In honor of the 150th anniversary of the maestro’s birth, music historian, Harvey Sachs, published “Toscanini: Musician of Conscience," his second biography on one of the greatest conductors of all time.
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Marianna Pizzolato nel ruolo di Isabella per "L'Italiana in Algeri" di G. Rossini.Metropolitan Opera. Incontriamo nel suo camerino, prima della messa in scena di L'Italiana in Algeri, Marianna Pizzolato, mezzo-soprano dalla strepitosa voce e grande interprete di Rossini.
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Rene Barbera as Lindoro and Marianna Pizzolatto as Isabella in Rossini's L'Italiana in Algeri. All Photos by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera.We meet Marianna Pizzolato, the mezzo- soprano with the booming voice, in her dressing room at the Metropolitan Opera just before she takes center stage in Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri.
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Alberto taught me a basic rule of meritocracy: the importance of giving credit where credit is due. He taught me that one’s reputation may be built day by day through concrete action; it does not derive from a role or position; an approach that I have found so deeply grounded in the American culture.
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My experience in New York would not have been the same without the precious assistance and supportive guidance of Elisabetta Calello, or Lisa, as everybody knows her.
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For the third consecutive year, i-Italy is taking a look at things Italian at the Met and beyond in New York. This month we have new productions of "Anna Bolena" and "Don Giovanni", the reprise of "Il barbiere di Siviglia", a conversation with bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni at NYU, and the Met's HD program in Italy
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With the spring season heading to its conclusion, two of the greatest conductors alive, James Levine and Riccardo Muti, led their orchestras to success during an intense week of musical events at Carnegie Hall
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Our second immersion in what's Italian in the New York classical music scene. The Met announces its new season while Muti debuts with Verdi's Attila. The DiCapo Opera Theatre presents a new work, while March promises plenty of Italian repertoire
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Interview. The great Italian conductor has been in New York since early February working on a new production of Verdi's early opera Attila, and will remain in town through mid-March performing almost every night between the Metropolitan Opera House and Avery Fisher Hall with the New York Philharmonic
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A month of opera reviewed: the new Carmen at the Met, Domingo and Verdi, and Zeffirelli's Turandot. Plus a look at the upcoming month at Lincoln Center and beyond
