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They don’t make films like this any more

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Rigoletto (1850) is the first operatic masterpiece of Giuseppe Verdi, born in Piacenza, (home of Donatella and Milena) and practitioner in Milan. The opera is based on the controversial play by Victor Hugo, “Le Roi S’amuse”. In fact the 1832 … Continue reading →

“In the long run, I shall be happier to be moderately praised in the new style, than greatly praised in the ordinary,” Monteverdi wrote to Giovanni Doni in 1633. What he did was, in the early part of the seventeenth … Continue reading →

Here is the man’s violin in strange kinds of action. Bless the net

“As soon as he was alone, he lit a cigarette, and began sketching upon a piece of paper, drawing flowers, and bits of architecture, first, and then faces. Suddenly he remarked that every face that he drew seemed to have … Continue reading →

In best surrealist mode, this is someone’s Mantua from March.

From that Italian mistranslation: Shakespeare in Lodi Solstitial celebrations still centre upon 24 June, which is no longer the longest day of the year. The difference between the Julian calendar year (365.2500 days) and the tropical year (365.2422 days) moved … Continue reading →

From a new German-based magazine. I may be reaching for harsh words, but I feel no need to apologise. It is my conviction that the moment for gravity, in the most literal sense, has arrived. When there is a need … Continue reading →