"From Italy With Love"

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Here we are behind the Colosseum, filming the "White Christmas" duet with Chiara. We played the recording at a big shopping Mall, and people stopped to listen and were asking "Who is singing?"   I am sure you will enjoy it as well.

Gino preparing the wrap-up dinner for the crew.

Giocondo, the wood carver of "Pinocchio" I'm holding in my hand and the owner of the classic Fiat Topolino I used going up to the village of Stroncone...double clutching all the way!  The same car my father had when he taught me how to drive.

The Executive Producer signing the check!

Video of "An Evening In Roma" filmed in Piazza Navona during Christmas season.

The village of Stroncone, Italy. Umbria Region, just outside of Terni.

The idea of  filming "FROM ITALY WITH LOVE"  as a pilot for a weekly cooking, travel and lifestyle series to be filmed in Italy, was born in 1993.  At the time I couldn't find anyone to back me. It would take me nine years to bring it to fruition.  It has been a favorite of many fans ever since.  

Because of scheduling difficulties between my engagements in Las Vegas and the film crew in Italy, we found ourselves in Italy during the Christmas season.  We had a lot of fun.  One of the most hilarious was filming at the Spanish Steps.  When we showed up at 8 am, permits in hand, we found a big rig smack in front of the steps moving trees.  Actually, as we found out,  they were decorating the stairs.  It took them two hours to finish, but by the time we filmed our interview with our guest soprano, Chiara Angella, with whom we recorded a duet of "White Christmas," we couldn't have been luckier.  We had a perfect set.  It was supposed to rain, instead we had a spectacular sunny day!  This shoot was accompanied by good fortune all the way through our three days of filming in and out of Rome.

I know you will enjoy it.  In the video above I am singing "On An Evening In Roma." .