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WTI Magazine #73    2015 November 27Author : Cristina Fontanelli      Translation by:   Hello all of you precious readers of "We The Italians". Thank you Umberto Mucci for giving me the opportunity to explain how and why I began the beloved annual Italian show "Christmas in Italy®" 12 years ago in NYC and 4 years ago in San Diego. The memories I...

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"La Traviata" launches the free 10-day series of outdoors screenings in LincolnCenterPlaza, in Manhattan. Met General Manager stated that "watching larger-than-life stars on a big screen on the facade of the opera house has become a quintessential New York experience".   No tickets are required and seatings (3,100) is on a first-come first-s...

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The International flautist Luisa Sello and one of the best chamber musician of our time, the pianist Bruno Canino, form a duo with a special and unique common denominator; the legend of the Golden Flute in the last Century, whose name was Severino Gazzelloni. Both spent their artistic life with him: Luisa as his most appreciated student (of her Se...

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When: Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015 — 7 p.m. (rain date: Thursday, August 6 at 7 p.m.)Where: DCR Hatch Memorial Shell, Charles River Esplanade, Boston The Golden Age of Italian opera is about passion writ large. Its music now occupies a central place on the concert stages of the world. The thrilling voices of two stars of American opera join a coalition...

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When the curtain opens and the lights strike the stage on April 6, the New York City Opera will be seen in the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera's new production of Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata. Last performed by the company in 2006, Verismo Opera will present this iconic opera with resplendent sets used by the New York City Opera for several...

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On September 19, 2014 the Grand Ballroom of the Italian American Club was filled with Opera Arias by Internationally acclaimed opera stars of the Nevada Opera Theatre Association. Eduardo Villa, Tenor and Demetra George Soprano took the stage for an evening of From Italy with Love. Eduardo Villa has appeared in opera houses throughout Europe and i...

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By Lawrence Budmen   On February 15, 1965, a young Italian tenor made his American opera debut in Miami opposite Joan Sutherland in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. His name was Luciano Pavarotti. In December of 1987 music critics from around the world converged on Miami for the American premiere of Rossini's Bianca e Falliero,presented...

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When: Saturday, April 30, 2016 – 6 p.m.Where: Dassault Systèmes, 175 Wyman St, Waltham, MA The Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra will celebrate its 30th anniversary with an elegant fundraiser, "Italian Opera Gala," on Saturday, April 30. This event will include a cocktail hour, Italian dinner, and performances by noted soloists from The Bostonians an...

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Music, an integral part of the Italian who migrates, makes its way through the generations of a new youth, like a gentle reminder and an historical and cultural identity that excites and inspires modern paths of personal development.   With his grandparents and great-grandparents from the Campania region as accomplices, the New Yorker, Micha...

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By Michael Huebner Opera Birmingham is gearing up for an ambitious season, staging two productions, three operas, two concerts and a vocal competition that continues to gain national stature.   And if you have a liking for Italian opera (and what true opera fan doesn't?), you're in luck. Three out of three operas will be sung in that most m...

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