Civitella Ranieri is an exquisite place to work. There is a grand feeling here of care-taking that is rare and stupendous and lucky. As if the goal of the staff, and the deeper spirit and mission of the place, is really and truly about the commitment to an environment...
I came to Civitella during a period of transition in my writing life, looking to gather the work of several years and prepare for a new chapter. What I found here was an extraordinary reservoir of the most needed elements in an artist’s life: inspiration, discipline,...
During my residency at Civitella Ranieri I was working on a chamber music composition for musical theater, Tristans Tod (Tristan’s death). The project is a collaboration with the musicologist Olga Visentini, who also wrote the libretto. The play is about the...
Ode to Civitella Follow the winding road into the long-ago story of enchantment. Before sunrise, heed the rooster free of our introspective frowns, nourished by the song he crows. Feel the morning mist like a blessing stroke the harmony of wheat, sunflowers heavy in...
