Singers are invited to submit their applications to the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera Annual International Vocal Competition. Artistic Director Lucine Amara, a Met Opera legend, reminds male and female vocalists of all ages around the globe to apply now to the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera Annual International Vocal Competition...

Tenor and Italian crossover singer Michéal Castaldo will perform in a special Italian Christmas concert entitled "Natale nel Cuore" or "Italian in Your Heart" starting at 3 p.m. on Sunday, December 15 at the Mattatuck Museum, 144 W Main St. Waterbury native soprano Marissa Famiglietti will appear on stage with Mr. Castaldo, and will be feature...

Dal 1951 è la più importante manifestazione canora d'Italia, trasmessa in eurovisione e seguita da milioni di persone. Dal 29 al 31 gennaio 1951 nel Salone delle Feste del Casinò di Sanremo, il Festival della Canzone Italiana fu seguito da 25 milioni di telespettatori e il giorno successivo, il 1° febbraio, tutti cantavano e volevano rose rosse da...

By Giovanni di Napoli Last Thursday I returned to the Italian American Museum for a special live performance by Neapolitan jazz sensation Simona De Rosa.   It was special because the vocalist was reunited with her longtime bandmates Inside Quartet, who were in town to support her recent gala at LaFrak Concert Hall. This was one of just a ha...

La Fondazione Dean Martin premierà giovedì 7 agosto, alle ore 10,30 presso la Sala Di Giacomo di Palazzo Baldoni, gli italo americani Frank Salvatore, Maria Fosco, Luciano Borsari e Maria D'Alessandro.   A Montesilvano, città che ha dato i natali a Gaetano Crocetti, papà del grande e indimenticabile crooner italo-americano, gli invitati rive...

Fifty years ago, in a small village in Southern Italy, there lived a taciturn family man with the nickname "Mbrascatu"—"Dirty Face." To this day, when Andrea Algieri returns to his home village of Luzzi in Calabria, most people don't remember who he is until he reluctantly shares the nickname of his grandfather: "Oh! Mbrascatu! Andrea Mbrascatu!"...

by Ron Onesti   Growing up in the "dawn" of the variety show concept, one of my favorites had to be "The Sonny & Cher Show." Each week, watching the little Italian guy get picked on by the tall beauty, well, really hit home for me, as I was one myself.   When the show went on summer hiatus in 1974, its replacement starred a guy wh...

  WTI Magazine #67    2015 September, 4Author : Elda Buonanno Foley      Translation by:   When talking about music and the melodious sound of the Italian language, we cannot but remind ourselves that Italy needs to be associated to "melodrama" and specifically, to the melodrama featured in Operas. Thus, here I am to address the stereotype of wh...

By Rebecca Winzenried   As Lincoln Center and The New York Philharmonic celebrate Frank Sinatra's centennial, on December 3, we revisit 1943, when "The Voice" was on the ascendant and performed with this orchestra. The summer of 1943 was a watershed for Frank Sinatra.   The 27-year-old singer's solo career was skyrocketing, on th...

Posted by Gina Mastrangelo    G Fella is a rapper who identifies strongly with his Italian heritage. Hailing from Westchester NY, G Fella is one of the most talented rappers to ever grace the genre and he is the first Italian-American rapper to make a significant impact in the world of Hip Hop.   Tonight's premier of "G-Thi...