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THERE are few things more beautiful than watching Anna Caterina Antonacci suffer. In a production of Berlioz’s “Troyens” filmed in Paris in 2003, Ms. Antonacci, the Italian soprano, plays the haunted Trojan prophetess Cassandra. After the celebratory opening chorus the mood abruptly changes.

A Mafia fugitive has been caught in Naples after police found him hiding behind a "magic mirror" in a wardrobe that led to a secret hiding place inside his luxury villa.Antonio Cardillo, a 34-year-old alleged crime boss affiliated with the Lo Russo clan of the Naples Camorra, was arrested by officers of the Carabinieri in a raid early Saturday after they discovered a ruse reminiscent of a spy novel. Cardillo had been at large for 18 months but had apparently been living at home with his family in Marano di Napoli on the outskirts of the city.

ROME — Because it is real, the video is all the more touching. Because it was taken with a mobile phone, the images are jumpy and all-over-the-place, but it’s unlikely that a professionally shot movie would have captured the spontaneity of the joy — and relief — of the boatload of mostly Eritrean migrants rescued by the Italian navy in the Mediterranean after a harrowing four-day crossing from Libya.

Italy along with other European nations are trying to convince countries with major current account surpluses to further investment in their government bonds and/or the Eurozone bailout funds.