The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera (Verismo Opera) celebrates the year of Italian culture in America with its new production of Giacomo Puccini's Suor Angelica and Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana. Verismo Opera presents the grand production live with a full cast today, October 20, 3:00 p.m., at the Bergen Performing Arts Center (ber...

A unique musical concert of "Mandolins in Venice" is sponsored by the Italian American Club at its facilities in Venice, FL. Joseph Spinella will conduct the Sarasota Mandolin Orchestra for a one-night only special performance on Wednesday, February 12, 2014.   The Sarasota Mandolin Orchestra (SMO) consists of 14-members and plays music arra...

Start: 07 May 2015 5:30 PM. End: 28 May 2015 7:30 PM Location: Hennepin Center for the Arts Building, 528 Hennepin Avenue, Suite 502, Minneapolis, MN 55403Spaces left: 10. Registration: Members – $135.00 (USD) Become an opera expert, and learn more about the familiar Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi. ICC na...

Piano recital by Jacopo giacopuzzi, a USC master's student from Verona with a passion for both classical music and film. Info – Date: Thursday, June 11, 2015 Hours: 6:30 pm Venue: IIC Organized by: IIC   Read more   Source: http://www.iiclosangeles.esteri.it/  

Commissioned by San Francisco Opera, the world premiere of Two Women / La Ciociara (2015) raises enduring and complex questions about love, loyalty, and the legacy of war.   This opera takes its name from the eponymous Italian novel by Alberto Moravia that was adapted for the screen by Vittorio De Sica, thus making cinematic history when Sop...

By Nino Pantano A gala celebration was recently held honoring Commendatore Aldo Mancusi and the life and legacy of Mme. Licia Albanese at the New York Athletic Club at Central Park South. Mancusi, who is the founder and curator of the Enrico Caruso Museum in Brooklyn, was recently given the much coveted title of Commendatore, one of the highest ho...

By Jeff Pack Anyone up for some Italian? If so, the California Chamber Orchestra invites you to partake of the group's season opener, "Italian Lyricism," on Saturday night.   The concert is a part of the Temecula Presents Classical Series at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater and will feature Jeremy Kurtz-Harris, the Principal Double B...

Subscriptions are on sale now for San Francisco Opera's 92nd season, opening Sept. 5 at War Memorial Opera House with Bellini's "Norma," starring soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in the bel canto title role. A compelling performer, she recently sang that role to strong reviews at New York's Metropolitan Opera.   But that's only part of what makes...

Coro-Dante, the all-Italian repertoire chorus of the Dante Alighieri Society, directed by Kevin Galiè, presents their spring concert on Sunday May 17, 2015 at 5 p.m. The concert is free and open to all. It will take place at the Dante Alighieri Society, 41 Hampshire St, [Kendall Sq.] Cambridge.   Free on-street parking, or $5 validated parki...

Operatic Tenor, mentor & entrepreneur Mario Anthony Lalli passed away peacefully at his home in Sierra Madre, CA on October 8th, 2015 at the age of 92. Mario was predeceased by his wife of 44 years, Edalyn Doris Lalli. Mario was born in Springfield, MA in 1923 to Italian immigrants Antonio Lalli and Giacinta Lalli. He was the youngest of four c...