Interpreting Alessandro Manzoni’s I promessi sposi (The Betrothed), one of the most universally read books in the Italian schools (and probably most detested by students) is a formidable task. Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, author and former Commissioner for Cultural Affairs of the City of Milan, has been able to do it, however. And in his […]
IAF Chairman Stefano Acunto appears with pianist Sandro Russo in “Squisitamente italiana!”, the video highlighting a year of exquisite events at the Casa Italian Zerilli-Marimò. Acunto and Russo appeared together in a musical tribute “Revisiting Verdi’s Voice, Reimagining Mozart: A Tribute to Franz Liszt” in March 2011 at the Casa Italiana.