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A Riverdalian by choice, Maestro Michael Recchiuti has been a relevant "voice of reason" in the classical music world, bringing a much needed and sought after recording of Stefano Donaudy's music. An ardent admirer of Giuseppe Verdi, Recchiuti was the ideal Maestro to interview in the year of Verdi's 200th anniversary.   L'IDEA: Maestro Recc...

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Ciao, Amici, here are the details of the Santa Barbara Symphony's concert dedicated to the music of Giuseppe Verdi. It will be a lovely event. Lots of good melodious and passionate music and, VERDIto make things even better, incredibly low ticket prices. We thought we would add the option of a lovely pre-concert dinner at the well-known Santa Barba...

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Gotta be Italy, right?After all, Gabriele Carcano, if you haven't guessed from the name, is Italian. And, although he's not Italian, Newburyport Chamber Music Festival artistic director David Yang has been flying over to Italy usually at least twice a year, performing at Incontri a Canna and Ischia, two international chamber music festivals, both i...

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New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera Artistic Director Lucine Amara invites soloists in all vocal categories to audition for roles in the professional opera company's 2014-2015 productions. New Jersey residents are encouraged to apply.Solo roles are available in the company's new productions of Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème, Georges Bizet's Carmen...

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Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival with the Carmel Bach Festival and the Italian Cultural Institute present "Italian Chamber Music - Vivaldi's Four Seasons".   Program:Ottorino Respighi - Notturno for Piano; Gioacchino Rossini - Fantasie for Clarinet and Piano; Gian Carlo Menotti - Trio for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano; Antonio Vivaldi - The...

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You don't often hear "football" and "bel canto" in the same sentence. How about the same opera? The new production Great Scott, which premiered Friday at the Dallas Opera, pulls that off with a meta-story of sorts: It's an opera about a struggling opera company, whose future just happens to hinge on the outcome of the Super Bowl.   If...

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The world's leading conductors bring Classical masterpieces to cinematic life in these unique programs from Europe's premier symphony. MusicEmotion transports audiences to the glorious Teatro Alla Scala in Milan for an Old World musical experience in high definition.   Hosts Francesco Micheli and Joelle Williams go behind the scenes, interv...

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When: Saturday, October 11, 2014 – 12:55 p.m.Where: Shalin Liu Performance Center – 37 Main St, Rockport, MAThe show is a HD screening of the MET Opera's performance. Star soprano Anna Netrebko delivers her searing portrayal of Lady Macbeth, the mad and murderous mate of Željko Lučić's doomed Macbeth, for the first time at the Met. Adrian Noble's...

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You can join the San Francisco Opera this season for the World Premiere of La Ciociara – "Two Women" in English – a story about the cruelty of war, loss of innocence and intense love of a mother for a daughter.   Nicola Luisotti, director of both the San Francisco Opera since September 2009 and music director of the Teatro di San Carlo in Na...

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By Fred Plotkin   I am writing this on a quick work trip that has me immersed in Italian conversation but, for the purposes of this article, my mind is back home in New York. Specifically at the Metropolitan Opera House. The first four operas of the Met season were Anna Bolena, Otello, Il Trovatore and Turandot.   All operas had two t...

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