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Paolo Carignani, a Conductor and a Philosopher

Natasha Lardera

Milanese conductor Paolo Carignani, guest of honor of the third Adventure in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin, one of America’s foremost experts on opera , enthralled the...

Florence & Its Music Scene

Fred Plotkin

Fred Plotkin, one of America's foremost experts on opera, meets with the mayor of Florence Dario Nardella in New York. They discussed his city and its music scene—rich but...

The World’s Greatest Opera Houses with Fred Ploktin

I. I.

Expert Fred Plotkin examines world’s Greatest Opera Houses in Milan, Vienna, London, Paris, Barcelona, and New York in a 6-Session Evening Course at the Smithsonian Associates..

Lorenzo Licitra, on Tour in the United States

I. I.

The young Sicilian tenor is back on stage in the United States. On Saturday 8th November he will be at St. John's University in New York and on Sunday 9th to the Mediterranean...

Italian Language in New York? Mission possible. Thus speaks Ilaria Costa

Francesca Di Folco

Italian language and Italian culture make an inseparable pair. Ilaria Costa, executive director of the Italian American Committee on Education (IACE), speaks about this and...

Musings about Giuseppe Verdi and His 200th Anniversary

Steve Acunto *

"I have always found it interesting that people will ask you whether you like Wagner or not, but when it comes to Verdi they will ask which of Verdi’s works you like the most."

27: Verdi, his Operas & Parma

N. L.

The international conference Verdi's Third Century: Italian Opera Today, a collaboration between the American Institute for Verdi Studies and New York University, has brought...

Marche & the Splendor of Italian Opera

N, L.

Award-winning director and artistic director of the Macerata Opera Festival Francesco Micheli held a lecture at Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò called Marche and the Splendor of...

VOICES OF ITALY at New York City Center & at Columbus Day Parade

I. A.

October 19 2013, 8:00 pm, at the New York City Centre (131 W. 55th Str.) ArtsLab OnStage will present a special evening of Italian theatre entitled Voices of Italy featuring a...

Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin and... Mirella Freni

Natasha Lardera

The audience at Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò who took part of Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin was given a chance to witness something rare: Mirella Freni in person...

A Little Wager?

Joey Skee

Wanna bet Philistine Italian-American “Leaders” become “Outraged,” Again?

Opera Speaks Italian at Met

A surprising new feature is offered by the the Met at the end of September. The “debut” of Italian subtitles will be held at the performance of the “ L'Elisir d'Amore” by...

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