AMONG PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME, I am famous—or maybe notorious would be a better word—for circulating links to music. I’m constantly firing out messages to friends, colleagues, WhatsApp groups, Instagram DMs, saying “Stop whatever you’re doing! You have to listen to this.” Any sort of music makes the cut, so long as it’s good; recent selections have incl...

Cristina Fontanelli, award-winning singer/actor and PBS/-TV host for Andrea Bocelli will present her 21st-annual charitable concert/event "Christmas in Italy®" on Sunday, December 15 at 3 p.m. in Greenwich Village, New York City at the oldest Italian parish in the United States of America.The concert will take place at St. Anthony of Padua Church,...

Sanremo Music Festival is a cultural phenomenon in Italy - spanning five nights and is the selection process for Italy's Eurovision participant for 2025. This year marks the 75th edition of the famed event. The festival will run nightly from February 11 to 15, at approximately 9pm CET locally. RAI (Radiotelevisione italiana) is the Italian broadcas...

Friday December 13, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Metropolitan Museum of Design Detroit, 905 Henry St 3rd Floor, Detroit, MI. Italy is the birthplace of opera and continues to play a dominant role in the genre. For our Christmas Concert, thanks to a collaboration with the Detroit Opera House, the Consulate of Italy in Detroit together with the Dante Alighieri So...

Italy is staging a series of special events on Friday to mark the centenary of the death of the great Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, known worldwide for operas such as Tosca and Turandot. One century after his death in Brussels aged 65 on 29 November 1924, productions of the composer's beloved operas will be performed in Italy and in opera house...

The Consulate General of Italy in Boston celebrated the culmination of the 8-day Festival of Italian Creativity at a Gala dinner on November 22 at the SoWa Power Station. The event, organized with the support of the October Italian American Heritage Month Committee of Massachusetts, commended the vibrant legacy of Boston’s Italian American communit...

Join Italian Charities of America for an Italian Christmas Concert by Alessandra Belloni & I Giullari Di Piazza. Saturday, December 14th at 7:00pm EST. Doors Open at 6:30pm. 83-20 Queens Boulevard, Elmhurst, NY. Seating is limited, please register online for reservations. Italian Charities of America presents you with a joyful evening of Southern I...

The St Louis - Bologna Sister Cities proudly invites you to its 6th Annual Italian Christmas Concert on Friday, December 13, 2024 at 7.30 PM. The concert will be held at the magnificent Basilica of St Louis, King of France (The Old Cathedral) in Downtown St Louis near The Gateway Arch. Free and secured parking available on site. Listen to the magni...

Daniel Pizzoferrato says that the first time he heard someone play the zampogna, it felt like he was listening to the sound of his ancestry. That moment 10 years ago prompted Pizzoferrato to embark on a journey to master the ancient Italian instrument, which he now showcases at Italian-American Christmastime celebrations in the Chicago area. He als...

Universal Music and Frank Sinatra Enterprises presented a reading of Sinatra The Musical November 21 at the Apollo Theatre. The reading, directed by Kathleen Marshall, featured Matt Doyle as Frank Sinatra, Ana Villafañe as Ava Gardner, Phoebe Panaretos as Nancy Sinatra, Caroline Duffy Concannon as Little Nancy, Toni Di Buono as Dolly Sinatra, Mark...