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- the skin horse

Gondolier Gossip

Still in love with Venice.

Summer is finally here, and with it picnics in Perrefitte.

Venetian Baroque is in peril. The history of its birth – the emerging of the first public opera houses, the invention of sonata, cantata, concerto – has been told worldwide but remains largely unspoken at home.

Sublime publishes my piece on how Artistic Director Olivier Lexa helps Venice reclaim authenticity through the Monteverdi Vivaldi Festival. 

To read the article:

The Journey Back to Baroque

 

Bridge of Sighs

Olivier Lexa, Artistic Director Monteverdi Vivaldi Festival and Founder of the Venetian Centre for Baroque Music. (photo credits: Matteo Da Fina).

 the world goes by

Ah, Venice.

Let me count the ways...

Did someone say baguette and pinot gris ?

We've been to a party in Alsace, France, where there was...

copious light

no-nonsense entertaining

slow food

 

indulgent color

wine enough for Bacchus.

Vive la France!

America a Venezia