Milan, outbreak at the Teatro alla Scala: 35 positive dancers at Covid

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March 04, 2021 A Covid outbreak has developed in the La Scala ballet troupe, with 35 dancers and three weakly positive dance direction members.

The Theater communicates this by adding that "again from the results of the tests received yesterday, 3 cases of positivity emerged in the singing company of the diptych of works by Kurt Weill (Die Sieben Todsãnden and Mahagonny Songspiel), which was scheduled to be broadcast in streaming by Rai Culture on Raiplay next March 18th, and two in the hair sector ".  

This is not the first outbreak at La Scala: last November there was an outbreak among the choristers with about fifty positives, which had forced the cancellation of the Lucia di Lammermoor scheduled (without audience but live on TV) for the inauguration of the 7 December, later replaced by an air show with a cast of great singers.

The activities of the dance had already been cautiously suspended starting from February 26, after the discovery, in the tampons that are regularly made on the staff in the Theater, of a weakly positive dancer, who then quickly became negativized.

On that day the "Homage to Nureyev" should have been recorded, scheduled for streaming on Sunday 28, which instead has been postponed until a later date.

the cast of the diptych by Kurt Weill scheduled under the direction of Riccardo Chailly was engaged in stage rehearsals in the former Ansaldo pavilions and had not yet come into contact with the orchestra.

At the moment, given the positivity of three singers, rehearsals have been suspended.

"We will be able to give updates in the next few days", explain from the Theater.

In the checks - which are carried out in collaboration with the Sacco hospital, also to check if there are variants of the virus. - the orchestra and choir professors were all negative and therefore "the symphonic concert directed by maestro Myung-Whun is confirmed. Chung scheduled for tomorrow at 6 pm and broadcast by Rai Cultura in live streaming on Raiplay ".