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by Mark Chilla   From 1947–1954, there were 25 Italian-Americans who had chart-topping hits in the world of American Popular Music. You may say that the Great American Songbook was shaped, at least in part, by these Italian interpreters. On this episode, we'll salute the Italian-American crooners, like such artists as Frank Sinatra, Louis Pr...

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By Donnie Moorhouse    Italian blues performerRoberto Morbioli is slated for a show at Theodores' in Springfield on Feb. 6 at 9 p.m. Morbioli was born in Verona, Italy and after working on European blues circuit, made his way to Boston to become part of that city's music scene.   He was named as a finalist in the International A...

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Saturday, February 25th 2017, 4-10 pm. Sanborn Square Park, 72 N. Federal Highway - Boca Raton, FL 33432. Tickets: www.downtownboca.org: THAT'S AMORE! Get ready for the 2nd Annual Italian Fest in Downtown Boca...   Due to the overwhelming popularity of last year's event, this Italian Fest will be bigger and better. The festiva...

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Fabrizio Nava's first visit to Tulsa to coincided with the much-ballyhooed opening of the Woody Guthrie Center in the Brady Arts District. But Nava, the consul general of Italy in Houston, was in town for a different sort of celebration. The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of Italy in Washington, D.C., have designated 2013 as...

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An Italian Christmas Concert and benefit for the National Shrine of St. Gerard will feature award‐winning Italian tenor Micheal Castaldo at Saint Lucy's Church, 118 Seventh Ave., Dec. 13 at 7:30 p.m. (St. Lucy's Day) Castaldo will sing classic Italian carols from his best‐selling album, "Extravergine: Christmas in the Mediterranean," accompanied by...

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November 21, 2014 - Friday 7:30 PMInternational Student House - 1825 R Street, NW - Washington, District of Columbia   A rare treat for fans of Gaetano Donizetti (and those who have never experienced his brilliant works before), this benefit concert showcases the Italian opera composer's rarely performed art songs. Highly popu...

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By Susanne M. Schafer   Russian composer P.I. Tchaikovsky's sumptuous opera "Eugene Onegin," a concert by jazz master Dee Dee Bridgewater and performance by flamenco dance star Maria Pages are just a few of the many highlights promised in this spring's 2017 Spoleto Festival USA.   The internationally renowned Charleston, South Carolin...

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The US tour by violinist Matteo Fedeli, which will see him playing a precious Stradivarius dating from 1726 in over 10 east-coast cities, has opened at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York. The initiative is part of the "Year of Italian Culture" programme.

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While trying to get to his wedding, a young Parisian man is swept up in events that spiral hilariously out of control. The composer of iconic film scores — such as The Godfather; Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet; and Fellini's La dolce vita, La strada and 8 ½ — also wrote this charming and disarming farce that moves like the wind with bountiful bel ca...

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Frankie Avalon was born Francis Thomas Avallone on September 18, 1940, in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to parents of Italian heritage. His song "Venus" became his first No. 1 single in 1959 and he released six more Top 40 records in that year alone.   Avalon was on U.S. television playing his trumpet by the time he was 11. Two singles sh...

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