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I hope you enjoy these three versions of Rosini's charming cavaletta (an aria that introduces a character in an opera). The text below comes from my 2009 book, "Operatic Italian" where I use Rosina's cavaletta to illustrate the future tense in Italian. The word "furba" (cunning, manipulative) comes to mind when listening to the music and I finish this post with…...

Una voce poco fa: two versions. Such a little fox! I hope you enjoy these three versions of Rosini’s charming cavaletta (an aria that introduces a character in an opera). The text below comes from my 2009 book, “Operatic Italian” …

Here are the footnotes tor my book “Florence, Dante and Me.” The book itself was written (in the form of letters) during the academic year 1960-61 and the notes were added around 2016 when I finally got around to publishing the letters in the form of a book. In the intervening fifty-six years I had plenty of time to think about the many ways that my year in Italy had changed me and set the course that my life was to follow....

My book, “Florence, Dante and Me” (footnotes) Here are the footnotes tor my book “Florence, Dante and Me.” The book itself was written (in the form of letters) during the academic year 1960-61 and the notes were added around 2016 when I finall…