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The celebration of the Italian National Day drew approximately 400 guests, including Blase Cardinal Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago. Together with representatives from the State of Illinois, the City of Chicago and Cook County, considerable attendees participated from the academic, research, cultural, and business worlds, the Consular Corp, as well as various representatives from the Italian-American community in the Chicagoland area and the Midwest. As part of the evening's festivities, Soprano Elisabetta Russo performed pieces of Italian operatic repertoire, accompanied on the piano by Roberta Terchi Nocentini.
