Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Marioni has an intimate moment with Irene and lets her know how important she is to him, whispering the lyrics to "Senza fine" by Gino Paoli. At the conservatory, the orchestra is ready to go onstage for the concert, where, presumably, everyone will play from memory. Matteo's uncle and friend are in the audience, but Nathan hasn't invited anyone. Sara is nervous.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Marioni introduces an unusual concert, in which he gives up conducting the orchestra to accommodate a visually impaired musician. The orchestra is arranged among the audience, and the musicians will perform without visual references, relying exclusively on their ears.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
With the lights dimmed, the conservatory orchestra gives a moving performance of the famous piece known as Adagio di Albinoni. As they play, Marioni listens, and his emotions take him back in time to relive his daughter's bicycle accident and aftermath.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
The evening is a huge success, but not everyone is elated. Marioni has come to the conclusion that his daughter's death was his fault, Matteo's uncle has a somewhat disturbing conversation with one of Matteo's schoolmates, and Domenico tries to talk to Barbara.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
The "Ninna nanna del chicco di caffè" [Coffee Bean Lullaby] was first performed at a musical festival devoted children's songs, the Zecchino d'Oro, in 1970. It is still sung today by many Italian mothers to lull their babies to sleep.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
Giuditta sings a song about a beautiful turtle. The song tells about how the turtle ended up being such a slow animal.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Franco Commisso, an emerging Italian artist, talks about his latest song "Mai, mai ormai," [Never, Never by Now]. The interview covers subjects like his early start in music, competing at age three, and his performing in Korea. Video provided by PA 74 Music.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
A special video made for all the fans, directly from the recording studio of EROS in Milan.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Tiziano Ferro starts off his "eco-tour" sponsored by the Italian electric company, Enel. He suggests small ways in which each of us can save on energy.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Tiziano Ferro talks about his relationship with pen and paper. Familiarize yourself with sonno and sogno, both of which have to do with the night.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
This is part of a film, Capriccio all'italiana shot in 1967-1968. This episode was directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The singer is Domenico Modugno, and you'll also see Totò. This was Totò's last film appearance.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
Anna takes us to Paris, to a cold, dark attic room where she tells the beginning of the tragic but very romantic story of La Bohème.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
In this second and final segment of La Bohème, Anna, as Lucia, goes on to tell us about her life. What will become of her?
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Anna tells us the tragic story of Cio-cio-san, protagonist of Madam Butterly, an opera by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica. The opera was dedicated to the Queen of Italy, Elena di Montenegro.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Anna shares Giuseppe Verdi's tragic story of love, war and taboo in ancient Egypt.
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