Summer saw the passing of two of opera's most iconic figures: Licia Albanese, at the age of 105, and Carlo Bergonzi, at 90. They performed together at the Met only five times, but whenever and wherever they sang, the two were both "incomparable" (Chicago Tribune*); fittingly, the next in the Metropolitan Opera Guild's series of tributes to legendar...
READ MORETUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2015, 08:15pm Jorge Luis Prats, pianoNino Lepore, Guest Conductor An eclectic musical evening – Italy, Cuba, Spain, and more! The film music of legendary Nino Rota (movies of Federico Fellini, Franco Zeffirelli, and Academy Award winner) for his score of The Godfather, will be a featured live premiere, at the Symphony...
READ MOREPBS superstar Pasquale Esposito will grace The Arcada Theatre in St. Charles with a tribute to Enrico Caruso on Oct. 24. The concert will showcase songs featured on "Pasquale Esposito Celebrates Enrico Caruso," a 2-CD drawn from the PBS special of the same name that was first aired this spring. "Pasquale was born to do a tribute to the gr...
READ MOREby Valerio Viale In order to grasp the scope of the unique musical event, to be hosted at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on January 20th, we need to go back to 16th century in Venice, Italy. Back then, numerous charitable associations, composed of lay men and women alongside religious ones, were formed. Among those, the oldest...
READ MORELa Congrega Maria SS. Addolorata di Brooklyn. N.Y., presenterà come ogni anno, per completare i festeggiamenti della protettrice, un concerto di musica classica, con artisti venuti appositamente dall'Italia, per allietare la nostra comunità italiana e non. Avremo fra noi, artisti che si stanno affermando non solo nel loro paese, ma anche all'ester...
READ MORE«Non mi interessa quanto successo possa avere, ma ricordo sempre che la mia famiglia è emigrata da questo Paese. Mia nonna vendeva vestiti per pochi spiccioli e mio nonno era un ciabattino. In fondo sono una ragazza italoamericana». Lady Gaga sceglie il momento più intimo dello show, quello in cui è sola al pianoforte, per ricordarsi delle...
READ MOREby Generoso D'Agnese Per Hollywood era un "crooner", un intrattenitore professionista, e il suo nome correva sulle bocche di tutto il mondo. Per Montesilvano, Abruzzo, Dean Martin (Dino scelse questo nome anglofonizzando il cognome del tenore italiano Nino Martini) è rimasto invece, per tutta la vita, "zi Dean", il figlio del barbiere Gae...
READ MOREby Mauro Battocchi Have you made it down to the Museo Italo Americano of San Francisco located at Fort Mason? This important institution preserves the heritage of Italian Americans for future generations through art exhibits, language classes, cultural programs, feste, film and more. For the full listing, check out their calendar of events...
READ MOREIt has been called a major force in the New England opera world. After ten years of sold-out successes, The Opera Company of Middlebury returns with its 11th season of "grand opera in an intimate setting." The season opens with a riotous comedy by Gioachino Rossini, The Italian Girl in Algiers (L'Italiana in Algeri), which plays from May 3...
READ MOREThe first American singer to perform at New York's famed Metropolitan Opera House without European training was Rosa Ponselle. Born Rosa Ponzillo in Connecticut, "the Cinderella of Opera," made her debut at the Met in 1918 when she was 21 in Verdi's La Forza del Destino, opposite Enrico Caruso after being discovered in vaudeville. She play...
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