Controversial Premiere at La Scala: Anti-Fascist Protest and Political Elite

Controversial Premiere at La Scala: Anti-Fascist Protest and Political Elite

It was an unusual evening there Before the Staircasewhich opened the co. season this yearn Don Carlo directed by Riccardo Chailly. Unusual for its presence in the royal box, where the President of the Republic usually sits Sergio Mattarellawho was unable to attend, of the senator for life Liliana Segreseated next to the mayor Giuseppe … Read more

Controversy and Protests at the Premiere of Don Carlo at La Scala

Controversy and Protests at the Premiere of Don Carlo at La Scala

It was an unusual evening there Before the Staircasewhich opened the co. season this yearn Don Carlo directed by Riccardo Chailly. Unusual for its presence in the royal box, where the President of the Republic usually sits Sergio Mattarellawho was unable to attend, of the senator for life Liliana Segreseated next to the mayor Giuseppe … Read more

La Scala Premiere: Senator Segre Misses Mattarella and Public Protests

La Scala Premiere: Senator Segre Misses Mattarella and Public Protests

“I miss Mattarella. I have no brothers or sisters but I love him like a brother”: so the senator for life Liliana Segre speaking of the Prima della Scala, which she attends sitting in the place that usually belongs to the Head of State. “I like the evening very much. I’m a regular at La … Read more

Premiere of La Scala: Controversies, Protests, and Celebrity Arrivals

Premiere of La Scala: Controversies, Protests, and Celebrity Arrivals

“Does everyone want to sit next to me? Good, thank goodness”: this is how Liliana Segre responded upon entering La Scala accompanied by the mayor of Milan Giuseppe Sala. An isolated scream was heard ‘No to fascism’ at La Scala immediately after Mameli’s anthem performed by the theater orchestra directed by Riccardo Chailly. “If someone … Read more