Ep. 004: Don Giovanni with Sylvia Korman

Deus sex machina.

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Olivia Giovetti outside of Sparafucile's house in Mantua, Italy.

When I was four, I dressed up as Mephistopheles from Gounod’s Faust for Halloween and corrected each of my grandparents’ friends when they thought I was the devil. Now I’m a cultural critic (that’s me outside of Sparafucile’s house in Mantua).

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