Piccinni
Americannoun
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At Potafiori, a restaurant, cocktail bar and flower shop near the Fondazione Prada, Rosalba Piccinni marries her love of botanical design with her passion for entertaining and hospitality.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2020
Her expressive arrangements — which contain striking elements such as king proteas, lotus leaves, purple amaranth flowers and ornamental pincushions — can be delivered along with a live serenade by Piccinni herself.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2020
Bergamo uses the term “festival” loosely, since it also embraces the Teatro Donizetti’s other stage offerings, which include works by Piccinni, Puccini, Rossini and Tchaikovsky.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2011
Piccinni sinks into insignificance by the side of Gluck, but he was nevertheless an able composer, and certainly the leading representative of the Italian school at the time.
From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by J. A. Fuller-Maitland
Jostling elbows with him comes Gluck's chiefest rival, Piccinni, one of the most beautiful characters in history, a man who could wage a mortal combat in art, without bitterness toward his bitter rivals.
From The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 by Rupert Hughes
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