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Anna Maria Schultz, a high school senior from Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan is the $1000 First Prize Winner of the 31st annual Italian Songs and Arias Vocal Competition for Michigan High School Students.  The Concert of the Finalists of this event, sponsored by the Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan, in collaboration w...

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In one amazing two-year burst of inspiration, Giuseppe Verdi composed three of the world’s most beloved operas that set a new path for the art form and secured his place in the opera pantheon. Maestro Robert Butts will discuss “Verdi’s Trilogy: Il Trovatore, Rigoletto and La Traviata,” 2 PM Wednesday, May 14 at the Ocean County Library Long Beach I...

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Boheme Opera NJ turned to a story of love, hate, and revenge for this year’s presentation of Giuseppe Verdi’s Il Trovatore this past weekend at Kendall Main Stage Theater at The College of New Jersey. With a libretto by Italian playwright Salvatore Cammarano, who based his texts on a play by Spanish dramatist Antonio García Gutiérrez (which in turn...

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The Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra is set to present the U.S. premiere of newly rediscovered “Divertissements” for “Nabucco” by Giuseppe Verdi on April 5, 2025. The performance will be held at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn Heights. This will mark the first time that the piece is performed in the United States. The ballet was composed...

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Palm Beach Opera presents Verdi's La traviata at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts from February 21-23, 2025. This classic opera tells the story of Violetta, a courtesan caught in a web of love and sacrifice, highlighted by powerful performances from sopranos Gabriella Reyes and Amanda Woodbury. Directed by Omer Ben Seadia and conducted by...

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Giuseppe Verdi is one of Italy’s greatest composers, a symbol of national pride whose music has left an indelible mark on both the operatic tradition and Italian identity.  Born in 1813 in Le Roncole, a small village in Parma, Verdi rose from modest beginnings to become a legendary figure in the world of music. His works, filled with emotional dept...

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The Accademia Verdiana del Teatro Regio di Parma is set to hold a course in New York from Jan. 13 to 17, 2025. The course is supported by International Friends of Festival Verdi, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, and Fondazione Prof. Roberto Massini ETS and will allow 10 young singers who were selected to take intensive courses with a scholarship of $5...

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The Italian state has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Villa Verdi, home of the great composer Giuseppe Verdi, Italy's culture ministry announced on Monday. Verdi lived and composed in the building, located in Sant'Agata di Villanova in the Piacenza area of northern Italy, from 1851 until his death in 1901. The state is to formally take po...

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Parmigiano-Reggiano is one of the world’s most famous and beloved cheeses, yet its birthplace is rarely one of the first places that people think of when planning a trip to Italy. What a shame. Despite living in Rome for five years and visiting Italy dozens of times before that, it took me years to get to Parma, but when I finally did, I realized w...

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Members of the Italian American Chamber of Commerce of Michigan, along with their spouses and friends, attended the Detroit Opera production of La Traviata on October 27, 2024. One of Giuseppe Verdi's most beloved operas, it was enthusiastically received by the group and a packed house.  The opera was directed by the internationally recognized Fran...

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