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Il 3 dicembre 2020 si festeggiano i 100 anni dalla nascita di Renato Carosone, uno dei maggiori innovatori della canzone italiana e partenopea. Il musicista napoletano, diplomatosi in pianoforte a diciassette anni al Conservatorio di San Pietro a Majella è uno dei nostri artisti più conosciuti al mondo. Non è un caso che nella notte di Capodanno, u...

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Just recently I was  watching the quirky and highly interesting Belgian television series, Professor T.  In the US this series is shown in the original language, Flemish, with English subtitles. Imagine my surprise when in the midst of a dramatic scene, suddenly and totally unexpectedly, the soundtrack regaled us with the haunting sounds of Roberto...

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Enrico Caruso was born in Naples Italy in 1873 into a working class neighborhood. His father was a mechanic who expected his son to follow his trade. His mother objected and he was sent to be educated where his clear angelic voice was discovered in a church choir, and his singing career was born. Whether or not you are Italian or an opera buff, the...

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È bastato un post sui social network per scatenare la curiosità di centinaia di persone. E, difatti, la foto pubblicata su Facebook, in poco tempo, ha collezionato centinaia di like e commenti. L'oggetto di tanta curiosità? Un pandoro fatto di mozzarella di bufala. Si tratta, effettivamente, di un latticino vero e proprio, che ha però la forma di u...

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"We are very happy with this result achieved for the first time in Italy thanks to which we have treated two small patients with an innovative therapy that was born in Naples 12 years ago in collaboration with the Telethon Foundation and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia" tells Francesca Simonelli, director of the Eye Clinic of the Luigi Vanv...

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Dicembre al Museo Archeologico Nazionale non sarà soltanto il mese di “Thalassa”, ma anche di altri preziosi e raffinati appuntamenti espositivi legati al tema del mare. Da venerdì prossimo 20 dicembre 2019 sino al 9 marzo 2020, nelle sale della Stazione Neapolis, sarà in programma il percorso documentario “Pe’ terre assaje luntane”, promosso dall’...

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Sophia Loren will be feted by the Capri-Hollywood film festival with a lifetime achievement award presented to her by trailblazing director Lina Wertmüller, her old friend and recent recipient of an honorary Oscar. Loren, Italy’s most iconic living movie star, will receive the Capri Legend Award on Dec. 30 from Wertmüller during the event dedicated...

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How would you like to spend a year as a Research Resident at La Capraia in Naples, the site of the Center for the History of Art and Architecture of the Port Cities, a collaboration between the Museo di Capodimonte and our friends at the Edith O'Donnell Institute of Art History at Dallas? "The Center for the History of Art and Architecture of the P...

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From the shop windows of Naples, hundreds of faces lure us with their expressions: proud, sad, joyful, lewd, angelic, humorous. Few artistic traditions have this ability to pull at our heartstrings, to surprise and delight us, to make us laugh out loud. More than any other Neapolitan tradition, nativities (called o’presebbio in Neapolitan dialect)...

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Italy may be considered one of the world’s best summertime escapes but there are many advantages in visiting during the winter months. When you travel during low season, you’ll find fewer tourists, optimal skiing conditions in the north with mild temperatures in the south and a festive spirit around the holidays. Not to mention, Italy’s most beauti...

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