Come celebrate Italian heritage with this unique evening of traditional and contemporary Sicilian folk music fused with other world music traditions. Michela Musolino is an internationally-acclaimed folk singer specializing in traditional and contemporary Sicilian music. Her first CD, Songs of the Trinacria has been widely broadcasted thro...
READ MOREWhen: Saturday, March 14, 2015 – 12:55 p.m.Where: Shalin Liu Performance Center – 37 Main St, Rockport, MAThe show is a HD screening of the MET Opera performance. Bel canto superstars Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez join forces for this Rossini showcase of vocal virtuosity, set in the medieval Scottish highlands and based on a beloved novel b...
READ MORELa commozione affiora attraverso gli occhi lucidi. L’abbraccio, per i tempi televisivi, è lungo. È standing ovation. Come una madre con la propria figlia sembrano stringersi. Sono Lady Gaga e Julie Andrews. E’ la serata degli Oscar. Cadono le maschere, spariscono le parrucche, niente trucco questa sera. Lady Gaga sembra interpretare se stessa. &nb...
READ MOREFor the first time ever, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, in collaboration with the Oratorio Society of New York and the Manhattan School of Music Symphony and Symphonic Chorus, will present a performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem, on Thursday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Under the artistic direct...
READ MOREJoin us for a wonderful afternoon as author Eugenio Marino discusses his book, "Andarsene sognando, L'emigrazione nella canzone italiana" Introduction by Adolfo Gatti, Segretario PD Boston. Sen. Renato Turano and Nicola Orichuia, founder of Bostoniano Magazine will join the author in the panel discussion. Saturday, June 6 -&nb...
READ MOREBy Melinda Johnson Syracuse Opera opens its season with "Glory Denied," by composer Tom Cipullo. The contemporary opera is based on the book "Glory Denied: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest-Held Prisoner of War," by Tom Philpott. After being held in captivity in Vietnam from 1964 to 1973, Floyd "Jim" Thompson discovered...
READ MOREThe Board of Directors of the National Institute of Verdi Studies appointed Alessandra Carlotta Pellegrini as the Director of the National Institute of Verdi studies. One of the foremost Italian musicologists of the 20th century, she has worked at institutions of high prestige in musicology such as La Fondazione Isabella Scelsi, where she has been...
READ MOREUna mostra dedicata a Stradivari al museo degli strumenti musicali a Phoenix. Si terrà nella città dell'Arizona dal 16 gennaio al 5 giugno con il titolo "Stradivarius: origins and legacy of the greatest violin maker". La storia della liuteria cremonese sbarca così in America con una rassegna realizzata in collaborazione con il Museo del Violino di...
READ MOREWould you like to sing with the Coro Dante? The Coro Dante, the all-Italian repertoire chorus of the Dante Alighieri Society, is accepting new members. Rehearsals have just begun for their Christmas program. The Coro Dante is a non-audition four-part (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) chorus directed by Kevin Galiè, JD, MM, with about 60 members. A...
READ MORESi tratta, senza ombra di dubbio, di un concerto-evento. Cristina Fontanelli attrice e cantante lirica statunitense (è nata a Brooklyn) di fama mondiale, definita "genio vocale" dal The New York Sun, giovedì, 30 ottobre prossimo, alle 20, si esibisce nell'Aula Magna del Museo Diocesano. Regala a Molfetta, città da cui provengono i nonni, i...
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