Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian festival founder, dies
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Gian Carlo Menotti, the Italian composer  and arts impresario who founded the Two Worlds Festival based  in Spoleto and Charleston, South Carolina, died on Thursday,  friends said.
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Roma. &#39;&#39;E&#39; una Festa che quest&#39;anno si svolge in un momento importante per l&#39;Italia. Il voto di giugno ha cambiato la geografia politica nel Paese: nel voto amministrativo il centrosinistra ha vinto nella
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Legendary Italian tenor Luciano  Pavarotti, who brought opera to the masses, died on Thursday  after a battle with cancer. He was 71.
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The Spoleto Festival celebrates a bitter-sweet 50th birthday when it opens on Friday without its legendary founder, Gian Carlo Menotti, who died in February at the age of 95.
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Italian fashion designer Gianfranco Ferre dies, aged 62, after suffering a brain haemorrhage.
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Italian scriptwriter Ugo Pirro, who co-wrote two Oscar-winning films, dies at the age of 87 in Rome.
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Luciano Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C's and ebullient showmanship made him one the most beloved tenors, has died, his manager told The Associated Press. He was 71.
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Festival Creativita': 'miglior artista creativa dell'anno'
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ROME (BBC News) - Nicoletta Mantovani, the widow of tenor Luciano Pavarotti, has spoken out at the Italian media's "unseemly" gossip alleging financial and family problems. Ms. Mantovani told Italy's RAI state TV she was giving the interview for the sake of her daughter, Alice, aged four.  She denied being left in debt or that she was squabbling with his three adult daughters over his will.
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MILAN (Reuters Life!) - Gianfranco Ferre has launched a foundation to look after and put on show the fashion collections and other work of its founder, who died in June.
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Il maestro Ã¨ morto a Montecarlo all'etÃ  di 95 anniGrande compositore, aveva ideato il Festival di Spoleto                                            Addio a Giancarlo Menotti genio, carisma e ironia                                                                                      Napolitano: "Nutriva un grande amore per la pace"
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MODENA, Italy  - Grieving music fans flocked to the home town of Luciano Pavarotti on Saturday to join rock stars and statesmen at the funeral of a singer considered one of the greatest tenors in opera history.
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Ci si sposta di meno quest&#39;anno per le festivitÃ . Saranno infatti 4 milioni gli italiani che si metteranno in viaggio tra Natale e Capodanno, rispetto i 4,6 dello scorso anno. Secondo l&#39;indagine Confesercenti
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Alberto Sordi, a prolific Italian-born actor and screenwriter who went on to become a director in his own right, will take the spotlight at this year's Westchester County Italian Film Festival.
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ROME An Italian soprano who was one of the biggest stars at New York&#39;s Metropolitan Opera and Italy&#39;s La Scala has died at her home in San Marino -- a tiny republic in Italy.
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One of the world's greatest singers, Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, dies aged 71 after a battle with cancer.
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An appreciation of the the Italian opera star, the primissimo tenor of his day, whose voice conquered the world