Gina Lollobrigida a Hollywood
di Mariella Salvatori Hollywood ha reso omaggio alla nostra signora del cinema italiano, considerata da tutti una leggenda: Gina Lollobrigida. E' stata ospite d'onore del Festival del cinema classico TCM, che si è svolto dal 28 aprile al 1 maggio. La nostra diva "multitalent" nel 1968 guadagnò la nomination al Golden Globe per il film Buon...
200 Anni di Giuseppe Verdi – All’LAOpera il suo ultimo capolavoro
Tra i molti eventi legati alla cultura italiana che segneranno l'anno appena cominciato, spicca la celebrazione di un "compleanno" particolare. Nel 2013 ricorrono infatti i duecento anni dalla nascita del compositore italiano Giuseppe Verdi. Il mondo intero è pronto a ricordarlo, e l'LAOpera lo fa dedicandogli lo spettacolo di chiusura del 2013. P...
A new Italian Opera Series in the heart of North Beach – Interview with soprano Elizabeth Koontz at Colosseo
By Roberto Natalini For all the lovers of the opera in San Francisco, there is now a special opportunity to enjoy some of the best repertoires from the masters of classical music, uniquely sung in Italian within an elegant but informal atmosphere right in the center of North Beach. Every Thursday night since the last month of August, Rist...
Vita da Soprano
by Elena Vipera Lontana da qualsiasi stereotipo o cliché che solitamente rivestono i cantanti lirici, Elisabetta Russo, soprano calabrese trapiantata a Los Angeles, che vanta collaborazioni con artisti di fama internazionale, sta rivoluzionando ogni preconcetto della sua antica arte. Elisabetta ammette il ruolo fondamentale della...
Los Angeles, Italia – Italian-American icons to the stage
Big names this year at the Los Angeles Italia, the festival that celebrates films, fashion and art made in Italy. The event gathered Italian and American icons such as directors Quentin Tarantino, David O. Russel and Michele Placido, musician Zucchero Fornaciari, actors Christoph Waltz, Giuliano Gemma and Franco Nero, producers Harvey Weinstein and...
Roberto Croci aka The Beast: one of us who made it in L.A.
Roberto Croci is one of us. He's one of many Italians who choose America and the American dream to live their passion, follow their heart, and fulfill their own dream. Without the proverbial cardboard suitcase fastened with cord – as somebody still pictures us -, we accepted to take a leap of faith, even if it means to abandon our native c...
Italian Legend Giovanni Soldini Breaks World Record
SAN FRANCISCO - It wasn't the first time an Italian had sailed from New York, around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America, and into the San Francisco Bay. Most Italians in San Francisco have family stories of their great-grandfathers making the same arduous voyage a century and a half ago, and with much less fanfare. When Captain Giovanni...
In spiaggia con le arie di Verdi
by Enrica Corselli Se diciamo "Giuseppe Verdi", qual è la prima cosa che vi viene in mente? Se ci state ancora pensando, possiamo darvi un aiutino..."La donna è mobile, qual piuma al vento"... Ecco, ora canterete l'aria più famosa del Rigoletto per il resto della vostra giornata. E per chi invece non ha familiarità con questi vers...
In conversation with Sergio Donati: Once Upon A Time… Italy made great cinema!
by Valerio Viale It seems like fate has bestowed more than just the first name to Donati (13 April 1933) and Leone (3 January 1929 – 30 April 1989), both named Sergio and born in Rome, four years apart from one another. Together they created a genre, called "Spaghetti Western", which enchanted and still captivates generations of afici...
Italian team threatens legal action over new America's Cup rules
A lawyer for the Italian team competing in this summer's America's Cup sailing regatta in San Francisco said on Monday that he is prepared to go to court over last-minute rule changes that came in the wake of a fatal training accident in May.The four teams competing for the cup have been meeting with mediators to reach agreement on 37 safety measur...
Juventus vs Everton in San Francisco on July 31st!
by Mauro Battocchi The International Champions Cup is coming to San Francisco on July 31st with an anticipated match between Turin's Juventus and Liverpool's Everton. It all goes down at AT&T park starting at 8:00PM. Get your tickets from here or here. Founded in 1897, Juventus FC is the oldest and most successful club in Italy claimi...
Ring-a-Ding-Ding: The movies of Frank Sinatra
21-23 August, Vogue Theatre, 3290 Sacramento St, SF. Frank Sinatra would be 100 this year and to celebrate Jack Daniel's is presenting "Ring-A-Ding-Ding: The Movies of Frank Sinatra" at the Vogue Theatre in San Francisco. Over the weekend of August 21, 11 of Sinatra's most iconic roles will be screened, a carefully curated selection o...