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When: Thursday, February 7, 2013 — 7:30 p.m. Where: Johnny D's — 17 Holland St., Davis Square, Somerville MA [map] Italy's leading ensemble on the world music circuit, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, opens 2013 with a series of North American shows. Hailing from the Puglia region, the seven piece band and dancer are the number one exponents in a...

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When: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 — 6:00 – 7:30pmPre-Talk Reception at 5:30 PMWhere: Massachusetts Historical Society — 1154 Boylston Street, Boston MA [map]Prize-winning author and MHS Fellow Megan Marshall will read from "Margaret Fuller: A New American Life," her biography of the 19th-century heroine who spent her last years in Rome and Florence a...

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Roma, 10 ottobre 2013200esimo anniversario della nascita di Giuseppe Verdi Va pensiero.. L'importanza dell'opera di Giuseppe Verdi per le comunità italoamericaneLiceo Classico e Linguistico "G. Mazzini" di Genova Nell'anno del duecentesimo ann...

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Two opera productions in Italian are being staged in Central New Jersey in late April. The semi-professional Boheme Opera NJ will be performing its namesake work "La Boheme" by Giacomo Puccini at The College of New Jersey's Kendall Theater, the first time the group has included this opera in its season in 12 years.    Also, communi...

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by Mauro Battocchi   For those who may have forgotten the meaning of Italian passion, the Viva L'Italia Gala event at the Fairmont Hotel this past Saturday served as an enthralling reminder. The energy and joy in the room was palpable, as guests enjoyed an ardent performance in support of Naples and bringing the Teatro di San Carlo to San Fr...

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By Beatrice Bondi Adelmo Fornaciari, in arte Zucchero, emiliano verace classe 1955, nonché colosso della musica italiana unico nel suo genere, lunedì sera si è raccontato al pubblico newyorchese dal palco della Casa Italiana della NYU, in una conversazione moderata dal direttore della Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò Stefano Albertini e da Letizia Air...

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In his Carnegie Hall debut, Neapolitan pianist Marco Ciampi presents a program featuring an unpublished work by nineteenth-century composer Constantino Palumbo.   The program also includes works of great composers in a tribute to Italy, as even Rachmaninoff's Second Sonata was written while the composer was in Rome.    Read more...

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Celebrate the beginning of the New Year at the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera's (Verismo Opera) annual Open House.   Verismo Opera, the house opera company of the Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC), kicks off its 26th season with the annual Open House and a silent auction fundraiser on January 10, 2015 at 44 Armory Street in...

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Dean Martin was a beloved American entertainer who was so filled with charisma and an incredible stage presence that he was nicknamed, "The King of Cool." He was born in 1917 in Steubenville, OH and actually started out with a passion for boxing. He gave that up though and started singing with local bands but it wasn't until he teamed up with comed...

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by Paul Sciria   Julius La Rosa grew up in Brooklyn, NY listening to records by Frank Sinatra and bands like Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and Harry James. After finishing high school, La Rosa joined the Navy and was soon singing with the U.S. Navy Band in Washington, D.C.   It was with the Navy band that the "Old Redhead," Arthur Godfre...

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