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...imitated their Arabic counterparts. One of the exhibit's showcase pieces - a hallowed marble throne from the Church of San Pietro di Castello in Venice - features a backrest that is actually a tombstone brought from Syria, still inscribed with Koranic scripture. The throne "tells a story," says curator Stefano Carboni, "of cultures in tune with each other, of mutual understandings." Venice declined as other European navigators explored and came to dominate the far greater waters of the Atlantic Ocean, but the legacy of its Eastern adventuring still dazzles and inspires. For more details, see www.museiciviciveneziani.it
...CHARGED. GIUSEPPE (PIPPO) CALO, 73, FLAVIO CARBONI, MANUELA KLEINSZIG and ERNESTO DIOTALLEVI, with the 1982 murder of Banco Ambrosio chief Roberto Calvi; in Rome. Calvi, known as "God's banker" because of his close ties with the Vatican, traveled to London when his bank was near collapse and was found hanging under Blackfriars Bridge in London, his pockets stuffed with bricks, rocks, a false passport and several thousand dollars in cash. A London coroner originally ruled the death a suicide, but in 2003, Italian prosecutors issued a report concluding that Calvi had been murdered by the Mafia...
...wake of Calvi's death, a number of his associates reportedly fled Italy for South America and took large sums of money with them. Flavio Carboni, the business partner who had met with Calvi in London, was arrested in Switzerland. An Ambrosiano attorney says "many millions of dollars" were transferred to Carboni's Swiss accounts by Calvi some months before the trip to London...
Following is the programme for tonight's concert: Beethoven, Overture, "Leonore," No 2; Duets by Miss Carmela Carboni, Soprano, and Miss Grazia Carboni, Contralto; Bach, Overture (Suite), No. 2; in B minor, for strings, flute, and pianoforte accompaniment; Duet by the Misses Carboni; Tchaikovsky, Symphony, No. 5, in E minor. Tickets may be obtained at Sever's book store or at Sanders Theatre immediately before the concert...
Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert. Soloists: Miss Carmela Carboni, Soprano and Miss Grazia Carboni, Contralto. Sanders Theatre, 7.45 p. m. Programme: Beethoven, Overture, "Leonore," No. 2; - Duets by the Misses Carboni; Bach, Overture (Suite), No. 2, in B minor, for strings, flute, and pianoforte accompaniment; - Duet by the Misses Carboni; Tchaikovsky, Symphony, No. 5, in E minor...