It was an unusual evening there In front of the stairswhich opened the Co. season this yearn Don Carlo directed by Riccardo Chailly. Unusual for his presence in the royal box, where the President of the Republic usually sits Sergio Mattarellawho was unable to attend, was appointed senator for life Liliana Segresitting next to the mayor Giuseppe Sala, and near the President of the Senate Ignazio La Russa. Unusual for the screams that come from the gallery, “No to fascism” before Mameli’s anthem and “Long live anti-fascist Italy” followed by applause. Unusual for bass disease Michele Pertusi who continued to appear despite voice problems.
Liliana Segre at the premiere at La Scala
“I miss Mattarella. I don’t have any brothers or sisters, but I love him like a brother,” he said Senator for life Liliana Segre Speaking of the Prima della Scala, who sits in the place that normally belongs to the head of state. “I really like the evening. I’m a regular at La Scala, I went to the gallery and then slowly walked down to the stalls,” she adds. This year, “the mayor and La Russa kindly invited me to come to the royal box,” he concludes. I miss Mattarella. During breaks he always invited me to the royal box. I don’t have any brothers or sisters, but I love them like a brother.” “Does everyone want to sit next to me?” “Good, thank God,” said the senator as he entered the Scala accompanied by the mayor of Milan Giuseppe Sala and greeted with warm applause.
Thirteen minutes of applause for Giuseppe Verdi’s Don Carlo conducted by Maestro Riccardo Chailly and directed by Lluís Pasqual, which opened the Teatro alla Scala’s season. When the director left there was disapproval and some “boos.”
Liliana Segre in the Sala with the Mayor of Milan, Sala
A stray scream could be heard “No to fascism” and “Long live anti-fascist Italy” at La Scala immediately after Mameli’s anthem performed by the theater orchestra under the direction of Riccardo Chailly. “If someone comes to La Scala to shout or to Ambrogino to whistle, they have a problem,” said the deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini he commented on the shouts. “You come to La Scala to listen, not to scream,” he added, saying the opera was “beautiful.” “I didn’t hear it”: the President of the Senate Ignazio La Russa so in the second paragraph of Don Carlo he explained that he had not heard the scream.
“What I didn’t understand about the controversies that I wasn’t involved in was the ignorance that I’m not the deputy of the president. I am the President of the Senate, it is the President who comes down to say hello, I was there last year too and I did not come down to greet anyone, I was not the Deputy President, the President was not there and Was there no replacement?” the President of the Senate told ANSA Ignazio La Russa at the end of Don Carlo, which opened the Scala season.
In front of the Teatro Alla Scala
At the Scala with a thought about it Giulia Cecchettin and Giulia Tramontano And to all the victims of femicide: it was the choice of some guests at the premiere who wanted to break with the tradition that prohibits red in the theater to send a message Against violence against women. Sabina NegriPlaywright, wearing red shoes, takes her keys out of her bag in front of Piermarini to make noise at the request of Giulia Cecchettin’s sister and the plastic surgeon Dvora Ancona She had a red dress by Antonio Riva. Among the guests was a lady with a red spot on her face.
The President of the Senate, La Russa, at the premiere of the Scala in Milan
“I’m expecting a great evening of music”: That’s what the Senate President said Ignazio La Russa at ANSA at La Scala for the premiere of Don Carlo.
“I dedicated my inaugural speech to the Senate to Liliana Segre, she is a friend and a role model. “It passes on the memory of the peoples and through its history brings to life what should not happen in the world”: this is what the Minister of Reforms said Maria Elisabetta Casellati Arrival at La Scala. “It is a showcase of the world. The opera is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and today it is truly a great pleasure to attend this premiere of an opera from Verdi’s mature period, which deviates a little from the dramaturgical line, with exceptional singers. So it’s a joy to the heart,” he added.
“Tonight I expect beauty.” As Patty Smith upon his arrival at the Prima della Scala. To those who asked her to comment on the political situation, the singer-songwriter replied: “I’m here because of the children, not because of politics.”
“It’s a very nice evening. This is my culture because it tells the story of us Spaniards. I’m very happy, this is my first time here, I’m really very excited.” So the Spanish director Pedro Almodovarwho arrives with the actor Louis Garrel for the premiere of Giuseppe Verdi’s Don Carlo at La Scala.
“There are always controversies at the Scala, we all know that”: One of the first guests who came to the premiere of Don Carlo at the Scala, Livia Pomodoro dampens the controversy on the eve of the position of the authorities in the royal box. “I expect this to be a classic La Scala premiere,” said the former president of the Milanese court.
Several groups of demonstrators gathered in the Piazza della Scala in Milan for the premiere of “Don Carlo”. In front of the theater, on the side of the Palazzo Marino, fly the flags of the autonomous grassroots union Cub, which, as the secretary Mattia Scolsri explained, has decided to “bring the voice of the workers to the streets, in opposition to the powerful and Politicians who will be present at the first. Also present was a Ukrainian woman who wore a scarf in the colors of the flag and a sign that read “No to concerts by the singer Anna Netrebko: the artist linked to Putin’s regime” and will go on stage tonight to celebrate Elisabeth of Valois to play. In addition to some activists demonstrating for housing rights, entertainment workers also took to the streets to demand severance pay.
Video Scala, the protest of a Ukrainian activist: “Netrebko sponsors the war”
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