by DHales | Apr 4, 2013 | culture, history, Italy, Language, Music, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Giuseppe Verdi(1813-1901) As part of the Year of Italian Culture (l'anno della cultura italiana), Italy is celebrating the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi–fondly nicknamed “Peppino”–the Michelangelo of Italian opera. In more than...
by DHales | Jan 13, 2013 | art, culture, history, Italy, Language, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Il Divino The Divine One The first Italian “guest” to the United States in “l’anno della cultura italiana” (The Year of Italian Culture) is a statue: the David-Apollo (above), loaned by the Bargello Museum in Florence to the National Gallery of Art in...