Italian pronunciation of Agnese:Ah-NYEYH-Seyh"A" is as in "Father." "GN" is a difficult combination, and can best be described "ñ" (an "n" with a dialectal tilde, often seen in Spanish) such as in "piñata," or the nasally fusion of letters "-ni-" in the English word "onion": NYEH or NYEYH, short but distinct. The final piece, "-se" is simple, "seyh"/"seh," and is stressed more to rhyme with "may" sometimes, but can also be similar to the "eh" sound in "echo."