The festival dedicated to Giuseppe Verdi, one of the most famous Italian composers and the most celebrated opera composer of all time, returns from October 10th to November 4th.   The new edition of the Verdi Festival this year takes place in Parma and Busseto, Verdi's countries par excellence, with a series of musical, opera and dance event...

Get ready for four days of Italian food, nutrition and agro-alimentary customs and traditions during the 17th Salone Internazionale dell'Alimentazione in Parma (Region of Emilia Romagna). This enormous showcase boasts workshops, conferences and events that familiarize professionals – both national and international – working in food and craft servi...

The Board of Directors of the National Institute of Verdi Studies appointed Alessandra Carlotta Pellegrini as the Director of the National Institute of Verdi studies. One of the foremost Italian musicologists of the 20th century, she has worked at institutions of high prestige in musicology such as La Fondazione Isabella Scelsi, where she has been...

Dal 9 al 12 maggio prossimi, Assocamerestero sarà a CIBUS 2016 con una delegazione di 13 buyers - provenienti da Canada, Stati Uniti e Messico - impegnati in incontri BtoB con le aziende espositrici e in una sessione di approfondimento, realizzata con AICIG(Associazione Italiana Consorzi Indicazioni Geografiche), sulle produzioni DOP e IGP. L'iniz...

La musica di Giuseppe Verdi non è mai stata così contemporanea. Nell'anno del bicentenario dalla nascita del maestro, l'Ensemble Nuove Musiche arriva negli Stati Uniti per presentare Verdi nostro contemporaneo, un concerto che parte dalle liriche da camera da lui composte, mescolando tradizione e musica d'oggi. Per l'occasione il gruppo - fondato n...

America's favorite Italophile reveals his go-tos for everything from killer tortellini to stellar gelato. (You're welcome!) Bologna: I lived in and around Emilia-Romagna's capital for three years and saw its markets groan with every single good thing in season. Where to Eat: Ristorante Diana. Lunch here is one of the greatest experience...

  WTI Magazine #59    2015 May, 1Author : Italian Botanical Heritage      Translation by:   The Colorno Royal Palace was built by Duke Ranuccio II Farnese in 1660 as a tribute to his wife Violante Margherita of Savoy, a great lover of fox hunting, and was later completed by his son Ranuccio II, the Duke Francesco Farnese until 1719. The Honorabl...

The last monarch of Italy passed away in 1983, but for the past 900 years another king has been ruling in the kitchens of almost every household on the Italian peninsula-Parmigiano Reggiano.   Owing to its ease of use and appreciation by almost all palates, Parmigiano Reggiano perfectly lends itself to any sort of party or festive occasion....

La visita, in programma dal 14 giugno al 3 luglio, presentata in una conferenza stampa in Municipio. Dal 14 giugno al 3 luglio, il sindaco Federico Pizzarotti sarà negli Stati Uniti. Non sarà una vacanza: il primo cittadino sarà infatti ospite del Governo Americano nell'ambito del progetto "Local Government Addressing Global Issues".  ...

Parma will compete for the title of UNESCO 'City of Gastronomy', ANSA has learned. The city, which is famous for its prosciutto and cheese as well as its architecture, was put forward for the UNESCO Creative Cities network by the Italian National Commission for UNESCO. Rome was also put forward, as Creative City for Cinema.   The n...