Patrizio Buanne: Neapolitan Crooner and Really Nice Guy
In a career spanning more than 25 years, Neapolitan pop-crooner and international…
Music
Place des Arts’ 50 Years
On September 21, Montreal’s Place des Arts – the largest performing arts centre in…
The Music of Immigration
Italian popular music of the 1950s was dominated by the themes of departure,…
The Diversity of Italian Music
For many people, Italian culture is synonymous with music. Most agree that the Italian…
Lucca: City of Music, City of Puccini
The Tuscan city of Lucca boasts a long musical tradition. Almost everywhere you turn,…
Beatrice Chancy in Bellagio – A Memoir
At Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, as I set to studying for my…
Alexis in Bollywood
Italy has the music of opera and the many singers this music has produced. My country,…
Italian Opera: la troppo ricchezza
Everyone loves Italian opera. French composer Georges Bizet is said to have admitted that…
And the Band Plays On…
Montreal’s oldest Italian organisation, the Order Sons of Italy, is also the city’s…
Wop-Pow-Wow
Wop-Pow-Wow is Angelo Finaldi’s latest project, a daring and bewitching trip into the…