Remembering Ennio Morricone –Ennio Morricone’s death has monopolized the attention of the foreign press. Numerous articles are dedicated to the musician, referred to as “legendary” (Financial Times, July 6 – Ennio Morricone, legendary Italian film composer, dead at 91), “heterodox” (El Mundo, July 6 – Muere Ennio Morricone, el heterodoxo que silbaba canciones de amor*), “experimental” (El País, July 8 – Morricone: el electrónico, el asonante y el experimental), “one of the world’s most versatile and influential creators of music” (The New York Times, July 6 – Ennio Morricone, Oscar-Winning Composer of Film Scores, Dies at 91*), “an undisputed maestro who has influenced all composers” (El Mundo, July 6 – Ennio Morricone, El Maestro empujado por el impulso experimental), and a “writer of hundreds of soundtracks and a two-time Oscar winner” (Libération, July 6 – LE COMPOSITEUR ITALIEN ENNIO MORRICONE S’ÉTEINT À 91 ANS) who “leaves behind an immense oeuvre”(Le Monde, July 6 – Ennio Morricone, une dernière fois).
Other articles recount in detail a “career that spanned decades,” a composer who “created some of the most memorable soundtracks” (The Guardian, July 6 – Ennio Morricone: maestro of the movies – in pictures) and for whom “Spaghetti Westerns were only the beginning (The New York Times, July 7 – Ennio Morricone in Eight Moments). Morricone, who worked with a “Who’s Who of directors” in Italy and Hollywood” (The New York Times, July 6 – Ennio Morricone, Oscar-Winning Movie Composer, Dies at 91*), composed nearly “500 film scores” (Bloomberg, July 6 – Ennio Morricone, Gifted Composer of Film Scores, Dies at 91*) and, as one of the “world’s most famous screen composers” (Reuters, July 6 – Ennio Morricone, Italian composer most famous for Westerns, dies aged 91), “helped define a cinematic era” (Reuters, July 6 – Italian film composer Ennio Morricone dies aged 91). In fact, as The New York Times asserts, “Ennio Morricone was more than one of the world’s great soundtrack composers — he was one of the world’s great composers, period” (July 8 – Ennio Morricone Was More Than Just a Great Film Composer*).
Several reports also appeared on in German papers July 6 (Die Zeit – Komponist im Alter von 91 Jahren verstorben; Sueddeutsche Zeitung – Filme fürs Ohr; Das Lied vom Leben) and in the francophone North African press (Le Matin – Décès du musicien Ennio Morricone;-L’Orient le Jour – Le compositeur italien Ennio Morricone s’éteint à 91 ans*). Lastly, the Parisian press, in addition to a “selection of the most beautiful music in 70 years of activity” (Libération, July 6 – ENNIO MORRICONE : ET POUR QUELQUES ACCORDS DE PLUS…*), also reported messages of condolence from international figures paying homage to the “artistic genius of the maestro, one of the world’s most famous Italians” (Le Monde, July 6 – Les hommages au « génie artistique du maestro » Ennio Morricone se multiplient*).
Culture – The international dailies also include cultural reporting. The New York Times recounts the concert dedicated to Syria that Riccardo Muti conducted at the Ravenna Festival (July 5 – Muti Conducts Syria Musicians in Memorial Concert Amid Ruins*) and, along with Reuters, spotlights the “Black Presence” initiative with which the Uffizi, in 9 masterpieces, is celebrating Black culture’s role in the Renaissance (July 2 – Uffizi Masterpieces Show Black Culture’s Role in the Renaissance; Reuters, July 2 – Uffizi masterpieces show Black culture’s role in the Renaissance).
And while Libération reviews a show with which Paris’s Marmottan museum recounts the artistic “liaison” between Paul Cezanne and the Italian masters (July 3 – L’ITALIE À L’HUILE DE CÉZANNE*), Le Monde reports on the exhibition that Germany’s Vitra Design Museum has devoted to the “works of a lifetime” of Gae Aulenti (Le Monde, July 7 – Design : Gae Aulenti, les œuvres d’une vie*).
Phase 2: science and nature – Phase 2 of the coronavirus emergency has also brought positive repercussions for Italy. Reuters reports that the Catalent plant in Anagni will produce the new vaccine (July 6 – Catalent plant in Italy will help produce J&J’s potential COVID-19 vaccine: minister), while the Coastguard, with images and video, has documented the rebirth of marine flora and fauna during the lockdown (July 6 – Mediterranean marine life flourished during lockdown, Italian coastguard finds). There is also coverage of the pink snow on the Presena glacier in the Alps, a phenomenon caused by an alga that lives at an elevation of 2,600 metres (Sueddeutsche Zeitung, July 6 – Der pinke Gletscher)
Luxury, lifestyle, gastronomy – International newspapers also devote coverage to luxury, lifestyle, and gastronomy. El País Icon reviews Alta Sartoria, “the most sophisticated of Dolce & Gabbana’s lines, presented digitally” (July 5 – ‘Dolce vita’, astrología y artesanía de lujo), while Expansión discusses Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63, the limited edition of a yacht made with The Italian Sea Group (July 8 – EL NACIMIENTO DEL YATE LAMBORGHINI).
In Italian cuisine, The New York Times covers the recipe book by the Colorado restaurant Frasca, on Friuli food and wine (July 6 – Where Italian and Croatian Cuisine Meet*), and “rediscovers” verdicchio, “Italy’s greatest native white grape variety” (July 2 – Verdicchio di Matelica, to Discover or Revisit. There is also coverage of “creativity applied to cuisine,” with the ideas of Sissa Verde, the Neapolitan chef in Madrid, collected by El País (July 3 – Orejitas de pasta en Bari).
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