Scala and Coronavirus, a first time that was never seen (or heard) due to Covid. The podcast- Corriere.it

The Scala It has not opened its season only three times: in 1897, when the City Council, due to the social emergency, suspended its contribution to the theater. The other first two were not carried out after the bombings in August 1943, which forced the stoppage for two consecutive years. the Coronavirus it seemed to have forced the world’s most famous opera to give up the fourth. But, not being able to put on a traditional opera for the COVID-19, La Scala opted for an evening in which music, dance me interim they follow each other in a kind of musical movie. To this event (titled “To see the stars again” broadcast on Rai 3 both in TV what in radio) is dedicated to today’s episode of podcast «Corriere Daily».

The music critic of the Corriere della Sera, Enrico Girardisays what the managerRiccardo chailly, together with the directorDavid livermore, imagined and built as an alternative: a long concert that summarizes a century of Italian and European music. The master of the Bruno Casoni Choir and the artistic coordinator of La Scala André Comploi They explain how they managed to put all this together. Finally Annachiara sacchi, from the Culture of Messenger Service, talks about the other great absentee of December 7, 2020 at La Scala: the worldliness.