Archive for the ‘Opera’ Category

It’s been a while since I have posted to this blog. Lately I’ve been coming across some fantastically talented musical performers. Here is a YouTube video of 17-year old Jonathan and 16-year old Charlotte auditioning for Britain’s Got Talent. What an amazing performance:

Two years ago, almost to the day, Art2u first wrote about these three young Italian tenors: Piereo Barone, 17, Ignazio Boschetto, 16, and Gianluca Ginoble, 16. Their debut cd was release in Italy in November 2010, and it went platinum. Released in the United States on May 17, 2011, on the Interscope label (a division [...]

“Omaggio a Roma” is Maestro Franco Zeffirelli’s film tribute to Rome, the Eternal City. This video clip features stunning cinematography, and an inspired performance by Andrea Bocelli.

Franco Zeffirelli’s Omaggio a Roma (Tribute to Rome) premieres this week at the 4th Rome International Film Festival. In the 20-minute film, Monica Bellucci performs the role of Tosca and Andrea Bocelli is featured in the role of Mario Cavaradossi. October 16, 2009: Franco Zeffirelli and Andrea Bocelli at press conference for Omaggio a Roma [...]

Mark Vincent, born in Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia, was just 15 when he won first place in Australia’s Got Talent on April 22, 2009. Inspired by his late grandfather to study opera, Mark also admires the great opera tenors Andrea Bocelli and Luciano Pavarotti. For his first performance on the talent show, Mark performed [...]

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce released the names of the 28 celebrities who will be honored with a pink terrazzo five-pointed star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010, the Walk’s 50th anniversary. The 2010 Hollywood Walk of Fame recipients are: Motion Pictures: James Cameron, Russell Crowe, John Cusack, Colin Firth, Gale Anne Hurd, [...]

He is being called “the new Andrea Bocelli,” and if you watch a couple of the performance videos on YouTube of 14-year old singing prodigy Gianluca Ginoble performing in Ti Lascio Una Canzone, you will know why. The video below shows Andrea Bocelli addressing a very surprised and emotional Gianluca Ginoble. If, like mine, your [...]

A friend recently shared this video on Facebook. This trio of tenors, Ignazio Boschetto, 14, Gianluca Ginoble, 14, and Piero Barone, 15, perform O Sole Mio in Italy’s talent show, Ti Lascio Una Canzone. They will amaze you: The young man in the middle, Gianluca Ginoble, was the winner of the 2009 talent show. Not [...]

The opera “Flatpack” sets Swedish furniture names to song while it poses the musical question, “What is domestic harmony?” It “explores issues encountered in everyday modern life and how our consumer decisions and domestic interaction with others are indicators of more profound life choices and personalities.” Performed live by Mammoth Music Theater at IKEA Wembley [...]