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We interviewed conductor Speranza Scappuccci last year shortly after we met her in Washington DC and learned that she will be appearing at the Rossini Opera Festival this summer. Since then she has been busy with performances throughout the world. Her recent performances in US included a much praised "La Sonnambula" which prompted the NYTimes music...

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di Giuseppe Pio Capogrosso   Nel recente contributo sull'immigrazione di nostri concittadini negli Stati Uniti d'America, scaturito dalla consultazione dei registri degli immigranti o Passengerarrival Lists tenuti dal 1892 al 1924, ho segnalato, tra i personaggi illustri, l'allora noto musicista mandurino Oreste Sbavaglia (erroneamente regis...

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Victor DeRenzi, the artistic director of Sarasota Opera who led the company's 28-year effort to produce every note of Giuseppe Verdi's music known to exist, has been knighted by the Italian government. The government bestowed the title of Cavaliere dell'ordine della Stella d'Italia (Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy), presented to those who...

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  WTI Magazine #18    2014 Feb, 21Author : Sandra Tornberg      Translation by:   In 2013, the Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan celebrated their 25th anniversary plus the bicentenary of Verdi's birth, in addition to their annual Italian Songs and Arias Vocal Competition for Michigan High School Students. There were various presentations and conce...

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The Italian Songs and Arias Vocal Competition for Michigan High School Students was started in 1995 and is held annually, in cooperation with the Italian American Club of Livonia, the IACL Charitable Foundation, and the Italian American Cultural Society of Clinton Township, alternately each year at their respective facilities.   This event i...

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Internationally-renowned tenor, Joseph Spinella will be the headlining artist performing 6:30 pm at Chianti's Ristorante on September 24, 2015. This show features songs from Spinella's show, "illusionAria," which is a groundbreaking show combining classic Italian songs with David Copperfield-style stage illusions.   Originally a native of Ne...

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The Italian Cultural Center is happy to announce that we have renewed our partnership with the MN Opera! ICC members can attend opera at a 10% discount.Minnesota Opera Celebrates 50 years!!The 2012-2013 SeasonDOUBT by Douglas J. Cuomo; Libretto by John Patrick Shanley. Sung in English HAMLET by Thomas, based on Shakespeare's classic. Sung in Frenc...

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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 Vespers"), first performed in Paris...

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Two part concert with feature Italian Opera and Songs and in celebration of Flag Day a second half features New American Youth Ballet with an all American flare.   A bit of Puccini, Verdi, Stars and Stripes and Disney's film Frozen amongst the featuredThe Riverside Opera Company of New York, under the direction of Maestro Alan Aurelia announ...

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When: Saturday, April 25, 2015 – 12:30 p.m.Where: Shalin Liu Performance Center – 37 Main St, Rockport, MA – 978-546-7391 Opera's most enduring tragic double bill returns in an evocative new production from Sir David McVicar, who sets the action across two time periods but in the same Sicilian village. Marcelo Álvarez rises to the challenge of pla...

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