Kathleen Groutt and her husband John are regular travellers to Italy and more recently, have enjoyed longer stays in Florence. When not travelling, they live in Eden, Maryland.
In The Stones of Florence, Mary McCarthy describes Florence in shades of brown, gray and black. Not so in this fall’s Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’s updated production of Mozart’s early opera, La Finta Giardinieria. Jesús Ruiz, Spanish scene designer