CAMALEONTI was an Italian Music Group, famouse between ’60’s and 70’s, but the last album is pubblished on 2004.

Below, (1968) the most important Camaleonti’s song, copied from an English success: ‘Homburg‘, by Procol Harum ; that I think is one of best song ever…

To know more about  Camaleonti,  read  here

AURELIO FERRO borns the first years of ‘900 to a Campania’s middle class family, proves, since small, with good equip with singing.
Moved to Naples, BSC engineering mechanical, but continues to exhibit to delight in the classics of the Neapolitan song.

If You want read more go to full article about Aurelio Fierro

FOR RESERVATIONS CLICK HERE

You will have the opportunity to spend a stimulating afternoon in an intimate atmosphere exploring the world of musical drama and tasting prestigious local wines and appetizers chosen for the occasion

Anteprima Opera (Introduction to the Opera) is a pre-performance talk, whose aim is to introduce the audience to the plot and the main aspects of the opera event, which will take place on the same evening at the Arena amphitheatre.

We offers the guests the opportunity to spend a stimulating afternoon in an intimate atmosphere exploring the world of musical drama and tasting prestigious local wines and appetizers chosen for the occasion.

This is also the perfect occasion to meet the protagonists of the Arena di Verona Summer Opera Festival offering fascinating insights into the opera, which will be performed on the same evening.
The artists will sing accompanied by the piano and will guide the audience through the plot, the music and the composer’s life.

PROGRAM
Musical Conversation with Wine Tasting

18.15: Meeting at the Verità Poeta palace, in the city centre;
18.30: “Guided listening” of the Opera in program the same evening in the Arena, with piano, Maestro and Soloists;
19.15: “Wine tasting” of one of the best Doc wines presented by the wine Producer himself.
19.30: End of program.

Rate includes: entrance, libretto, musical conversation, talks in Italian with English and German translation. The buffet and the tickets for the opera are not included.
For the same event including the cocktail buffet, please click here.

ARENA VERONA CALENDAR

18 June – 1, 16, 24, 30 July – 13, 20 August
Turandot
di Giacomo Puccini

19, 25 June – 3, 8, 13, 18, 22, 25, 27, 31 July – 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 26, 29 August
Aida
di Giuseppe Verdi

26 June – 2, 9, 14, 17, 21, 28 July – 6 August
Madama Butterfly
di Giacomo Puccini

10, 15, 20, 23, 29 July – 12, 18, 21, 24, 27 August
Carmen
di Georges Bizet

7, 11, 14, 19, 25, 28 August
Il Trovatore
di Giuseppe Verdi

FOR RESERVATIONS CLICK HERE

You will have the opportunity to spend a stimulating afternoon in an intimate atmosphere exploring the world of musical drama and tasting prestigious local wines and appetizers chosen for the occasion

Anteprima Opera (Introduction to the Opera) is a pre-performance talk, whose aim is to introduce the audience to the plot and the main aspects of the opera event, which will take place on the same evening at the Arena amphitheatre.

We offers the guests the opportunity to spend a stimulating afternoon in an intimate atmosphere exploring the world of musical drama and tasting prestigious local wines and appetizers chosen for the occasion. A

This is also the perfect occasion to meet the protagonists of the Arena di Verona Summer Opera Festival offering fascinating insights into the opera, which will be performed on the same evening.
The artists will sing accompanied by the piano and will guide the audience through the plot, the music and the composer’s life.

PROGRAM
Musical Conversation with Wine Tasting

Anteprima OPERA Musical Conversation with Wine Tasting and Typical Cocktail Buffet
18.15: Meeting at the Verità Poeta palace, in the city centre;
18.30: “Guided listening” of the Opera in program the same evening in the Arena, with piano, Maestro and Soloists;
19.15: “Wine tasting” of one of the best Doc wines presented by the wine Producer himself.
19.30: End of the first part. Those wishing to remain can attend the typical “Cocktail Buffet” with the best foods of Verona;
20.30: End of program. Stroll towards the Roman Arena;
21.00: Start of performance in the Arena

ARENA VERONA CALENDAR

18 June – 1, 16, 24, 30 July – 13, 20 August
Turandot
di Giacomo Puccini

19, 25 June – 3, 8, 13, 18, 22, 25, 27, 31 July – 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 26, 29 August
Aida
di Giuseppe Verdi

26 June – 2, 9, 14, 17, 21, 28 July – 6 August
Madama Butterfly
di Giacomo Puccini

10, 15, 20, 23, 29 July – 12, 18, 21, 24, 27 August
Carmen
di Georges Bizet

7, 11, 14, 19, 25, 28 August
Il Trovatore
di Giuseppe Verdi

Rate includes: entrance, libretto, musical conversation, talks in Italian with English and German translation, wine tasting and cocktail buffet.
Entrance tickets for the opera are not included.

