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Indie artist Michéal Castaldo has hit Number 1 on the Amazon Hot New Releases Chart on May 5, 2015 with the release of his brand new digital single, "Everything Happens for a Reason—Una Ragione." And on May 1, with a running total of over 425K votes, Castaldo reached the Number 1 spot on the Lifetime Chart at ArtistSignal.com, where he has remained...

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The Traverse City Wine & Opera Festival will present "Tutto Puccini!" at 7 p.m. at the City Opera House in Traverse City.   The event is offered by founders Silvio "Tony" Ciccone and Mario Tabone, featuring Bellini Opera Theatre performers mezzo soprano Lisa Agazzi, tenor Aaron Caruso, soprano Eva Evola, baritone Dino Valle, soprano Kari...

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Friday, September 11th – FREE ADMISSION! Commemorating and celebrating the 100th Birthday of Frank Sinatra! Friday's events feature the rich baritone voice of Lou Galterio and the vocals of Nashville's Ginger Newman and guests. Following the show, dance the night away to the music the Radio Daze Big Band!   Upgrade to Reserved Seating w...

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  WTI Magazine #74    2015 December 11Author : Ladyvette      Translation by:   Dear Italian "Divetti", as you know we are in the Big Apple. We have received all your letters of concern, but we are writing to reassure you that we will return soon. New York is definitely not what we expected. Very cold in the winter, hot in the summer, the coffee...

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COSI' FARAN TUTTI or They'll All Do It! New Opera in 2 Acts (2012) by JONATHAN DAWE Seductive sisters, brazen soldiers, a meddling maid, and a self-proclaimed master of the science of love provide the power play of Cosi faran tutti (or They'll All Do It). What really happened in the days leading up to Mozart's and da Ponte's Cosi fan tutte? What y...

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Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will return to the United States for a select run of concerts in 2013 as he drums up support for his recently released "Passione." "Passione" is a collection of Mediterranean love songs featuring duets with global pop stars Jennifer Lopez, Nelly Furtado and the late Edith Piaf. The legendary singer is the biggest sell...

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David Marker, the director of the feature-length film Zampogna: The Soul of Southern Italy, will be at this year's Italian American Heritage Festival of Iowa to demonstrate the zampogna and other traditional Italian musical instruments.   Marker, a 2009 graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, spent five weeks with h...

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The Capitol Heights Lyric Opera Ensemble of New York City will present a program of Italian love songs at the Clarence Dillon Public Library on Sunday, Oct. 6. The program will begin at 2 pm. Great opera arias of Verdi and Puccini as well as Neapolitan ballads will be performed by three members of the Ensemble.   The program will take place...

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Opera diva Lucine Amara, Artistic Director of the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera, celebrates a milestone on March 1: her 90th birthday and over 70 years performing on the stage.   Ms. Amara debuted with the Metropolitan Opera in 1950 and sang off stage the Celestial Voice in Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlo, and her career took off. Rave...

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The musical evening that the Five O 'Clock Piano Duo offers the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco reflects the content of their recent album, ITALIAN CONNECTION. It's a musical journey that unfolds among the various stylistic trends of Italian contemporary piano music.   The deep need for immediacy of communication is the glue that...

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