‘Dante, Opera, and Shing Shoes: Rituals of My Italian Immigrant Grandpa’s Life’ with Performance Artist LuLu LoLo in Dante Park

 

 

 

Image of Giovanni Pascale, Italian immigrant grandfather of performance and visual artist, playwright/actor, LuLu LoLo.Image courtesy LuLu LoLo productions.

Performance and visual artist playwright/actor LuLu LoLo brings to life memories of her Italian immigrant grandfather Giovanni Pascale who died before she was born. Through family lore, he was a man of myth to her. Grandpa Giovanni loved opera, the poetry of Dante, and shined shoes for a living. This performance celebrates his life with operatic arias and accordion performed by tenor, Aaron Halevy; and with Actor/dancer Luca Villa reciting in both Italian and English an excerpt from Dante Alighieri’s La Divina Commedia (commemorating the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death September 14,1321).

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