09/11/2011 10:07 am
The summer might be officially over in Barga but it seems that nobody bothered to tell the inhabitants of the city as the festa just keeps on going. This evening the Piazza Angelio in Barga Vecchia was once again filled with people for a concert called “Lirica a cena”.
Organised by a joint...
08/15/2011 4:33 pm
In agosto, un evento particolarmente sentito dagli abitanti del centro storico e dai frequentatori di Piazza Angelio, è il compleanno del nostro amico Riccardo Negri, titolare dell’Osteria.
La festa si è svolta con grande successo (e mari di alcool) a bordo piscina di casa Brown…
Determinante...
07/02/2011 1:32 am
There might have been some high culture taking place in Barga this week with the sounds of Vivaldi seeping out of open windows in the castle as Opera Barga prepares the Operabarga festival later on this week but in Piazza Angelio this evening it was culture of the lowest form possible as a group of performance...
05/02/2011 9:05 pm
Barga’s own soprano, Sally He Li has had a busy 12 months – the wedding in Barga, the new baby and now this weekend she was in Rome taking part of the celebrations as Pope Benedict XVI beatified Pope John Paul II.
She was there for the inauguration of an exhibition “Un Papa Missionario”...
03/14/2011 2:33 pm
The title of the article that we published a year ago was – Wedding of the Year – Sally Li He from Qingdao, China and Riccardi Negri from Barga. The love story between the Barga restaurant owner and the Chinese soprano Sally Li He captured the imagination of the city and many of the barganews...
12/29/2010 11:30 pm
Not a real gig, just a group of friends sitting round the table and playing some music but maybe we can share some of that music with a larger audience than just those present in Riccardo’s L’Osteria and who were luckily enough to see it live. Emma and the Aristodemo’s were in Barga...
11/02/2010 11:39 pm
A large party going on in Piazza Angelio this evening as the L’osteria of Riccardo Negri and his loyal staff celebrate the end of the summer season. The L’osteria has been open right through the summer and for many visitors to the city it was the only place still open to eat during the afternoon...
09/26/2010 2:19 am
One of those evenings that can happen in Barga every now and again – out of nowhere comes a complete surprise. A one off concert in L’osteria in Piazza Angelio by some original genuine bluegrass musicians from Portland, Oregon, USA. Larry Wilder and the Stumptown Stars set down their cases,...
09/12/2010 4:30 am
A third concert for the tail end of the summer season was held this evening in Piazza Angelio in Barga Vecchia with a large crowd sitting down to eat a meal in the piazza courtesy of Riccardo Negri at the L’osteria. Last week the music had a definite classical feel with the concert by Massimo Salotti...
09/05/2010 2:28 am
A concert for the tail end of the summer season was held this evening in Piazza Angelio in Barga Vecchia with a large crowd sitting down to eat a meal in the piazza courtesy of Riccardo Negri at the L’osteria and to listen and watch two of Barga’s finest classical musicians – Massimo...
06/16/2010 3:57 pm
Last night (June 15), Barga’s own Sally Li earned standing ovations in Lucca with dazzling interpretations of Giacomo Pucccini, Giuseppe Verdi and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Trained in her native China and the United Kingdom, Ms. Li is an accomplished coloratura soprano, with the unusual vocal range...
06/12/2010 1:51 am
The World Cup 2010 started today in South Africa and Barga is already buzzing and humming with football talk. The Lake Angels up at Vignola are not the only ones well prepared for the games (article here) as many of the restaurants have also put up large tv screens for their customers to watch the games....
04/11/2010 1:00 am
The L’Osteria in Piazza Angelio in Barga Vecchia celebrated its 5th birthday today …except that it nearly didn’t, as Riccardo Negri and his staff were so busy providing food for 50 people seated both inside and out in the new covered area that they didn’t even remember that the...
04/10/2010 5:24 pm
The Saint Martin’s Singers – a choir from the South of England were in Barga Vecchia this afternoon for a short informal concert in the piazza. The 25 members of the choir sang to a compact but interested audience at the L’osteria including the Mayor of Hayange, France, who is here...
03/25/2010 1:59 am
Just days after the wedding of the year between Sally Li He from Qingdao, China and Riccardi Negri from the L’osteria in Barga, new things are afoot once more in Piazza Angelio. Riccardo’s osteria now has a radically different menu available for his customers.
From this morning he is offering...
03/15/2010 3:31 am
This Saturday Barga Vecchia was assailed by hundreds of people all eager to to join in what was already being dubbed “the wedding of the year”. Sally Li He from Qingdao, China and Riccardi Negri from Barga. For only the second week in March, with a long wedding season in front of us, then...
11/05/2009 12:16 am
A large party going on in Piazza Angelio this evening as the L’osteria of Riccardo Negri and his loyal staff celebrate the end of the summer season. The L’osteria has been open right through the summer and for many visitors to the city it was the only place still open to eat during the afternoon...
10/31/2009 2:05 am
Luca Galeotti from Il Giornale di Barga shines a light on the subject
A short exhibition (lasting only three days) of some very dark umbrellas at the L’osteria in Piazza Angelio opened this evening. The artist Keane who painted a series of bright cheerful and sunny umbrellas for the Lake Angels...
10/10/2009 11:03 am
The funghi season just keeps on getting better and better. This afternoon some highly sought after wild mushrooms known as Amanita Caesarea were brought into the city.
Once again it was the L’osteria in Piazza Angelio that had them on their menu by this evening. It would seem that Riccardo from...