Le Saboteur
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Joosse said:I was just wondering, what language will the merchant of Venice be performed in?
Officially confirmed as being performed in English.
In other news,there's a good article on the Jewish Ghetto over at The New York Times that's worth reading.
The answer to my question was revealed inside one of these: the sumptuous Scuola Grande Spagnola (Great Spanish Synagogue), possibly the work of Baldassare Longhena, the renowned 17th-century architect of Santa Maria della Salute. After we had gazed our fill at the elliptical coffered ceiling and the black-columned pediment that frames the ark of the covenant; after we had craned our necks to glimpse the cherry wood balustrade and diamond-hatched panels that screen the upstairs women?s gallery; after our eyes had bathed in the silver gleam of candelabra and the soft glow of crimson-curtained bottle-glass window panes, Ms. Crepaldi pointed to the brass plaques affixed to the pews. ?These are the names of families who pay to rent their own bench sections,? she told us. ?These families still pray here. This synagogue is used in summer, and in winter they switch to the Scuola Levantina because it?s heated. The Venetian Jewish community may be small, but it?s still strong.?
Full article: 500 Years of Jewish Life in Venice