"Altera figlia Di quel monarca a cui Nè anco, quando annotta, il Sol tramonta."

": Far worse it is To lose than never to have tasted bliss."

"Muratori really proved himself to be a universal genius of rare calibre, at home in all fields of human knowledge. He…"

"I could have had that pleasure, but then the sacrifice would not have been complete."

"Fifty years a Jesuit and forty years a missionary, one of the noblest men that ever laboured in the ranks of the Chur…"

"The reputation for solid virtue, patience, and courage, which he had acquired in the different grades of his order, w…"

"How many times have I asked myself whether it was possible to tie oneself to a mass without ever having loved anyone …"

"Every conductor–even those who, like me, were born in Britain and raised in the United States–must sooner or later co…"

"La Scala is the lover who made me despair the most"

"They ask me what my secret is. My secret is very simple: it consists in having the music performed, note by note, as …"