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DIED. BIRGIT NILSSON, 87, international opera star whose rich timbre, dramatic interpretations and unrivaled stamina made her the finest Wagnerian soprano of her generation; on Christmas Day; in her hometown, Vastra Karup, Sweden. Level-headed and sharp-witted, Nilsson thrilled audiences from New York to Milan in operas by Verdi (Aida), Strauss (Elektra, below) and Puccini (Turandot) but won her most enthusiastic fans with dynamic lead performances in such Wagner works as The Ring of the Nibelung and Tristan und Isolde. Asked to name the primary requirement for playing Isolde, a punishing role she sang some 200 times, she said...
...DIED. BIRGIT NILSSON, 87, international opera star whose voice, dramatic talent and stamina made her the finest Wagnerian soprano of her generation; on Christmas Day, in Vastra Karup, Sweden. Level-headed and sharp-witted, Nilsson thrilled audiences from New York to Milan in a variety of operas, but won her most enthusiastic fans with dynamic lead performances in such Wagner works as Ring of the Nibelung and Tristan und Isolde. Asked to name the primary requirement for playing Isolde, a punishing role she performed some 200 times, she said: "Comfortable shoes...
...with the policies of the Italian government. Every day the Pope or some Cardinal appears on the TV news, and politicians queue to kneel before the Pope, thereby humiliating the state. If only some latter-day Henry VIII would appear on the scene and expel the Vatican. Alessandro Berrini Milan Exit Strategy The average American is simply sick of the U.S.'s spending our money and our young people's lives for political ideals [Dec. 5]. What would Americans do if Saddam Hussein or any other world leader believed that Bush was evil and decided to trump up charges...
...sisters marry into uppermost Renaissance Italian society. Plain, naive Beatrice gets the ruler of Milan, while precocious (and luscious) Isabella winds up with a lesser man. In this gold brocade world, where every gesture echoes in quadruple?as politics, family, sex and art?only the virtuosos survive, and leading the dance is the greatest virtuoso of them all, Da Vinci...
...services - voice, video and data - in their home, but 35% say they are interested, according to technology consultants Forrester Research. That's a huge potential market. "There's a race now among all the operators to arrive first," says Luigi Pugliese, a telecom consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton in Milan. "The world of triple play will soon close. It's growing rapidly and the first to get a customer will not lose him." Most European communications companies are not equipped to offer all three services easily - hence a wave of strategic mergers. Late last year NTL, a U.K.-based telephone...