CHIARA 20 years old from Calabria, , eliminated yesterday from X Factor 3rd , the X Factor italian edition.

Chiara has been considerated the best voice of that edition: what do you think about it?

go to all music videos of that girl

Some months ago, I pubblish a video with Italian National Anthem.
That specific anthem is just to 1946, after the end of IInd WW that is the Offical Italian Anthem, before that, Our National Anthems mixed with Italian history.
A little example:
Content of the video-playlist:
n.1: Italian National Anthem of today: ‘Fratelli d’italia’ , with lyrics;
n. 2: Italian National Anthem of today: ‘Fratelli d’italia’ with lyrics in Italian and in English;
n. 3 the best version of ‘Fratelli d’italia’, recorded by ne;
n.4: Italian National Anthem “La Marcia reale” ( King’s March”) 1860-1946, the baddest, for me;
n.5: ‘Giovinezza’;
n.6 : ‘Giovinezza’ + lyrics ( in italian)
Go to read and ear the 4 Italian National Anthems, in 150 years, their history and the history of Italy , with videos and lyrics !!

(the lyrics for those that don’t understand)

TIZIANO FERRO

Il Regalo Più Grande
The Greatest Gift

Voglio farti un regalo
I want to get you a gift
Qualcosa di dolce, qualcosa di raro
Something sweet, something rare
Non un comune regalo
Not a common gift
Di quelli che hai perso, o mai aperto
Like those that you’ve lost, or never opened
O lasciato in treno, o mai accettato
Or left in the train, or never accepted
Di quelli che apri e poi piangi
But those that you open and then you cry
Che sei contenta e non fingi
And you’re happy and not pretending
In questo giorno di metà settembre
On this day in mid-September
Ti dedicherò il regalo mio più grande
I will devote to you, my greatest gift

Vorrei donare il tuo sorriso alla luna perché
I want to give your smile to the moon so that
Di notte chi la guarda possa pensare a te
At night whoever sees it can think of you
Per ricordarti che il mio amore è importante
To remind you that my love is important
Che non importa ciò che dice la gente
And that it doesn’t matter what people say
Perché tu mi hai protetto con la tua gelosia che anche
Because you’ve protected me with your jealousy and
Che molto stanco il tuo sorriso non andava via
When very tired your smile did not go away
Devo partire però se ho nel cuore
I have to leave but if I know in my heart
La tua presenza è sempre arrivo e mai partenza
That your presence is always an arrival and never a departure
Il regalo mio più grande
My greatest gift
Il regalo mio più grande
My greatest gift

Vorrei mi facessi un regalo
I want you to get me a gift
Un sogno inespresso, donarmelo adesso
An unvoiced dream, now given to me
Di quelli che non so aprire
One that I know not to open
Di fronte ad altra gente
In front of other people
Perché il regalo più grande
Because the greatest gift
È solo nostro per sempre
is only our forever

Vorrei donare il tuo sorriso alla luna perché
I want to give your smile to the moon so that
Di notte chi la guarda possa pensare a te
At night whoever sees it can think of you
Per ricordarti che il mio amore è importante
To remind you that my love is important
Che non importa ciò che dice la gente
And that it doesn’t matter what people say
Perché tu mi hai protetto con la tua gelosia che anche
Because you’ve protected me with your jealousy and
Che molto stanco il tuo sorriso non andava via
When very tired your smile did not go away
Devo partire però se ho nel cuore
I have to leave but if I know in my heart
La tua presenza è sempre arrivo e mai…
That your presence is always an arrival and never…

E se arrivasse ora la fine che sia in un burrone
And if the end arrived now, let it be in a canyon
Non per volermi odiare solo per voler volare
Not for you to hate me, only because I want to fly
E se ti nega tutto questa estrema agonia
And if this extreme agony denies you everything
E se ti nega anche la vita respira la mia
And if it also denies you life itself, breathe mine
E stavo attento a non amare prima di incontrarti
I was careful not to love before I met you
E confondevo la mia vita con quella degli altri
And confused my life with that of another
Non voglio farmi più del male adesso
I don’t want to hurt myself anymore
Amore, amore
Love, love

