Italian Journal 10: VERDI EVER AFTER

VOLUME 20. NUMBER X. 2013

Celebrating the far-reaching influences of the great Giuseppe Verdi.

Italian Journal 10: Verdi Ever After

 

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Verdi’s “Most Beautiful” Work

/ Columnists and Contributors, Verdi Ever After, Volume 20. Number X. 2013 / /

by Fred PLOTKIN
Talk to anyone in Busseto about Giuseppe Verdi, who was born five kilometers away in Roncole, and he or she will have a strong opinion about the composer who was also a national hero for giving Italy definition and voice in his operas and political activities. As often as not, Verdi is regarded with grudging respect locally for his indisputable achievements.

To Back(Stage) Or Not To Back(Stage)

/ Columns, Contemporary Art, Verdi Ever After, Volume 20. Number X. 2013 / /

by Gianluca Marziani
We see it, on the wall of a gallery or museum, indoors or outdoors, in or on a monitor screen, hanging, suspended or resting … to us the work of art always appears as a finished project. Ultimately, we see the end result and (almost) never behind the scenes, with executive backstage passes to witness the time between conception and design.

Valeria Golino

/ Columns, Face File, Verdi Ever After, Volume 20. Number X. 2013 / /

by Barbara ZORZOLI
For three decades, Valeria Golino, 47, has enjoyed a career of unusual variety, alternating in the past 25 years between Hollywood movies and films in her native Italy. Best known to English-speaking audiences as Topper Harley’s sexy, exotic girlfriend in the popular Hot Shots! and for her role in Rain Man with Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, Valeria, born to a Greek mother and Italian father in Naples, began her career as a model. She started working as an actress during the 1980s, after she was discovered by Italian film icon Lina Wertmüller, who cast her in A Joke of Destiny (1983) when she was still in high school. Three years later she won the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival for Storia d’Amore.

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