Word: giovanni
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reform" (TIME, July 2, July 9) . Don Sturzo resigned the leadership of his powerful Party tamely, declaring that he did not wish to cause trouble over the relations between the Partito and the Church. He will be replaced by a Committee of three, Giulio Rodino (former Minister of War), Giovanni Gronchi (former Under Secretary of State), Signor Spadaro (Party Committeeman). No member of this Triumvirate is sufficiently astute or strong to withstand Mussolini's extra-Party steamroller. For the past six months rumors have been current that Mussolini, by restoring Catholic education in the public schools, had bought Vatican...
Religious paintings, examples of the rare beauty of the early Florentine and Sienese schools, are exhibited at the Institute during the summer. They are loaned by Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr., who collected them before the War, and include paintings of Guidoceio Cozzarelli, Benvenuti di Giovanni, Paoli di Giovanni Fei, Jacopo del Sellajo, Ricci di Lorenzo...
Among the operas rumored for production at the Metropolitan next year are Weber's Die Freischuts, Massanet's Roi d'Lahore, Mascagni's Amico Frits, Wagner's Die Meistersingers and Mozart's Don Giovanni...
...will be one of the greatest of blessings if the Metropolitan gives Don Giovanni next year. This is a masterpiece that one rarely gets a chance to hear. The basso that can sing and play the role of that prodigious Don Juan Tenorio, who was such a favorite among the virgins of Spain, is seldom to be found. The Metropolitan now, however, has a man with a reputation for singing Don Giovanni. He is Michael Bohnen, who made his American debut in the middle of the season. Bohnen is that exceptional phenomenon among singers, a man of high intelligence...
...Giovanni Papini-he looked into his heart and wrote a brilliant his- tory. (See Page 20.) The Saturday Evening Post-clean business. (P. 24.) A royal wedding gown of chiffon moire, silver thread, pearls, tulle and borrowed lace...