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Coppa Italiano Coming to Seven Angels

One night only direct from Italy…Making their American debut

(Seven Angels Theatre)

SEVEN ANGELS PRESENTS LIVE ON STAGE, COPPA ITALIA 2019, ITALY’S VERSION OF AMERICA’S GOT TALENT ON OCTOBER 26

Seven Angels Theatre presents in association with Dance Molinari and Coppa Italiano.
Mambo Italiano! One night only direct from Italy…Making their American debut is a fantastic group of young performers live on stage at Seven Angels Theatre on October 26 at 8pm. Welcome Italy’s top talent and winners of Coppa Italia 2019 “Italy’s Got Talent”! /“So You Think You Can Dance”/Italian Idol/The Voice all rolled up as tightly as a cannoli in one spectacular evening of singing and dancing! A not to be missed event!!!! …tickets are limited, so get yours today! That’s Amore!!!

It’s going to be a great evening. WATR’s Tom Chute will be our emcee.

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Coppa Italiano 2019 is presented by Seven Angels Theatre in association with Dance Molinari and Coppa Italiano.

Appearing…
Ilenia Giuffrida was born in Catania, her life is devoted to dance since the tender age of 3 years. Her love for art is transmitted to her by her grandmother, a key person for her training and dedication to discipline. In 2017 she was only awarded out of 700 artists competing in the prestigious competition “Coppa Italia Performer” with an annual work contract at the important Roman park of “Cinecittà World” for her outstanding quality in dance, singing and acting. She was part of the corps de ballet, at the Metropolitan Theatre of Catania, in the long-awaited debut of ETB COMPANY With his “Bordel d’Avignon” project supported and evaluated by the famous Carla Fracci.

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Bruno Gatto was born in Catania as a child he discovered a strong inclination towards art and music in particular, learning to play the guitar from the tender age of five. At the age of fifteen he began his training and professional career at the Academy of Performing Arts “CAMS” in Catania, directed by Valentina Spampinato and Fioretta Mari, where he graduated with the qualification of “triple performer”. In July 2017 he was the overall winner of the Coppa Italia performer in Rome, thus obtaining the opportunity to study on Broadway for a month free of charge.

Rosario Rizzo was born as a dancer of Latin-American dances obtaining the title of Italian Champion. After travelling around Europe for competitions, he decided to devote his talent to acting, singing and dance, studying at CAMS (Accademia del Musical) and graduating as “triple performer.” He has participated in many productions such as, “Fabula”, “Rinaldo in Campo”, “West Side Story”, “Moulin Rouge”, “Wonderful Pinocchio”, “Aladdin Jameela and the Genius of the Lamp”, “The True History of the Bandit Giuliano”. Rosario also participated in the Talent Show “FORTE FORTE FORTE” with Raffaella Carrà on Rai1 (national channel), boasting the esteem of the public.

Nicole Perossa born in Trieste has participated in various singing competitions such as Grado young, Tour Music Fest, Talent vocal selection, Festival Show, Artisti in Vetrina. In 2013 she was chosen to do two intensive weeks of musicals in New York at the Broadway Triple Threat. She has taken part in the Italian national performance championships. (COPPA ITALIA Arti Scenico Sportive 2018), classifying me 1st in the category Performer Complete, thanks to which I was chosen by the Americans Darius Frowner, Janine Molinari and Susan Campanaro to do a show in New York accompanied by professionals of the musical.

Francesco Faggi is a singer/songwriter, musician, composer and complete performer. He has played the piano since he was a child. He composes music and makes musical arrangements. He writes songs both in Italian and in English. Recently he published his first song in Italian as a single artist, called “Senti Mento”. In Italy he won a performing arts competition called Coppa Italia Performer three times (in 2017, 2018, and 2019 as a singer and complete performer) thanks to the competition last summer 2018 I got the opportunity to study musical theatre for one month in New York (at Dance Molinari and Broadway Dance Center).

Fjoralba Kraja was born in Albania and she moved to Italy when she was just a baby. She began to study classic ballet, modern and contemporary when she was 6 years old. With the time she discovered the world of musical theater meeting Denny Lanza, an Italian Director and Choreographer, and she started to study in his school: MAGDA – Centro di Arti Sceniche, a performing arts center which offers to Fjoralba a complete formation studying singing, dancing, acting and tap dance. Now she is in the cast of some important national Musicals as “VAGAMONDI – il Musical” and “Civico 7 – il Musical”, with important national tours with other famous italian musical theatre artists.

Tickets are $30. Doors and Devil's Corner Bar open one hour before the show. To purchase call the box office at 203-757-4676, online at SevenAngelsTheatre.org, or at the box office at 1 Plank Road, Waterbury. Free Parking. Just off I-84. Minutes from Route 8. GPS directions use: Hamilton Park, Waterbury. See you at the show!

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