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The Washington National Opera is set to present a new production of Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” The opera, which will run from March 12 to 26, 2022 at the Eisenhower Theater, will mark the first fully-staged production for the company since March 2020. The Mozart masterwork will star legendary Italian bass Ferruccio Furlanetto as Don Alfonso in his...

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A tempestuous tale of a love triangle between a singer, a painter, and a corrupt police chief, Tosca is a perennial favorite of opera-lovers, with good reason. It is the perfect combination of drama, spectacle, and lush Romantic-era music with a rich score from world-renowned composer Puccini. “This is a big, grand opera – we have a huge chorus alo...

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March 5 & 6, 3:00 p.m. South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. GET TICKETS. Frost Opera Theater with the Frost Symphony Orchestra Present the World Premiere of the opera THE LEOPARD. Music by Michael Dellaira Libretto by J. D. McClatchy. Starring MET Opera baritone Kim Josephson, featuring Robynne Redmon, Frank Ragsdale, Kevin Short and students of...

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Few people have done as much to popularize — or introduce newcomers to — opera and classical music as Andrea Bocelli. And while fans certainly know him through live performances and a procession of top-selling recordings, Las Vegans and Las Vegas tourists also have experienced his work in a unique sort of way: His rendition (with Sarah Brightman) o...

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Adapting and surviving the unforeseeable trials and tribulations of the Great Depression in the 1930s and early 1940s were painful and disheartening for all that experienced it. Despite these horrible economic times, Buffalo born-and-bred, first-generation Italian America Sam Noto persevered and never gave up on his dream to become a jazz trumpet p...

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Cristina D’Avena is a star of the Italian song, which remains in the hearts of all while being born as an idol of children singing numerous soundtracks of their favorite cartoons. The 80s and 90s have seen literally explode the many fans of this small and nice woman, able to involve not only the kids, but also a large audience of adults who grew up...

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Mahmood & Blanco have won Sanremo 2022 with the song “Brividi”. Tonight, the 72nd Sanremo Festival concluded in Italy with all 25 competing artists taking to the Ariston stage for the final time. The televote determined the ranking of all 25 performances, and this was added to the ranking formulated from results of the past 4 nights of the competit...

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Barn Opera presents “Don Pasquale,” Gaetano Donizetti’s comic opera, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11 and 12, at the Barn Opera House, 1321 Pearl St. in Brandon, VT. “Don Pasquale,” Gaetano Donizetti’s comic opera, is one of those delightful farces in which the music and the laughs seem to compete — but the music always wins. “It has these...

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Italians have had to deal with various stereotypes on the road to full acceptance in the American melting pot. Even today, some say we have yet to “melt.” The iconic organ grinder with his monkey and tin cup is a relic of the period when vendors of all types and nationalities made a living on the street. A tragic phase of this very public employmen...

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Saturday, February 12 | 2:30 & 8:00 PM | First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA. Click here for more information. Blue Heron is a professional early music and Renaissance vocal ensemble now in its 23rd season. Acclaimed by The Boston Globe as “one of the Boston music community’s indispensables” and hailed by Alex...

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