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Daniele Rustioni will become just the third principal guest conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in its nearly century-and-a-half history, leading at least two productions each season starting in 2025-26 as a No. 2 to music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Rustioni agreed to a three-year term, the company announced Wednesday. He is to helm revivals of...

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November 2024 Welcome to Boston, Capital of Italian Creativity in the World for 2024  

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Among the most fascinating American cities to host and represent the relationship between Italy and the United States, certainly Boston, Massachusetts, New England is very important. Here past and future, tradition and innovation meet, and Italian creativity is well represented by many researchers and innovators. This year Boston has one more reaso...

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Humanities West and the Italian Cultural Institute San Francisco celebrate the life and art of Giacomo Puccini (December 22, 1858, to November 29, 1924) on the 100th anniversary of his death. His operas La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot are among the most beloved and most often-recorded operas of all time. His arias are famous for bot...

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What are we to make of the life, music and spiritual beliefs of Giacomo Puccini, the composer said to be responsible for fully one quarter of all opera performances in the United States today? Puccini, who died a century ago on Nov. 29, 1924, has been called the world’s most popular songwriter, notwithstanding his modern heirs and successors, and w...

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Members of the Italian American Chamber of Commerce of Michigan, along with their spouses and friends, attended the Detroit Opera production of La Traviata on October 27, 2024. One of Giuseppe Verdi's most beloved operas, it was enthusiastically received by the group and a packed house.  The opera was directed by the internationally recognized Fran...

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Was it the music of Rossini, Puccini or Bellini that grabbed the attention of “Italian Idol” judges? Ultimately, it was an opera piece by Catalani that took the contest, a 21-year tradition at Wagner College thanks to the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation. The performance showdown took place on Oct. 25 by some of the most accomplished music and the...

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The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington invites you to “Piatti all’Opera”. Join us at Bold Fork Books (3064 Mt. Pleasant St, NW. Washington DC) on November 19, 2024, at 7 PM, as Chef Rita Monastero explores how we can trace the evolution of Italian cuisine through the opera. Registration is required for this event, for a fee. Exploring the wor...

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Sunday, November 17, 2024 at 3:00 PM. Middletown High School, 200 La Rosa Ln, Middletown, CT. The celebrated Connecticut Lyric Opera and Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra will perform Puccini's opera,"La Boheme" at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 17, in Middletown's Santo Fragilio Performing Arts Center, 200 LaRosa Lane. The Greater Middletown C...

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Sunday, November 3 · 4:30 - 6:30pm EST. The Italian Cultural Society of Washington D.C. - 4833 Rugby Ave, Ste 201 Bethesda, MD. Step into the world of Verdi's Macbeth with a captivating listening guide lecture at the ICS headquarters on Sunday, November 3rd at 4:30 p.m. Explore the historical context behind Verdi’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s iconi...

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