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Easter Traditions in Italy

Hartmann Ensamble - Opera Singer - Orsola

Sounds Of Italy: Popular And Cultural Traditions At The Time Of Covid-19

Orsola Leone will be our guide in the adventures of an opera singer in Italy at the crossroads of cultural and popular traditions.

Interviews

Gianmario Strappati, Ambassador Of The Tuba

Gianmario Strappati is a young and talented musician. Born in 1999, he has already performed in important festivals and concert halls around the world.

Society

An Irish Christmas In Italy

As an Irish woman married to an Italian and living in Calabria, I've learned over the years that Ireland and Italy are the Christmas Yin and Yang.

Video

Christmas in Italy

Do you know these Italian Christmas traditions?

Culture

It’s Christmas Time! A Guide To The Italian Holiday Traditions

Society

Pills Of Italian Daily Life: The Criteria Of The Poplar

How a man built a sustainable house with a poplar tree in the yard and did so following criteria that shape construction even today.

Society

Snapshots Of Italian Daily Life: Christmas Special

The Matriarch rules through fear and flour.

Culture

Christmas Quiz: Panettone Redux

Are you a real panettone conoisseur?

Interviews

From Mongolia To Italy: Opera Singer Ayana Sambuu

Ayana Sambuu, originally from Mongolia and now Artistic Director of New Opera Dimensions, tells us about her life as an opera singer in Rome.

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folk tradition

Easter Traditions in Italy

Sounds Of Italy: Popular And Cultural Traditions At The Time Of Covid-19

Gianmario Strappati, Ambassador Of The Tuba

An Irish Christmas In Italy

Christmas in Italy

It’s Christmas Time! A Guide To The Italian Holiday Traditions

Pills Of Italian Daily Life: The Criteria Of The Poplar

Snapshots Of Italian Daily Life: Christmas Special

Christmas Quiz: Panettone Redux

From Mongolia To Italy: Opera Singer Ayana Sambuu

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