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Topic: Gastronomy

  • Gastronomy

Recitar Mangiando: Fred Plotkin on Opera and Food in conversation with Stefano Albertini

On the occasion of the publication of Italy for Food Lovers (Avalon, 2023) by Rick Steves and Fred Plotkin. Author and expert on everything Italian Fred Plotkin talks about food and Italy, through selections from operatic productions, in conversation with Casa Italiana Director Stefano Albertini.

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Casa Italiana Holiday Party 2022 and screening of I Promessi Sposi (1922)

On the occasion of the publication of ‘The Betrothed’ A new translation by Michael F. Moore of Alessandro Manzoni’s ‘I promessi sposi’ Casa Italiana presented a screening of I promessi sposi (The Betrothed) (1922, Silent with Italian intertitles subtitled in English, 130 min.) In a newly restored version by the Fondazione Cineteca Italiana (Cineteca di Milano) With a new soundtrack commissioned by NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò Composed by Art Hirahara Performed live by: Paul Bollenback – guitar Art Hirahara – programming, piano, keyboards Mas Koga – flute, saxophones Jennifer Vincent – 5 string cello

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