Aug 07, 2018
Nile & Euphrates by the Adige
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On two Verdi operas in Verona’s historic Roman amphitheater.
Topic: “Italy”
Reconsiderations February 2018
Manzoni’s unfulfilled legacy
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On the economic lessons of Alessandro Manzoni’s The Betrothed.
May 16, 2017
Playful, dark, and right
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On Mozart’s Don Giovanni at La Scala.
Jan 05, 2017
Guido Cagnacci at the Frick
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On Cagnacci’s “Repentant Magdalene: An Italian Baroque Masterpiece” at the Frick Collection.
Letter from . . . January 2017
After the Great Flood of Florence
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On the wreckage and recovery of art works in the Arno River flood of 1966.
Notebook January 2017
The Italian job
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On the Italian referendum and the unraveling of Europe.
Features December 2016
The birth of an idea
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On the emergence of the art museum.
Books September 2016
Dante politicus
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Jun 23, 2016
Giorgio Morandi at the Center for Italian Modern Art
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On Giorgio Morandi's progress toward a "slow" visual style.
Features March 2016
The soul of Florence
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On the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo in Florence.