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Sunday October 7. 3:00 pm EDT. Classroom Building Theatre 200 (Parking Lot 4) - Westchester Community College - 75 Grasslands Road, Valhalla, NY. Admission: free; open to the public. Contact: Prof. Frank Maddalena 914-606-6794 frank.maddalena@sunywcc.edu The talented singer Teo Ricciardella will perform highlights from popular Italian melodies. Car...

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The promotional logo for this weekend’s New Orleans Opera production of “Turandot” features a stylized image of a fire-breathing dragon. A widely recognizable symbol of ancient China, the mythical creature could also represent the opera’s title character, who fits the description of a “dragon lady.” However, if the opera were to be given a subtitle...

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Giulio Rapetti Mogol has been invited to a series of events during the “Vivere all’Italiana” (Living the Italian Way) initiative organized and promoted by the Consulate General of Italy in Boston. Events include a book signing and an interview at Berklee College of Music. “I’m very enthusiastic of contributing to this prestigious initiative,” says...

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We are excited to invite WE the Italians' readers to an upcoming benefit concert by Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, the orchestra and choir of the famed Cagliari Opera in Sardinia, to the Basilica. Please see the information about the concert and historical background below. We hope you will be able to share this with your readers on the website and Fac...

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The first concert of the series "Giovani Interpreti Italiani - Young Italian Performers" features Quartetto Noûs.  Formed in 2011, the Quartet has rapidly established itself as one of the most interesting chamber music ensembles of its generation. Its immersive performances are the result of a professional training where the Italian tradition and t...

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Today, on behalf of the President of the Italian Republic, the Ambassador of Italy to the United States Armando Varricchio bestowed on Gianandrea Noseda, Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC, the honor of the rank of Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. The award ceremony followed the opening night...

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Associazione Regionale Siciliana in America will host Canti e Cunti di Sicilia at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 at Porretta’s Banquets in Chicago. The event will feature Sicilian food, music and dancing, with traditional costumes welcome. Entertainment will be provided by Quartet Folk, a popular Sicilian folkloristic group that will be in America promoting its...

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Performances of Lorenzo Da Ponte's L’Ape Musicale (The Musical Bee) by the Teatro Lirico of the city of Cagliari L’Ape Musicale (The Musical Bee), Lorenzo Da Ponte’s final libretto and the first Italian opera conceived and staged in the United States, returns to New York 188 years after its debut The famous Venetian man of letters, author of Mozart...

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A large crowd packed into the ornate Detroit Opera House on Friday, weaving up and down its grand staircases and into theater seats for an emotional salute to the life and legacy of Dr. David DiChiera, a local impresario, staunch advocate for the arts, and the founding director of the Michigan Opera Theatre. Family, friends and fans headed into “th...

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Founded in 1995, the Trio Dante (formerly Trio Lennon) is composed of renowned Italian soloists and performs a repertoire that ranges from classical and romantic with influences from the Vienna School to contemporary and American music including works composed for the Trio itself, passing thru the Beatles to arrive to the Italian soul with the musi...

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