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San Francisco Opera General Director David Gockley and Music Director Nicola Luisotti recently delighted Bay Area opera enthusiasts by announcing next seasons opera productions, four of which are works of famous Italian composers.   The apex of the season will be the world premiere of a brand-new opera by the Italian composer Marco Tutino, L...

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Dante Alighieri was a writer, a poet, a political figure and an innovative artist. During his time, he was famous, yet his true and wide fame came after his death. If you google his name, it is surprising how much you find and of what nature.   Dante and the Divine Comedy has inspired the most different and sometime weird kind of things over...

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italytime, a 'daughter' of Teatromania, is an international not-for-profit platform conceived by Vittorio Capotorto and Francesco Pagano, and launched in December 2013, with the endorsement of world-known writers Dacia Maraini and Roberto Saviano. Teatromania, the 'mother' not-for-profit organization of italytime – 501(c)(3) – was created in 1...

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What: Pietro Mascagni's "Iris," conducted by Leon Botstein with the American Symphony Orchestra When: 7:30 p.m., July 22, July 29; 2 p.m., July 24, July 27, July 31 Where: Sosnoff Theater, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale Tickets: Start at $25   Information: Visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/calen...

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Asolo Repertory Theatre is proud to add I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI to its 2013-2014 season. Jacques Lamarre's saucy stage adaptation of Giulia Melucci's memoir will star Antoinette Lavecchia as Melucci, an Italian-American writer living in Brooklyn with an entertainingly unsuccessful love life. Previews for the show will be held May 18 and M...

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by Dana Hatic   An modern Italian-style restaurant is opening this Thursday next door to its sister, Abby Park. The owners are unveiling Novara, which took over the former Milton Cinema in East Milton Square, starting out serving dinner from executive chef Tony DeRienzo.   Novara (556 Adams St.) pulled DeRienzo from Abby Park, and he...

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"My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis" which officially opened on December 3rd, 2015, has extended its run till January 5th, 2017 and will celebrate its one-year anniversary while it remains at The Theater Center on Thursday nights at 8pm with select special performances on Saturday's at 5pm. In the third chapter of the Big Gay Italian trilogy, Wilki...

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Mangia Italiano! Hilarity, delicious dishes and two over-the-top plus-size Italian sisters from Brooklyn, stars of their very own fictional cable television show, take audiences on a tour-de-force of Italian songs and cuisine as they sing ("Volare," "Botcha – Me" and much more), dance, joke and laugh through a very special cooking lesson in "Cookin...

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Ralph Macchio and Mario Cantone will headline the cast of a special industry reading of A Room of My Own, the anticipated new comedy written and directed by Charles Messina. Mr. Macchio and Mr. Cantone will be joined by a cast that includes Colin Critchley, Gina Ferranti, Kendra Jain, and Johnny Tammaro. The invitation only reading is set for Monda...

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Tired of winter? Need some laughs to get rid of the blues? Seven Angels Theatre has the cure with Bada Bing Italian Comedy Night on Saturday, January 31 at 8 PM.   Four fantastically funny New York City comedians will take the stage including some favorite regulars. Performing will be Rich Francese, Fran Capo , Bob Luparello with Rob Falcone...

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