Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience: painted with great skill. b. A developed talent or ability: improved his writing skills. c. An art, trade, or technique, particularly one requiring use of the hands or body: the skill of glassmaking.
Situated in Northeastern Italy, Verona is affectionately known as the city of love, in large part due to one of the most famous love stories in history: Romeo and Juliet. Needless to say, Verona is an intimate and picturesque city and lies on the Adige River.
Rea's elegant settings of four love idylls from the Italian Baroque period by Giulio Strozzi (the program's title comes from a passage in the third poem) underscored the fact that the words all proclaim a female viewpoint, with big helpings of unrequited amore.