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From the Ariston stage, Carlo Conti announced live the launch of the 2025 edition of the Sanremo Giovani World Tour, dedicated to new young Italian music talents. The Sanremo Giovani World Tour will feature Alex Wise, Maria Tomba, Settembre, Vale LP & Lil Jolie. The four participants were revealed during the second episode of the Festival, and thei...

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The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington, in collaboration with Georgetown University, presents the book  by Francesco Cotticelli and Paologiovanni Maione, “Enrico Caruso: L’uomo, l’artista, il divo”  (2024, Hollitzer ed.) The authors, Professor Francesco Cotticelli (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) and Professor Paologiovanni Maio...

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I've always wanted to go to Cremona, Italy - birthplace of the great violin maker Antonio Stradivarius (1644-1737). It's a place that has re-emerged now in the 21st century as a center of fine violin-making, as well as an entire museum dedicated to the violin - the Museo del Violino. Fortunately, a little bit of Cremona is coming to the Los Angeles...

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Alla Boara, an Italian folk ensemble from Cleveland consisting of female vocalist, percussion, acoustic bass, guitar, trumpet/flugelhorn and accordion/piano, will perform on Sunday, February 16 at 3:00 p.m. in the Ohio University Southern Riffe Rotunda in Ironton, (OH). Admission is $15 with cash or check payable to the “Ironton Council for the Art...

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Lady Gaga made a surprise appearance ahead of the 2025 Super Bowl. The pop megastar, 38, delivered a surprise tribute in honor of the New Orleans terror attack in January and the Los Angeles wildfires as well as the deadly airplane crashes in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. and those affected by Hurricane Helene in a prerecorded segment that aire...

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A violin made in 1714 by the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari sold for $11.3 million at an auction in New York on Friday, short of estimates that would have made it the most expensive instrument ever sold. The “Joachim-Ma Stradivarius” is regarded as one of Stradivari’s best works, built during his “Golden Period” at the height of his craftsman...

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There are 29 big-name artists competing in 2025 Sanremo Festival, scheduled to take place from February 11 to 15, 2025. Initially, there were 30 contestants, but the number dropped by one after Emis Killa withdrew. The 29 song lyrics in the competition contain a total of 9,505 words, but each word is repeated at least five times, meaning there are...

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Giuseppe Verdi is one of Italy’s greatest composers, a symbol of national pride whose music has left an indelible mark on both the operatic tradition and Italian identity.  Born in 1813 in Le Roncole, a small village in Parma, Verdi rose from modest beginnings to become a legendary figure in the world of music. His works, filled with emotional dept...

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This weekend, the Boulder Opera Company is bringing two of Puccini's most splashy works — “Il Tabarro” and “Gianni Schicchi” — to the stage at the Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Audiences can experience the best of both worlds in a single evening with one agonizingly poignant tragedy and one delightfully mischievous comedy. “The Pucci...

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The Sanremo Festival 2025 will kick off Tuesday February 11. The first edition of the Festival was in 1951, and since 1955 Rai has been broadcasting the event live. But yesterday Rai's lawyers have filed an appeal against the ruling of the Liguria Regional Administrative Court, which had ruled that the direct entrustment of the organization of the...

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