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November 2024 Welcome to Boston, Capital of Italian Creativity in the World for 2024  

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Among the most fascinating American cities to host and represent the relationship between Italy and the United States, certainly Boston, Massachusetts, New England is very important. Here past and future, tradition and innovation meet, and Italian creativity is well represented by many researchers and innovators. This year Boston has one more reaso...

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Humanities West and the Italian Cultural Institute San Francisco celebrate the life and art of Giacomo Puccini (December 22, 1858, to November 29, 1924) on the 100th anniversary of his death. His operas La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot are among the most beloved and most often-recorded operas of all time. His arias are famous for bot...

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Friday November 22, 2024 | 8:00 pm. The Broad Stage, Santa Monica, California. Tickets here. Los Angeles will continue the celebrations of Sophia Loren's 90th birthday with a not to be missed musical extravaganza featuring tenor Pasquale Esposito accompanied by the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra conducted by Maestro Carlo Ponti.  The program will p...

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What are we to make of the life, music and spiritual beliefs of Giacomo Puccini, the composer said to be responsible for fully one quarter of all opera performances in the United States today? Puccini, who died a century ago on Nov. 29, 1924, has been called the world’s most popular songwriter, notwithstanding his modern heirs and successors, and w...

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The long awaited documentary about the coolest, hippest, Radio Hall of Famer – the late, great Dick Biondi – will receive a special viewing Thursday, Nov. 14. The film screening and fundraiser starts at 6 p.m. at the Beverly Arts Center, 2407 W. 111th St., Chicago. Proceeds from the screening will go toward putting the final touches on the film bef...

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Best known for their haunting '70s soundtracks used in the films of gory giallo director Dario Argento, Italian progressive-rock outfit Claudio Simonetti's Goblin plays a career-spanning selection of horror movie themes when its current tour comes to the Regency Ballroom Wednesday night. Initially working under the monikers Oliver and Cherry Five a...

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Members of the Italian American Chamber of Commerce of Michigan, along with their spouses and friends, attended the Detroit Opera production of La Traviata on October 27, 2024. One of Giuseppe Verdi's most beloved operas, it was enthusiastically received by the group and a packed house.  The opera was directed by the internationally recognized Fran...

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Rising pop star Matteo Bocelli has a pair of shows in New Jersey at the end of November.  He'll be at Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank on Friday, November 29th and Sound Waves in Atlantic City on Saturday, November 30th as part of his tour: A Night with Matteo: The Americas 2024. Last year, Bocelli released his critically acclaimed debut...

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Was it the music of Rossini, Puccini or Bellini that grabbed the attention of “Italian Idol” judges? Ultimately, it was an opera piece by Catalani that took the contest, a 21-year tradition at Wagner College thanks to the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation. The performance showdown took place on Oct. 25 by some of the most accomplished music and the...

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