Vorrei donare il tuo sorriso alla luna perché
I want to give your smile to the moon so that
Di notte chi la guarda possa pensare a te
At night whoever sees it can think of you
Per ricordarti che il mio amore è importante
To remind you that my love is important
Che non importa ciò che dice la gente
And that it doesn’t matter what people say
E poi
And then
L’amore dato amore preso amore mai reso
The love given, love taken, love never returned
Amore grande come il tempo che non si è arreso
Love so great like time that has never surrendered
Amore che mi parla coi tuoi occhi qui di fronte
Love that speaks with your eyes here facing me

Sei tu sei tu sei tu sei tu sei tu
It’s you, it’s you, it’s you, it’s you, it’s you
Il regalo mio più grande
My greatest gift

MARCO MASINI is a song-writer, borns in Florence on ‘64, becomes famouse after… SANREMO!, of course….

go to read the full article on  Masini + his music -videos

We recently put together a selection of tunes from around the globe for Proper Songs. There’s some new music, some old music and some underappreciated gems on there. Please enjoy!

Listen on the Proper Songs blog.

Tracklisting:

1. Sivuca – Você Abusou (I’m Free as a Bird)
2. Starbuck – Moonlight Feels Right
3. Mantler – Private Doubts
4. Burt Bacharach – Hasbrook Heights
5. Carlos Lyra – Canaã
6. Joyce and Milton Nascimento – Tema Para Jobim
7. Sylvia Telles – Canção da Volta
8. Jacqueline Taïeb – Petite Fille Amour
9. Tracy Huang – 美麗人生
10. Fitness Forever – Quando Ho Tempo
11. Ennio Morricone – Ninna Nanna in Blu
12. Nara Leão – Rapaz De Bem
13. The Marshmallow Kisses – 回憶旋轉舞步

X FACTOR 3 2010, Italian edition started yestarday

That reality tv music show, becomes very important for italian music industry; the first 3-4 singers arrived in the final will sell many songs..

You can see a : resume of the first episode here

As some of You may know, we run a small record label.
Well, if we’d prefer to start from the beginning, 2 of us play in the band Ufomammut and some years ago we decided to start the project called “Supernatural Cat” to produce our own records plus Morkobot and Lento, our favourite italian bands of today. We’re trying to make good music with great packagings, handicraft music for the masses…
Anyway, the next band out for our label will be Incoming Cerebral Overdrive, a post hardcore band with a lot of italian prog reminescences.
We’re putting together the limited edition vinyls in these days, they’re coming out really really cool.

Well, anyway, we’ve just finished to capture all the recordings our friend Gara has filmed last weekend, for realizing their new videoclip.
He’s done a great work, he’s filmed them in a very claustrophobic room, all draped with aluminium foils.
We’re very happy of the results and Lu is editing the video, so it’ll be ready very soon.
In the meantime You can check the music of I.C.O. and download  wallpapers, widgets and banners of the band  on myspace page of Supernatural Cat.

Enjoy it!

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Just read the new issue of “Blade of the immortal” by Hiroaki Samura.
It’s amazing.

Italian pop from the 1960s. Perfection.

Review

Throughout literature, film, music, and other media, the exultation of Italy as a paragon of culture and beauty has become something of an expected cliché. Memoirs of time spent perusing the magestic ruins and timeless, influential art are a permanent staple of any travel writing section at a bookstore. G.G. Husak’s Passeggiata: Strolling Through Italy skirts the possibility of tumbling into triteness by emphasizing areas of the country that generally go unnoticed by tourists and the ways in which she and her husband Al come to an “understanding of the larger world in ways [they] didn’t expect” (68).

The Husaks take a yearly sojourn to Italy every year, and offer up a wide variety of advice on how to handle when “the unpredictable happens” (355) for novice travelers as well as information on intriguing, overlooked locales for the more seasoned. The more popular tourist destinations are certainly touched upon, but the author’s real passion for the country shines through in her descriptions of more intimate settings going largely untouched by anyone but the locals. She relates her experiences in the cathedrals, monasteries, opera houses, cafés, and other spaces with rich detail, conveying their emotional appeal alongside the physical. It’s obvious to see why the Husaks continue to return on a yearly basis, and every one of their eager immersions yield insights into the interpersonal and intrapersonal worlds.

