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On Tuesday, the University of Southern Mississippi brings the complexity of a classical music piece to the Hub City. Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa di Requiem has added emotional depth to countless film and TV soundtracks like The Lion King, The Shining, Lord of the Rings and It’s a Wonderful Life. The USM Symphony Orchestra and Hattiesburg Choral Union wi...

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If you missed Cristiana Pegoraro in the fall, make sure you put Friday, March 10 on your calendar. The evening of music and poetry influenced & inspired by women begins with a reception at 6:15 PM. Columbus Citizens Foundation - 8 East 69th Street, New York, NY 10021 RSVP Here. Cristiana's return to the Townhouse is dedicated to women and passion,...

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Rita Pavone was born in Turin, Italy, on August 23, 1945. Her father, Giovanni Pavoni, worked at the Fiat factory in the Italian city, while her mother, Maria, was a stay-at-home mother who raised Rita and her three brothers, Perio, Carlo, and Cicco. Rita Pavone – legendary Italiaan singerPavone was always destined to become a performer. She began...

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If you have ever attended an Italian religious feast, or even an Italian festival in the Delaware Valley over the last several years, there is a good chance that the music that accompanied the festa was performed by the Verdi Band of Norristown. Pa. Years ago, the Philadelphia area had many such bands, like the Banda Bianca, the Joseph Liuzzi South...

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A new staging of the opera L’incoronazione di Poppea, or The Coronation of Poppea, is set to debut this weekend at the Anderson Center’s Chamber Hall. Leading the Binghamton University production are music director Julius Abrahams and stage director David Carl Toulson ’97. Based loosely on the life of Emperor Nero (referred to as Emperor Nerone in...

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Sir Antonio Pappano, the acclaimed English-Italian conductor and pianist, will conduct the orchestra at the coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey in London on 6 May. The orchestra will perform 12 newly commissioned pieces at the coronation - which will see Camilla, Queen Consort crowned alongside King Charles - by several renowned com...

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Italy's La Scala has launched a streaming service allowing viewers to watch its operas, concerts and ballets online, in an effort to widen its audience worldwide. The first concert will be broadcast live on "La Scala TV" on Saturday with three Mozart symphonies conducted by Daniel Barenboim, the renowned Milan-based opera house said in a statement.

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Among the greatest tenors of all time, an Italian "voice" in the world, an absolute interpreter of bel canto and the Neapolitan tradition, but also a caricaturist, an entrepreneur of himself and the embodiment of a personal social redemption. Right in the midst of celebrations for the 150th anniversary of his birth, Enrico Caruso (Feb. 25, 1873 - A...

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Today, as memory of past opera greats fades a bit, especially that of singers and impresarios who largely predated the age of recording, it is impressive that one of the first truly worldwide celebrities was a daughter of the Two Sicilies who studied and came of age in New York. Adelina Patti and her parents, siblings, and extended family toured th...

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Opera lovers may not expect to see classically-trained singers wearing Phillies caps on stage, but a Philadelphia vocal school is subverting those expectations with their reimagined production of a 19th century show. The Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) is presenting performances of "Don Pasquale" over the next two weeks, with a twist. While the three-a...

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