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150th Anniversary of Italian Unification

March 17, 2011 By Diana Leave a Comment
Italy150 Share Just a quick shout out to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Italian unification. Even Google made a banner to honor this day.   It’s a holiday here in Italy so taking time to just relax.  The other night we went to Teatro Dell’Opera in Rome to see Nabucco and this song received a tremendous [...]
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Who sang Volare?

May 15, 2010 By Diana Leave a Comment
italian_songs Share I can tell you that when I first heard Volare, it was sung by Gipsy Kings and I thought it was a Spanish song (yes..shame on me)  It wasn’t until I met my husband that he told me I got it all wrong! Though it is popularly known as Volare, it’s also called ‘Nel [...]
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Here’s Marco Mengoni

April 1, 2010 By Diana Leave a Comment
Share As mentioned on my previous post, here’s the Italian song by Marco Mengoni. He didn’t win San Remo but he had a good performance with this song.  Though I didn’t really support him when he was on X-Factor, I have to admit that he was a very good performer.  The song he sung at [...]
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Another Italian Song from San Remo

April 1, 2010 By Diana 1 Comment
Share This Italian song was the San Remo Festival Winner of the New Generation category. It was sung by Tony Maiello.  When I saw him he looked familiar and after a few seconds, I realized he was a contestant on another talent show called X-Factor a couple of seasons back.  He didn’t win but he [...]
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This Italian song won San Remo

April 1, 2010 By Diana Leave a Comment
This Italian song which is called "Per Tutte Le Volte Che.." (translates to "For all the times that..") won at the San Remo Music Festival.
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