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Bocelli on Walk of Fame

Andrea Bocelli was honoured with the 2402nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday. The blind tenor, 51, looking delighted, knelt to feel his star...

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Sanremo - an eventful last night

There has never been a Sanremo last night like it: a Prince was openly booed, the orchestra threw their music on the floor, the entire audience stood up at one point to protest and now the police may be involved in investigating the vote..

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The Vatican's top ten

The Vatican’s newspaper, the Osservatore Romano, has listed the Holy See’s top ten records of all time. The songs are not religious ...

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Most Talked About People in Italy in 2009 - part II

We continue and finish our list of most popular people in Italy during 2009. Musicians, politicians and artists that we cannot forget.

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A new voice for the new year - an interview with the modican soprano Adriana Iozzia

Adriana Iozzia, a 23-year-old soprano from Modica, gives her first interview to Italy Magazine.

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Italy's "Boyle story"?

The audience gave Carmen a standing ovation and after the programme the media went wild, dubbing Carmen “La Susan Boyle italiana” and talking of a classic fairy-tale- come -true for Christmas .... But is it?

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Dialect to be allowed at Sanremo

In previous years, it has been permissible for some words or expressions in dialect to feature in submitted songs, but the 2010 Festival will be the first to allow whole songs in dialect. This change has been broadly welcomed, not least by the separatist Lega Nord, whose leader, Umberto Bossi, has said that, prior to this move, the Sanremo Festival was a “symbol of centralisation”

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The return of Eros

Singing star Eros Ramazzotti’s World Tour began last night with a concert in Rimini attended by 7,000 fans. The “Ali e Radici” [Wings and Roots] tour, also the title of the artist’s latest bestselling CD, consists of...

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Addio Carla, queen of the Mambo

The singer Carla Boni, the original Mambo queen, died at the age of 84 in Rome on Saturday.

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Opera Aria of the Month: E lucean le stelle

This emotionally charged romanza is perhaps the greatest musical moment of Puccini's Tosca

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