Sorry to have been so uncommunicative over the past week, but there are occasions when certain tasks do monopolise one’s attention. I have agreed to give a talk to the regional Italian Circle early in November….in Italian! I had to finish my draft of the text by tomorrow, so that it could be checked over by a native-speaker, before I make a fool of myself. The job is finished now, and I hope that I will be able to get back on track, and re-engage with art, in the coming week.
The subject of the talk? The legend of Faust, and the opera by the Italian composer Arrigo Boito, Mefistofele.