Verdi’s almost mythical music – now 171 years old. That sort of thing lasts. How much of what Europe’s politicians decide today will stand the test of time and give happiness to people in the year 2195?
Enjoy the “spontaneous” brindisi in the midst of pizza backing, eating and loving humanity. Enjoy the community that music – and other art, too – can create like nothing else. Not the least in Italy.
“Libiamo ne’ lieti calici” (“Let’s drink from the joyful cups”) is a famous duet with chorus from Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata (1853). More about it here.
Thanks, Emine Fougner, for posting this on Linkedin and spreading joy in the midst of all the bad news in the feeds. This is culture. This is living. And it is peace too.
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Cant help posting my own little 13-second video from the St Marco Square in Venice, Italy – Love, music, ice cream – and the ambience of Venice. A moment of joy that makes life so beautiful, also on a rainy day. Conviviality…