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...Its heyday, however, came in a late-19th-century revival that sought to challenge the dominance of Italian and French opera....
...The French mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez is the titular heroine; Belgian conductor René Jacobs leads the B-Rock Orchestra....
...The most important recipe books for me are Doña Lola, which is a classic Argentinian cookbook, and Phaidon’s The Silver Spoon – it’s the Italian cookery bible....
...For dinner, I’ll head to Via Quadronno on the Upper East Side — if I had to choose one dish in one restaurant in the world, it would be their San Dona tiramisu....
...Or the Condado Vanderbilt, with a star-studded history and a truly spectacular French restaurant, 1919....
...One says “Religion”; another, “English”; another, “French”. The French section is the largest, a recognition perhaps of the francophone enclave in which Guinea-Bissau finds itself....
...The leaves scatter dappled shadows on to the wall to create a relaxed atmosphere. bouf.com Avventurina Murano Chandelier by Alberto Donà, £21,850 The Venetian designer creates texture through fusing Murano...
...Janan Ganesh and Gideon Rachman both write soothing articles about government Brexit policy on the same day (December 12), it brings Virgil to the front of any thinking Brexiter’s mind: Timeo Danaos et dona...
...This has been noted by other French investors such as the Cazes family of Lynch-Bages in Bordeaux’s Pauillac, the Rhône valley’s Michel Chapoutier and, most recently, Burgundy winemaker Jean-Marie Guffens...
...It is a tall order in French: André Markowicz, a tremendous translator of Russian and English literature, does his utmost, and provides moments of undeniable panache throughout....
...(Rio’s Paris Plaza, for example, was designed in 1930 along formal French lines and planted with sea almonds, whose leaves dry to orange hues reminiscent of autumn – comforting for newly arrived European...
...It was during these childhood holidays in Italy that Ernesto and his younger sister Dona invented the name “Alinghi” for an imaginary friend....
..., the first of two French opera arias, asks for a deeper and warmer tenor than Flórez can offer, but his slim sound suited the lighter Boieldieu perfectly....
...Goya’s “Dona Maria Teresa de Vallabriga”, a nuanced portrait of the young wife of the Bourbon heir Don Luis, is another highlight....
...The Jacquemart-André is the Parisian equivalent of the Wallace Collection in London: a sumptuous town house showcasing the 18th-century French and 17th-century Italian and Dutch paintings of its former owners...
...Very much a northern French wine with good natural acidity and no excess baggage or alcohol....
...There is still much to be discovered in South America’s dominant wine-producing country – which is presumably part of its charm for all those French, Spanish, Italian and Austrian wine producers who have...
...I’ve loved its gentle feel ever since the late summer of 1979, when I spent six weeks there studying Spanish and made the intensely exciting discovery that – after the humdrum misery of school French – I...
...The revellers, on November 1, make their way to the Plaza de Doña Elvira, named after one of Don Juan’s conquests....
...DIWAN 2 Rachid Taha Wrasse The Rai rebel went back to his roots: French chanson meets Mahgreb bohemianism....
...Doña Dominga Gran Reserva Carmenère 2003 Colchagua Oddbins £9.99 Extremely rich, charming, dense and eloquent version of Chile’s own grape, with a distinct hint of bergamot....
...At the Prado, we step into the scene where young Infanta Dona Margarita, painted by Velazquez ever since she could stand, refuses to pose....
...There too was Angolan novelist Jose Eduardo Agualusa, considered one of Africa’s finest, bumping into French cult author Pierre Michon....
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