INFINITO: A Translation Marathon
- Literature
Celebrating Leopardi’s poem with Jonathan Galassi, Luigi Ballerini, and NYU students
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Topic: Theater & Dance
- Music
A Conversation with Nadine Sierra
From Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin, a conversation with the soprano Nadine Sierra, on the occasion of her performances as Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto at The Metropolitan Opera. February 20, 2019
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- History & Politics
A Conversation with the Minds Behind “Maestro”
On the occasion of Giorno della Memoria 2019, a conversation about the theatrical concert “Maestro” being performed at The Duke Theater, with the show’s author Eve Wolf, director Don Sanders, star John Noble, and Arturo Toscanini’s biographer Harvey Sachs. January 30, 2019
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- Literature
“Cantiere Dante:” Teatro delle Albe and Dante
A conversational retrospective amongst Ermanna Montanari, Marco Martinelli and Alison Cornish (NYU). Part of the Italian Playwrights Project. December 14, 2018
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- History & Politics
Puccini’s “Trittico” at 100
A conference honoring the centenary of the world premiere of Puccini’s triptych. Featuring Stefano Albertini (NYU), Shiela Kibbe (Boston University), Peter Clark, Carolyn Guzski, David Rosen, Deborah Burton, Cori Ellison, and William Berger. November 30, 2018
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- Music
A Conversation with Michael Fabiano
Tenor Michael Fabiano in conversation with Fred Plotkin. Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin. November 20, 2018
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- Music
A Conversation with Sherrill Milnes
Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin. November 1, 2018
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- Literature
Versetto Libero – Italian Artists Meet NYC Poets
Free Verse meets In Scena! Presented by Dave Johnson (Free Verse) and Laura Caparrotti (Kairos Italy Theater). October 1, 2018.
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- Music
A Conversation with Nicola Luisotti
Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin. September 27, 2018.
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- History & Politics
Drums of Illumination
A world peace celebration, presented by Alessandra Belloni & I Giullari di Piazza, with special guests The SilverCloud Native American Singers & Dancers. September 12, 2018.
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- Literature
Performance: IroniKontemporaneo
A performance by musicians Alessandra Mostacci and Luca Fattori, and a conversation with Jonathan Mullins (The Ohio State University) exploring Freak Antoni’s leading role in 1970s Bologna. May 21, 2018
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- Music
A Conversation with Quinn Kelsey
Fred Plotkin in conversation with baritone Quinn Kelsey, on the occasion of his performances at the Metropolitan Opera in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. May 3, 2018
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- History & Politics
“Angela’s Wars”
Part of the 2018 In Scena! Italian Theater Festival. Written, directed and performed by Giuseppina Facco. May 15, 2018
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