In our villages of the Lombard Alps it is increasingly rare to see the ancient professions exercised and it will be even more difficult to pass them on. However, when…
That branch of Lake Como which turns towards noon, holds many surprises.In its lands, perched in the mountains of Valsassina and behind the Resegone, for those who observe it from…
There is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi, less famous than others, which is worth rediscovering and explaining. This is the Grand Opera: The Lombards at the first crusade. This opera,…
The "Va Pensiero" is the most famous opera choir in the history of opera.It was written in 1842 by Giuseppe Verdi and is sung in the third part of the…
Una furtiva lagrima is a romance contained in the two-act opera "L’elisir d’amore" written by Gaetano Donizetti in 1832. The libretto of the Opera is by Felice Romani. It is…
“Se il mio nome saper voi bramate” is a song performed in Act I of the comic opera in two acts, by Gioacchino Rossini, “Il barbiere di Siviglia”. This song…
It is a DOCG red wine produced in Tuscany in the Montalcino area, a municipality in the province of Siena. Brunello di Montalcino together with Barolo is considered the Italian…
Always in the company of our 90-year-old hobbyist "Master Beekeeper" Roberto Maglie, son of the last operator and water transporter of the Regoledo cable car, we continue our journey to…
Vola, vola, volaHow beautiful were the times when folk song festivals were held, where you could express the most genuine and authentic feelings of your own cultures. Today it does…
The immense jubilation is the wedding choir performed in "Lucia di Lammermoor", one of the most famous works by Gaetano Donizetti. Based on a novel by Walter Scott, the three-act…
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