Dopo aver vinto due Premi Broadway World Italia 2014 con il musical "America", il musicista e compositore Guido Cataldo si prepara ad una tournée che lo porterà in tutta Italia.   Si comincia proprio a Salerno, con lo spettacolo in programma domenica 25 gennaio, alle ore 18, al Teatro Augusteo.   Read more   Source: http:/...

You’d be hard-pressed to find any blarney when Italian-born pianist Alessio Bax joins the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra (SBCO) this St. Patrick’s Day — unless you count the craft beer tasting event afterward, open to subscribers.   The first half of the concert, however, belongs to conductor Heiichiro Ohyama and the orchestra, who will cel...

By Linda Sickler Savannah is taking its place as a vocal music destination city. The Savannah VOICE Festival in August was a huge hit, and now fans can look forward to the celebration of Opera America's National Opera Week, which runs from Oct. 25 to Nov. 3.   The events are sponsored by the VOICExperience Foundation, an educational no...

By Mauro Battocchi   We're lucky to be graced by Pasquale Esposito, an internationally renown Italian tenor who will perform an intimate recital of Italian opera arias and Neapolitan songs in San Francisco on Sunday, October 20th. Mr. Esposito knows California since he studied music at the San Jose University School of Music earlier in his c...

Singers are invited to submit their applications to the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera Annual International Vocal Competition. Artistic Director Lucine Amara, a Met Opera legend, reminds male and female vocalists of all ages around the globe to apply now to the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera Annual International Vocal Competition...

Tenor and Italian crossover singer Michéal Castaldo will perform in a special Italian Christmas concert entitled "Natale nel Cuore" or "Italian in Your Heart" starting at 3 p.m. on Sunday, December 15 at the Mattatuck Museum, 144 W Main St. Waterbury native soprano Marissa Famiglietti will appear on stage with Mr. Castaldo, and will be feature...

Dal 1951 è la più importante manifestazione canora d'Italia, trasmessa in eurovisione e seguita da milioni di persone. Dal 29 al 31 gennaio 1951 nel Salone delle Feste del Casinò di Sanremo, il Festival della Canzone Italiana fu seguito da 25 milioni di telespettatori e il giorno successivo, il 1° febbraio, tutti cantavano e volevano rose rosse da...

By Giovanni di Napoli Last Thursday I returned to the Italian American Museum for a special live performance by Neapolitan jazz sensation Simona De Rosa.   It was special because the vocalist was reunited with her longtime bandmates Inside Quartet, who were in town to support her recent gala at LaFrak Concert Hall. This was one of just a ha...

La Fondazione Dean Martin premierà giovedì 7 agosto, alle ore 10,30 presso la Sala Di Giacomo di Palazzo Baldoni, gli italo americani Frank Salvatore, Maria Fosco, Luciano Borsari e Maria D'Alessandro.   A Montesilvano, città che ha dato i natali a Gaetano Crocetti, papà del grande e indimenticabile crooner italo-americano, gli invitati rive...

Fifty years ago, in a small village in Southern Italy, there lived a taciturn family man with the nickname "Mbrascatu"—"Dirty Face." To this day, when Andrea Algieri returns to his home village of Luzzi in Calabria, most people don't remember who he is until he reluctantly shares the nickname of his grandfather: "Oh! Mbrascatu! Andrea Mbrascatu!"...