Two weeks later, the ancient city of Palermo was bathed in the glorious, golden light of an early Sicilian spring. Along the palm-lined boulevards of Piazza Giuseppe Verdi, thousands of citizens had gathered beneath the soaring neoclassical portico of the Teatro Massimo—the third-largest opera house in Europe and the cultural heart of Sicily. The grand bronze doors were thrown wide open, adorned with massive wreaths of white lilies, fresh olive…
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