When: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 At 6:00 pmWhere: Italian Cultural Institute of LA, 1023 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles,CA 90024 Organized by : IIC & Rossini Opera Festival - Entrance : Free.  RSVP mandatory. RSVP HERE L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers, 2013, 153 min) is the first opera of this special screening series...

Italian Cultural Heritage Foundation of Santa Barbara presents: A BUFFET LUNCH AT LA CUMBRE COUNTRY CLUB followed by MATINEE AT THE OPERA – DON PASQUALESunday, April 28th, 2013

In the early 19th Century, Italy was essentially a "geographical expression," a patchwork of principalities spread across islands and peninsulas, dominated by foreign powers. By century's end it had united as the independent Kingdom of Italy, its people citizens of a modern nation with an emerging common culture and language. The great Giuseppe Ver...

Don't tell Sara Gartland that opera plots are outlandish. This is a woman who met her future husband in an opera house, suffered a stroke while Skyping him, then had her wedding held up for 90 minutes while nine groomsmen were freed from a broken-down elevator.   Gartland will sing the title role in the upcoming Utah Opera production of Verd...

By Roberto Bonzio  Fortunato l'uom che prende Ogni cosa pel buon verso,E tra i casi e le vicende Da ragion guidar si fa. Quel che suole altrui far piangere Fia per lui cagion di riso,E del mondo in mezzo ai turbini Bella calma proverà. finale di "Così fan tutte" di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto di Lorenzo Da Ponte &...

The Washington National Opera (WNO) and the Virginia Opera both spring into action this month as their 2013-2014 seasons get underway. WNO is first out the gate, opening its season at the Kennedy Center Opera House this coming Sunday afternoon with a matinee performance of Richard Wagner's epic love story, "Tristan und Isolde." The company wi...

The evocative stage that becomes part of the summer scenery at the Terme di Caracalla (the Caracalla Baths) makes its return on June 24th, beginning this year's summer opera and ballet season for the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma.   Patrons can expect an even richer programme than the last time around, with 25 performances of traditional reperto...

The Italian-American Club of Hilton Head (IACHH) Invites You to Enjoy a Weekend of Opera Arias & Broadway Show Tunes, Performed by Renowned Singers, at the Hilton Head Arts Center, October 25 & 26, 2014 In response to popular demand, the first annual, Hilton Head aria weekend, features eight renowned opera singers performing recognizable s...

When: Sunday, May 12, 2013 — 10 a.m. Where: Coolidge Corner Theatre — 290 Harvard Street, Brookline MA [map]As part of its "Opera in Cinema" series, the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline will offer — on May 12 — a rare chance to enjoy a genre-defining masterwork by Giuseppe Verdi. Containing some of the greatest choral music ever composed, the...

La CSO e il Maestro Riccardo Muti rendono omaggio a Verdi, nell'anno del bicentenario, con un evento: portare la musica del meraviglioso compositore italiano in diretta nel mondo. E' questa una manifestazione unica nel suo genere, sì un omaggio all'autore più eseguito nel mondo, ma anche un grande atto d'amore.   Infatti, nel bicentenario di...