When: WED, OCTOBER 23, 2019, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT - Where: Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 Revolutionary, controversial, lashing the bourgeois society: this and much more is La Traviata, one of Giuseppe Verdi's most celebrated operas. Maestro Speranza Scappucci, among the first and most acclaimed women conductors...
READ MOREPresented on the occasion of the 19th edition of the Italian Language Week in the World, presented under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic of Italy. This year's edition will take place from October 21 to 27th and will have as its theme, "Italian on the Stage." This event is also presented on the occasion of the production of "Il B...
READ MOREThe Trumbull Library, 33 Quality St., will host singers Rich DeLibro and Paula Pettinella on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 6:30 p.m., as part of Italian Heritage Month. The duo sings favorite songs by Italian-Americans including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Al Martino, and others. As part of the month’s celebration, the library also hosts the program Italy, A...
READ MOREThe Chocolate Church Arts Center will present Newpoli, an Italian/Mediterranean world music ensemble, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the center located at 804 Washington St., in Bath. Newpoli crosses through time, culture, and musical styles as it performs modernized, old-world taranta music from southern Italy and surrounding countries. The high-...
READ MORECome experience Verdi's heartbreaking masterpiece, "La traviata," the opera that moved Julia Roberts' character to tears in "Pretty Woman." Utah Opera's newly refurbished and ever-popular production features scenic elements designed by Peter Dean Beck and costumes by Susan Memmott Allred. Garnett Bruce will direct the production, and Steven White w...
READ MOREJerry Vicenti and the Italian Paisans Club are continuing the group’s tradition of bringing popular acts to The Villages. The club recently announced its lineup for January, February and March as part of its “2020 Spectacular Showcase.” Those acts are: - Jan. 19: Emil Stucchio & The Classics;- Feb. 16: New York Bee Gees; and- March 15: Tom Jones Tr...
READ MOREE’ la prima donna, non americana, a ricoprire l’incarico di direttore del Center for Contemporary Opera di New York, il centro che si occupa delle produzioni contemporanee di opera. Un nuovo ruolo che la palermitana Francesca Campagna ha accettato con sfida ed entusiasmo. Radici sicule ma una vocazione cosmopolita fanno di Francesca una profession...
READ MOREFollowing her recent performances with Andrea Bocelli, Italian singer Giada Valenti will return to Carnegie Hall in New York City, Friday, October 11, 2019, with a concert celebrating Italian Heritage Month. As special guest, International Acclaimed Tenor, James Valenti, will share the stage with her. Giada Valenti, most known for her stunning musi...
READ MOREGuitarist Beppe Gambetta returns to Princeton on Friday, October 11, at 8 p.m., when The Princeton Folk Music Society brings him to Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane. The concert is billed as a fusion of American and Italian folk music traditions. Gambetta taught himself to flat-pick by listening to bluegrass LPs. He combines the folk musi...
READ MORELa regista Guia Farinelli, bisnipote del compositore italiano Pietro Mascagni, metterà in scena qui a New York “Cavalleria rusticana”, la famosa opera melodrammatica ispirata dalla novella di Giovanni Verga, ambientata a Vizzini in Sicilia. Il concerto si terrà il 13 ottobre alle 3:00 pm al “Danny Kaye Playhouse” dell’ Hunter College in occasione d...
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