However, in spite of her overwhelming passion for Italy, its peoples, and its cultures, Husak does not lose her head in overidealizing her favorite destination. There are aspects of Italian society she yearns will find its way over the Atlantic, certainly, but she refrains entirely from declaring it superior to her home country and is unafraid to address her concerns and disappointments. Pickpocketing and the exploitation of tourists do not recieve a whitewashing treatment, and Husak relates the ways in which she and her husband narrowly avoided losing their valuables. It’s helpful information, certainly, but also fully illustrates the way in which the author does not allow herself to become fully carried away by the magic and romance of foreign travel. This cool-headed optimism and willingness to accept the ebbs and flows of a different rhythm is a great example for all aspiring globetrotters to fold into their repository of information. Without them, an exciting adventure could quickly spiral into a horrific nightmare.

Bibliographic Information

Husak, G.G. Passeggiata: Strolling Through Italy. Charleston, SC: BookSurge, 2008.

Further Reading

For a reversal of G.G. Husak’s annual Passeggiata, the similarly-titled Passage to Liberty: The Story of Italian Immigration and the Rebirth of America by A. Kenneth Ciongoli and Jay Parini tells the compelling story of Italians adjusting to the culture shock as they explored and attempted to forge a life in America. Anyone interested in putting pictures to place names and the works of art Husak describes would do well to peruse Annie Sacerdoti’s Wonders of Italy. The binding is stuffed to figurative bursting with stunning photographs of the celebrated Italian landscape and architecture that provide an excellent visual complement to undercut Husak’s beautifully textured prose.

~Riot

Below, are the topics included for a complete unit study about Italy. These PreK and K-8 links will lead you to articles, hands-on activities and other exercises that are compatible with the Montessori classified reading cards, phonics, grammar, creative writing, science, social studies and other extensive lesson plans found in Montessori at Home, Modern Montessori at Home and Modern Montessori at Home II books.

Links for Learning the Italian Language

Beginning Italian – Learn the Parts of a House
Beginning Italian – Colors
Teaching Children Italian: Parts of the House
The Alphabet: Teaching Children Italian Part 2
Numbers: Teaching Children Italian Part 3
Parts of the Body: Teaching Children Italian
Beginning French Lessons (Use the Materials for Lesson Presentations in English, Spanish and Italian)
Article – Why should children learn multiple languages?
Mexico for Children (written in Italian) Progressive Reading Practice
AMC Montessori Grammar Game (Customize to Present Grammar in Italian – Free Game Templates Included)
Native Lingo – Read Listen, Pronounce and Learn
Download a Free Italian Song

Links to Italian Art, Art History and Renaissance Fashion

Leonardo da Vinci Drawings
Art Appreciation for Preschool and Elementary Children
About Leonardo da Vinci (Links to Additional Unit Study)
Classroom Drawing and Painting Supplies
Hands On Michelangelo Projects
Italian Renaissance Costume Construction (for Older Children and Teens)
An Easy Italian Renaissance Gown
History of Italian Art
Italian Art & Italian Craft
Renaissance Art of Italy

Links to Music of Italy

Oh How I Love Italy – Music, Art, Food Seasoned with History and Geography
Vivaldi’s Musical Activities and Lessons for The Four Season
Italian Music Terms
Music Unit Study (William Tell Italy announcement: Finale by Gioachino Rossini) Ages 5 – 7
Music Unit Study (William Tell Overture: Finale by Gioachino Rossini)Ages 8 – 10
ITALIA – Musical Instruments Museums in Italy
A Brief History of Italian Opera – Listen to the Audio

Geography and Social Studies Links

Free Blank Outline Map of Italy
Maps of Italy (for Classification and Matching Exercises)
Italy: Monuments Past and Present
Italy, Rome & Roman Culture Educational Posters
Italy Timeline
Rome – the Late Republic
Italy History Timeline
Italy: History, Geography, Government and Culture
Great Italians in History
A History of Italy
History of the Italian Language
A Maria Montessori Worth Watching

Italian Recipes

Apple’s Manicotti (Watch as Apple leads children through the recipe process)
Sara’s Antipasto Salad Recipe
The Italian Chef
Easy Italian Recipes
Mexico for Bean Soup Recipe in Italian (Especially written for children)

Let’s Write and Discuss

Italy Around the World
Roman Food- History for Kids!
Androcles and the Lion Unit Study for the Theatre Production
Androcles and the Lion Felt Board Story
WebQuest for Kids
Visiting Rome with Your Kids
Visiting Italy with Children
Write Your Own Books – For K – 3rd Grade(Part I) – Create a booklet about Italy)
Write Your Own Books – For K – 3rd Grade (Part II) – Create a booklet about Italy

To access this unit study please visit Montessori Unit Study

Enjoy!
Heidi
http://www.amonco.org