Italy On This Day

Prolific writer produced the words for Puccini’s early operas  Ferdinando Fontana (left), with Puccini in a photograph taken in around 1885 ...

Bar owner who created classic red aperitif Gaspare Campari created his eponymous liqueur while running a bar in Novara Gaspare Campar...

Entrepreneur who ‘discovered’ the great Giacomo Puccini  Giulio Ricordi took over Casa Ricordi from his father in 1888 Giulio Ricord...