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3 unusual facts about Bomarzo


Bomarzo

The Dutch magic-surrealist painter Carel Willink used several of the park's statue groups in his paintings, e.g. The Eternal Cry and Balance of Forces.

The story behind Bomarzo and the life of Pier Francesco Orsini are the subject of a novel by the Argentinian writer Manuel Mujica Láinez (1910–1984), Bomarzo (1962).

A mystery novel by Linda Lappin Signatures in Stone (2013) investigates the symbolism of the Sacred Grove, its relation to the myth of Persephone, and recent theories concerning the designer of the Park.


Pier Francesco Orsini

Alberto Ginastera's 1967 opera Bomarzo is based on the life of Orsini, as told in the book of the same name by Argentinian writer Manuel Mujica Láinez.

Salvador Novoa

He began his tenure with the New York City Opera in 1966, where he appeared regularly until 1972, in Tosca (with Sherrill Milnes as Scarpia), Carmen (opposite Huguette Tourangeau), Gianni Schicchi (with Norman Treigle and Beverly Sills), Der Rosenkavalier (with Elisabeth Grümmer), La traviata, Bomarzo (in its New York premiere), Lucia di Lammermoor (with Sills), Don Rodrigo (of Ginastera), and Mefistofele (with Treigle).


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