Celebrated musical artist Michéal Castaldo has organized a special showcase of art to exalt the glories of Italy and her people. The selected artwork will be presented in the Grand Lobby of the South OrangePerforming Arts Center (SOPAC) in South Orange, New Jersey. The art show willaccompany a double performance (2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., with ex...
READ MORETo host one of the most important cultural events in town, there is no better place as the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills. On Sunday 25th, in particular, the estate was the location of the 2015 "Music in the Mansion" opening. The music festival will run until July 24th, with a total of 7 high-level classical and jazz oriented performan...
READ MOREby Jennifer Sangalang Want a little Sinatra with your Italian dinner? Entertainer Sonny Petrillo has returned to the mic. The longtime crooner who emulates Frank Sinatra performs Wednesday nights at Petrillo's in Indialantic. "I've been singin' for 25 years," he said, adding he used to perform as part of the Swingin' Lads in...
READ MOREAward winning singer Cristina Fontanelli, brings her 10th annual "Christmas in Italy®" show to the BMCC Tribeca PAC, NYC on Saturday, December 7. The show completes The Year of Italian Culture in the US and benefits the Wounded Warrior Project. "This show is such a labor of love and it has been for ten years," said Fontanelli, who grew up...
READ MOREGabriele Ciampi Production in Cooperation with Itialian Institute of Culture Presents "The Minimalist Evolution in Los Angeles with Centorchestra"Special Performance Features Classically Trained Maestro Celebrates New Album by Conducting Program of Meditative Pieces, Composed Arranged and Performed With CentOrchestra 18 piece Orchestra, 3 soloists...
READ MOREOctober 18 (Sunday) 3:00 pm. Italian Musical and Comedy Show. Enjoy the mesmerizing golden voice of Moreno Fruzzetti, a professional Italian American singer who was awarded The Ambassador of Italian Music to America. Floyd Vivino will entertain you with his very unique Italian American humor. Sponsored by Italian Club of Westchester Comm...
READ MOREAward-winning singer and PBS/WNET and NY affiliates Host for Andrea Bocelli "Live From Central Park" and "Il Volo Takes Flight" CRISTINA FONTANELLI brings her program of Italy's best-loved songs, arias, Neapolitan and Christmas classics during her 12th-Annual "Christmas In Italy®" show at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday,...
READ MOREby Stefano Brusadelli Instead of an abbey, or a princely mansion, we're in a former slaughterhouse. Nevertheless, the model is always the same --Renaissance and Baroque Wunderkammer where treasures and bizarre objects are displayed, testifying to ingenuity and extravagance (and sometimes horror), and apt to arouse curiosity and wonder; two...
READ MOREThe Merola Opera Program and the San Francisco Public Library Main Branch are teaming up for Merola Goes to the Movies, a new, free series that presents great opera-themed movies. The acclaimed 1986 film version of Otello, starring Plácido Domingo and Katia Ricciarelli, will be screened on Sunday, November 3rd at 1 pmin the Koret Auditorium at the...
READ MOREThe centennial of Frank Sinatra's birth will be celebrated by the 10th Los Angeles-Italia Film Fashion and Art Festival, the annual pre-Oscars event celebrating showbiz ties between Italy and Hollywood. Rising star Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo, known for his "Pavarotti Ping," will be the first celebrity guest to pay tribute to Sinatra on...
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