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by Antonella Alba
April 26, 2021 After days and days of pandemic closure, the theaters finally reopen, La Scala will also reopen to the public on May 11 with the concert of the Wiener Philharmoniker directed by
Riccardo Muti
. It is a symbolic date because the reopening concert of the theater directed by
Arturo Toscanini
in 1946
was held on 11 May
. It reopened after the Second World War.
But the pandemic is not over yet and the public will only be able to participate in the event from the boxes and only 500 spectators out of the 2,030 seats actually available in the theater. The platform built during the lockdown in the stalls to accommodate the orchestra will therefore be maintained.
This morning the first stone of the new project on
Mario Botta's
staircase was laid
: the construction of the new tower in the place of the so-called Palazzina in via Verdi. Tower of which the symbolic first brick was placed. "This is the result of a long work, already begun by
Carlo Fontana
, which will allow them to rehearse and bring back all the employees who are in via Torino - said
Dominique Meyer
, Superintendent of the Teatro alla Scala - This is the beginning of a great program that will also include the Rubattino project, with the removal of workers. And we also have, with the academy, the idea of transforming it into a true University of the Performing Arts. I feel a positive wind ".
The Mayor of Milan
Beppe Sala
underlined how "Technology, environment, clean energy at La Scala are what must be done today. In the hope that we will soon be able to repopulate our theater, we are not wasting time. The right things are being done. Today is the installation. of the first stone, the funds are there, we must hurry ".
After the blessing of
Monsignor Carlo Azzimonti,
Episcopal Vicar, the symbolic laying of the First Stone at a depth of eighteen meters, the one achieved by the excavation of the new tower, which provides for an important engineering enhancement of the services and scenic equipment.
The Teatro alla Scala Foundation purchased the building in via Verdi 3 from the San Paolo Institute in Turin in 1997. It was dug 18 meters below the ground and will reach the height of the scenic tower itself, about 38 meters outside. land. Overall, there will be six underground floors and eleven above ground floors. The underground floors will largely be occupied by a single space, the rehearsal room for the orchestra suitable for recordings. The size and height of the hall were conceived from the acoustic point of view with the advice of the acoustic designer
Yasuhisa Toyota
.
The stage will instead become deeper, reaching 70 meters. In the remainder, offices will be built for the Ballet Direction, Scenic Set-up Direction and Technical Direction allowing to free up the spaces currently occupied in the Theater, to create new offices for the Administrative Direction and the Personnel Direction, currently located in a leased building, and for the Cultural Promotion Service.
For the occasion of the reopening
Giorgio Armani
became a new supporting partner of the La Scala theater. The decision was announced at the end of the theater's board meeting this morning. By statute, a supporting member is required to pay 600,000 euros over five years.
"My commitment to Milan, in this last year so shocking, has been important, on all fronts and I certainly could not neglect the cultural sector, hit hard in every aspect", explained the Italian designer the reason for his support.
"The arts - says Giorgio Armani - are always overshadowed in difficult moments because they do not immediately appear vital and necessary. And yet they are. Theater, music, ballet are pure expressions of beauty and the highest human qualities. - creativity, ingenuity, imagination, commitment - which stimulate progress and rebirth ".