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    Living LA DOLCE VITA

    Feb 06, 2020 4 minutes
    WORDS: JANE KEMP, ISABEL PEARCE, JANE DRUKER, FANNY BLAKE.

    UNWIND AT LAKE COMO

    Ultimate glamour meets fabulous scenery on the shores of Lake Como.

    There’s something irresistibly seductive about the power of music – and back in the 1820s, Italian opera star Giuditta Pasta (yes, Pasta) sat beneath a cypress tree in her villa’s garden on the shore of Lake Como to rehearse a song.

    Across the lake, the equally celebrated composer Vincenzo Bellini heard the thrilling voice echoing across the water and was enchanted. It was the start of a heady love affair that inspired his opera,

    Norma . The magical air of romance, scented with jasmine and mimosa, still lingers in the stunning surroundings of the villa, now lovingly restored to glory as a Mandarin Oriental hotel.

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