Word: vittoria
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Here is the effortless technique of Melba, formidable in the mad scene from a 1901 Lucia di Lammermoor. Here is the Italian tenor Emilio de Marchi, the first Cavaradossi, ringing the rafters with a triumphant Vittoria! in a 1903 Tosca. Here too is the white-hot French soprano Emma Calvé, a peerless Carmen; the Polish soprano Marcella Sembrich, who negotiates the Queen of the Night's treacherous coloratura con molto brio in a 1902 Magic Flute; and the soaring American soprano Nordica (née Norton), who must have been one of the most glorious Brünnhildes in history. And here...
White truffles are foraged by truffle hunters, unearthed by their expensive dogs in the dark predawn hours. By early December the truffles are still in high season. You will see the lovely lumps on the city's main drag, Vittoria Emmanuel, where cheese-shop windows display truffles the way that Harry Winston's shows off jewels--and the truffles are almost as expensive. You probably won't be buying any to take home because they get moldy rather fast. But you are here to eat as many as possible, and Alba is a good first stop...
...tasting tour, I was particularly fond of a 1997 vintage from the COS winery in Cerasuolo di Vittoria, southeast of Palermo, which is made from a mixture of the island's main grape Nera d'Avola and the strawberry-like Frappato. The seven-year-old wine ($18 a bottle) was bright, like a tart red cherry, and grounded with sunbaked plum flavors. Some of these older red wines develop delicious flavors like bittersweet chocolate and smoky...
...tasting tour, I was particularly fond of a 1997 vintage from the COS winery in Cerasuolo di Vittoria, southeast of Palermo, which is made from a mixture of the island's main grape Nera d'Avola and the strawberry-like Frappato. The seven-year-old wine ($18) was bright, like a tart red cherry, and grounded with sunbaked plum flavors. Some of these older red wines develop delicious flavors like bittersweet chocolate and smoky...