Carnegie Hall Holiday Chorus Concert
If you're searching for holiday spirit, look no further. The St. Cecilia Chorus of New York (established in 1906) performs a holiday concert "Mangia! Holiday Music with the Flavor of Italy." The program features Vivaldi's "Gloria" and the "heavenly but underperformed" music of Peter Mennin's "The Christmas Story," Isabella Leonarda's "Three Motets,...
Festival della canzone italiana di New York: tutto pronto per la quinta edizione
10 cantanti, 12 ospiti, 2 serate su Rai International, 18 canzoni, 3 direttori artistici, 20 coordinatori, più di 70 persone nello staff tecnico, 5 telecamere, 6 continenti su cui saranno trasmesse le due puntate del Festival... sono all'incirca questi i numeri della quinta edizione del Festival della Canzone Italiana di New York, che si svolgerà a...
DIVORCE ITALIAN STYLE and THE MAN FROM THE SOUTH Set for the Italian American Museum NYC, 9/26
For the first time in New York City, an Italian 'masterpiece' movie featuring world-known actor Marcello Mastroianni and a live 'monologue' performance (script by Aldo Nicolaj) are presented together, for a soiree inspired by extraordinary 'passion'. Join us for a special night, featuring "Divorzio all'Italiana" e "l'Uomo del Sud" ('Divorc...
Il Dolce Suono: Music of Donatello's Florence
Il Dolce Suono: Music of Donatello's Florence. February 28th – March 12th Contact: salonsanctuaryconcerts@gmail.com (646) 470-1837 Dates, Times, and Locations: Saturday, February 28th @ 6pm - Christ and St. Stephen's Church, 122 West 69th Street Sunday, March 1st @ 4:30pm - The Museum of Biblical Art, 1865 Broadway at 6...
Bocce is more that just a game to those who roll it in Seneca Falls
by Kevin Rivoli Bocce is a game of Italian origin similar to lawn bowling played on a long narrow, usually, dirt court. Players roll heavy balls in an effort to stop as near as possible to a smaller ball, called the pallino. The first player/team to score 16 point wins. For the past 36 years, St. Anthony's Italian Festival in Sene...
Kairos Italy Theater Spearheads "In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY"
By Adele Bossard Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York City, is organizing In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, the first Italian theater festival to take place annually in all five New York City boroughs and beyond. The inaugural festival will be June 10 to 20, 2013. All events are free. The fest...
Cristina Fontanelli, Preserving Values Through Opera
The lights in the auditorium dimmed and the noise level dropped to zero as Cristina Fontanelli entered the stage. With just a few sentences of introduction, she started to sing, bright and powerful, casting a feeling of serenity and awe over the whole Tribeca Performing Arts Center. "It's very peaceful. It's like you're in an open vessel,"...
Luca Nostro in concert
This concert is dedicated to Italian and American composers of contemporary music that brought electric guitar to its extremes. From the soft and groovy minimalism to the rock, psychedelic, noise and electronic music, electric guitar is such a versatile instrument that can be played and used as a tool in different musical contexts. This so...
Festival Della Canzone Italiana Di New York - 14 Settembre 2014
Appuntamento con la kermesse della grande mela il 14 settembre 2014. Molti gli ospiti. Concluse le selezioni in Italia ed all'estero. I seguenti cantanti concorreranno per il Prestigioso Titolo di Vincitore del Festival della Canzone Italiana di New York. Provenienti dalle selezioni realizzate in Italia dalla EuroshoWorld: 1) Rosa Ch...
A Trip to Operatic Italy
A DVD Presentation by Lou BarellaYou are cordially invited to attend a dvd based presentation by Lou Barella titled, "A Trip to Operatic Italy" at the Italian American Museum on Thursday, October 2nd. During the summer of 2009, Lou made a long awaited trip to Italy. While there he went to the places important in the lives of Giuseppe Verdi...
A Soprano is set to sing tenor at Manhattan College
A Soprano is going to sing tenor at Manhattan College. Actor Dominic Chianese, best known for his role as the ruthless Corrado "Junior" Soprano on HBO's "The Sopranos," will perform Wednesday at a luncheon co-sponsored by the Bronx school's Italian Club and Diversity Committee. The 83-year-old Bronx-born actor — who has released two albu...
My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis Extends Into Winter Off-Broadway
"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...