The Italian and Neapolitan language coming-of-age drama series My Brilliant Friend returns for its fourth and final season!  Acclaimed by fans and critics, the series is based on the bestselling books by Elana Ferrante. As this moving series moves toward its conclusion, Elena considers moving back to Naples after being chastised by both Immacolata and Adele, while Lila shares shocking news about Nino. Series 1 - 3 also available at viavision.com.au | Via Vision Entertainment | Facebook

In music history, the Neapolitan School is a group, associated with opera of 18th-century composers who studied or worked in Naples, Italy, the best known of whom is Alessandro Scarlatti, with whom "modern opera begins". "It is with the Neapolitan school...that the History of Modern Music commences—insofar as that music speaks the language of the feelings, emotions, and passions." — Schluter The Neapolitan School has been considered in between the Roman School and the Venetian School in importan

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𝗬𝗲𝘀, 𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲. And like any living language, it speaks in many voices. Sicilian (or 𝘚𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶) is not a dialect of Italian, it’s a standalone Romance language with deep roots in Latin, Greek, Arabic, Norman, Catalan, and more. In fact, in 2011, UNESCO recognized Sicilian as a distinct language at risk of extinction. It was once so prominent that Frederick II’s court in Palermo used it as the official language for poetry, helping to birth the first son