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A Day Of Grand Prix Racings

Come Enjoy an amazing day of Italian Grand Prix

When you think of racing cars you can picture an Italian driver wearing dark goggles who exclaims, "what's Behind me is unimportant"

Italy's Grand Prix is world renowned. Held every September, in Monza, Italy many driving teams come together for a high anxiety, high action Thrill a minute rev around a treacherous high velocity track..

You can Experience this first hand as a spectator. It is Ferrari at its best!

5 Day Itinerary - *Minimum Group of 10 required.

  • Hotel accommodations with breakfast as per program.
  • Dinners in Milan and Modena per person.
  • Tickets to Monza Grand Prix September 6th and 7th (Goodyear esterna seats).
  • Use of air-conditioned pullman for trip as per program.
  • Service of English-speaking guide for entire program.


A Night At The Opera

The story of Italian opera, which does not begin to unfold until the beginning of the 1600s, can be divided into two periods, the Baroque and the Romantic. The baroque appeared first, and approximately 200 years later, the romantic. The word opera is a shortened form of the Italian "opera in musica" [work in music]; an English dictionary in 1656 stated, "In Italy it signifies a tragedy, tragi-comedy, or pastoral which is not acted after the vulgar manner, but performed by voices in that way, which the Italians term,'recitative', being likewise adorned with scenes by perspective, and extraordinary advantage by music."

Not only the term, but the art of opera, came from Italy. The first opera of which music has survived was performed in 1600 at the wedding of Henry IV of France and Marie de Medici at the Pitti Palace in Florence. The opera, Euridice, from an Italian poem by Ottavio Rinuccini, set to music by Jacobo Peri and Giulio Caccini, recounted the story of Orpheus and Eurydice. The style of singing favored by Peri and Caccini was a heightened form of natural speech dramatic recitation supported by instrumental string music. Recitation thus preceded the development of arias, though it soon became the custom to include separate songs and instrumental interludes during periods when voices were silent. The theme attracted Claudio Monteverdi [1567 - 1643] who wrote his first opera, La Favola d'Orfeo [The Fable of Orpheus], in 1607, which is still performed.


Dr. Anthony A. Abruzzese
A PUBLICATION of the PIRANDELLO LYCEUM Institute of Italian American Studies, Research and Cultural Disemmination.

Spend a luxurious night on the town!

Italy boasts some of the most beautiful opera houses in all the world. Let us plan a romantic evening complete with opera and a fantastic dinner and drinks.

Custom Itinerary includes:

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Grand Prix Racing

A Night At The Opera

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