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A monthlong celebration of rivers by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra culminates this weekend when Italian conductor Riccardo Muti travels by boat from downtown Chicago to Chinatown. The CSO's "Rivers" festival has sought to highlight the importance of rivers on culture.Muti will board a boat Sunday afternoon on the Chicago River with members of CSO...

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By Johnny Diaz   You don't have to wait till fall for classical music events in South Florida. The Symphony of the Americas is back for its 22nd Summerfest, and you can catch a performance at 3 p.m. today at Trinity Lutheran Church, 11 SW 11th St., Fort Lauderdale. Tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for students.   Each summer, the Fo...

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Sunday, October 6, 2013 at 5:30 PMMonastero's Ristorante & Banquets - 3935 W. Devon Avenue, Chicago, IL Featuring: *A Tribute to the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Baritone Tito Gobbi, the Godfather of the Bel Canto Foundation, given by his daughter Cecilia Gobbi, Guest of Honor from Rome*A Salute to the Bicentennial of Gius...

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Gian Carlo Menotti (1911 – 2007) was an Italian-American composer and librettist. He wrote the classic Christmas opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors, and two dozen other operas intended to appeal to popular taste.   He won the Pulitzer Prize for two of them: The Consul (1950) and The Saint of Bleecker Street (1955). "Amahl" was the first ope...

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Call me crazy but I sense a sea change. What do I mean? In the last six months I have been pleasantly surprised in seeing complimentary and often flattering stories in the media about Italian Americans. I know, hard to believe.   On September 21, 2014 we were treated to a lengthy report on 'CBS Sunday Morning' about the musical and personal...

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by Mauro Battocchi   Peace Streets, the instrumental jazz album by Joe DeRose and Amici has been included in the 57th Grammy Award nominations entry list. Mr. DeRose, a San Jose native of Italian American descent, started playing drums when he was five and eventually went to the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. Since graduatio...

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By Karen Wada   The violins of Antonio Stradivari are revered for being not only superb instruments but works of art. "They combine this magical quality of sound with spectacular craftsmanship," says Margaret Batjer, concertmaster of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.   Each of these wooden wonders also possesses an individual, inner...

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Carlo Bergonzi endures. Not only is the Italian tenor approaching his 90th birthday (on July 13) but for decades he sang with tireless warmth and precision, representing a certain old school approach to carefully cultivating one's vocal resources.   Bergonzi may not have been as loud or intimidating as his Italian rivals (especially Mario de...

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Con l'estate che tarda partire ma con la voglia in petto di rincorrere quello scorcio di vacanza che è più forte di qualsiasi maestrale che spira all'orizzonte, ritorna a grande richiesta, dopo due anni di silenzio, il SELINUNTE JAZZ FESTIVAL.   Uno splendido connubio di arti, visive ed uditive, in cui protagonisti sono la musica e...

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"La Traviata" is one of the world's most performed opera for a reason: With its memorable melodies and its heartbreaking love story, it will make you cry. Virginia Opera will stage a new spin on Giuseppe Verdi's tragic love story about a beautiful courtesan who falls in love and dies of tuberculosis. Performed in Italian with English subtit...

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