La Scala reopens to applause with Chailly and asks for more audience

2021-05-14T02:04:50.091Z

A new reopening, like that of the Teatro alla Scala this evening, brings with it a new contagious emotion. And the hope of returning to normalcy. This is the atmosphere that was breathed at the Piermarini, where a very applauded concert was held by the Scaligera choir and orchestra conducted by maestro Riccardo Chailly with the "fabulous" voice of soprano Lise Davidsen. Applause and appreciation, "very good" and "magnificent", echoed throughout the theater. Enough to claim and eventually get an encore, "Va Pensiero" from Verdi's Nabucco. Even if the masks worn by the conductor and by the whole orchestra, except for the wind instruments which were separated by Plexiglas dividers, did not make us forget the difficult moment in which we find ourselves.And above all, it was not forgotten when looking around: 500 spectators at most instead of the usual 2,000. Superintendent Dominique Meyer "very happy for the reopening" which arrives after about 7 months, the last concert is on October 22, took the opportunity to ask to have more audience in the hall. "It is clear that realities like these, with a significant number of spectators, can also afford to organize shows such as the opera, which are more complex and expensive" observed the mayor Giuseppe Sala, who attended the "rebirth" evening. , as he defined it, from the Royal stage together with the president of the Lombardy Region, Attilio Fontana. It is precisely to the Region, in agreement with the government, that the decision on the capacity of the theaters is up to, at the time of the covid. "L'the hope - said the governor - is that we will be able to find a way through which, while respecting safety, we can expand "the public inside the Theater. Therefore," it is not certain "that for now it is not possible review the number of presences: "We constantly meet with the CTS, the government, and we will ask if it is possible, if the conditions are right, to be able to expand this number as well." In the room for this restart there was also a loyal member of the Piermarini, life senator Liliana Segre, who was also present at the very special evening of 11 May 1946 when the concert by Arturo Toscanini marked the rebirth of the Scala rebuilt after the bombings. "I don't know if" this is a sign of recovery, he remarked, "but it must be, of rebirth,a strong malt signal for this deserted Milan. "The 'celebrations' for the reopening to the public continue tomorrow, when Riccardo Muti's concert with the Wiener Philharmoniker will be held in the last stage of their mini Italian tour. But first another event, in the morning, in the foyer of the theater, where the plaque dedicated to the mayor of the Liberation Antonio Greppi will be unveiled.