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Say "Italy," and most people probably think of Italian food. Say "Italy" to a musician, and thoughts turn immediately to opera and to song. "It's such a lyrical place," said Dana Zimbric, artistic director and conductor of the California Chamber Orchestra. "There's so much wonderful music from Italy and about Italy."   The orchestra opens it...

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Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani joined demonstrators outside the Metropolitan Opera on Monday for an emotional protest against a musical work about the death of a Jewish man they say glorifies his Palestinian killers.   About 400 people stood behind police barricades chanting "Shame on the Met!" and carrying signs saying "The Met glorifies ter...

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The Dallas Opera is proud to announce the five phenomenal mainstage productions of the 2015-2016 Season, "Seeking the Human Element," to be presented in the magnificent Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center located in the Dallas Arts District.   The season line-up was announced this afternoon by Dallas O...

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Hungry for Italian opera? Me too. Conversely, Italian opera makes me hungry. As in ravenous for a full-course meal every time. I don't know whether it's something about the brilliant orchestra or talented performers or the musical compositions themselves that evokes my hunger. What I do know is, the little snack bar stocked with peanuts is never en...

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Il Washington Chorus e l'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington uniscono le forze per celebrare il genio di Giuseppe Verdi. Al compositore italiano, a 200 anni dalla sua nascita (1813), sarà dedicata un'intera settimana di eventi, la Essential Verdi Week. In programma un concerto di celebri arie verdiane domenica 2 marzo alle ore 17 al prestigioso Kenned...

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The venerable and distinguished University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum kicks off its 2014-15 concert season with music from Glorious Venice. The Schola Cantorum will be joined on stage by brass choirs, harpsichord, and baroque orchestra as they present four unique settings of the Gloria from the golden age of Venetian music. The 16-voice, four-cho...

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Gioachino Rossini's comedic opera, Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) will be performed by New York City's Dicapo Opera Theatre (Michael Capasso, General Director) in Italian with English supertitles and with a full orchestra. The Barber of Seville was the first opera to be sung in Italian in New York City in 1825. The event begins a...

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Nicola Luisotti says he will end his term as music director of the San Francisco Opera when his contract expires at the end of the 2017-18 season. The 55-year-old Italian made his debut with the company in 2005 and was hired in January 2007 to succeed Donald Runnicles as music director starting with the 2009-10 season.   In a statement...

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by David Wright   San Francisco Opera became Hollywood by the Bay as the company unveiled the war opera Two Women (La Ciociara), composed and co-written by Marco Tutino, Saturday night at the War Memorial Opera House. Two Women was a co-commission of the SFO and the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy.   If its title sounds familiar, th...

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When: Wednesday, January 25th at 6pmWhere: Italian Cultural Institute, 500 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1450What: Love, Death, and Music in Vincenzo Bellini's 'Norma'Registration at https://norma2017.eventbrite.com   Bellini's celebrated opera Norma received its first performance at the celebrated Teatro alla Scala in Milan in 1831, and will be...

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