Milan’s La Scala Opera House has delayed the opening of the ballet season due to the Covid-19 outbreak after the opening of the opera season in a full auditorium a few days ago.
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At least one of the four ballerinas tested by Covid-19 also took part in the premiere of the December 7 opera Macbeth.
Ten more theater workers behind the scenes have been diagnosed with coronavirus, La Scala reported.
The Italian health authorities have quarantined several more people who have been in close contact with infected people.
La Scala’s ballet season was scheduled to open on December 15 with a performance in Bajadera. The show has been postponed to December 21st.
The opening of the opera season, La Scala, is considered to be the most important event on the Italian cultural calendar, and this year it was particularly spectacular, as the opening of the season was televised in 2020 due to a pandemic.
Although La Scala’s opera season officially opened on December 7, the theater has been performing pre-season operas, ballets and other events for several months. It is one of the few operas in Europe where performances are resumed on a regular basis with a full auditorium.
In Italy, as in other European countries, the number of new cases of Covid-19 infection is increasing. The disease was detected in 20,000 people on Friday.
Unlike many other European countries, Italy has managed to curb mortality in the new wave of morbidity. For several months now, the number of Covid-19 patients who die in Italy for several months has not exceeded one hundred.
Officials say this is due to the fact that 85% of the Italian population over the age of 12 have completed a course of vaccination against Covid-19. Also in Italy, face masks are still required in public places and Covid-19 certification is required to enter workplaces, restaurants, museums and theaters.
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