Window in Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria

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Cosi fan tutte, ossia La Scuola degli Amanti – Thus Do They All, or The School For Lovers

Mozart’s opera buffa is a perplexing one, and in spite of appearances, a very dark one indeed. It is this

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Wings of desire – Der Himmel uber Berlin – A film by Wim Wenders (1987)

From the sea of Paros to the sky over Berlin! Today I want to reminisce on the wonderful film “Wings

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Dinner Party on the occasion of Despoinarion's Oscar Celebration and Awards

 Today’s post is a celebration for Despoinarion‘s Oscar Awards.  The celebration is double in nature: we celebrate first the award

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Restaurant Guth, Lauterach, Bregenz, Austria

“Lets go  and have a nice meal, this is no weather for being outdoors”, said Manolis, when the snow started

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Gustav Mahler’s Rueckert Lieder: If you love for beauty

Today I want to share with you one of the songs that Gustav Mahler wrote to poetry by Friedrich Rueckert. 

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Restaurant Steirereck – Vienna, Austria

Introduction Today I continue with my second gastronomic experience in Vienna, the first being in the Restaurant Vestibuel, reported a

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