Based on an unfinished Oscar Wilde play, Alexander Zemlinskys one-act opera A Florentine Tragedy tells of jealousy, betrayal and ultimately murder. Mezzo-soprano Petra Lang, one of the most sought-after performers in the Austro-German song repertoire, is ..
Gene Brucker explores those pivotal years in Florence and ranges over northern Italy, with forays into the histories of Genoa, Milan, and Venice. The ten essays, three of which have never before been published, exhibit Brucker's graceful intelligence, his ..
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First published in 1860, this short work was developed by nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale for use at her training school in England, but it is meant for anyone entrusted with the well-being of another and offers commonsense suggestions for all caregiv..
But when a half-forgotten classmate requests assistance, Gamadge is unable to refuse the tug of an old school tie. The problem, says Sylvanus, concerns his Aunt Florence?a giddy socialite terrified of Nazi bombs. Florence has moved her extensive household ..
The sluggish Arno and the Ponte Vecchio shimmer in the summer haze. A corpse lies on the roadside, waiting for discovery...Every August, Florence shimmers in the summer heat. But this year the heatwave is fiercer than usual, and the city's inhabitants h..
And no place on earth provides a stone so capable of simulating the warmth and vitality of human flesh and incarnating the genius of a Michelangelo as the statuario of Carrara, the storied marble mecca at Tuscany''s northwest corner. It was there..
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