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Culture<\/strong> \u2013 This week, the top stories about Italy in the foreign press have been all about the stage. Both the Washington Post<\/em> and Reuters<\/em> ran pieces about the heightened security opera-goers faced at the opera premier in Milan, amidst fears it might have been cancelled. On December 4 the former had this to say – La Scala opens new season amid enhanced security<\/a> whilst the latter, on December 7 went with – Giovanna d’Arco opens La Scala season under high security<\/a>. The same event was big news in Spain too where the opera was streamed live to 24 movie theatres around the country, as reported on December 4, by El Mundo<\/em> – ‘Juana de Arco’, de La Scala a los cines<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

There was even more Italian opera to read about this week, with Cavalleria Rusticana directed by Damiano Michieletto<\/strong> at Covent Garden in London. On December 7 both the Financial Times<\/em> and The Times<\/em> were there to report, the first saying – Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, Royal Opera House, London \u2014 \u2018Gripping<\/a>*, whilst a similar title in the second read \u2013 Cavalleria Rusticana\/Pagliacci at Covent Garden<\/a>*.<\/p>\n

Across the pond, the Wall Street Journal<\/em> chose to feature the visual arts and the unconventional work of Alberto Burri,<\/strong>  in a piece that ran on December 9 entitled – \u2018Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting\u2019 Review<\/a>.  A day later, Spain\u2019s El Pais <\/em>reported on the Italian Film Festival in Barcelona – La nueva hornada del cine italiano<\/a>. On December 7, across the border in France, it was an Italian neuroscientist, Pier Vincenzo Piazza, <\/strong>the recent recipient of two awards in that country who featured in Le Monde  <\/em>in a profile piece about the man and his work – Pier Vincenzo Piazza, accro <\/a>\u00e0 l’addiction<\/a>*.<\/p>\n

Fashion<\/strong> \u2013 Several international papers published articles involving the world of Italian fashion this week. On December 7, both Reuters<\/em> and El Pais<\/em>  wrote about the death of Mariuccia Mandelli, the founder of Krizia<\/strong>, acknowledging that she had been one of the leading lights and most ambitious designers in the world of Italian fashion, with Reuters writing – Mariuccia Mandelli, founder of Krizia fashion brand, dies at 90<\/a> and El Pais<\/em> – Maria Mandelli, la dise\u00f1adora que visti\u00f3 a la nueva mujer italiana<\/a>). A few days earlier, on December 4 the El Pais Semanal<\/em> (weekly paper) ran a long piece on another Italian fashion label, Trussardi<\/strong>, a family that has been able to revitalize itself and contribute to the reinvention of the \u201cmade in Italy\u201d brand too – Reinventar el \u2018Made in Italy\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Finance<\/strong> \u2013 News of foreign investors in Italy also made it into the international press. Reuter<\/em>s in fact ran two pieces, writing on December 5 about Consob (the Italian Securities and Exchange Commission) giving the go ahead to one particular tender – Italy bourse watchdog approves Hitachi tender offer for Ansaldo -Hitachi<\/a> whilst the piece on December 7 was all about an American private equity company buying out Italian software company, Team System<\/strong> or 1.2 million Euros – Hellman & Friedman to take control of Italy’s Team System<\/a><\/p>\n

Food & Wine – <\/strong>On December 4 Les Echos,<\/em> explained that Italian food and wine is experiencing a truly triumphant period at the moment, thanks in part to the success of groups like Eataly<\/strong> – L’italie, le bon filon du go\u00fbt italien<\/a>*. Italian recipes are often a popular feature in the foreign press, and on December 7, the Wall Street Journal<\/em> described how chef Massimo Bottura <\/strong>makes a very particular sort of pasta – Massimo Bottura\u2019s Recipe for Passatelli<\/a>* . A day later, L\u2019Orient le Jour published a wine review all about \u201cbubbles\u201d from Ferrari<\/strong> – Ferrari, en Italie, ce sont aussi des vins \u00e0 bulles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on December 4, other foreign papers were handing out advice on the best Italian restaurants for readers to try, with the Washington Post <\/em>recommending – Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana serves designer pies with fine-dining flourishes<\/a> and El Pais<\/em> suggesting that Madrid\u2019s Trattoria Manzoni is an ambassador for Italian food and wine – La embajadora de la gastronom\u00eda italiana<\/a>. On December 7, Bloomberg Businessweek<\/em> featured the somewhat unusual story of Agroittica Lombarda<\/strong>, the Italian company that has become Europe\u2019s greatest producer of caviar  now hoping to beat the Russians at their own game – Food of the Czars: Italian Caviar Infiltrates the Russian Market<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tourism<\/strong> \u2013 As always, some news on the tourist beat also popped up, with El Pais, <\/em>on December 6, providing its readers with ten places that will make them fall in love with Italy – Diez momentos para enamorarse de Italia<\/a>, whilst a day later it was the spectacular eruption of Etna<\/strong>, that featured in the Washington Post<\/em> – Mount Etna erupts after two years of silence<\/a>. Earlier in the week,  the New York Times<\/em> ran a piece about a particular aspect of life in Italy, based on a conversation with Mark Molinaro, the Italian-Welsh writer and artist who divides his time between Wales and the Salento  – Familiar Ground<\/a>*.<\/p>\n

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