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Lucine Amara, Artistic Director of the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera (Verismo Opera), invites singers to apply to the Verismo Opera Chorus. Open auditions will be held on Wednesdays, September 9 and 16 beginning at 6:15 p.m. at 44 Armory Street in Englewood, New Jersey. Auditions will also be held on September 12 at the organization'...

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In America they sang in Italian. An archive and a book written by Giuliana Fugazzotto sheds new light on American musical tastes of the early twentieth century. In what is perhaps her most surprising finding, she shows how greatly American popular music was influenced by the work of Italians. From about 1900 to 1930, have been produc...

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Hit Week, the world's only festival showcasing Italy's music scene on the global stage, heads to Los Angeles for its 6th edition with Prog Rock legends Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) on Friday November, 13th at the Whisky a Go Go. The first Italian group to achieve international acclaim, between 1973 and 1977 PFM charted 5 English language albums...

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On Sunday, April 21, attend the world premiere of the long-lost music of Alfred Morena Sr. (1893 – 1929) whose piano and violin compositions, along with art songs in Italian by Morena and other composers, was discovered by the composer-musician's son and namesake. Performing the compositions will be violinist Anna Heifetz (with her nine-year-old da...

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For the millions of U.S. fans who fell in love with the astonishing talent of IL VOLO following their show stopping PBS Special "Il Volo Takes Flight," or as special guests of Barbra Streisand's fall 2012 tour, the boys will return to North America for a series of 17 concerts. The Live Nation produced tour kicks off August 25th at the Orpheum Theat...

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Dieci giorni all'insegna della cultura italiana e dell'amicizia tra Italia e Stati Uniti per la città di Chicago. A partire da ieri sera, la "capitale" del Midwest celebra infatti il 2013, Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Usa con tre concerti del Maestro Riccardo Muti, direttore della Chicago Symphony Orchestra, dedicati al compositore italiano Gi...

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Wow, wow, wow, the Pueblo Symphony Orchestra's "Poperazzi" concert on Saturday night at Hoag Hall was a thrilling way to end the 85th season and to celebrate Jacob Chi's 20 years in Pueblo.   The evening was a perfect blend of classical and popular music. Rossini's "Overture to La scala di seta" was the opening selection. The symphony's perf...

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At our September 21 social meeting, the Italian Cultural Society is pleased to present Paul Oorts (playing mandolin) and his Rigatoni "Brothers" Gina Faber (mandolin) and Jay Benforado (guitar). They are part of one of Paul's projects which is to collect, play, and make available to the public music from the early to mid-20th century written for an...

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by Valerio Viale   On February 13th at The Broad Stage Performing Arts Theater in Santa Monica, Maestro Andrea Morricone gave his special Valentine Day's gift to all lovers in the greater Los Angeles area: his concert, Cinematic Visions – New Arrangements of Timeless Masterpieces, featuring the highly celebrated "Love Theme" from Cinema Para...

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by Rick Schultz   The day after a sold-out Hollywood Bowl concert this week, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli arrived at the chilly library of a Beverly Hills hotel wearing shorts, a dark blue polo shirt and sunglasses. At 58, Bocelli looks trim and fit. But today he's slightly agitated. The room was too cold.   "No, no, this is unsa...

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