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As usual, Cicero is illuminating: “a life without music is like a body without its soul.” There’s an undeniable truth in his words the people of his motherland, glorious Rome, always kept in mind. Indeed, the Romans loved music and if they didn’t give to it the same ethical and didactic value the Greeks did, they certainly recognized to it immense...

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With two Top 5 Best of the City awards and scores of rave reviews under their belts, the folks at Italian Festivals of New Mexico (IFNM) are gearing up for another first-class NM Italian Film & Culture Festival.  In fulfillment of the nonprofit’s mission to promote Italian culture while giving back to the community, the much-anticipated annual fest...

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The twentieth century began with the promise of new inventions, art forms, the automobile and much more that would stimulate the most significant expansion of creativity not experienced since the Renaissance. Along with the promise of a new age, came a rebirth of music’s highest form…the Opera. The music of Puccini, Verdi, Leoncavallo, and many oth...

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After being part of the FunikiJam Fall and Winter productions, Andrea Galata is back on stage as part of the cast of City of Hope, an original Off Broadway musical play composed by and starring actor and singer Brian Barrentine, AKA Captain Jam. City of Hope is a musical journey across New Orleans Zydeco, Paris Jazz, and Detroit "Motor City" Motown...

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The Gila Valley Arts Council’s February performers, the Italian Saxophone Quartet, offered an hour-long free concert for the public at the Safford City-Graham County Public Library on Wednesday. “We decided last year, in Friends of the Library, why don’t we do some cultural literacy at the library?” said Paulette Leblanc, who serves on both the Gil...

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In what could be called Mr. Porcelli’s Opus, compositions of an Italian immigrant who lived in the Rochester area will be performed for the first time at Rochester Institute of Technology. The RIT Concert Band, conducted by Dean Davis, will present “From Italy to America, The Italian Diaspora,” at 7 p.m. on March 1 at Ingle Auditorium on the RIT ca...

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Utah Opera's 40th anniversary season continues with a celebratory double-score production of Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" and Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi." The shows will be performed five times at the Janey Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre on March 10, 12, 14, 16 at 7:30 PM, and March 18th at 2 PM. Tickets, priced from $15-$105, are available for purcha...

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Serata speciale per l’orgoglio trentino, quella di venerdì 9 febbraio 2018. Il palcoscenico della Weill Recital Hall, all’interno della prestigiosa Carnegie Hall, ha accolto il Musical Vocal Ensemble della Scuola di Musica Celestino Eccher di Cles, Val di Non, formato da dieci professionisti e docenti, più la direttrice della scuola, Chiara Biondan...

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Italian films long have long been known for their lush, evocative musical scores. Almost inseparable from the films, they enhance the storytelling with a romanticism and vigor not often seen elsewhere. The Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival has partnered with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra to bring that music to a live concert setting. On Feb....

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Riccardo Muti thinks about how an afterlife meeting with Giuseppe Verdi would go after spending decades fighting to perform the works of Italy’s greatest composer exactly as written. “My questions to Verdi would be if I did right,” the 76-year-old conductor said. “And if he says that I was wrong, then I will die for a second time.” During a career...

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