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Cranston's Christiana Rodi would love to have appeared at last weekend's Columbus Day Festival on Federal Hill fronting for Ambrosiani, the Italian band she sings with. But she had to be in Boston for a 12-hour tech rehearsal for Tim Rice and Elton John's "Aida," which opens tomorrow for a six-show run at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester.  ...

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A concert by Federico Agostini, violinist, and Enrico Elisi, pianist. Agostini is world-renowned as a recitalist, chamber musician, and concertmaster (1979-2002) of the legendary Italian string ensemble I Musici Italiani and Enrico Elisi is the winner of nine first prizes in international competitions in Italy, Portugal and the United States. &nbs...

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You’d be hard-pressed to find any blarney when Italian-born pianist Alessio Bax joins the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra (SBCO) this St. Patrick’s Day — unless you count the craft beer tasting event afterward, open to subscribers.   The first half of the concert, however, belongs to conductor Heiichiro Ohyama and the orchestra, who will cel...

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The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera presented Rita Tonitto of Fort Lee with the organization's highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award, at its production of La Gioconda at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey. Tonitto was recognized for 25 years of service and contributions to the organization and opera.  ...

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By Linda Sickler Savannah is taking its place as a vocal music destination city. The Savannah VOICE Festival in August was a huge hit, and now fans can look forward to the celebration of Opera America's National Opera Week, which runs from Oct. 25 to Nov. 3.   The events are sponsored by the VOICExperience Foundation, an educational no...

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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...

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  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...

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With the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Lyric Opera driving the Giuseppe Verdi bicentennial bandwagon, there nevertheless is room for other local organizations to climb on board.   Chicago Opera Theater is doing so, big time, this weekend, when it dusts off an early work by the Italian master the city has never heard before. Indeed, "Giovann...

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September 15, 2013 - Chicago, Lyric Opera Theater, Italian Cultural Institute   On the occasion of the bicentennial of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the Chicago Opera Theater presents Giovanna d'Arco (1845). It is a bold and vivid portrayal of the iconic Joan of Arc, a woman sacrificing everything in fighting for her beliefs and her...

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Two opera productions in Italian are being staged in Central New Jersey in late April. The semi-professional Boheme Opera NJ will be performing its namesake work "La Boheme" by Giacomo Puccini at The College of New Jersey's Kendall Theater, the first time the group has included this opera in its season in 12 years.    Also, communi...

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