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Neapolitan Music as an International Image of Italy JOHN FERRI Migrations of Culture Conference 2017 Overview The Origins of Neapolitan Music Italian Immigration to America; The Italian Image Abroad How Neapolitan Music Became

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Neapolitan Music as an International Image of Italy

JOHN FERRI

Migrations of Culture Conference 2017

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Overview

 The Origins of Neapolitan Music  Italian Immigration to America; The Italian Image Abroad  How Neapolitan Music Became Popular  How Neapolitan Music Encouraged Crossover  Opera Rejuvenated: Neapolitan Music & Classical Crossover  Neapolitan Music: Cultural Exchange & Understanding

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Melodia e melodramma!

The Origins of Neapolitan Music

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19th Century Italian Opera

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Neapolitan Folk Music

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The Italian Mandolin: Integral to Neapolitan Music

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Italian Immigration to America & The Italian Image Abroad

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Negative Stereotypes

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An Art-Fueled Turnaround: How Neapolitan Music Became Popular

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How Neapolitan Music Encouraged Crossover

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“When Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, and I did the first Three Tenors concert at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome in 1990, none of us had any idea how popular it would be.”

Pavarotti, Pavarotti: My World (1995)

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Carreras Pavarotti Domingo

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Andrea Bocelli

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Opera Rejuvenated: Neapolitan Music & Classical Crossover

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Pavarotti & Opera Company of Philadelphia: International Vocal Competition

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“This sort of music goes very deep in the human and will be with us for a long time.”

Pavarotti on Neapolitan music, opera, classical crossover, Pavarotti: My World

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Neapolitan Music as a Vehicle of Cultural Exchange and Understanding

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Puccini: La Boheme

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Verdi: Aida

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