Life of one of the greatest singers in the opera world.
MEDIA
Italian Media: Movies, Music, TV, Radio
The origins of Italian cinema
The golden age of Italian Cinema: the beginning.
Past-vs-Present
Modern music is very much influenced by the music of the 17th century.
Italian Singer-Songwriters
Cantautori: the essence of Italian music
About a Violin
Just two fiddles in a case. That’s how an old friend described the rare Cremonese violins he had just seen on their way from one recital to another. Together, they are worth in the low 8 figures, so I can’t help wondering what their maker, Guarneri del Gesù, a solitary, ailing man […]
Opera
Italy: A Music Lover’s Paradise The first time I stayed in Rome for an extended visit, I had the opportunity to hang out with an American expat who had an apartment in Trastevere. The neighborhood there was very working-class and family-oriented, and the multi-storied apartment building wrapped around a courtyard. […]
Italian Neorealism
Before the end of World War II and the fall of Mussolini’s Fascist regime, a different genre of Italian cinema emerged called Neorealism. The movement began in 1942 and took off in 1943. When the war ended, Italy found itself on its knees, after years or war, economic depression and hardship: […]
Neapolitan Music
Since the 15th century and all the way to the 1950s, Neapolitan music has been in continuous evolution. Many contemporary lovers may associate it with the work and figure of Renato Carosone, who had the merit to bring Naples’ own musical heart around the world. But Carosone did even more than that: he opened […]
Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci, one of the best Italian film directors, has died today, November 26 2018, aged 77. His movies often caused debates, as they all were ahead of their time (he was sentenced to 4 months of reclusion due to obscenity – and possibly rape – in his movie “Last […]
Morgan
Morgan, an eclectic and controversial Italian artist.