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Louis Prima was a very talented Italian American jazz singer, trumpet player and bandleader. Fans knew Prima as a polite and friendly celebrity. He always signed autographs or posed for pictures with a smile. He was born in New Orleans on December 7, 1910. His father, Anthony Prima, was the son of Sicilian immigrants from Salaparuta. His mother, An...

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Charlie Romo returns to the Townhouse (Columbus Citizens Foundation - 8 East 69th Street, New York, NY 10021) to celebrate the music of Frank Sinatra and other Italian American singers. The award-winning contemporary crooner will perform timeless standards and classic songs from the Sinatra songbook (and much more) in a one-night only appearance yo...

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Vittorio Piovani is a barber in Traversetolo, a village in central Italy. Every Sunday, he dons an elegant suit, shines his shoes, curls his long moustache and goes dancing at a club in a nearby town, like many other weekend clubbers. Except Piovani is a 75-year-old grandfather of three, living for a scene that gives him a deep-rooted sense of comm...

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Andrea Bocelli, attorney at law? Before he became a global sensation as the top-selling opera singer in history — or “popera,” as some have described his enormous crossover success — the Italian superstar earned his law degree at the University of Pisa and worked as a public defender. Bocelli’s switch from litigation to librettos came only after th...

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Lunigiana International Music Festival (LIMF) has been happening in the “Land of the Moon” in Tuscany in the medieval Italian town of Fivizzano every July since 2018. After years of pandemic, we are finally bringing once again a foretaste of it to the East Village. The concert will take place on Saturday, 11th June at Saint John’s in the Village Ep...

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When: Sun, July 24, 2022 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT - Where: Italian Cultural Garden, 990 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44108 Featuring well known music from Italian opera, Broadway musicals and popular Italian songs with The Cleveland Opera and the Cleveland Ballet. Reserved seating available at $28.50 in front of the stage. Free general admissio...

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The thing about New York City nightlife and the pandemic…there were endless pronouncements that the latter might irreparably disable the former. But the truth is, nighttime in Gotham was already a significantly diminished proposition. Not that there weren’t plenty of places to get up and get on down before the lockdowns went into effect in March of...

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The “Hellier” Stradivarius, made in 1679 by the Italian violin maker Antonio Stradivari, is expected to achieve between £6 million and £9 million (US$7.5 million and US$11.3 million) at a July auction at Christie’s London, the auction house said Monday. Made by Stradivari (1644-1737) during the early stage of his career, the violin was his first at...

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In the early 1900s, diversity was not a word that was tossed around in the newspapers – or anywhere during that period. White men dominated most aspects of America. And not just white men, but white Anglo-Saxon Protestant men. Women would not even get to vote until the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920. The Great Arrival in the United States sp...

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Gianandrea Noseda’s contract as music director of the National Symphony Orchestra has been extended by two years through the 2026–2027 season. The 58-year-old Italian conductor succeeded Christoph Eschenbach for the 2017-18 season with a four-year contract as the NSO's seventh music director, then in September 2018 was extended through 2024-25. His...

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