Italy On This Day

NEW - Giuseppe Giacosa – poet and playwright Writer produced polished libretti for composer Giacomo Puccini One of Italy’s most prominent 1...

Writer produced polished libretti for composer Giacomo Puccini A magazine illustration of Giuseppe Giacosa in his studio in Milan One of It...

Dado Moroni - jazz musician Self-taught pianist recorded first album at 17 The renowned jazz musician Edgardo ‘Dado’ Moroni was born on this...

Umberto Boccioni - painter Artist who died tragically young was key figure in Futurism The painter Umberto Boccioni, who became arguably the...

Ludovico Scarfiotti - racing driver Only Italian to win ‘home’ Grand Prix in 74 years The racing driver Ludovico Scarfiotti, whose victory i...