EditorialA string quartet plays Vivaldi?s ?Four Seasons from atop artist Livio De Marchi?s conception, an enormous motorized watercraft called Noah?s Violin, as it floats along the Grand Canal of Venice, Italy, with an escort of gondolas, Sept. 18, 2021. (Susan Wright/The New York Times)
EditorialA string quartet plays Vivaldi?s ?Four Seasons from atop artist Livio De Marchi?s conception, an enormous motorized watercraft called Noah?s Violin, as it floats along the Grand Canal of Venice, Italy, with an escort of gondolas, Sept. 18, 2021. (Susan Wright/The New York Times)