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Italian Three-Act Dramatic Opera Based on a Poem by Ariosto Orlando Furioso, an Italian opera by Antonio Vivaldi: opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Vivaldi's opera information. Antonio Vivaldi (March 4, 1678...
The Baroque sacristy of St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican's church, is alive with movement. Vespers, the traditional evening prayer service, is about to begin in the apse behind the papal altar and no one seems quite ready.
Even though I spend many weeks in the spring and fall in Italy, and a great deal of time back home studying Italian art and culture, sometimes a fierce longing for that most beautiful country overtakes me. It happened today....
