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by Pat Eggleton | Thu, 03/25/2010 - 11:05

Mina, Italy’s Queen of Pop, is seventy years old today. The event is being celebrated in the music world everywhere and Mina has already received birthday…

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Bocelli on Walk of Fame

by Pat Eggleton | Thu, 03/04/2010 - 09:40

Andrea Bocelli was honoured with the 2402nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday. The blind tenor, 51, looking delighted, knelt to feel his star,…

Culture

Sanremo - an eventful last night

by Pat Eggleton | Mon, 02/22/2010 - 04:10

There has never been a Sanremo last night like it: a Prince was openly booed, the orchestra threw their music on the floor, the entire audience stood up at one…

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An eventful Sanremo

by Pat Eggleton | Thu, 02/18/2010 - 04:24

In this Photo: Arisa singing at Sanremo Festival 2010 The 2010 Festival di Sanremo – the sixtieth edition - has been very eventful and, at the time of writing…

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The Vatican's top ten

by Pat Eggleton | Mon, 02/15/2010 - 10:50

The Vatican’s newspaper, the Osservatore Romano, has listed the Holy See’s top ten records of all time. In a season of inclement weather, says the newspaper,…

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Most Talked About People in Italy in 2009 - part II

by Pat Eggleton | Fri, 01/08/2010 - 05:09

We continue and finish our list of most popular people in Italy during 2009. Musicians, politicians and artists that we cannot forget. To read part I click…

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A new voice for the new year - an interview with the modican soprano Adriana Iozzia

by Pat Eggleton | Thu, 01/07/2010 - 04:35

Words by Pat Eggleton - Pictures by Luca Migliore and Augulino GiovanniPat interviewed Adriana Iozzia, a 23-year-old soprano from Modica, who gave her first…

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Italy's "Boyle story"?

by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 12/15/2009 - 03:58

There are two things that everybody is talking about in Italy this week: one is, of course, yesterday’s physical attack on the Prime Minister and the other is…

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Dialect to be allowed at Sanremo

by Pat Eggleton | Mon, 11/16/2009 - 05:50

The Sanremo Song Festival, probably second only to Eurovision in the ranks of famous popular song competitions, is to allow entries in Italian dialects in 2010…

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The return of Eros

by Pat Eggleton | Thu, 10/22/2009 - 05:04

Singing star Eros Ramazzotti’s World Tour began last night with a concert in Rimini attended by 7,000 fans. The “Ali e Radici” [Wings and Roots] tour, also the…