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By Lawrence Budmen   On February 15, 1965, a young Italian tenor made his American opera debut in Miami opposite Joan Sutherland in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. His name was Luciano Pavarotti. In December of 1987 music critics from around the world converged on Miami for the American premiere of Rossini's Bianca e Falliero,presented...

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When: Saturday, April 30, 2016 – 6 p.m.Where: Dassault Systèmes, 175 Wyman St, Waltham, MA The Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra will celebrate its 30th anniversary with an elegant fundraiser, "Italian Opera Gala," on Saturday, April 30. This event will include a cocktail hour, Italian dinner, and performances by noted soloists from The Bostonians an...

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Music, an integral part of the Italian who migrates, makes its way through the generations of a new youth, like a gentle reminder and an historical and cultural identity that excites and inspires modern paths of personal development.   With his grandparents and great-grandparents from the Campania region as accomplices, the New Yorker, Micha...

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By Michael Huebner Opera Birmingham is gearing up for an ambitious season, staging two productions, three operas, two concerts and a vocal competition that continues to gain national stature.   And if you have a liking for Italian opera (and what true opera fan doesn't?), you're in luck. Three out of three operas will be sung in that most m...

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Internationally acclaimed Italian pianist Francesco Attesti holds a degree from Luigi Cherubini Conservatory of Florence. He received private classes from Sergio Perticalori and has participated in master classes with Jacques Rouvier and Hector Moreno.   Recently he collaborated with the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra of Prague, perfor...

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Si terrà domenica 5 maggio p.v. presso l'Italian American Banquet Center of Livonia, il 'Concert of the Finalists', sponsorizzato dal Verdi Opera Theater of Michigan, in cooperazione con l'Italian American Club of Livonia e l'Italian American Club of Livonia Charitable Foundation. Il concerto sarà la 19ma competizione annuale di canzoni italiane e...

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by Mike Silverman   It's been called the ''missing link'' among Giuseppe Verdi's operas, composed right after his three mid-career mega-hits — ''Rigoletto,'' ''Il Trovatore'' and ''La Traviata'' — and pointing the way toward the masterpieces of his later years.   Why ''missing"? It's not as if ''Les vepres siciliennes'' ("The Sicilian...

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In the Spring of 2013 Maestro Matteo Fedeli, on the occasion of the Year of Italian Culture in the USA, performed in over 15 concerts all over the USA including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland and Buffalo. Matteo Fedeli will perform at St. Paul's Church in Baltimore with his precious Antonio Stradivari Bazzini 1715 violin.   FOR...

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La Scala has rarely seen a more fashionable— and powerful — audience. Giorgio Armani, Prada's Patrizio Bertelli, Stefano Pilati, Diego Della Valle, Alberta Ferretti, Renzo Rosso, Roberto Cavalli, Frida Giannini and a healthy sampling of Ferragamos, Zegnas, Missonis and Marzottos were among industry heavyweights who joined a battalion of Condé Nast...

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Artistic Director Lucine Amara invites vocalists of all ages around the world to apply now to the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera 26th Annual International Vocal Competition. The application deadline is October 31, 2014. The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera (Verismo Opera), the house opera company of the Bergen Performing Arts Cente...

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