L'italo-americano Staff

The Georgetown University, the oldest and most prestigious American University, and the editor Lexington books have published one volume of the famous Neapolitan musical form. The Neapolitan Canzone in the Early Nineteenth Century as Cultivated in the Passatempi musicali of Guillaume …

Italian actress Stefania Sandrelli was born 5 June 1946 in Viareggio, Tuscany, and she is famous for her many roles in the commedia all’italiana from the ‘6s. She was 15 years old when she starred in the movie directed by Marcello Mastroianni, Divorzio …

Alitalia has launched new uniforms that have been considered more stylish and Italian than the previous ones.  Designed by Ettore Bilotta, a Milan based haute couturier, the striking new look has been designed and tailor-made by a team of nearly …

Giovanni Falcone  was a Sicilian prosecuting magistrate born in Palermo, Sicily in 1939. He spent most of his professional life trying to overthrow the power of the Mafia in Sicily. After a long and distinguished career, culminating in the famous …

Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi will receive the 2016 Italian Golden Globe to honour their career. The cerimony, on its 56th edition, will be hosted on June 9th at Palazzo Farnese in Rome.   The Globo d’oro (also known as …

The exhibition “Arte Ritrovata” (Recovered Arts) opened on June 9 and will run through July 3 at the Museo Storico dell’Arma: it will include all masterpieces and archaeological finds that have been recovered by the Italian military police Carabinieri, focusing …

Italian Theatre Director and Actor Giorgio Albertazzi died Saturday in Tuscany at the age of 92. He was born in Fiesole in 1923.   On stage, often in Shakespeare’s plays, Albertazzi worked with some of Italy’s most celebrated directors, including …

According to ISTAT, Trento is Italy’s greenest city thanks to its 401.5 square meters of park per person, whereas Rome only has 20. Also Terni, and Potenza and Reggio Calabria registered just over 100 square meters per person.   As …

A study run by Milan Chamber of Commerce for the HOMI international trade fair for interior design and upscale home decor has shown that Italians invite friends over  once every three weeks for lunch or dinner and they spend about …

Giuseppe Tornatore was born May 27, 1956 in Bagheria near Palermo and developed an interest in acting and the theatre from at least the age of 16 and put on works by Luigi Pirandello and Eduardo De Filippo. He is considered …