agnona, the women's collection, and as head of design for Ermenegildo Zegna. Zegna's tradition of tailoring and leadership in fabrics, combined with Pilati's vision, wi...
La Bottega Italian Gourmet
Since it opened just one year ago, La Bottega has become the local favorite of many Astorians and Queens residents alike who come for the excellent paninis, homemade soups, salads, pasta dishes, entrees, gourmet coffees and desserts. La Bottega has it all, seven days a week from 10:30 am until 10pm on weeknights and 11pm on weekends. Now they do a...
Disaronno conquista New York con Moschino
di Gloria Folcio Disaronno, già marchio di successo negli Stati Uniti, consolida la sua posizione nel mercato a stelle e strisce. Il liquore italiano, presente Oltreoceano da più di 30 anni, dal primo gennaio prossimo potrà contare su una società creata ad hoc per gestirne le vendite e le iniziative di marketing sul territorio americano....
Troy Treasures: Celebrating Christmas in Little Italy
By Rocco DeFazio and Mike Esposito Our neighborhood group, Troy Little Italy, invites Capital District residents to join us at our fourth annual "Christmas in Little Italy" on Dec. 7 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at Liberty Square (Fourth and Liberty) on the evening before Troy's Victorian Stroll. Parking is available at the Hill Street Market Pl...
Italian language: Bocciare (To reject)
WTI Magazine #9 2013 Dec, 13Author : Alessandro Masi Translation by: The verb, used today mostly in the figurative sense, originates in games like bowling or billiards, in which you win by rejecting (bouncing) something. The latest news tells us of failures, rejections that threaten to undermine the entir...
A popular Italian street food inspires new Piada restaurant in Troy
by Silvia Rector Imagine a big burrito made with Italian flavors and ingredients, rolled into a thin, flaky, stone-baked crust, and you'll get the idea behind the piada — the signature menu item of the new Piada Italian Street Food restaurant in Troy. Now think of an Italian restaurant that works like Chipotle Mexican Grill — where gu...
Italy's Autogrill wins Florida contract worth $1.2 Billion in 2014-2032
Italian motorway and airport snackbar operator Autogrill has won a contract to operate 25 food and beverage outlets in Florida's Fort Lauderdale airport, the company said on Thursday. Autogrill expects to make around $1.2 billion in revenue from the 18-year agreement, through which it will sell food and drinks to travellers under brands including...
Il pasticciere Nicola Fiasconaro celebre per il panettone "Made in Sicily" vuole l'Accademia di arte culinaria
By Riccardo Chioni Di passaggio a New York proveniente dal Fancy Food di San Francisco, il maestro pasticciere siciliano Nicola Fiasconaro ci ha incontrato al ristorante Felidia di Lidia Bastianich nella Upper East Side, dove all'ingresso un maitre si è fatto incontro dicendogli "il suo panettone alla crema di pistacchio è una delizia unica". La...
Patrons of Italian Culture VIP Getty Tour - “Tiberius”
Continuing their long standing collaboration with the Getty Villa, the Patrons held their annual Spring 'Members Only' visit on Sunday Feb. 2, to experience the magnificent "Tiberius" exhibition. Prior to their exclusive tour a café luncheon was enjoyed by all members and the Patrons were honored with the presence of Dr. David Saunders, Ph...
Celebrate Mardi Gras, Carnevale with King Cake Bread Pudding
Mardi Gras is in full swing my friends and it's all about King Cakes, Italian Carnevale pastries and Paczki for this chef. Yes, it's time to celebrate Fat Tuesday. Celebrations began on Epiphany and culminate on the eve of Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is French for fat Tuesday and refers to the practice of eating rich fatty foods before...
Miami Lyric Opera offers a pleasurable “L’Amico Fritz”
By Lawrence Budmen While Pietro Mascagni achieved his greatest success with his very first opera, the violent and impassioned Cavalleria Rusticana, his second opera L'Amico Fritz, composed in 1891, was also highly acclaimed in its day. That score continues to hold the stage in Italy but has largely disappeared from the international opera...