Capuana

British

/ kaˈpwaːna /

noun

Luigi. 1839–1915, Italian realist novelist, dramatist, and critic. His works include the novel Giacinta (1879) and the play Malia (1895)

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Listen to any operatic recording or performance conducted by, for example, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli or Dmitri Mitropoulos, Karl Bohm or Franco Capuana.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2017

Soon all of Contrada was flocking to the Capuana estate to look at the new portrait and laugh at its subject.

From Time Magazine Archive

Silvio Capuana could never forget the poverty of his youth, or the pain and contempt it had brought him in the Apennine village of Contrada, where he was born 60 years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

Let the Gothic banner fly from the Castle of Tiberius and from the Porta Capuana.

From A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Dahn, Felix

He held his broad shield over her head with his left hand, and galloped off with her through the smoking streets to the Porta Capuana.

From A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Dahn, Felix

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