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Scala, La
(Encyclopedia) Scala, La [Teatro alla Scala], one of the world's great opera houses, located in Milan, Italy. It opened in 1778 with a production of Antonio Salieri's Europa Riconosciuta. Built on…papillon
(Encyclopedia) papillonpapillonpăpˈəlŏnˌ [key], breed of toy dog whose origins are obscure but whose widespread existence in Europe is attested to as early as the 17th cent. It stands from 8 to 11 in…Domingo, Plácido
(Encyclopedia) Domingo, PlácidoDomingo, Plácidoplăˈcēdō dōmēˈgō [key], 1941–, Spanish operatic tenor, b. Madrid, Spain. He made his operatic debut in Mexico City in 1961 and his New York debut at the…Giacosa, Giuseppe
(Encyclopedia) Giacosa, GiuseppeGiacosa, Giuseppej&oomacr;zĕpˈpā jäkôˈzä [key], 1847–1906, Italian dramatic poet. After Una partita a scacchi [a game of chess] (1873) won him his first success,…nonlinear dynamics
(Encyclopedia) nonlinear dynamics, study of systems governed by equations in which a small change in one variable can induce a large systematic change; the discipline is more popularly known as chaos…Poems by Emily Dickinson: XXIII ("The butterfly's assumption-gown")
by EmilyDickinsonA DayThe WindXXIII The butterfly's assumption-gown, In chrysoprase apartments hung, This afternoon put on. How condescending to descend, And be of buttercups the…moth
(Encyclopedia) moth, any of the large and varied group of insects which, along with the butterflies, make up the order Lepidoptera. The moths comprise the great majority of the 100,000 species of the…Schnabel, Julian
(Encyclopedia) Schnabel, JulianSchnabel, Julianshnäˈbəl [key], 1951–, American artist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. He studied art at the Univ. of Houston and the Whitney Museum. A neoexpressionist, he became a…Montale, Eugenio
(Encyclopedia) Montale, EugenioMontale, Eugenioā&oomacr;jĕˈnyō mōntäˈlā [key], 1896–1981, Italian poet, critic, and translator. After working as an editor, Montale became chief librarian of the…angelfish
(Encyclopedia) angelfish, common name for certain members of the Pomacanthidae, a family of brightly colored reef-dwelling tropical fishes with compressed bodies and small mouths and teeth. They were…Trending
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