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Vintage '50s footage ofDick Clark's "American Bandstand" shows him trying to maintain a modicum of quiet as he's about to announce the upcoming in-studio performance of a guest star. He asks for a moment of silence before the all-hell-breaks-loose moment when he calmly says, "Frankie Avalon" into his microphone. The screaming is deafening until you...

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If you're searching for holiday spirit, look no further. The St. Cecilia Chorus of New York (established in 1906) performs a holiday concert "Mangia! Holiday Music with the Flavor of Italy." The program features Vivaldi's "Gloria" and the "heavenly but underperformed" music of Peter Mennin's "The Christmas Story," Isabella Leonarda's "Three Motets,...

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Tra i molti eventi legati alla cultura italiana che segneranno l'anno appena cominciato, spicca la celebrazione di un "compleanno" particolare. Nel 2013 ricorrono infatti i duecento anni dalla nascita del compositore italiano Giuseppe Verdi. Il mondo intero è pronto a ricordarlo, e l'LAOpera lo fa dedicandogli lo spettacolo di chiusura del 2013. P...

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By Roberto Natalini For all the lovers of the opera in San Francisco, there is now a special opportunity to enjoy some of the best repertoires from the masters of classical music, uniquely sung in Italian within an elegant but informal atmosphere right in the center of North Beach.   Every Thursday night since the last month of August, Rist...

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by Elena Vipera   Lontana da qualsiasi stereotipo o cliché che solitamente rivestono i cantanti lirici, Elisabetta Russo, soprano calabrese trapiantata a Los Angeles, che vanta collaborazioni con artisti di fama internazionale, sta rivoluzionando ogni preconcetto della sua antica arte.   Elisabetta ammette il ruolo fondamentale della...

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Verona's summer opera festival makes its return to Verona's ancient Roman Arena. Carmen, Aida, Turandot, A Masked Ball, Madama Butterfly, and the unforgettable Romeo et Juliette are the six classics set to run June 20th to September 7th, lighting up the summer nights of this City of Lovers.   Officially opening the season is Lo spettacolo st...

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Behind beautiful music sometimes lurks the shadow of violence. Something horrible awaits the audience in the final scene of many operas. And at least one composer, the Renaissance’s Carlo Gesualdo, was a murderer. Two concerts this weekend touch upon this aspect of music. And while they may cause an occasional shudder, they should ultimately leav...

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Poughkeepsie native and Wappingers Falls resident John Regan has played bass with Ace Frehley of Kiss and Peter Frampton. He has recorded with the Rolling Stones and once auditioned for that band's full-time bass slot.   He does, however, take an enormous amount of pride in the days he spent playing local clubs around the Hudson Valley....

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by Ralph Meranto International Tenor Elio Scaccio comes to Rochester on Friday October 16 at 5:30 pm for an evening of food and music at the Italian American Community Center.   A performing artist since early childhood, the release of his first CD "Lettere D'Amore," in 2010, launched a tour of concert halls, clubs, festivals, TV and radio....

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10 cantanti, 12 ospiti, 2 serate su Rai International, 18 canzoni, 3 direttori artistici, 20 coordinatori, più di 70 persone nello staff tecnico, 5 telecamere, 6 continenti su cui saranno trasmesse le due puntate del Festival... sono all'incirca questi i numeri della quinta edizione del Festival della Canzone Italiana di New York, che si svolgerà a...

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