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By Juliet Izon   Opera and Miami Beach may be an unlikely combination, yet when legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti performed on the sand on January 22, 1995, concert attendees were as ecstatic as if they were watching the country's biggest pop star.   In fact, Pavarotti's performance, which also featured soprano Cynthia Lawrence and th...

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By Jeremy Eichler Things are looking up for Boston Midsummer Opera, which opened its 11th season on Wednesday night with continuity where it counts, plus a triple dose of new: one new venue, and two Italian operas that were new at least to many in the packed house.   The two one-act works presented were Donizetti's playful farce "Il Campane...

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A harmony of flavors from the Maestro's own table. His music and the food he loved, replicated from recipes from sources in Verdi's home and his favorite eateries.... A six-course meal with wines, music and singers. The Consul General of Italy, the Honorable Giuseppe Perrone, is expected to be the guest of honor at the festivities with other Itali...

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Wayne State University's Italian Program in collaboration with the University of L'Aquila, The Abruzzo Region and The Chamber Quintet "Deltensemble" is proud TO PRESENT:Gabriele D'Annunzio at 150: A musical recital to celebrate his poetic legacy. Wednesday, November 6th at 3:30-6:00 pm in General Lectures 100 –Wayne State University – THIS EVENT IS...

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by Cameron Luttrell   The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players will perform a free concert in the Chase Room auditorium at the Madison Public Library on Aug. 17. The event is called a "Una Festa Musicale Italiana." The orchestra will play a variety of Italian music of all different styles, such as traditional, baroque, classica...

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Ha solo 31 anni, ma talento da vendere. Giacomo Sagripanti è uno dei più giovani direttori d'orchestra a essere mai saliti sul podio della Seattle Opera: ha debuttato con la "Cenerentola" di Rossini e ha raccolto critiche per lo più favorevoli, grazie a "una performance espressiva, accompagnata da uno stile energico". A Seattle è stato ospite per s...

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Opera in the Heights presenta il 4 e il 13 ottobre "La Traviata" di Giuseppe Verdi al Lambert Hall, nel quartiere storico di Houston Heights. Sentirete la passione travolgente e la profonda bellezza di melodie uniche create per narrare una storia intensa di amore e sacrificio.   Violetta, una giovane cortigiana che vive nella Parigi del XIX...

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Repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, is how Sutton Elementary Music teacher Vic Harrison is teaching third and fourth grade members of the Sutton Elementary Chorus how to sing their parts in Italian for the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra's performance of Puccini's La Boheme. They will perform Sunday in Act 2, which calls for a group of ch...

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Opera superstar Andrea Bocelli has set a new record by becoming the first artist in history to perform at the Big Apple's Barclays Center twice. The Italian tenor first played at the huge arena in Brooklyn, New York last year (12), and now he's set to return - setting a record as he goes.   He tells the New York Daily News, "To be honest, wh...

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Celebrate a quarter century of the Ravenna Festival, the event that, from June to October, offers a series of cultural events dedicated to classical and contemporary music, dance, theater, opera, film and even history.   In fact, the theme of this year is "1914: The Year that Changed the World," a title linked to the celebrations for the 100...

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