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The Grammy-nominated early music ensemble Ars Lyrica Houston continues its 10th anniversary Discoveries season with the modern world première of Alessandro Scarlatti's La Sposa dei Cantici on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at 8 pm in Zilkha Hall at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. Artistic Director Matthew Dirst gives a pre-concert lecture on...

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Join us in our annual tribute to all things Abruzzese. This year, in addition to our Scholarship recepients, we will have a tribute to our own composer and historical figure Francesco Tosti   Featuring the Music of Abruzzese Composer Francesco Paolo Tosti, 2014 Scholarship Awards and Torta Contest Sunday, September 21, 2014 - ConCorde...

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by Kirstrin Roble   From roughly 1700 until his death in 1737, Italian luthier and crafter Antonio Stradivari produced more than 1,000 instruments, considered to be "bold and innovative" even in his lifetime. To call a Stradivarius bold and innovative today is an understatement.   The nearly 450 violins that have survived are consider...

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Date: Sunday, September 20, 2015 - Monday, September 21, 2015 Hours: See description for performance times Site: Chicago Cultural Center & City Winery Organized by: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago and ItalCultura In collaboration with: http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/world_music_festival6.html   Pa...

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by Cookie Curci   As a writer of nostalgia, I have a passion for things and events that have faded into the past: things such as the grand old Wurlitzer jukebox that once held a place of honor in my Dad's 1940's soda shop, and the classic chromed Seeburg jukebox that later took center stage in the 1950's and '60s. As the youngest child in my...

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by Alex Perry With some exceptions, Italian is the language of opera, and not just in the verbal sense. In order for an opera singer to truly understand the material, they need to understand the culture from which it came. It would make sense, then, for Wichita State's budding opera stars to visit the boot-shaped country to bolster their...

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The Music into the ImageImagine that you were sitting in a big dark room, watching a silent film, and the only background sound to be heard is the sound of the projector. You'll soon feel uncomfortable. From the very beginning, music was recognized as essential, and from that moment on, cinema would never remain "silent", if only to free the specta...

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WASHINGTON. "C'è un solo incarico al quale mia moglie ha sempre aspirato per me: quello di ambasciatore in Italia. E non sto scherzando...". E' la battuta del vicepresidente Joe Biden che, assieme alla moglie Jill, ha reso omaggio all'Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti. E' successo sabato sera in occasione dell' "Opera Ball", uno degli e...

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L'anno accademico 2013-2014 della Scuola d'Italia "G. Marconi" è stato inaugurato ufficialmente ieri con una cerimonia svoltasi nella sede dell'istituto a East 67th Street alla presenza di studenti, genitori e rappresentanti istituzionali. Dopo gli inni intonati dal coro di studenti della Media e del Liceo, ha preso la parola la preside Anna Fiore...

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Harris Theater (205 E. Randolph, 312-334-7777) will transform its lobbies into an Italian marketplace at 6 p.m. Dec. 3 during its Chicago debut of "Guillaume Tell" (William Tell). Italy's Teatro Regio Torino is performing the final opera by Gioachino Rossini. The Italian marketplace pays homage to the composer, who was also a gourmet. Before the 7...

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