The new piece by composer Alex Mills and librettist Brian Mullin, titled Leonardo and premiering this weekend at London's Victoria and Albert Museum, focuses on da Vinci's relationship with two of his assistants, the rambunctious working-class youth Gian Giacomo Caprotti (whom Leonardo called SalaÃ, meaning little devil), and the young Milanese noble Francesco Melzi (whom […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AM on November 8, 2019