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The Charles R. Wood Theater has plans to take guests to Italy as part of its annual fundraiser next week. The downtown Glens Falls theater, on Oct. 23, will host a pair of musical performances that will feature Italian-themed entertainment and food.  “For the past few years, the Charles R. Wood Theater has taken guests to various locations, like Ne...

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In another sign that the live industry is back and that things are looking up, Andrea Bocelli has announced the routing for his annual “In Concert For Valentine’s” tour. The five-night arena trek follows his previously announced “Believe” North American tour that begins in October. The world-renowned Italian tenor has planned a setlist for the Val...

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Da bimba prodigio ad autentica promessa della musica internazionale il passo è breve. Romina Perri è nata soltanto 12 anni fa dalle parti di New York, a Summit per l’esattezza, ed ha già un curriculum da vera star. Il papà Luigi è emigrato dalla Calabria nel 1980 ed in America ha sposato Margherita, una signora polacca. Dei sei figli nati dalla cop...

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Dear Readers, Opera Season, after a long shutdown, opened recently in San Francisco with Puccini’s Tosca, to a fully vaccinated and masked audience of two thousand. This was the S.F. Opera’s 99th season, but without my friend Joe Brucia’s father and his friends, back in 1922, the S.F. Opera seasons may have been slow getting started. San Francisco’...

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The San Gennaro festival may be over, but The Center For Italian Modern Art will continue to embrace Italian culture with “Schifano and Jazz,” a concert dedicated to Mario Schifano’s passion for American Jazz, on Wednesday, October 20th at 6:30 pm ET. Since 2013, CIMA has dedicated themselves to showcasing contemporary Italian art to a global audie...

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Jasper Cini was born in Philadelphia on October 7, 1927. He grew up in Philadelphia's Italian section, known as South Philly. His parents were Italian immigrants from the region of Abruzzo. He worked as a bricklayer for his father's construction company for several years as a teenager.  Young Jasper really enjoyed singing, practicing for hours ever...

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Cari Amici, Celebrate Italian Heritage Month at the Townhouse throughout October. Join us on October 17th for a throwback to a Golden Musical Era with Charlie Romo & Vanessa Racci performing the songs of Bobby Darin and Connie Francis. Columbus Citizens Foundation | 8 East 69th Street, New York, NY 10021 The event starts with cocktails at 3PM and c...

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PBS is set to premiere “The Oratorio” and “Da Ponte’s Oratorio: A Concert for New York” on Nov. 5, 2021. First up will be the documentary, which starts at 9 p.m., and will be headlined by famed film director Martín Scorsese as he reveals the story of the arrival of Italian opera to the New World during a performance in the Old Cathedral of Saint Pa...

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Opera returns to the Townhouse on Saturday, October 16 at 6PM. Cristoforo Colombo is an opera in four acts and an epilogue by Alberto Franchetti to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica, commissioned in 1892 to celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the Columbus Voyage. Tickets cost $35. The evening is presented by CCF, in partnership with Teatro Grattac...

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Detroit — Audiences might have gotten a glimpse of Jader Bignamini, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's ebullient new music director, when he conducted digital concerts last season, but consider that his warm-up. His real introduction starts Thursday — with live audiences. Bignamini, 45, will lead the orchestra as it kicks off its new classical season...

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