Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The vain queen's wickedness has its limits.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
A tic tac ad developed for the Milan Expo, showcasing new flavors. Tic tac is owned by the Ferrero Group, a multinational corporation based in Piedmont. Ferrero also owns the much-loved Nutella brand.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Tiromancino is a famous pop band from Rome, and this is a song from their self-titled album. Federico Zampaglione, the lead singer, vocalizes about remorse and how it’s best avoided.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The song “L’inquietudine di esistere” [The anxiety of existing] is a new song by the group Tiromancino. The lyrics were written by Fabrizio Tarducci and Federico Zampaglione. Zampaglione also wrote the music.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Tiziano Crudeli is a journalist and a talking head. He's a big supporter of his beloved Milan team, and he often announces the games on television. In this video, in fact, we see him as a wild fan of the club.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
With its soft-toned accompaniment and gentle lyrics, "Il regalo più grande" ("The Greatest Gift") sung by Tiziano Ferro, creates a special mood. It was released as a single in 2009 and in that year became fifth on the list of best-selling songs.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
"Rosso Relativo" ("Relative Red") is one of Tiziano Ferro's greatest hits, and is the title song from his 2002 album. He uses an interesting series of verbs in the imperfetto, a tense that doesn't always match up with one tense in English. It's all relative!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Here is Tiziano Ferro with another breakup song. This is from the album Nessuno è solo (Nobody Is Alone), 2006
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Tiziano Ferro's breakup song, "Troppo Buono" ("Too Good"), was released on his 2011 album, L'amore è una cosa semplice (Love Is a Simple Thing).
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Tiziano Terzani (1938–2004) was an important journalist and writer. This interview, considered to be of historical value, took place during the broadcast of the Swiss television show, Cartabianca [Carte blanche], conducted by Leo Manfrini, who was a close friend of the writer.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
The interview with Tiziano Terzani continues. He tells of his capture by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, the dangers to which he was exposed, and how he was able to save himself.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Terzani, in this third section of the interview, describes the continent of Asia, where one rediscovers the core of life, that is to say, more essential and basic things, well beyond the reach of war.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
L'Italiano (The Italian) was recorded by Toto Cutugno in 1983 and presented at the 33rd Sanremo Festival, where it didn't win. That didn't stop it from becoming a top hit and one of Italy's best-loved songs.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy Neapolitan
In this scene from the 1960 film He Who Stops Is Lost. Totò plays the part of Antonio Guardalvecchia, and attempts to court Giulia. She's the sister of the president, and he courts her in order to get a job in the head office. The scene on the balcony recalls Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
In Italy, Easter is the time for special, traditional desserts, which, apart from being delicious, were conceived to represent symbols of life and rebirth.
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