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By Steve Feeney   Italy has welcomed American jazz artists over the years, often providing musical support for them from a cadre of homegrown players. Things sort of came full circle when local jazz/world/klezmer flutist Carl Dimow met the accomplished Italian vocalist Giuppi Paone in the summer of 2012 while she was visiting a friend i...

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by Amy Lilly   Vermont's hills are alive with slowly building Rossini crescendos. As it happens, the state's two established summer opera destinations — the Opera Company of Middlebury and the Waitsfield-based Green Mountain Opera Festival — will both produce comic operas this season by that master of musical hilarity, Gioachino Rossini. &n...

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When Frank Maselli was in Rome on a Saturday night three years ago, he happened upon an outdoor concert in the piazza. A handful of singers were belting out opera arias to a piano accompaniment.   "I listened to them and said to myself, 'This would be perfect for our Piazza d'Italia,' " Maselli said, referring to the outdoor plaza in New Orl...

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On paper, they're an admittedly odd couple: Tony Bennett, the legendary jazz and pop singer, and Lady Gaga, the quirky queen of modern rock and outré fashions. He's 88 years old, she's 28. Tony strolls on stage in a dapper tuxedo, she's shown up before in a dress made of meat.   But then there are the things they have in common: Big, powerho...

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The renowned summer music and opera festival in Spoleto has returned for yet another impressive season. Held in the center of the Umbrian town, the Spoleto Festival has brought together American and Italian culture for 56 years.   Founded by Gian Carlo Menotti, the festival is host to a wide range of cultural events, from grand opera to scie...

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  WTI Magazine #54    2015 February, 20Author : italia.it      Translation by:   Italy is the birthplace of opera, and of numerous worldwide known and loved composers: Paganini, Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Mascagni, Monteverdi, Salieri, Tartini, Vivaldi, and so on. No less numerous are the international composers that have been inspired...

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Not so many years ago, American opera lovers tended to think of New York's Metropolitan Opera Company as a sort of Holy Mother Church outside of which there was no salvation. Of course there were other ensembles scattered here and there throughout the country, but most of them offered short seasons with restricted repertoires.   This is no l...

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Saturday, October 17 at 7:00pm | Broad Stage. Barbara Sinatra cordially invites you to attend an evening of laughter and memories of Frank Sinatra, starring Tom Dreesen. This celebration of Frank's 100th birthday will be chaired by Hollywood icon Frank Mancuso and his wife, Fay.   It will be followed by a VIP reception, attended by Barb...

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Experience a trip through Italy during a day centered around the country's culture and traditions. To start, an exhibition of well-known Sicilian photographer Giuseppe Leone will open the event through the anachronistic images of the island together with internationally renowned Italian pianist, Laura Magnani. To follow a series of events...

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December 8, 2015 at 7:00PM. The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with COMITES Washington DC, cordially invites you to an evening of music with Stelle Nella Notte.  Stelle Nella Notte is a group of friends who share a love of music, and jazz. Our set list includes music from The Great American Songbook and classic Italian songs...

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