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LaRomaEbraica
PresentedbytheMuseumofJewishHeritage,Centro PrimoLevi,andDivinamenteNYCFestivalincollabo- rationwiththeConsulateGeneralofItaly,theItalianCulturalInstituteandtheJewishCommunityofRome.
Sunday,May22,2:30pmEdmondJ.SafraHall
ThisconcertisdedicatedtothememoryofDaniela DiCastroz"l(1958-2010),latedirectorofthe JewishMuseumofRome,friendandeminentscholar whosework,imagination,andabilitytopersonifythe thousandfacetsofRomanJewry,willalwaysstandas inspirationtothosewhowillpursueherideasandthe projectssheinitiated.
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CENTRO PRIMO LEVIMUSEUM OF JEWISHHERITAGE
150THANNIVERSARYOFTHEUNIFICATIONOFITALY OnMarch17th,1861VittorioEmanueleIIwasdeclaredKingofItaly,unit-ingsevenstatesundertheSavoycrown.ItwasnotuntilSeptember20th,1870,whenthePiemontesetroopsenteredRomemarkingtheendofthetemporalpowerofthePopes,thattheJewsof RomeofficiallybecamefreeandequalcitizensofItaly.Thiswasthelastday oftheghettoofRome,establishedin1555byPopePaulIVinordertosepa-ratetheJewsfromtheChristiansociety.Instead,cultureflourishedforthreecenturieswithinthewallsoftheghetto.Despiteoppressionandpoverty,RomanJewssucceededinadaptingtotheirconfinmentandbuildastrong senseofidentity.ThepresenceofthesynagoguechoirdatesbacktotheCinqueScole,the buildinginwhichthesynagoguesoffivedifferentcommunitiesofthemulti-ethnicghettowereforcedtocohabit.Inthedecadesfollowingtheabolitionoftheghetto,theCinqueScoleweredemolishedand,in1904,amonumen-talsynagogue-TempioMaggiore-waserectedtorepresentthenewlyeman-cipatedJewishcommunity.OntheirfirstvisittotheUS,theChoiroftheTempioMaggioreconductedby renownedtenorClaudioDiSegniandfeaturingHazanAlbertoFunaroandorganistFedericodelSordo,willexposetheNewYorkpublictotheuniqueflavorsandvariationsoftheliturgicaltraditionoftheJewsofRome.TheconcertwillopenwithGiuseppeVerdi's
VàPensiero
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La Mantovana
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PROGRAMGreetings:DavidMarwell,MJH, NataliaIndrimi,CPL Welcomeremarks:ConsulGeneralofItalyFrancescoM.TalòandDr.GiacomoMoscati,InternationalRelations, JewishCommunityofRome.Introduction:FrancescoSpagnolo,Ph.D.CuratorofTheMagnesCollectionofJewishArtandLifeattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley Concert:TheChoirofRome’sTempioMaggioreCONCERT
Director: M.oClaudio Di Segni,Hazan:RavAlbertoFunaro,Organ:M.o FedericoDel Sordo.Cello: HannahSloane.Tenors:AlbertoDiCapua, MarcoDiPorto,GiuseppeMallel,AriodanteVitali.Bass:MassimoGai, EnricoOrvieto,EmanuelePace,CesareVitali Exile
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