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Internationally acclaimed Italian pianist Francesco Attesti holds a degree from Luigi Cherubini Conservatory of Florence. He received private classes from Sergio Perticalori and has participated in master classes with Jacques Rouvier and Hector Moreno.   Recently he collaborated with the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra of Prague, perfor...

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Si terrà domenica 5 maggio p.v. presso l'Italian American Banquet Center of Livonia, il 'Concert of the Finalists', sponsorizzato dal Verdi Opera Theater of Michigan, in cooperazione con l'Italian American Club of Livonia e l'Italian American Club of Livonia Charitable Foundation. Il concerto sarà la 19ma competizione annuale di canzoni italiane e...

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by Mike Silverman   It's been called the ''missing link'' among Giuseppe Verdi's operas, composed right after his three mid-career mega-hits — ''Rigoletto,'' ''Il Trovatore'' and ''La Traviata'' — and pointing the way toward the masterpieces of his later years.   Why ''missing"? It's not as if ''Les vepres siciliennes'' ("The Sicilian...

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In the Spring of 2013 Maestro Matteo Fedeli, on the occasion of the Year of Italian Culture in the USA, performed in over 15 concerts all over the USA including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland and Buffalo. Matteo Fedeli will perform at St. Paul's Church in Baltimore with his precious Antonio Stradivari Bazzini 1715 violin.   FOR...

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La Scala has rarely seen a more fashionable— and powerful — audience. Giorgio Armani, Prada's Patrizio Bertelli, Stefano Pilati, Diego Della Valle, Alberta Ferretti, Renzo Rosso, Roberto Cavalli, Frida Giannini and a healthy sampling of Ferragamos, Zegnas, Missonis and Marzottos were among industry heavyweights who joined a battalion of Condé Nast...

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Artistic Director Lucine Amara invites vocalists of all ages around the world to apply now to the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera 26th Annual International Vocal Competition. The application deadline is October 31, 2014. The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera (Verismo Opera), the house opera company of the Bergen Performing Arts Cente...

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No "ritardando," or slowing down, for Cleveland Opera Theater. No, at this point in the score it's following, the marking clearly reads the opposite: "accelerando."    Even as it puts the finishing touches on a full-scale production of Puccini's "Tosca," its largest effort to date, the group also is advancing rapidly as an organization,...

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By Giovanni di Napoli   Ferdinando Carulli (b. Naples 1770 - d. Paris 1841) was perhaps the most significant composer and instructor for the guitar in the Nineteenth Century. Highly prolific, many of the virtuoso's works, including his "Harmony Applied to the Guitar," continue to be used today to train students the classical guitar.  ...

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Friday, September 23, 2016 at 7:30 PM. Davies Symphony Hall. MTT and the SF Symphony showcase the many facets of Italian music – from its sweeping drama to moments of delicate beauty and lighthearted joy. Hear Verdi's show-stopping Te Deum, alongside Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble The Swingle Singers, SF Symphony Principal Oboe Eugen...

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Main Street Opera and Casa Italia proudly present......Puccini's TOSCA! Full Dinner and Opera on Friday, June 7, 2013, at the Festival Center at Casa Italia – 6:30 p.m. 3800 W. Division St., Stone Park, IL 60165   Tickets (including sit down dinner) $50 Per Person in Advance $60 per per at the door. Limited Reserved Seating   Click...

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