Staged Readings of "The Giants of the Mountain," play by Luigi Pirandello
The Giants of the Mountain is a "myth" between fable and reality that Pirandello continued to imagine, write, and rework from 1929 to 1934, but eventually left unfinished despite encouraging contracts with American impresarios. Yet, in its present form, the play vibrates with the powerful contradictions of sublime Art torn between the inner necessi...
Secrets of New York – Detectives NYC Life. Premieres Tuesday, October 22, 8:30pm
In the mid 1800s New York was a dangerous, chaotic city teaming with newly arrived immigrants. Ruthless crooks and brutal criminal gangs ruled the lawless streets. Host Kelly Choi maps the emergence of the police force that took on these cutthroat thieves and mobsters. Along the way, she highlights the work of some of New York's greatest detectives...
Bellini's La Sonnambula at the MET
Marco Armiliato conducts this entertaining production featuring Diana Damrau's first-ever performance in the title role of the sleepwalking Amina. The sensational Mexican tenor Javier Camarena is her fiance, Elvino, with the Italian bass Michele Pertusi as Count Rodolfo. The cast also includes the Australian soprano Rachelle Durkin as Lisa...
Restaurant Staffed by Italian Grandmothers to Reveal Secrets in Cookbook
by Nicholas Rizzi When Jody Scarvella opened his restaurant Enoteca Maria in St. George, he wanted a way to bring Italian home cooking to people who pined for their grandmothers' cooking. The eatery at 27 Hyatt St. hired a different grandma as head chef each night — and got them to cook up specialties from the region of Italy they emi...
Dopo avere studiato il "fenomeno" per cinque decenni, Emilio Iodice racconta il tenore Mario Lanza in un libro
di Riccardo Chioni "L'ho conosciuto proprio il giorno della sua morte, ero un ragazzino e da lì è cominciato questo interesse profondo per studiare non solo la voce, ma la persona, il carattere" ha spiegato Emilio Iodice, autore del libro "A Kid From Philadelphia: Mario Lanza, The Voice of the Poets", presentato alla Columbus Citizens Foun...
Italian Heritage Festival kicks off Thursday
Thinking about Italian for lunch? The Galbani Italian Heritage Festival opens at 11 a.m. Thursday on Hertel Avenue, between Delaware and Colvin avenues. Food is only one part of the four-day festival. Live music, heritage events such as grape-stomping, an "Italian Idol" contest and cooking demonstrations, Sicilian puppet shows also ar...
Italian designer to bring native cuisine to luxe lounge
By Jennifer Gould KeilJuly Members of Italian fashion designer Domenico Vacca's private club will get a taste of la dolce vita. For $20,000 a year, members of Vacca's luxury lifestyle DV Club — the number is capped at 500 — will have unlimited access to light food and drink at the 2,500-square-foot space, which is slated to open at 15...
Italian And American Vocal Concert Comes To New Rochelle Library
by Frank Mojica The New Rochelle Public Library will kick off Italian Heritage and Culture month with an Oct. 4 concert by vocalists Vincent Ricciardi and Emily Wright-Ricciardi. The husband-and-wife tenor and soprano will perform a program of Italian and American favorites, such as Mario Lanza, Julie Andrews, Andrea Bocelli, Celi...
New Gourmet Shop Brings Italian Flavors to Forest Hills
By Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska Benvenuto Cipollina! A new gourmet market soft-opened this weekend in Forest Hills offering a variety of imported Italian specialty foods, from Galloni prosciutto di Parma to the best olive oils straight from Sicily, the owners said. Cipollina, at 116-09 Queens Blvd., near 77th Avenue, which will also...
L'Ultima Tonnara-Mattanza (The Last Tuna Massacre) at the Italian American Museum
You are cordially invited to attend a screening of Dr. Philip Singer's award-winning documentary film entitled, "L'Ultima Tonnara-Mattanza (The Last Tuna Massacre)" at the Italian American Museum on Thursday evening, April 28th at 6.30 pm. Dr. Singer will present a 23-minute edited DVD version of the two-hour documentary as well as excerpts from t...
Creativi italiani, vi apro le porte di New York
di Liliana Rosano Una lunga esperienza professionale nel mondo delle arti performative e della cultura italiana contemporanea. Valeria Orani dalla sua Cagliari è arrivata a New York dove oggi è alla direzione artistica di Umanism NY, la prima società di servizi organizzativi, promozionali e logistici dedicati ai mestieri creativi che intendo...
Rino’s Restaurant serves lasting memories
By Robert Wirsing After more than three decades of serving traditional Italian fare an iconic Bronx restaurant has closed its doors. Saturday, August 27 marked the final day for Rino's Italian Restaurant, but it was just like any other day for the well-known East Tremont Avenue eatery. Many customers patronized Rino's on Friday,...