Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - 500 N Michigan Ave. Suite 1450 - Chicago, IL. Wednesday, April 4, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (CDT). From its origins in New Orleans through the Big Band, Swing, Be-Bop, and Modern Era, Americans of Italian heritage have made vital contributions to Jazz Music. Frank Sinatra, Louis Prima, Louie Bellson, Lenni...
READ MORESinger Andrea Bocelli has announced plans for a winter tour that includes a stop in Boston. Bocelli will play the TD Garden on Dec. 15, 2018. Tickets for the show are on sale today (March 12) through all Ticketmaster outlets and locations including ticketmaster.com and by phone at (800) 745-3000. Working as a pop / classical crossover artist, Bocel...
READ MOREThe New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera's Artistic Director, opera luminary Lucine Amara, announces the cast performing its debut of Giacomo Puccini's last opera, Turandot. Verismo Opera, the Bergen Performing Arts Center's (bergenPAC) house opera company, presents this dramatic opera set in ancient China on Sunday, April 22, 2018. The performa...
READ MOREThere are certain signs of spring in St. Joseph — warmer weather, longer times for daylight and the Saint Joseph Symphony performing cheery, bright music. Continuing its globetrotting adventure, the symphony will let its audience settle in with some Italian heat as it performs its spring concert, titled “Springtime in Italy.” Teaming up with acc...
READ MOREThe Dallas Opera is proud to present one of the most talked about Mozart productions of the decade: DON GIOVANNI in a critically acclaimed production created by Goodman TheatreArtistic Director Robert Falls for Lyric Opera of Chicago and conducted by Dallas Opera Music Director Emmanuel Villaume. Don Giovanni will open Friday, April 13th at 7:30 p....
READ MOREBoston Pops soloist, and PBS-TV host for Andrea Bocelli and Il Volo, explores the theme of love with a passionate, Italian flavor in her new show Love Italian Style. Cristina's "Vocal genius" will thrill you performing Italian favorites ranging from "Mala Femmena" to "Mamma" to Harry Warren's "That's Amore", to great Neapolitan songs, to Sinatra tu...
READ MORENick DeMaio III, has a strong, booming voice. And though he’s from Darien, he’s got the tinge of an accent that comes from singing country music for the past 30 years. “We once went on tour with President George H.W. Bush and we also performed for President George W. Bush here in Connecticut,” said DeMaio III, 57, who was sporting a red and black f...
READ MOREThe passion and fire of Italian Baroque music is highlighted this coming April in Mercury's upcoming spring concerts specially curated by Artistic Director Antoine Plante to shine a spotlight on the orchestra's talented musicians, especially its Concertmaster. "These concerts are all about the energy and drive of a great violinist. Mercury's own Jo...
READ MOREComing May 4th, the Italian American Club of Las Vegas will host a tribute to its most illustrious member: Frank Sinatra. And who better to bring the essence of Ol' Blue Eyes back to that legendary stage but the exceptional Dave Halston. Critics have raved about Halston's tribute to the iconic Sinatra, calling it "stunning" and "spot-on". Halston c...
READ MOREWhen: March 25 at 3:30 - Where: West Building, West Garden Court Benedetto Lupo, the Piano Master Course professor at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. has been described by critics as an “exceptionally fine pianist . . . who has a remarkably fine touch and beautiful tone control” (The Oregonian). Praised for his “keen musical intel...
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